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Senate Health and Welfare committee approves series of licensing and fee rules; genetic-counselor ethics provision excepted
Summary
The committee approved a set of pending and temporary rule dockets from boards for chiropractic physicians, nursing-home administrators, residential-care administrators, genetic counselors (with one specific ethics provision excluded), midwifery, dentistry and other boards; all approvals carried on voice votes during the meeting.
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee approved multiple pending and temporary administrative-rule dockets affecting occupational licensing and professional boards, taking voice votes on each item recorded in committee minutes.
Highlights - Docket 24.03.01 (State Board of Chiropractic Physicians): committee approved the IDAPA chapter rewrite on a voice vote. Motion: “I move to approve docket 24-03-01-2401.” Mover: Senator Van Orden; second recorded by the chair.
- Docket 24.09.01 (Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators): committee approved the chapter rewrite on a voice vote. Motion mover: Senator Blaylock; second: Senator Kaiser.
- Docket 24.19.01 (Board of Examiners of Residential Care Facility Administrators): committee approved the rewrite; motion mover: Senator Keiser; second: Senator Harris.
- Docket 24.24.01 (Genetic Counselors Licensure Board): committee approved the pending rule with a specific exception removing item 3 in section 2 of the National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) code of ethics document incorporated by reference. Motion: to approve with the exception, mover Senator Shippey; second Senator Keiser. The motion carried on a voice vote and the committee recorded the exception as part of the approval.
- Temporary rule dockets (fee decreases tied to prior legislative intent language): - 24-2601-2501 (Board of Midwifery): approved; mover Senator Harris; second Senator Shippey. The board reduced fees dramatically after consolidation with the Idaho Board of Nursing; example in the presentation: application and renewal fees reduced to $35. - 24-3101-2501 (Board of Dentistry): approved; mover Senator Shippey; second Senator Blaylock. The board decreased fees by 25% from prior levels. - 24-3401-2501 (another board temporary fee change): approved; mover Senator Harris; second Senator Blaylock. The board decreased fees by an average of 20%.
Why it matters: The approvals alter licensing requirements, continuing-education cycles, fee tables and other regulatory details for several health-related occupations. Some dockets removed duplicative or outdated rule language, aligned continuing education cycles with biennial renewals, changed fee amounts, and updated pathways to licensure.
What the rules change (select details presented) - Chiropractic (24.03.01): clarified allowable duties for chiropractic assistants, adjusted continuing-education requirements (from 18 hours in 12 months to 36 hours in 24 months), removed duplicative drug-compounding prohibitions and updated advertising/ethics language.
- Nursing home administrators (24.09.01): removed detailed exam scheduling and jurisprudence-exam language (moved to provider controls or statute), clarified trainee/preceptor requirements and updated continuing-education cycles to biennial renewal timing.
- Residential care administrators (24.19.01): condensed rules, accepted basic first-aid/CPR/fire-safety courses for CE credit, reduced continuing-education frequency to 12 hours every 24 months, removed civil-fine authority language, and increased certain fees to align with statute and appropriation limits.
- Genetic counselors (24.24.01): consolidated licensure language, removed duplicate continuing-education rules where board requires national certification, and approved the rule with the committee’s removal of one subsection of the NSGC code of ethics (section 2, item 3) from incorporation by reference.
- Fee temporary rules: presenters said the temporary decreases implement legislative intent from the 2024 session (Senate Bill 1442 intent language) directing the division to reduce fees where cash balances allowed; the presenters described the boards’ adoption of “not more than” language so boards can lower fees in future without additional rulemaking.
Committee action and next steps All listed dockets were approved in committee on voice votes; where the committee removed or excepted material, that exception was recorded in the motion that the committee approved. The PFAS drinking-water docket referenced earlier in the meeting was not voted on and will be scheduled for the committee’s next meeting.
Ending note: Approved rules will follow the usual administrative process for finalization and publication as required by statute and IDAPA rulemaking procedures.
