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Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses
Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Key Changes:
- Starting July 1, 2025, your license will expire on your birthday.
- Born in an odd year? Starting July 1, 2025, when you renew, your license will be valid for 2 years.
- If your license expires on or before the implementation date, you may choose to renew it before the system’s changes go into effect on May 19th (up to 60 days prior to your expiration date). By choosing to renew ahead of the implementation date, your license will be valid for only 1 year.
- Born in an even year? Your 2025 licensure renewal will be valid for 1 year, and starting in 2026, you’ll move to a 2-year renewal cycle.
- Fee Adjustment: Once you renew under the extended renewal period of 2 years, your license fee will double to cover both years.
- New Applicants: Starting July 1, 2025, all new applicants will purchase a 2-year license that expires on their birthday.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs):
Q: Why is this change happening?
The transition to 2-year licenses is designed to reduce the administrative burden of annual renewals for licensees while improving efficiency. This change gives you more time to focus on your profession instead of renewing your license every year.
Q: Why is my renewal dependent on the year I was born?
To ensure a smooth transition, DOPL is phasing in the new renewal cycle based on birth year. This method evenly distributes renewals over two years while ensuring steady cash flow for the boards. This allows DOPL to ensure that your license renewals and fees are handled with the utmost care.
Q: I was born in an odd year – why do I have to pay for two years now while others get to renew for one year?
Since licenses are moving to a 2-year cycle, your renewal in 2025 will cover two years instead of one. Those born in even years will transition in 2026, so their 2025 renewal will still be for one year. This staggered approach ensures a manageable transition process for licensees while ensuring steady cash flow for the boards. This allows DOPL to ensure that your license renewals and fees are handled with the utmost care.
Q: I was born in an even year – why do I have to wait until 2026 to renew for two years?
The transition is structured to phase in the changes gradually, avoiding an overwhelming number of renewals all at once. Since odd-year births are moving first, even-year births will follow in 2026 to balance the workload and ensure a smooth transition. This allows DOPL to ensure that your license renewals and fees are handled with the utmost care.
Q: My fee is already increasing/decreasing this year – why do I have to pay for two years now?
We understand that multiple changes at once can be overwhelming, particularly for those boards that have voted to change annual fees, separate from the upcoming renewal cycle shift. For some boards, recent fee reductions were implemented to make licensure more accessible. For others, fee increases were necessary to support ongoing operations. These fee decisions are made at the board level based on the unique needs of each profession.
Regardless of the direction of those changes, the move to a two-year renewal cycle is a separate Division-wide initiative aimed at streamlining the licensing process overall. While we recognize that paying for two years up front may feel like a significant adjustment — especially when paired with recent fee changes — the shift will ultimately reduce how often you need to renew, lighten the administrative burden for both you and the Division, improve planning, and give you more time to focus on your profession.
Q: How are my Continuing Education Credits changing?
Licensees will need to continue to complete the required CE credits every two (2) calendar years.
A biennial calendar year runs from January 1 of a given year through December 31 of the following year.
Q: How are my fees changing?
Once you move to a 2-year renewal cycle, your licensing fee will double to reflect the extended renewal period. This means you will pay for two years upfront, but you will only need to renew every other year.
Q: Will I still be able to renew early?
You will still be able to renew up to 60 days prior to your license expiration on your birthday.
Q: How does this new cycle work if I renew late?
It is the responsibility of every licensee to maintain their own active licenses. If your license expires and you do not renew by the allotted deadline, you will be responsible for any reinstatement fees, along with a 2-year licensing fee. If you fail to renew your license on time, and later reinstate, your license will be valid for at least one year and will expire on your next birthday.
Q: What if I cannot afford to pay for a two-year renewal right now?
Please contact DOPL via email HP-Licensing@dopl.idaho.govor phone (208) 334-3233.
UPDATE
YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION
Step
1: Log into DOPL Online Services.
Step 2: Select the More… tab.
Step 3: Find the Name and Addresses panel.
Step 4: Select the appropriate change link.
Step 5: Enter changes needed and any
supporting documentation required and submit the request.
INDIVIDUAL
NAME CHANGES
The
individual name that appears on your license/registration must be your legal
name. If it is not, you need to update your record by completing the Online
Services Change Name request and submitting
it with the proper documentation (A certified copy of a marriage license,
divorce decree, or court document noting name change) to the Division.
Once the Change Name request is approved, a
new license certificate will be issued.
ADDRESS CHANGES
Every
record at the Division contains two addresses. To change your personal mailing
address select Manage Address. This is the address used by the Board and
Division staff to send correspondence to you. This address is not a public
record.
Step 1: Select “Yes”
to the question if you need to update your mailing address.
Step 2: Make the necessary
changes and select “Next and then “Submit”.
PHONE NUMBER & E-MAIL ADDRESS
Complete
the Online Services Manage Contact Information to update phone and
e-mail addresses.