Mission Statement: Protecting the health and environment of the people of Idaho through testing and research.
The Idaho Bureau of Laboratories supports state agencies, local health departments, private physicians' laboratories, clinical and environmental laboratories, and some members of the general public. Services include:
- Testing environmental, food, human and animal samples for disease and chemical content;
- Training and certification of private laboratories in the state; and
- Certifying x-ray and mammography machines.
We work closely with local, state and federal agencies to provide timely information related to public health.
Idaho Bureau of Laboratories
2220 Old Penitentiary Road
Boise, ID 83712
Phone: (208)334-2235
Fax: (208)334-2382
Bureau Chief: Richard F. Hudson, Ph.D.
- Reference for Public Health Issues
Problems and/or complaints
Supplies for sampling (208)334-2235-ext. 226
Administrative: Richard F. Hudson, Ph.D. (208)334-2235 ext. 268
Clinical Microbiology and Virology Testing: Phone (208)334-2235 ext. 228
- Assists the epidemiologist in the definition of outbreaks.
- Reference for testing associated with bioterrorism.
- Provides technical reference for clinical laboratories.
- Provides testing of clinical samples.
- Provides testing not usually available from the private sector.
- Provides surveillance testing for diseases of public health significance designated as new or emerging.
Environmental Chemical and Microbiological Testing: Phone 208-334-2235 ext. 233
- Provides chemical, radiological, and microbiological testing of environmental samples to fulfill regulatory requirements.
- Assists environmentalists in the detection of contamination of environment.
- Acts as technical reference for private laboratories.
- Certifies laboratories for the chemical and microbiological testing of drinking water.
Lab Improvement: Phone 208-334-2235 ext. 245
- Licenses x-ray equipment.
- Licenses mammography equipment.
- Provides on-site inspections of physicians and hospital laboratories.