Idaho Code
Idaho Code § 39-106 (2026)
Director — Additional powers and duties.
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Director — Additional powers and duties.
The director shall, in addition to all other powers and duties inherent in the position:
(1) Prescribe such policies and procedures as may be necessary for the administration of the department, the conduct and duties of the employees, the orderly and efficient management of department business, and the custody, use and preservation of department records, papers, books and property belonging to the state;
(2) Employ such personnel as may be deemed necessary, prescribe their duties and fix their compensation within the limits provided by the state personnel system law;
(3) Administer oaths for all purposes required in the discharge of his duties;
(4) Prescribe the qualifications of all personnel of the department on a nonpartisan merit basis, in accordance with the Idaho personnel system law, provided, however, that the administrators in charge of any division of the department shall serve at the pleasure of the director; and
(5) Create such units, sections and subdivisions as are or may be necessary for the proper and efficient functioning of the department.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1972–1988 · leading case: Swanson v. State, 759 P.2d 898 (Idaho 1988).
Swanson v. State, 759 P.2d 898 (Idaho 1988). “The record here indicates that Swanson was a classified employee of DHW who had a permanent appointment and who was subject to removal or discipline only under the provisions of Chapter 53, Title 67, Idaho Code, and the rules of the Idaho personnel commission.”
Salinas v. Amalgamated Sugar Co., 341 F. Supp. 311 (D. Idaho 1972). “); and the second count alleges violations by the defendant of the Rules and Regulations Relating to Migratory Labor Housing as promulgated by the Idaho State Board of Health under the authority of Idaho Code § 39-106 et seq. Jurisdiction of the Court is alleged to be conferred…”
Idaho Code § 39-106(b): 1 case
Swanson v. State, 759 P.2d 898 (Idaho 1988). “The record here indicates that Swanson was a classified employee of DHW who had a permanent appointment and who was subject to removal or discipline only under the provisions of Chapter 53, Title 67, Idaho Code, and the rules of the Idaho personnel commission.”
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