Idaho § 56-1002 - Department of health and welfare - Creation
Full text of Idaho Idaho Statutes § 56-1002 — Department of health and welfare - Creation, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 56-1002. Department of health and welfare - Creation
(1) There is created and established in the state government a department of health and welfare which shall, for the purposes of section 20, article IV of the constitution of the state of Idaho, be an executive department of the state government. The executive and administrative power of this department shall be vested in the director of the department who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate.
(2) The department shall be organized into such administrative and general services divisions as may be necessary in order to efficiently administer the department. Each division shall be headed by a division administrator who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the director with the concurrence of the board. Any new bureau chief hired to head a bureau shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the director with the concurrence of the board.
[56-1002, added 2000, ch. 132, sec. 38, p. 347; am. 2025, ch. 207, sec. 1, p. 933; am. 2026, ch. 25, sec. 2, p. 117.]
Source: official Idaho text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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