Law
Bridge year physicians
OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING – Adds to existing law to provide for limited licenses for medical school graduates who are not accepted into a residency program.

RS30310 / H0153

This Legislation directs the Idaho Board of Medicine to create a limited license for medical school graduates who have not yet matched with a residency program and designate them as "bridge year physicians." These bridge year physicians can fill gaps in Idaho’s current healthcare provider workforce. This bill establishes license length, eligibility, qualifications, permitted duties and supervision requirements.

This legislation will have no impact on the state's general fund. Fees collected for the limited license will offset any costs of administration required by the Idaho Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing dedicated fund.

Bill Events
Date Description
02/15 Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
02/16 Reported Printed and Referred to Health & Welfare
02/22 Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
02/23 Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
02/24 Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 67-0-3
AYES – Alfieri, Allgood, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Bundy, Burns, Cannon, Cheatum, Chew, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(1), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Furniss, Galaviz, Gallagher, Gannon, Garner, Green, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley, Lambert, Lanting, Manwaring, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nash, Necochea, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Price, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Roberts, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Tanner, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wisniewski, Wroten, Yamamoto, Young, Mr. Speaker
NAYS – None
Absent – Handy, Hawkins, Skaug
Floor Sponsor - Wheeler
Title apvd - to Senate
02/27 Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
Introduced, read first time; referred to: Health & Welfare
03/07 Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
03/08 Read second time; filed for Third Reading
03/13 Read third time in full – PASSED - 33-1-1
AYES – Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Winder, Wintrow, Zuiderveld
NAYS – Foreman
Absent and excused – Adams
Floor Sponsor - Harris
Title apvd - to House
03/14 Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
03/15 Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
Signed by President; returned to House
03/16 Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
03/17 Delivered to Governor at 11 a.m. on March 16, 2023
03/22 Reported Signed by Governor on March 21, 2023
Session Law Chapter 101
Effective: 07/01/2023
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