2016 Idaho Statutes
Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS
Chapter 26 - DEPARTMENT OF SELF-GOVERNING AGENCIES
Section 67-2601 - DEPARTMENT CREATED -- ORGANIZATION -- BUREAU OF OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES CREATED.

67-2601. Department created -- Organization -- Bureau of occupational licenses created. (1) There is hereby created the department of self-governing agencies. The department shall, for the purposes of section 20, article IV, of the constitution of the state of Idaho, be an executive department of the state government.

(2) The department shall consist of the following:

(a) Agricultural commodity commissions: Idaho apple commission, as provided by chapter 36, title 22, Idaho Code; Idaho bean commission, as provided by chapter 29, title 22, Idaho Code; Idaho beef council, as provided by chapter 29, title 25, Idaho Code; Idaho cherry commission, as provided by chapter 37, title 22, Idaho Code; Idaho dairy products commission, as provided by chapter 31, title 25, Idaho Code; Idaho pea and lentil commission, as provided by chapter 35, title 22, Idaho Code; Idaho potato commission, as provided by chapter 12, title 22, Idaho Code; the Idaho wheat commission, as provided by chapter 33, title 22, Idaho Code; the Idaho aquaculture commission, as provided by chapter 44, title 22, Idaho Code; and the Idaho alfalfa and clover seed commission, as provided in chapter 42, title 22, Idaho Code.

(b) Professional and occupational licensing boards: Idaho state board of accountancy, as provided by chapter 2, title 54, Idaho Code; board of acupuncture, as provided by chapter 47, title 54, Idaho Code; board of architectural examiners, as provided by chapter 3, title 54, Idaho Code; state athletic commission, as provided by chapter 4, title 54, Idaho Code; board of barber examiners, as provided by chapter 5, title 54, Idaho Code; board of commissioners of the Idaho state bar, as provided by chapter 4, title 3, Idaho Code; board of chiropractic physicians, as provided by chapter 7, title 54, Idaho Code; Idaho board of cosmetology, as provided by chapter 8, title 54, Idaho Code; Idaho state licensing board of professional counselors and marriage and family therapists, as provided by chapter 34, title 54, Idaho Code; state board of dentistry, as provided by chapter 9, title 54, Idaho Code; state board of denturitry, as provided by chapter 33, title 54, Idaho Code; Idaho board of licensure of professional engineers and professional land surveyors, as provided by chapter 12, title 54, Idaho Code; state board of registration for professional geologists, as provided by chapter 28, title 54, Idaho Code; speech and hearing services licensure board, as provided by chapter 29, title 54, Idaho Code; Idaho physical therapy licensure board, as provided by chapter 22, title 54, Idaho Code; Idaho state board of landscape architects, as provided by chapter 30, title 54, Idaho Code; liquefied petroleum gas safety board, as provided by chapter 53, title 54, Idaho Code; state board of medicine, as provided by chapter 18, title 54, Idaho Code; state board of morticians, as provided by chapter 11, title 54, Idaho Code; board of naturopathic medical examiners, as provided by chapter 51, title 54, Idaho Code; board of nursing, as provided by chapter 14, title 54, Idaho Code; board of examiners of nursing home administrators, as provided by chapter 16, title 54, Idaho Code; state board of optometry, as provided by chapter 15, title 54, Idaho Code; Idaho outfitters and guides licensing board, as provided by chapter 21, title 36, Idaho Code; board of pharmacy, as provided by chapter 17, title 54, Idaho Code; state board of podiatry, as provided by chapter 6, title 54, Idaho Code; Idaho state board of psychologist examiners, as provided by chapter 23, title 54, Idaho Code; Idaho real estate commission, as provided by chapter 20, title 54, Idaho Code; real estate appraiser board, as provided by chapter 41, title 54, Idaho Code; board of social work examiners, as provided by chapter 32, title 54, Idaho Code; the board of veterinary medicine, as provided by chapter 21, title 54, Idaho Code; the board of examiners of residential care facility administrators, as provided by chapter 42, title 54, Idaho Code; the certified shorthand reporters board, as provided by chapter 31, title 54, Idaho Code; the driving businesses licensure board, as provided by chapter 54, title 54, Idaho Code; the board of drinking water and wastewater professionals, as provided by chapter 24, title 54, Idaho Code; and the board of midwifery, as provided by chapter 55, title 54, Idaho Code.

(c) The board of examiners, pursuant to section 67-2001, Idaho Code.

(d) The division of building safety: building code board, chapter 41, title 39, Idaho Code; electrical board, chapter 10, title 54, Idaho Code; public works contractors license board, chapter 19, title 54, Idaho Code; plumbing board, chapter 26, title 54, Idaho Code; public works construction management, chapter 45, title 54, Idaho Code; the heating, ventilation and air conditioning board, chapter 50, title 54, Idaho Code; and factory built structures advisory board, chapter 43, title 39, Idaho Code.

(e) The division of veterans services to be headed by a division administrator who shall be a nonclassified employee exempt from the provisions of chapter 53, title 67, Idaho Code. The administrator of the division shall administer the provisions of chapter 2, title 65, Idaho Code, and chapter 9, title 66, Idaho Code, with the advice of the veterans affairs commission established under chapter 2, title 65, Idaho Code, and shall perform such additional duties as are imposed upon him by law.

(f) The board of library commissioners, pursuant to section 33-2502, Idaho Code.

(g) The Idaho state historical society, pursuant to section 67-4123, Idaho Code.

(h) The state public defense commission, pursuant to section 19-849, Idaho Code.

(3) The bureau of occupational licenses is hereby created within the department of self-governing agencies.

History:

[67-2601, added 1974, ch. 13, sec. 2, p. 138; am. 1976, ch. 213, sec. 2, p. 782; am. 1982, ch. 183, sec. 2, p. 485; am. 1994, ch. 15, sec. 1, p. 29; am. 1995, ch. 44, sec. 61, p. 103; am. 1996, ch. 421, sec. 6, p. 1414; am. 2000, ch. 59, sec. 8, p. 129; am. 2000, ch. 82, sec. 2, p. 171; am. 2000, ch. 274, sec. 152, p. 890; am. 2000, ch. 438, sec. 2, p. 1397; am. 2001, ch. 150, sec. 1, p. 544; am. 2002, ch. 111, sec. 2, p. 310; am. 2003, ch. 201, sec. 18, p. 540; am. 2004, ch. 313, sec. 7, p. 882; am. 2004, ch. 335, sec. 3, p. 1004; am. 2004, ch. 350, sec. 2, p. 1047; am. 2005, ch. 143, sec. 2, p. 449; am. 2005, ch. 277, sec. 3, p. 867; am. 2005, ch. 329, sec. 3, p. 1034; am. 2006, ch. 16, sec. 26, p. 61; am. 2006, ch. 79, sec. 10, p. 239; am. 2006, ch. 116, sec. 22, p. 327; am. 2007, ch. 162, sec. 1, p. 485; am. 2007, ch. 252, sec. 15, p. 751; am. 2008, ch. 27, sec. 17, p. 56; am. 2009, ch. 65, sec. 2, p. 185; am. 2009, ch. 167, sec. 1, p. 497; am. 2009, ch. 178, sec. 1, p. 575; am. 2009, ch. 251, sec. 3, p. 768; am. 2010, ch. 79, sec. 36, p. 156; am. 2011, ch. 151, sec. 29, p. 435; am. 2011, ch. 181, sec. 4, p. 515; am. 2014, ch. 247, sec. 9, p. 621; am. 2016, ch. 342, sec. 12, p. 974.]