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Committee advances bill to move lab rules into statute and allow market-rate lab fees
Summary
House Bill 198 would transfer several Idaho laboratory rules into statute and authorize the state lab to set testing fees at market rates to avoid disadvantaging private labs. Sponsor Sen. Carl Bjerke said the measure does not add substantive regulation; committee voted to advance the bill.
Sen. Carl Bjerke told the Senate Health and Welfare Committee that House Bill 198 would transfer existing administrative rules into statute for Idaho laboratory programs and authorize the state laboratory to change testing fees to market rates where appropriate.
Bjerke said the bill moves quality assurance and certification programs (IDAPA 16.02.06 and related…
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