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S1324.................................................by HEALTH AND WELFARE
OPTOMETRISTS - Amends existing law relating to optometry to require the
payment of a $150 fee to reinstate a license which was not timely renewed.
01/23 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/26 Rpt prt - to Health/Wel
02/04 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/05 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/06 3rd rdg - PASSED - 32-0-3
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes, Hansen,
Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Parry,
Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Thorne, Twiggs, Wheeler,
Whitworth
NAYS--None
Absent and excused--Richardson, Stennett, Sweeney
Floor Sponsor - Wheeler
Title apvd - to House
02/09 House intro - 1st rdg - to Health/Wel
03/11 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/12 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/13 3rd rdg - PASSED - 63-2-5
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Bivens,
Black(15), Boe, Bruneel, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Crane, Cuddy, Deal,
Denney, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Geddes, Gould, Hadley, Hansen,
Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones(22), Jones(20), Judd, Kellogg,
Kempton, Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Linford, Loertscher, Mader, Marley,
Meyer, Miller, Mortensen, Newcomb, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds,
Richman, Ridinger, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Stevenson, Stoicheff,
Stone, Stubbs, Taylor, Tilman, Tippets, Trail, Watson, Wheeler, Wood,
Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
NAYS -- Callister, McKague
Absent and excused -- Black(23), Crow, Ellsworth, Jones(9),
Kjellander,
Floor Sponsor - Henbest
Title apvd - to Senate
03/16 To enrol
03/17 Rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/19 Sp signed - To Governor
03/23 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 252
Effective: 07/01/98
S1324|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session - 1998IN THE SENATE SENATE BILL NO. 1324 BY HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO THE IDAHO BOARD OF OPTOMETRY; AMENDING SECTION 54-1522, IDAHO 3 CODE, TO ESTABLISH A PENALTY FEE OF ONE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS FOR REIN- 4 STATEMENT OF A LICENSE. 5 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 6 SECTION 1. That Section 54-1522, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 7 amended to read as follows: 8 54-1522. LICENSES -- ISSUANCE -- RENEWAL -- RECORDING AND DISPLAY. If the 9 applicant shall pass a satisfactory examination and shall show that he is a 10 person of good moral character and that he possesses the qualifications 11 required in this chapter to entitle him to be licensed as an optometrist, 12 then, upon request, such applicant shall be entitled to a license authorizing 13 the applicant to practice optometry in the state of Idaho. All licenses to 14 practice optometry shall be issued in the name of the Idaho state board of 15 optometry with the seal thereof attached. All licenses so issued shall expire 16 on the thirtieth day of June following the issuance of the license and all 17 persons who practice optometry within the meaning of this chapter are entitled 18 to renew and shall renew their licenses on the first day of July each calendar 19 year. The failure to timely renew a license under this section shall 20 require the payment of a fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150) for a license 21 renewal in addition to other fees which may be required, or other sanctions 22 which may be imposed under this act. Every person to whom a license is 23 granted shall display the same, or a copy of the same certified to by the 24 board in a conspicuous part of his office wherein the practice of optometry is 25 conducted. It shall be unlawful for any person to practice optometry in the 26 state of Idaho before complying with these requirements. 27 Any person licensed to practice optometry in the state of Idaho on the 28 effective date of this act shall be eligible to renew his license on the first 29 day of July following the effective date of this act.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS07344
Idaho State Board of Optometry
Amend existing statute to establish a penalty fee for reinstatement of a license to be $1
50.00
FISCAL IMPACT
There is not fiscal impact to the General Fund.
The Bureau reviewed the average number of cancelled licenses over the past three (3)
years. With that number the fiscal impact would be: Average number of cancelled licenses 19
per year x $150 = $2,850 estimated increase in revenue. However, the legislation is
designed to reduce the number of practitioners operating with an invalid license, so we do
not anticipate the fiscal impact to be this high.
CONTACT
Name: Carmen Westberg
Agency: Bureau of Occupational Licenses; Idaho State Board of Optometry
Phone: 334-3233
Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Impact
S 1324