If an award of public assistance which includes an eye examination is made to or in behalf of an individual, that individual or his legal custodian shall have the right to select any practitioner to perform such examination who is licensed by the state of Idaho to perform eye examinations. Whenever such an award is applied for or approved, the state department or its personnel shall not recommend any practitioner or system of practice from among those licensed to perform eye examinations.
Idaho Code § 56-214A