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H 28

DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSES – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to provide for the Idaho Board of Long-Term Care Facility Administrators.

68th Legislature, 1st Regular Session (2025)

Creates a single Idaho Board of Long-Term Care Administrators to regulate and license both nursing home and residential care facility administrators.

Reported Signed by Governor on March 19, 2025 Session Law Chapter 98 Effective: 07/01/2025
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Bill Summary · H 28

Summary of Idaho H 28 – Idaho Board of Long-Term Care Administrators Act

Purpose and aims

  • Merges the regulatory oversight of two existing professional boards into a single, unified Idaho Board of Long-Term Care Administrators (IBLTA).
  • Combines the former Boards of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators and of Examiners of Residential Care Facility Administrators.
  • Maintains current regulatory standards for nursing homes and residential care facilities while improving board efficiency and administrative oversight.

Key provisions and changes

  • Repeals:
    • Chapter 16, Title 54 (Nursing Home Administrators)
    • Chapter 42, Title 54 (Idaho Residential Care Administrators Act)
  • Adds a new chapter (Chapter 16, Title 54): Idaho Board of Long-Term Care Administrators Act
    • Defines terms including “long-term care administrator,” “nursing home administrator,” “residential care facility administrator,” “administrator designee,” “provisional permit,” and related concepts.
    • Establishes a shared oversight board for both nursing home and residential care facility administrators.
  • Supervision and practice:
    • Long-term care facilities must be supervised by a licensed administrator, an administrator designee, or a provisional residential care facility administrator.
    • Practice by unlicensed individuals is prohibited; use of long-term care administrator titles is limited to those licensed, provisional, or designee.
    • In vacancies, a nursing home may use an administrator designee for up to eight consecutive weeks unless an exception is granted by the board; requires a written agreement with a licensed administrator.
  • Board composition and governance:
    • Five-member board: 1 licensed nursing home administrator, 1 licensed residential care facility administrator, 1 member from another relevant profession/agency, 1 licensed nurse, and 1 public representative.
    • No more than two members may be government officials or employees, with exceptions for publicly owned facilities.
    • Four-year terms; appointments made by the governor.
  • Licensing, examinations, and credentials:
    • Provisions for qualifications to sit for examinations, licensure issuance, license endorsements, and administratively recognized exemptions.
    • Includes provisions for Administrators-in-Training and Residential Care Facility Administrator Provisional Permits.
    • Continuing education requirements are included.
  • Discipline, enforcement, and discipline remedies:
    • Establishes disciplinary actions, penalties, and procedures, including reissuance of revoked licenses or permits.
    • Provisions for judicial review of board actions.
  • Administrative finances:
    • Disposition of funds related to the board; no net impact on state General Fund or any dedicated or federal funds anticipated (per fiscal note).

Who is affected

  • Nursing home administrators and residential care facility administrators (and candidates for licensure).
  • Prospective administrator designees and provisional permit holders.
  • Administrators-in-training.
  • Long-term care facilities (nursing homes and residential care facilities) operating in Idaho.
  • The Idaho Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses (DOPL), which will administer the new board.

Timeline and status

  • Introduced: January 21, 2025
  • Passed Legislature: March 2025
  • Governor signed: March 19, 2025
  • Effective date: July 1, 2025
  • Legislative action notes indicate an emergency declaration and standard effective date in the act’s text. The act is Chapter 98 of the 2025 Session Law.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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