Idaho tries to determine if licensing rules are too onerous

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho officials are working to determine whether occupational licenses the state requires have gone beyond protecting public safety and now unduly limit job opportunities.

Idaho Lt. Gov. Brad Little last week released results of a report that found the state has at least 440 different occupational licenses with about 204,000 licenses issued that cost $161 on average for each one.

"In order to continue to ensure only the lightest possible hand of government on the day to day lives of citizens while still protecting the public, it was necessary to undertake this review," Little said in a statement.

Little, serving as acting governor in May 2017, signed the Licensing Freedom Act and launched a review of Idaho's licensing requirements. Such a review hadn't been done in some 40 years. Otter approved of the plan.

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