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Idaho Code § 72-508 (2026)

Authority to adopt rules and regulations. 

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Authority to adopt rules and regulations. 

Pursuant to the provisions of chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code, the commission shall have authority to promulgate and adopt reasonable rules and regulations for effecting the purposes of this act. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code, the commission shall have authority to promulgate and adopt reasonable rules and regulations involving judicial matters. In administrative matters and all other matters, the commission shall be bound by the provisions of chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code. Rules and regulations as promulgated and adopted, if not inconsistent with law, shall be binding in the administration of this law.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 27 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1974–2025 · leading case: Rhodes v. Indus. Comm'n, 868 P.2d 467 (Idaho 1993).
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Rhodes v. Indus. Comm'n, 868 P.2d 467 (Idaho 1993). · cites it 16× “STATEMENT OF THE CASE Respondent, the Industrial Commission of the State of Idaho ("Commission"), has authority to adopt rules and regulations pursuant to I.C. § 72-508. The Commission must comply with the administrative procedures governing the enactment of administrative…”
Curr v. Curr, 864 P.2d 132 (Idaho 1993). · cites it 8× “Idaho Code § 72-508 enables the Commission to issue rules and regulations necessary to accomplish the purposes of the Workers’ Compensation Act.”
Page v. McCain Foods, Inc., 179 P.3d 265 (Idaho 2008). · cites it 4× “4 I.C. § 72-508. Nonetheless, the computation of time in I.”
Seiniger Law Offices, P.A. v. State Ex Rel. Indus. Comm'n, 299 P.3d 773 (Idaho 2013). · cites it 6× “Therefore, section 3-205 does not limit the Commission’s authority to adopt administrative rules that regulate the amount that it determines to be a reasonable attorney fee in worker’s compensation proceedings. III. In Adopting the Rule, Did the Commission Violate the Idaho…”
St. Alphonsus Reg'l Med. Ctr. v. Edmondson, 937 P.2d 420 (Idaho 1997). · cites it 8× “2d 132 (1993), the Court pointed out: “As a creature of legislative invention, the Commission may only act pursuant to an enumerated power, whether it be directly statutory or based upon rules and regulations properly issued by the Commission under I.C. § 72-508.” Id. at 691,…”
Emery v. J.R. Simplot Co., 111 P.3d 92 (Idaho 2005). · cites it 18× “Idaho Code § 72-508 states that: [T]he Commission shall have authority to promulgate and adopt reasonable rules and regulations for effecting the purposes of this [Workers’ Compensation] act.”
Morris v. Hap Taylor & Sons, Inc., 301 P.3d 639 (Idaho 2013). · cites it 2× “Morris cites to I.C. § 72-508, which states: “Rules and regulations as promulgated and adopted, if not inconsistent with law, shall be binding in the administration of [the workers’ compensation] law.”
Warren v. Williams & Parsons PC CPAS, 337 P.3d 1257 (Idaho 2014). · cites it 6× ““Pursuant to Idaho Code §§ 72-508 and 72-707,” the Commission adopted the Judicial Rules of Practice and Procedure “as governing judicial matters under its jurisdiction as provided by the Idaho Workers’ Compensation Law.”
Dumaw v. J.L. Norton Logging, 795 P.2d 312 (Idaho 1990). · cites it 2× “In all such cases the fees of attorneys employed by injured employees or their dependents shall be fixed by the commission. This statute does not make the award of attorney fees contingent on fulfillment of some procedures of the Commission.”
Smith v. Idaho Dep't of Labor, 218 P.3d 1133 (Idaho 2009). · cites it 2× “Appeals before the Commission are governed by the Rules of Appellate Practice and Procedure Under the Idaho Employment Security Law [hereinafter “Commission Appellate Rules”], promulgated pursuant to I.C. §§ 72-508 and -1368(7). Under the Commission Appellate Rules, “filing”…”
Fisher v. Bunker Hill Co., 528 P.2d 903 (Idaho 1974). · cites it 2× “” Section 72-508, I.C., authorizes the Commission to promulgate reasonable rules for effecting the purposes of the workmen’s compensation law, and in our opinion Rule IV falls within that category.”
Steen v. Denny's Restaurant, 16 P.3d 910 (Idaho 2000). · cites it 2× “See I.C. § 72-508. Pursuant to this authority, the Commission adopted the Rules of Appellate Practice and Procedure Under the Idaho Employment Security Law (RAPP).”
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