Title 54 — PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES

54-1415. Existing licenses. Any person holding a license to practice nursing in this state on March 23, 1977, shall be recognized as licensed hereunder and shall be subject to all provisions of this act. The rules of the board in effect at the time of enactment of this act, and t…

54-1416. Injunction. Whenever any person violates any of the provisions of this act, the board may maintain an action in the name of the state of Idaho to enjoin said person from any further violations, such action to be brought either in the county in which said acts are claimed…

54-1418. nurse licensure compact. The terms and conditions of the nurse licensure compact are hereby enacted in substantially the following form: NURSE LICENSURE COMPACT ARTICLE I FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF PURPOSE a. The party states find that: 1. The health and safety of the p…

54-1419. advanced practice registered nurse compact. [effective date — see article x of compact] The terms and conditions of the advanced practice registered nurse compact are hereby enacted in substantially the following form: ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSE COMPACT ARTICLE I…

54-1420. authority to sign or verify. When a provision of law or rule requires the signature, certification, stamp, verification, affidavit, or endorsement of a physician, that requirement may be fulfilled by an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN), including a certified nur…

54-1421. CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST. (1) For the purposes of this section, "certified registered nurse anesthetist" or "CRNA" means a licensed registered nurse who has graduated from a nationally accredited graduate or post-graduate nurse anesthesia program and holds …

TITLE 54 PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES CHAPTER 14 NURSES 54-1421 [54-1422]. DELEGATION. (1) A nurse with appropriate education, training, and experience and who is licensed under this chapter may delegate to a non-nurse tasks that do not involve the exercise of independe…

54-1501. Practice of optometry defined. Optometry is defined as the science which relates to the examination, diagnosis and treatment of conditions of or relating to the eyes and/or eyelids, the analysis of their function and the employment of preventive or corrective measures to…

54-1502. License a prerequisite to practice. (1) It is unlawful for any person to practice optometry unless he shall obtain a license to do so as provided in this chapter. (2) Any person who shall practice or attempt to practice optometry, as defined in this chapter, without havi…

54-1502A. nonlicensed persons — penalties and remedies. (1) The board may investigate any person engaged in the practice of optometry within the state of Idaho or any person believed to have acted as an optometrist without being duly licensed as required by this chapter. Upon rec…

54-1503. State board of optometry established — Qualifications. (1) There is hereby established in the division of occupational and professional licenses a state board of optometry composed of five (5) members who shall be appointed by the governor. The governor may consider reco…

54-1506. License fees. (1) All fees of any kind collected under the provisions of this chapter shall be paid to the division of occupational and professional licenses and deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the occupational licenses fund and all costs and expenses in…

54-1508. State board of optometry — Organization — Meetings — Expenses. (1) The board of optometry shall meet on or before September 15 of each year and select from its members a chairman and a secretary who shall serve at the pleasure of the board. The secretary shall keep the m…

54-1509. State board of optometry — Powers and duties. In order to protect the public in the practice of optometry, better enable members of the public to fix professional responsibility and further safeguard the doctor-patient relationship, the state board of optometry shall hav…

54-1510. Revocation of licenses — Grounds. Every license issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to suspension, revocation or other discipline upon any of the following grounds pursuant to the procedures set forth in chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code. All hear…

54-1512. Penalties and reinstatement. (1) Upon the finding of the existence of grounds for discipline of any person holding a license, seeking a license, or renewing a license under the provisions of this chapter, the board of optometry may impose one (1) or more of the following…

54-1513. Duty of prosecuting attorney — Duty of attorney general. It shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorney of each county to prosecute all violations of this chapter constituting a violation of criminal law and it shall be the duty of the attorney general of the state of …

54-1514. Publication of directory and law. The division of occupational and professional licenses shall each year make available the names and addresses of all licensed optometrists of the state of Idaho and the laws applicable to the practice of optometry.

54-1515. Limitations on application of chapter. A license to practice optometry, as provided in this chapter, is not required for the following practices: 1. Practice by persons authorized under the laws of this state to practice medicine and surgery. 2. The sale of eyeglasses or…

54-1516. Limitation on application of chapter — Nurses, school teachers or welfare workers. It is not the intent of this chapter to prevent any nurse, school teacher or welfare worker, employed in public service, from ascertaining the probable need of visual services, provided su…

54-1517. Ophthalmic lens or prism — Acceptance for duplication by other than licensed optometrist or physician prohibited — Exception. It shall be unlawful for any person other than a licensed optometrist or physician to accept or offer to accept for purpose of duplication any op…

54-1518. division of occupational and professional licenses — Powers and duties. The division of occupational and professional licenses shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To accept applications for examinations and issue licenses to optometrists pursuant to requireme…

54-1519. Examinations — Applications. Any person who shall desire to begin the practice of optometry in the state of Idaho shall file an application in his own handwriting on forms furnished by the board for an examination, which application shall state among other things, his co…

54-1520. license — Qualifications of applicants — issuance. (1) Every applicant for a license to practice optometry shall: (a) Not have been convicted, found guilty, or received a withheld judgment or suspended sentence in this state or in any other state of a crime that is deeme…

54-1521. Conduct of examinations — Subject included. Except as herein otherwise provided, each applicant shall be examined to determine his knowledge of the subjects essential to the practice of optometry. Examinations shall be written and practical, and shall include the require…

54-1522. License — Renewal and reinstatement — certification requirement. (1) License renewal and reinstatement shall be in accordance with section 67-2614, Idaho Code. (2) Effective January 1, 2021, every holder of a license to practice optometry must be certified to use therape…

54-1523. Fees. Each applicant for examination or reexamination after failure in a former examination shall remit a fee as established by board regulation not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250) with each application to the board.

