Division of Occupational & Professioal Licenses
Self-Governing Agency
The Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses (DOPL) provides consumer protection and public safety through its regulation of more than 250,000 licensees within more than 44 Boards and Commissions here in the great State of Idaho.
Established by: Idaho Code Title 67, Chapter 26
Regulatory Boards
DOPL administers dozens of regulatory boards, one for each licensed occupation or profession, organized into three categories:
Building, Construction & Real Estate
- Architects and Landscape Architects
- Building Code
- Contractors
- Damage Prevention
- Drinking Water & Wastewater Professionals
- Electrical
- Elevator Program
- Factory Built Structures
- Geologists
- HVAC Board
- Industrial Safety
- Liquefied Petroleum Gas Safety
- Logging Safety
- Plumbing
- Professional Engineers & Land Surveyors
- Public Works Contractors
- Real Estate Appraiser
- Real Estate Commission
Health Professions
- Athletic Trainers
- Dentistry
- Denturitry
- Dietitian
- Medicine
- Midwifery
- Naturopathic Medicine
- Naturopathic Health Care
- Nursing
- Occupational Therapy
- Optometry
- Pharmacy
- Physical Therapy
- Physician Assistants
- Podiatry
- Psychologist Examiners
- Respiratory Therapy
- Speech, Hearing and Communication Services
- Veterinary Medicine
Occupational Licenses
- Accountancy
- Acupuncture
- Athletic Commission
- Barber and Cosmetology Services
- Chiropractic Physicians
- Counselors and Marriage & Family Therapists
- Driving Business Licensure
- Genetic Counselors
- Long-Term Care Administrators
- Massage Therapy
- Morticians
- Outfitters & Guides
- Shorthand Reporters
- Social Work Examiners
Source: DOPL’s Regulatory Boards page. The Legislature periodically consolidates boards, so a program name above doesn’t always mean a separate board — Building Code, Factory Built Structures, and Industrial Safety, for instance, are all overseen by the same board, and the Board of Midwifery was consolidated into the Board of Nursing effective July 1, 2024.