ID H0242

Licensed nurses, physicians, and physician assistants who serve as preceptors to graduate students in qualified rural areas must track and report their mentoring hours when renewing their professional licenses

Preceptors who provide 360 or more hours of uncompensated mentoring over a two-year period in primary care health professional shortage areas or medically underserved areas qualify for continuing education credits toward license renewal

Preceptorship requires a minimum of 180 hours per calendar year of personalized instruction, training, and supervision for graduate students pursuing primary care degrees

Eligible graduate students must be enrolled at accredited Idaho institutions pursuing nursing degrees, doctor of osteopathy degrees, or physician assistant degrees

Declared an emergency measure with an effective date of July 1, 2025