54-1524. Injunction procedure. The board or any resident citizen may maintain an action in equity in the name of the state of Idaho to enjoin perpetually any person, firm, company, corporation or partnership from persisting in the doing of any acts constituting a violation of thi…

54-1525. Referrals by optical firms prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in the business of manufacturing, selling or dispensing any ophthalmic materials, in any manner to influence or attempt to influence any patron in the choice of an optometrist or physician…

54-1601. SHORT TITLE. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Idaho Board of Long-Term Care Administrators Act."

54-1602. DEFINITIONS. As used in this chapter: (1) "Administrator designee" means a qualified individual filling a vacant nursing home administrator position pursuant to a signed agreement. (2) "Board" means the Idaho board of long-term care administrators, including both nursing…

54-1603. facility SUPERVISION BY LICENSED ADMINISTRATOR REQUIRED — EXCEPTION FOR ADMINISTRATOR DESIGNEE — PRACTICE BY UNLICENSED PERSON PROHIBITED. (1) No nursing home or residential care facility shall be operated in Idaho unless it is under the supervision of: (a) An administra…

54-1604. IDAHO BOARD OF LONG-TERM CARE ADMINISTRATORS. (1) There is hereby established in the division of occupational and professional licenses the Idaho board of long-term care administrators. (2) The board shall oversee both nursing home and residential care facility administr…

54-1605. FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF BOARD — FEE FOR LICENSE APPLICANTS — RULES. (1) It shall be the function and duty of the board to: (a) Develop, impose, and enforce standards for receiving and retaining a license or permit as a long-term care administrator. Such standards shall b…

54-1606. QUALIFICATIONS FOR EXAMINATION FOR LICENSE. (1) The board shall approve for the licensing examination any long-term care administrator candidate who: (a) Submits the required application and pays a fee as determined by the board; (b) Has not been convicted, found guilty,…

54-1607. SUBJECT MATTER OF EXAMINATION. (1) The board shall determine the subjects of examination for applicants for licensure as long-term care administrators. (2) The scope, content, and format of such examination shall be the same for all candidates within each category of lic…

54-1608. ISSUANCE OF nursing home administrator LICENSEs. Nursing home administrator applicants who meet the requirements of section 54-1606, Idaho Code, and, if applicable, section 54-1611, Idaho Code, and who pass the examination provided for in section 54-1607, Idaho Code, sha…

54-1609. EXEMPTION — EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS — ADMINISTRATION OF FEDERAL FUNDS BY BOARD. (1) Nothing in this chapter or the rules established pursuant to this chapter shall be construed to require an applicant for a long-term care administrator license to demonstrate proficiency in …

54-1610. LICENSE RENEWAL — CONTINUING EDUCATION — DISCIPLINE. (1) Every licensed long-term care administrator shall apply for license renewal biennially, reporting required information on forms provided by the board. (2) Applicants for license renewal shall submit evidence of com…

54-1611. ENDORSEMENT OF LICENSES. The board, in its discretion and subject to the provisions and rules of this chapter, may endorse a long-term care administrator license or registration issued by the proper authorities of any other state upon payment of a fee and submission of e…

54-1612. ADMINISTRATORS-IN-TRAINING — EXAMINATIONS AFTER ONE THOUSAND HOURS — REPORTS — EXCEPTIONS. (1) Every applicant for a nursing home administrator license who shall have otherwise qualified under the provisions of section 54-1606, Idaho Code, except as provided for in this …

54-1613. RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY ADMINISTRATOR PROVISIONAL PERMITS. (1) The board may issue a residential care facility administrator provisional permit, not exceeding three (3) months, to an applicant pending license issuance if the applicant files a written application and me…

54-1614. MISDEMEANORS — PENALTIES. (1) It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to: (a) Sell or fraudulently obtain or furnish any license or aid or abet such actions; (b) Practice as a long-term care administrator under cover of any license or permit illegally or fraudulently ob…

54-1615. DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS FOR LONG-TERM CARE ADMINISTRATORS. (1) The board may revoke, suspend, refuse to renew, or refuse to issue any license or permit issued under the provisions of this chapter or may reprimand, censure, or otherwise discipline the holder of a license or …

54-1616. REISSUANCE OF REVOKED LICENSE OR PERMIT. The board may, in its discretion, reissue a license or permit to any person whose license or permit has been revoked.

54-1617. JUDICIAL REVIEW OF BOARD ACTION. Anyone aggrieved by an action of the board may seek judicial review thereof in accordance with the provisions of chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code.

54-1618. Disposition of funds. All fees received under the provisions of this chapter shall be paid to the division of occupational and professional licenses and deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the occupational licenses fund and all costs and expenses incurred un…

54-1701. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the "Idaho Pharmacy Act."

54-1702. Legislative declaration. The practice of pharmacy in the state of Idaho is declared a professional practice affecting the health, safety and welfare of the public and is subject to regulation and control in the public interest. Only qualified persons shall be permitted t…

54-1704. Definitions. In this chapter: (1) "Accredited school or college of pharmacy" means a school or college that meets the minimum standards of the accreditation council for pharmacy education and appears on its list of accredited schools or colleges of pharmacy. (2) "Board o…