Title 54, PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES

54-910. occupational licenses fund — RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS. All fees, charges, and fines received by the board under the provisions of this chapter shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the occupational licenses fund, and all costs and expenses incurred b…

54-911. Board of dentistry — Organization — Meetings — Expenses — Per diem. The board of dentistry shall select from its dentist members a chairman who shall serve at the pleasure of the board. The board may meet at stated times and shall meet upon the call of its chairman or a m…

54-912. Board of dentistry — Powers and duties. The board shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To ascertain the qualifications and fitness of applicants to practice dentistry, a dental specialty, dental therapy, dental hygiene, or denturitry and to require and accept p…

54-913. Licenses — Records. (1) All licenses to practice dentistry, dental therapy, dental hygiene, or denturitry shall be issued by the division of occupational and professional licenses in the name of the board. (2) The board shall keep a record of all applicants for licensure …

54-915. Qualifications required for dentist, dental therapist, or dental hygienist licensure. No person hereafter shall be eligible for licensure to practice dentistry, dental therapy, or dental hygiene in this state unless the applicant: (1) Has not been convicted, found guilty,…

54-916. Application for licensure — Fee. Any person desiring to practice dentistry, a dental specialty, dental therapy, or dental hygiene within the state of Idaho shall make an application for licensure in dentistry, a dental specialty, dental therapy, or dental hygiene, as the …

54-916A. Dental hygiene licensure by credentials. The board may issue a license to practice dental hygiene without further examination to an applicant upon evidence that: (1) The applicant currently holds an active license in good standing to practice dental hygiene in another st…

54-916B. Dental licensure by credentials. The board may issue a license to practice dentistry without further examination upon evidence that: (1) The applicant currently holds an active license in good standing to practice dentistry in another state with no disciplinary proceedin…

54-916C. DENTAL THERAPY LICENSURE BY CREDENTIALS. The board may issue a license to practice dental therapy without further examination to an applicant upon evidence that: (1) The applicant currently holds an active license in good standing to practice dental therapy in another st…

54-918. Examinations. (1) An applicant for licensure shall pass such examinations in dentistry, dental therapy, dental hygiene, or denturitry as are approved by the board. (2) Examinations shall be written or clinical, or both, and shall thoroughly test the fitness and ability of…

54-919. Cheating. In the event the board finds prior to the issuance of a certificate of qualification that an applicant, whether or not receiving a passing grade in the examination, has made any false statement with intent to mislead or deceive the board or its members in or in …

54-920. Licensing — License fees — Biennial renewal of licenses — Late fees and returned checks — Classifications of licenses — Rights of licensees — Notification of change of address. (1) Each person determined by the board as qualified for licensure under this chapter shall pay…

54-921. Reinstatement of canceled license. (1) A license that has been canceled for less than two (2) years may be reinstated by submitting all required application and license fees and submitting evidence of completion of all required continuing education hours. (2) A license th…

54-922. Display of license. No person shall practice dentistry, dental therapy, or dental hygiene unless he either has on display in his office an unrevoked and unsuspended license for the time period in which he shall practice or has the same immediately producible upon request.

54-923. Revocation for convictions of crime. A certificate or other evidence of qualification and right to practice dentistry, a dental specialty, dental therapy, or dental hygiene, and a license, may be revoked by the board whenever it shall be shown to the board that the holder…

54-924. Other grounds of refusal, revocation or suspension of dentists — Probation agreements. The board may refuse to issue or renew a dental license or may revoke, suspend, place on probation, reprimand or take other disciplinary action with respect to a dental license as the b…

54-930. Exceptions to application of act. This act shall not be construed as prohibiting a physician or surgeon, duly authorized to practice as such in this state, from treating diseases of the mouth or performing operations in oral surgery; nor as prohibiting persons authorized …

54-934. Peer review committees — Immunity from liability — Confidentiality of records. (1) The state board of dentistry or the Idaho state dental association or both may establish one (1) or more peer review committees pursuant to this section, for the purpose of: (a) Determining…

54-935. Volunteer’s license — Qualifications — Permissible practice — Immunity from liability. (1) Upon application and qualification, the board may issue, without examination, a volunteer’s license to a dentist, dental therapist, or dental hygienist who is retired from the activ…

54-936. Continued operation of dental practice — Death of sole proprietor dentist. In the case of the death of a sole proprietor dentist, the provisions of this chapter shall not be construed as prohibiting the personal representative, executor, surviving spouse or surviving heir…

54-1001. declaration of policy. The 2023 National Electrical Code, NFPA 70, is hereby adopted by the Idaho legislature. The 2023 National Electrical Code, NFPA 70, together with any amendments, revisions, or modifications by the Idaho electrical board through negotiated rulemakin…

54-1001B. state Inspection provisions inapplicable when installation covered by municipal ordinance. (1) The provisions of this chapter relating to state inspection, except as provided in section 54-1001C, Idaho Code, shall not apply: (a) Within cities or counties that, by ordina…

