54-1805. THE STATE BOARD OF MEDICINE ESTABLISHED. (1) There is hereby established in the division of occupational and professional licenses a state board of medicine to be composed of eleven (11) members.
(2) (a) The board shall consist of eleven (11) members. The director of the Idaho state police or the director’s designated agent shall be a member of the board. Seven (7) members shall be physicians who are residents of this state and engaged in the active practice of medicine in this state, two (2) members shall be public members, and one (1) member shall be a physician assistant who is a resident of this state and engaged in the active practice of medicine in this state.
(b) All physician and physician assistant appointments to the board shall be for a single six (6) year term. The physician members shall consist of six (6) members who are licensed to practice medicine in this state and one (1) member who is licensed to practice osteopathic medicine in this state. The physician assistant member shall be licensed to practice medicine in this state. Whenever a term of a member of the board who is licensed to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine expires or becomes vacant, the governor shall consider recommendations provided by professional organizations of physicians and physician assistants and by any individual residing in this state for appointment.
(c) All public members shall be appointed by the governor for three (3) year terms. Public members must reside in the state and be persons of integrity and good reputation who have lived in this state for at least five (5) years immediately preceding their appointment, who have never been authorized to practice a healing art, and who have never had a substantial personal, business, professional, or pecuniary connection with a healing art or with a medical education or health care facility, except as patients or potential patients.
(3) Appointments to fill vacancies occurring from some other reason than expiration of a term for which a member was appointed shall be made in the same manner as hereinabove set forth for the unexpired term. All board members shall serve at the pleasure of the governor.
(4) The board shall elect a chairman from its membership. The members of the board, except for state employees, shall be compensated as provided by section 59-509(p), Idaho Code. Six (6) members of the board shall constitute a quorum, and the board may act by virtue of a majority vote of members present at a meeting.
History:
[54-1805, added 1977, ch. 199, sec. 6, p. 540; am. 1980, ch. 247, sec. 64, p. 627; am. 1990, ch. 106, sec. 1, p. 213; am. 1998, ch. 39, sec. 1, p. 166; am. 2000, ch. 469, sec. 125, p. 1586; am. 2016, ch. 340, sec. 22, p. 943; am. 2019, ch. 26, sec. 5, p. 56; am. 2021, ch. 222, sec. 16, p. 630.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 54 - PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES
Chapter 18 - PHYSICIANS AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS
Section 54-1801 - SHORT TITLE.
Section 54-1803 - DEFINITIONS.
Section 54-1804 - UNLICENSED PRACTICE — PENALTIES AND REMEDIES RELATING TO UNLICENSED PRACTICE.
Section 54-1805 - THE STATE BOARD OF MEDICINE ESTABLISHED.
Section 54-1806 - POWERS AND DUTIES.
Section 54-1806A - MEDICAL DISCIPLINARY ENFORCEMENT.
Section 54-1807 - STATE BOARD OF MEDICINE — REGISTRATION.
Section 54-1807A - PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS — PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
Section 54-1808 - BOARD TO ISSUE LICENSES.
Section 54-1809 - OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES FUND — RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS.
Section 54-1810 - PHYSICIAN LICENSURE BY WRITTEN EXAMINATION.
Section 54-1810A - PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT LICENSURE.
Section 54-1811 - PHYSICIAN LICENSURE BY ENDORSEMENT.
Section 54-1812 - GRADUATES OF MEDICAL SCHOOLS LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
Section 54-1813 - TEMPORARY LICENSE AND REGISTRATION.
Section 54-1814 - GROUNDS FOR MEDICAL DISCIPLINE.
Section 54-1815 - VIOLATION OF ACT — INJUNCTION.
Section 54-1818 - REPORTING OF VIOLATIONS BY PHYSICIANS.
Section 54-1820 - ACCESS TO RECORDS.
Section 54-1821 - NO PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP FOR INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS.
Section 54-1831 - SHORT TITLE.
Section 54-1832 - GROUNDS FOR RESTRICTION, SUSPENSION, OR REVOCATION OF LICENSE.
Section 54-1833 - DUTIES OF BOARD OF MEDICINE.
Section 54-1834 - PROCEEDINGS.
Section 54-1835 - RIGHT TO APPEAL AND REINSTATEMENT.
Section 54-1836 - JUDICIAL REVIEW.
Section 54-1841 - VOLUNTEER’S LICENSE — QUALIFICATIONS.
Section 54-1842 - INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT.
Section 54-1844 - DEFINITIONS.
Section 54-1845 - ELIGIBILITY.
Section 54-1846 - DESIGNATION OF STATE OF PRINCIPAL LICENSE.
Section 54-1847 - APPLICATION AND ISSUANCE OF EXPEDITED LICENSE.
Section 54-1848 - FEES FOR AN EXPEDITED LICENSE.
Section 54-1849 - RENEWAL AND CONTINUED PARTICIPATION.
Section 54-1850 - COORDINATED INFORMATION SYSTEM.
Section 54-1851 - JOINT INVESTIGATIONS.
Section 54-1852 - DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS.
Section 54-1853 - INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT COMMISSION.
Section 54-1854 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE INTERSTATE COMMISSION.
Section 54-1855 - FINANCE POWERS.
Section 54-1856 - ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION OF THE INTERSTATE COMMISSION.
Section 54-1857 - RULEMAKING FUNCTIONS OF THE INTERSTATE COMMISSION.
Section 54-1858 - OVERSIGHT OF INTERSTATE COMPACT.
Section 54-1859 - ENFORCEMENT OF INTERSTATE COMPACT.
Section 54-1860 - DEFAULT PROCEDURES.
Section 54-1861 - DISPUTE RESOLUTION.
Section 54-1862 - MEMBER STATES, EFFECTIVE DATE AND AMENDMENT.
Section 54-1864 - DISSOLUTION.