2010 Idaho Code
TITLE 67 STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS
CHAPTER 26 DEPARTMENT OF SELF-GOVERNING AGENCIES
67-2601A DIVISION OF BUILDING SAFETY.

TITLE 67

STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS

CHAPTER 26

DEPARTMENT OF SELF-GOVERNING AGENCIES

67-2601A. Division of building safety. (1) The division of building safety will be headed by an administrator appointed by and serving at the will of the governor. The division administrator, deputy administrators and bureau chiefs shall be nonclassified employees exempt from the provisions of chapter 53, title 67, Idaho Code.

(2) The administrator shall administer the following provisions and shall perform such additional duties as are imposed on him by law: chapter 41, title 39, Idaho Code, relating to the building code board; chapter 40, title 39, Idaho Code, relating to manufactured homes; chapter 41, title 39, Idaho Code, relating to modular buildings; chapter 21, title 44, Idaho Code, relating to manufactured home dealer and installer licensing; chapter 25, title 44, Idaho Code, relating to mobile home rehabilitation; chapter 10, title 54, Idaho Code, relating to electrical contractors and journeymen; chapter 19, title 54, Idaho Code, relating to licensing of public works contractors; chapter 26, title 54, Idaho Code, relating to plumbing and plumbers; chapter 45, title 54, Idaho Code, relating to public works construction management licensing; chapter 50, title 54, Idaho Code, relating to heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems; chapter 80, title 39, Idaho Code, relating to school building safety; and chapter 86, title 39, Idaho Code, relating to elevator safety.

(3) The administrator shall cooperate with the industrial commission and aid and assist the commission in its administration of sections 72-720, 72-721 and 72-723, Idaho Code, and at the request of the commission shall make inspection of appliances, tools, equipment, machinery, practices or conditions, and shall make a written report to the commission. The administrator shall make recommendations to the commission to aid the commission in its administration of sections 72-720, 72-721 and 72-723, Idaho Code, provided however, that nothing herein shall be construed as transferring to the administrator any of the authority or powers now vested in the industrial commission.

(4) In administering the laws regulating professions, trades and occupations that are devolved for administration upon the division, and in addition to the authority granted to the administrator by the laws and rules of the agencies and entities within the division, the administrator may:

(a) Revise the operating structure of the division as needed to provide efficient and appropriate services to the various professions, trades, occupations and programs administered within the division;

(b) Conduct examinations to ascertain the qualifications and fitness of applicants to exercise the profession, trade or occupation for which an examination is held; pass upon the qualifications of applicants for reciprocal licenses, certificates and authorities; prescribe rules for a fair and impartial method of examination of candidates to exercise the respective professions, trades or occupations; issue registrations, licenses and certificates; and until fees are established in rule, the administrator shall charge a fee of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for each examination administered;

(c) Conduct hearings on proceedings to discipline, renew or reinstate licenses, certificates or authorities of persons exercising the respective professions, trades or occupations; appoint hearing officers, administer oaths, issue subpoenas, and compel the attendance of witnesses; revoke, suspend, refuse to renew, or take other disciplinary action against such licenses, certifications or authorities; and prescribe rules to recover costs and fees incurred in the investigation and prosecution of any certificate holder, licensee or registrant of the division, its boards, bureaus and programs, in accordance with the contested case provisions of chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code, and the laws and rules of the boards, bureaus and programs the division administers;

(d) Assess civil penalties as authorized;

(e) Promulgate rules establishing: a coordinated system for the issuance, renewal, cancellation and reinstatement of licenses, certificates, registrations and permits; assessment of all related fees; the terms by which fees may be prorated, if any; and procedures for the replacement of lost or destroyed licenses, certificates or registrations; and

(f) Promulgate other rules as may be necessary for the orderly administration of the chapters specified in subsection (2) of this section and such rules as may otherwise be required by those chapters as well as rules for the standardization of operating procedures.

(5) Notwithstanding any law governing any specific board, bureau or program comprising the division of building safety, each board member shall hold office until a successor has been duly appointed and qualified.

(6) The administrator shall have the authority to employ individuals, make expenditures, enter into contracts, require reports, make investigations, travel, and take other actions deemed necessary.