# Idaho Code § 36-2107: 36-2107 POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD > Idaho · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T36_C21_S36-2107 ## Section - **Citation:** Idaho Code § 36-2107 - **Heading:** 36-2107 POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD - **Jurisdiction:** Idaho - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Idaho Code / Title 36 / Chapter 21 / Section 36-2107 ## Text 36-2107. Powers and duties of board. The board shall have the following duties and powers: (a) To conduct examinations to ascertain the qualifications of applicants for outfitter's or guide's licenses, and to issue such licenses to qualified applicants, with such restrictions and limitations thereon as the board may find reasonable. (b) To prescribe and establish rules of procedure to carry into effect the provisions of this chapter including, but not limited to, rules prescribing all requisite qualifications of training, experience, knowledge of rules of governmental bodies, condition and type of gear and equipment, and examinations to be given applicants, whether oral, written or demonstrative, or a combination thereof. (c) The board is expressly vested with the power and the authority to enforce the provisions of this chapter and to make and enforce any and all reasonable rules which shall by it be deemed necessary and which are not in conflict with the provisions of this chapter, for the express purpose of safeguarding the health, safety, welfare and freedom from injury or danger of those persons utilizing the services of outfitters and guides, and for the conservation of wildlife and range resources. (d) The board shall have the power to cooperate with the federal and state government through its appropriate agency or instrumentality in matters of mutual concern regarding the business of outfitting and guiding in Idaho. (e) The division administrator shall have the power to hire enforcement agents in order to conduct investigations and enforce the provisions of this chapter. All enforcement agents appointed by the board who are certified by the Idaho peace officer standards and training council shall have the power of peace officers limited to: 1. Enforcement of the provisions of this chapter. 2. Responding to express requests from other law enforcement agencies for aid and assistance in enforcing other laws. For purposes of this section, such a request from a law enforcement agency shall mean only a request as to a particular and singular violation or suspicion of violation of law and shall not constitute a continuous request for assistance outside the purview of enforcement of the provisions of this chapter. (f) The board shall designate the number of deer or elk tags allocated pursuant to section 36-408(4), Idaho Code, among the authorized outfitting operations within each capped or controlled zone, unit, or game management area in a fair and equitable manner designed to maximize the use of allocated tags by the outfitted public and promote predictability for individual outfitting operations that have previously used or ensured the use of the allocated tags designated to them. The board will report the number of tags designated to each outfitter operation back to the department of fish and game for distribution. History: [36-2107, added 1976, ch. 95, sec. 2, p. 389; am. 1978, ch. 131, sec. 2, p. 293; am. 1988, ch. 269, sec. 6, p. 889; am. 1989, ch. 360, sec. 1, p. 904; am. 1991, ch. 131, sec. 1, p. 287; am. 1991, ch. 268, sec. 1, p. 658; am. 1997, ch. 136, sec. 2, p. 406; am. 2001, ch. 170, sec. 2, p. 584; am. 2001, ch. 271, sec. 3, p. 990; am. 2003, ch. 205, sec. 1, p. 546; am. 2008, ch. 112, sec. 2, p. 314; am. 2019, ch. 243, sec. 2, p. 737; am. 2020, ch. 113, sec. 3, p. 361; am. 2021, ch. 221, sec. 1, p. 607; am. 2023, ch. 152, sec. 2, p. 408; am. 2026, ch. 221, sec. 1, p. 928.] ## Nearby sections - [Idaho Code § 36-2101 36-2101 DECLARATION OF POLICY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T36_C21_S36-2101.md) - [Idaho Code § 36-2102 36-2102 DEFINITIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T36_C21_S36-2102.md) - [Idaho Code § 36-2103 36-2103 EXCEPTIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T36_C21_S36-2103.md) - [Idaho Code § 36-2104 36-2104 LICENSE A PREREQUISITE FOR OUTFITTING AND GUIDING.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T36_C21_S36-2104.md) - [Idaho Code § 36-2105 36-2105 CREATION OF IDAHO OUTFITTERS AND GUIDES LICENSING BOARD.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T36_C21_S36-2105.md) - [Idaho Code § 36-2106 36-2106 APPOINTMENT AND QUALIFICATION OF MEMBERS — ORGANIZATION OF BOARD.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T36_C21_S36-2106.md) - [Idaho Code § 36-2107 36-2107 POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T36_C21_S36-2107.md) - [Idaho Code § 36-2108 36-2108 APPLICATION FOR LICENSE — CONTENTS — FEE — QUALIFICATIONS — TERM — BOND.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T36_C21_S36-2108.md) - [Idaho Code § 36-2109 36-2109 FORM AND TERM OF LICENSE — NOTICE OF DENIAL.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T36_C21_S36-2109.md) - [Idaho Code § 36-2110 36-2110 OPERATIONS OF LICENSEES — ADJUSTMENT OF AREA — RULES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T36_C21_S36-2110.md) - [Idaho Code § 36-2111 36-2111 DISPOSITION OF FUNDS — CONTINUING APPROPRIATION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T36_C21_S36-2111.md) - [Idaho Code § 36-2112 36-2112 LICENSED OUTFITTERS MAY ACT AS GUIDES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T36_C21_S36-2112.md) - [Idaho Code § 36-2113 36-2113 REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION OF LICENSE — GROUNDS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T36_C21_S36-2113.md) - [Idaho Code § 36-2114 36-2114 REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION OF LICENSE — REVIEW OF DENIAL OF LICENSE — PROCEDURE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T36_C21_S36-2114.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T36_C21_S36-2107. 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