TITLE 54

PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES

CHAPTER 32

SOCIAL WORK LICENSING ACT

54-3212.  Revocation or suspension of licenses — Hearings — Taking testimony — Appeal. (1) The board shall have the power to refuse to issue, refuse to renew, revoke or suspend any license if the same was obtained through error or fraud, or if the holder thereof is shown to be incompetent, or has willfully violated any of the rules prescribed by the board, or as prescribed by this chapter; provided that, before any license shall be revoked or suspended, the holder thereof shall have written notice enumerating the charges against him and a hearing by an officer appointed by the board or the division administrator of the division of occupational and professional licenses shall be held after notice has been served on the licensee. The provisions of chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code, shall apply to all cases of revocation or suspension of licenses.

(2)  The division administrator of the division of occupational and professional licenses shall have the power to appoint, by an order in writing, any competent person to take testimony, who shall have power to administer oaths, issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of witnesses, and the decision of the board shall be based on examination of the testimony taken and the records produced. Any person whose license has been revoked may, after the expiration of two (2) years from the date of such revocation, but not before, apply for a new license.

History:

[54-3212, added 1976, ch. 213, sec. 1, p. 780; am. 2002, ch. 85, sec. 9, p. 194; am. 2022, ch. 94, sec. 46, p. 312.]