Idaho Bills
14 bills · 2021 Regular Session
Adds to existing law to provide for direct supervision of electrical apprentices and to provide that electrical apprentices must meet a certain educational requirement.
Adds to existing law to provide for certain apprenticeship programs.
35 – 0
Amends existing law to provide for interstate telehealth access.
Repeals existing law to remove provisions relating to the licensure of certain professions and occupations.
This legislation establishes a sunset date of July 1, 2022 for the legislative re-review of the following five occupational licensing chapters within Title 54, Idaho Code: abstracters of title, state athletic commission, certified shorthand reporters board, board of massage therapy, and genetic counselor licensing board. This legislation works in conjunction with the sunrise and sunset procedures established by the legislature to ensure that all regulatory requirements are periodically re-examined to ensure there is a balance between public safety and restrictions of professions.
Adds to existing law to provide that a person's vaccination records shall not be used for occupational licensing purposes.
Adds to existing law to provide licensing protection to physicians and physician assistants who prescribe medications for COVID-19 that have not received FDA approval for that illness.
This proposed legislation would protect doctors, physician assistants and pharmacists from disciplinary action by licensing boards regarding the prescribing of off-label drugs to their patients.
Adds to existing law to provide licensing protection to physicians, physician assistants, nurses, and pharmacists who prescribe medications for COVID-19 that have not received FDA approval for that illness.
This proposed legislation would protect doctors, physician assistants, advanced practice registered nurses and pharmacists from disciplinary action by licensing boards regarding the prescribing of off-label drugs to their patients.
Amends existing law to remove hiring authority from various individual licensing boards.
This proposed legislation will centralize the hiring authority for certain management positions of the boards consolidated as a result of Executive Order No. 2020-10, with the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses Administrator.
69 – 0
Amends existing law to provide that various occupational licensing boards shall be integrated into the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing.
69 – 0
Amends existing law regarding sunrise review to provide for the addition of sunset review.
67 – 3
Amends existing law to provide for constant on-the-job supervision and training of apprentice electricians and provisional journeyman electricians.
Apprenticeships are an integral part of workforce development. Electrical apprenticeships provide critical on-the-job training to the apprentice and ensure the quality of the next generation of journeymen electricians. Proper supervision of apprentices is key to on-the-job safety. The Electrical Board, after considering input from the electrical industry, established journeymen-to-apprentice ratios of 1:2 in commercial and industrial work and 1:4 in residential work. To meet the needs of the electrical industry and protect public safety, this bill adopts the journeyman-to-apprentice ratio of IDAPA 24.39.10.09(a).
Amends existing law to provide for a more streamlined licensure by endorsement process for military members, veterans, and spouses.
This legislation relating to occupational licensing reform improves the clarity of the license by endorsement process for our military members, veterans, and spouses. It includes a deadline for processing applications for licensure. It provides for basic requirements for proof of military or veteran status and licensure in another jurisdiction and allows for a limited scope of practice rather than outright denial. It also maintains the ability to benefit from existing interstate compacts for licensure.
68 – 0
Amends existing law to provide requirements for physician assistants who practice at certain facilities or practices or who own a medical practice.
This legislation maintains oversight of physician assistants (PAs) in medical practice while offering them relief from over-regulation. It reduces unnecessary administrative and regulatory burdens from PAs, physicians, hospitals, and practice managers while maintaining an appropriate level of oversight. If adopted, these anticipated changes will improve patient access to care, particularly in rural, underserved areas where it can be difficult to comply with burdensome delegation of services requirements. Hospitalsandphysician-ownedclinicswillfinditeasiertoemployPAsbyleveragingexistingcredentialingand privileging systems to ensure patient safety. PAs will be better able to meet the needs of patients without delays caused by site registrations, supervising physician availability requirements, and other regulatory requirements that do not serve any measurable patient safety benefit. This legislation has been reviewed by several stakeholders including the Board of Medicine and the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses.
68 – 0
Adds to existing law to provide for the licensing of naturopathic practitioners.
This proposed legislation will improve access to natural health care for Idahoans and promote all Idahoans' health. Thelicensingofnaturopathicpractitionerswillpromotethepublichealthinterestbyaidingindelivering high-quality naturopathic medical services in Idaho. This is a follow-up to legislation from the Idaho Chapter of the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP) passed in 2019 that licensed their members. an agreement made between the Naturopathic Physicians Association of Idaho (NPAI) and the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP) when the previous legislation was passed in 2019. NPAI agreed not to oppose the legislation that the AANP put forward, providing that a naturopathic license be formed to license graduates of their schools, and that a licensing board would be established toThis legislation would license "The Other Naturopaths of Idaho" that were not covered under the previous legislation. The legislation will create a structure to license and regulate licensed naturopathic doctors, doctors of natural health, and naturopathic practitioners who want to be licensed. It will not limit or restrict any naturopathic practitioner's ability to continue to practice under Idaho Code § 54-1804.