Nicole Chopski
Director
Nicole L. Chopski, PharmD, serves as the Health Professions Bureau Chief for the Idaho Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses (DOPL), where she oversees 18 health-related boards and committees. She also serves as Executive Officer for the Boards of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Naturopathic Healthcare.
Dr. Chopski is dedicated to promoting, preserving, and protecting the health, safety, and welfare of Idaho’s citizens through effective collaboration with stakeholders and by ensuring compliance with state regulations. At the national level, she has served on the Executive Committee and multiple task forces for the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy. In 2025, she was elected President-Elect and will begin her term as President in May 2026.
Raised and educated in Pocatello, Idaho, Dr. Chopski earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the Â鶹´«Ã½AV College of Pharmacy in 1997. She was a Certified Geriatric Pharmacist for 20 years and served as a hospital pharmacist at Portneuf Medical Center for 21 years. In 2006, she completed Purdue University College of Pharmacy’s program in nuclear pharmacy and co-founded a nuclear pharmacy in Southeast Idaho. She was appointed to the Idaho Board of Pharmacy by the Governor in 2007, where she served for 12 years before becoming its Executive Director in 2019.
In her free time, Dr. Chopski enjoys riding her Harley-Davidson motorcycle and is actively involved with the local POW/MIA Awareness Association and the National League of POW/MIA Families.