67-5230. PETITION FOR ADOPTION, AMENDMENT, REPEAL, OR WAIVER OF RULES. (1) Any person may petition an agency requesting the adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule. The agency shall:
(a) Deny the petition in writing, stating its reasons for the denial; or
(b) Initiate rulemaking proceedings in accordance with this chapter.
(2) Any person may petition an agency for a waiver of or variance from a specified rule or rules if the granting of the waiver would not conflict with or violate Idaho law and is consistent with at least one (1) of the following considerations:
(a) In the petitioner’s specific circumstances, the application of a certain rule or rules is unreasonable and would impose undue hardship or burden on the petitioner;
(b) The petitioner proposes an alternative that, in the opinion of the agency, will afford substantially equal protection of health, safety, and welfare intended by the particular rule for which the waiver or variance is requested; or
(c) The waiver or variance requested would test an innovative practice or model that will, in the opinion of the agency, generate meaningful evidence for the agency in consideration of a rule change.
(3) In response to a petition filed pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, the agency shall:
(a) Deny the petition in writing, stating the reasons for the denial; or
(b) Approve the petition and grant a waiver of or variance from the rule, in whole or in part, and specify whether any conditions are placed on the waiver or variance or whether a specific time period for the waiver or variance is established.
(4) An agency shall approve or deny a petition filed pursuant to this section or initiate rulemaking proceedings in accordance with this chapter within twenty-eight (28) days after submission of the petition, unless the agency’s rules are adopted by a multimember agency board or commission whose members are not full-time officers or employees of the state, in which case the agency shall take action on the petition no later than the first regularly scheduled meeting of the board or commission that takes place seven (7) or more days after submission of the petition. If an agency requests additional information from the petitioner, the time period specified in this subsection shall begin anew.
(5) Following the granting of a waiver or variance, the agency shall consider a rule change that will allow all similarly situated persons to derive the same benefits granted to the petitioner.
(6) An agency decision denying a petition is a final agency action.
History:
[(67-5230) 1965, ch. 273, sec. 6, p. 701; am. and redesig. 1992, ch. 263, sec. 21, p. 801; am. 1995, ch. 270, sec. 2, p. 869; am. 2020, ch. 277, sec. 1, p. 811.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS
Chapter 52 - IDAHO ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT
Section 67-5201 - DEFINITIONS.
Section 67-5202 - OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE RULES COORDINATOR.
Section 67-5203 - PUBLICATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE BULLETIN.
Section 67-5204 - PUBLICATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.
Section 67-5205 - FORMAT — COSTS — DISTRIBUTION — FUNDS.
Section 67-5206 - PROMULGATION OF RULES IMPLEMENTING ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT.
Section 67-5207 - SHORT TITLE.
Section 67-5220 - NOTICE OF INTENT TO PROMULGATE RULES — NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING.
Section 67-5221 - PUBLIC NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING.
Section 67-5222 - PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
Section 67-5223 - INTERIM LEGISLATIVE REVIEW — STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC IMPACT.
Section 67-5224 - PENDING RULE — FINAL RULE — EFFECTIVE DATE.
Section 67-5225 - RULEMAKING RECORD.
Section 67-5226 - TEMPORARY RULES.
Section 67-5227 - VARIANCE BETWEEN PENDING RULE AND PROPOSED RULE.
Section 67-5228 - EXEMPTION FROM REGULAR RULEMAKING PROCEDURES.
Section 67-5229 - INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE.
Section 67-5230 - PETITION FOR ADOPTION, AMENDMENT, REPEAL, OR WAIVER OF RULES.
Section 67-5231 - INVALIDITY OF RULES NOT ADOPTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THIS CHAPTER — TIME LIMITATION.
Section 67-5232 - DECLARATORY RULINGS BY AGENCIES.
Section 67-5240 - CONTESTED CASES.
Section 67-5241 - INFORMAL DISPOSITION.
Section 67-5242 - PROCEDURE AT HEARING.
Section 67-5243 - ORDERS NOT ISSUED BY AGENCY HEAD.
Section 67-5244 - REVIEW OF RECOMMENDED ORDERS.
Section 67-5245 - REVIEW OF PRELIMINARY ORDERS.
Section 67-5246 - FINAL ORDERS — EFFECTIVENESS OF FINAL ORDERS.
Section 67-5247 - EMERGENCY PROCEEDINGS.
Section 67-5248 - CONTENTS OF ORDERS.
Section 67-5249 - AGENCY RECORD.
Section 67-5250 - INDEXING OF PRECEDENTIAL AGENCY ORDERS — INDEXING OF AGENCY GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS.
Section 67-5251 - EVIDENCE — OFFICIAL NOTICE.
Section 67-5252 - PRESIDING OFFICER — DISQUALIFICATION.
Section 67-5253 - EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS.
Section 67-5254 - AGENCY ACTION AGAINST LICENSEES.
Section 67-5255 - DECLARATORY RULINGS BY AGENCIES.
Section 67-5270 - RIGHT OF REVIEW.
Section 67-5271 - EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES.
Section 67-5272 - VENUE — FORM OF ACTION.
Section 67-5273 - TIME FOR FILING PETITION FOR REVIEW.
Section 67-5275 - AGENCY RECORD FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW.
Section 67-5276 - ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE.
Section 67-5277 - JUDICIAL REVIEW OF ISSUES OF FACT.
Section 67-5278 - DECLARATORY JUDGMENT ON VALIDITY OR APPLICABILITY OF RULES.
Section 67-5279 - SCOPE OF REVIEW — TYPE OF RELIEF.
Section 67-5280 - CREATION OF OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS — POWERS AND DUTIES.
Section 67-5282 - DUTIES AND PROHIBITED CONDUCT OF THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING OFFICER.
Section 67-5283 - HEARING OFFICER QUALIFICATIONS — POWERS — DUTIES.
Section 67-5284 - COOPERATION OF AGENCIES.
Section 67-5286 - CONDUCT OF CONTESTED CASE PROCEEDINGS.