Idaho Admin. Code r. 04.12.01.542
The demands on the time of the Attorney General will not ordinarily allow the Attorney General to hear an application. Accordingly, within seven days after the Office of the Attorney General receives either a notice of intent to file an application for a certificate of public advantage or receives an application for a certificate of public advantage, whichever comes first, the Attorney General will appoint a hearing officer to hear the case. The hearing officer will be authorized to issue a preliminary order (i.e., an order that will become final in the absence of review by the Attorney General). The hearing officer will issue a preliminary order rather than a recommended order (an order that becomes final only after review by the Attorney General) because there is not time for a hearing officer to hear a case and issue a recommended order and for the Attorney General to review a recommended order in sixty (60) days. (3-31-22)
Idaho Admin. Code r. 04.12.01.542