Committee approves multiple licensure and fee-rule dockets, including chiropractic and nursing-home administrator rewrites

The Senate Health and Welfare Committee approved several pending and temporary rule dockets on Feb. 7, 2025, affecting the rules and fee schedules of multiple professional licensing boards, including the State Board of Chiropractic Physicians, the Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators, the Board of Examiners of Residential Care Facility Administrators, and the Genetic Counselor Licensure Board. The committee also approved temporary fee-decrease rules from the midwifery, dentistry and other boards.

John Price, bureau chief for the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses’ Occupational Licensing Bureau, presented the State Board of Chiropractic Physicians’ chapter rewrite (docket 24.03.01 / docket number as recorded 2043012401). Price summarized substantive changes: a new definition for “clinical nutritional practice,” a change in continuing-education requirements from 18 hours in 12 months to 36 hours in 24 months (to align with biennial licensure), recognition of the AMA Physicians Recognition Award as a quality CE provider, expanded permitted duties for chiropractic assistants (patient education under supervising physician direction), and removal of duplicative prohibitions tied to Idaho Code Section 54-716 and FDA Title 21. The committee moved to approve the docket (motion by Senator Van Orden); it carried on a voice vote.

Cecily Metcalfe, Board Services Program Manager and executive officer for the Idaho Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators, presented that board’s chapter rewrite (docket 24.09.01 / 2409012401). Metcalfe said the rewrite removes duplicative language, shifts some…