54-1001C. Inspections within municipalities — When authorized. The administrator of the division of occupational and professional licenses may make electrical inspections within any city upon written request from the mayor or manager of such city. Such inspections shall be made i…

54-1001D. Inspections of modular buildings — When authorized — Approval and certification. (1) Notwithstanding the exemption provided in subsection (1)(c) of section 54-1016, Idaho Code, the administrator of the division of occupational and professional licenses may make electric…

54-1002. License essential to engage in business — Licensure authority exclusive to the state. (1) It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, company, firm, association or corporation to act, or attempt to act, as an electrical contractor or limited electrical contractor i…

54-1003. Administrator authority. (1) Only the administrator of the division of occupational and professional licenses of the state of Idaho is authorized and empowered to conduct examinations and to pass upon the qualifications of applicants and to grant and issue licenses or re…

54-1003A. Definitions. (1) Electrical Contractor. Except as provided in section 54-1016, Idaho Code, any person, partnership, company, firm, association or corporation engaging in, conducting, or carrying on the business of installing wires or equipment to carry electric current …

54-1004. Inspection of electrical installations — Notice of corrections — Disconnecting electrical service. The administrator of the division of occupational and professional licenses may, during reasonable hours, inspect, reinspect or test any electrical installation coming unde…

54-1004A. Inspections — timeliness — Refunds. (1) If an inspection requested by a permit holder is not performed within forty-eight (48) business hours, such permit holder shall be authorized to hire a third-party inspector to perform such inspection. The permit holder or third-p…

54-1005. Rules — Inspections — electrical permits and fees. (1) The administrator of the division of occupational and professional licenses is hereby authorized and directed to enforce rules consistent with this chapter for the administration of this chapter and to effectuate the…

54-1006. Idaho electrical board. (1) The Idaho electrical board, hereinafter known as the board, is hereby created and made a part of the division of occupational and professional licenses. It shall be the responsibility and duty of the administrator of the division of occupation…

54-1007. Issuance of licenses — Reciprocity. (1) The administrator shall issue licenses to such persons as have by examination shown themselves to be fit, competent and qualified to engage in the trade of residential electrician, journeyman electrician, limited electrical install…

54-1008. Duration of license. (1) All licenses, including license renewals, for master electricians, residential electricians, journeyman electricians, and limited electrical installers shall be issued for a period of three (3) years and shall expire three (3) years from the birt…

54-1010. Installations by electrical contractor performed by licensed residential or journeyman electrician — Prior certificate holders entitled to license — List of electricians in contractor’s employ. (1) Any electrical contractor who works as a residential or journeyman electr…

54-1013. Renewal of licenses OR REGISTRATIONS — Inactive licenses. (1) A license or registration once issued under this chapter, unless revoked or suspended as herein provided, may be renewed at any time during the final month of the licensing period on the payment of the renewal…

54-1014. Fees. The administrator of the division of occupational and professional licenses shall charge the following fees: (1) Application for license or registration (2) Six-month licenses: (a) Provisional journeyman electrician license (b) Provisional journeyman electrician li…

54-1015. occupational licenses fund — RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS. All fees, charges, and fines received by the board under the provisions of this chapter shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the occupational licenses fund, and all costs and expenses incurred …

54-1016. Exemptions. (1) Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to apply to: (a) Any regulated utility, telephone company, rural telephone cooperative or municipal communications utility, or its employees, in the installation or maintenance of communication circuits, wires and a…

54-1017. Violations of act a misdemeanor. Any person, partnership, company, firm, association, or corporation who shall engage in the trade, business or calling of an electrical contractor, residential electrician, journeyman electrician, master electrician, limited electrical in…

54-1018. Separability. If any clause, sentence, section, provision or part of this act shall be adjudged to be unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, by any court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall not impair, affect or invalidate the remainder of this act which …

54-1019. Qualifications of inspectors. The administrator of the division of occupational and professional licenses shall appoint the number of deputy electrical inspectors as may be required for the effective enforcement of the provisions of this chapter. All inspectors shall be …

54-1101. Public interest and concern in disposition of human bodies. The practice and processes involved in processing and making final disposition of human bodies is hereby declared to affect the public interest, health, safety and welfare and to be subject to regulation and con…

54-1102. Definitions. As used in this act: (1) "Board" means the state board of morticians of the state of Idaho or any successor thereof. (2) "Burial" means the interment or entombment of dead human bodies in any manner. (3) "Cremains" means human remains after cremation. (4) "C…

54-1103. Persons required to have licenses. (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to perform, offer to perform or hold himself out as performing mortician services or any of the acts of a mortician, unless he shall first obtain a mortician license or resident trainee license as…

54-1104. Exemptions from provisions of chapter. There is hereby exempted from the terms and provisions of this chapter and from the enforcement of the provisions hereof, the following: (1) Manufacturers, wholesalers and jobbers of caskets, funeral supplies, vaults or other burial…

54-1105. Board of morticians. (1) There is hereby established in the division of occupational and professional licenses a state board of morticians to be composed of three (3) members who shall be appointed by the governor and who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor in th…