Title 32 — Professions and Occupations
44 chapters · 1,581 sections in this title.
A.R.S. § 32-1800 Definitions
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In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Active license" means a valid license to practice medicine and includes the license of a licensee who has been placed on probation or on whose license the board has placed restrictions. 2. "Address of record" means eithe…
A.R.S. § 32-1801 Arizona board of osteopathic examiners in medicine and surgery
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A. The Arizona board of osteopathic examiners in medicine and surgery is established consisting of seven members appointed by the governor. One member of the board shall be appointed each year for a term of five years, to begin and end on April 15. B. Before appointment by the go…
A.R.S. § 32-1802 Meetings; organization; compensation; committees
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A. The board shall hold an annual meeting during the month of January each year in the Phoenix metropolitan area and may hold other meetings at times and places determined by a majority of the board on notice to each member and the general public pursuant to title 38, chapter 3, …
A.R.S. § 32-1803 Powers and duties
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A. The board shall: 1. Protect the public from unlawful, incompetent, unqualified, impaired and unprofessional practitioners of osteopathic medicine. 2. Issue licenses, conduct hearings, place physicians on probation, revoke or suspend licenses, enter into stipulated orders, issu…
A.R.S. § 32-1804 Executive director; compensation; duties
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A. Subject to title 41, chapter 4, article 4, the board shall appoint an executive director who is not a member of the board. The executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the board and shall receive compensation as determined pursuant to section 38-611 to be paid from th…
A.R.S. § 32-1805 Board fund; disbursements
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A. Before the end of the calendar month, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, the board shall deposit fifteen percent of all monies received by the board from fees and other monies provided for in section 32-1826 in the state general fund and deposit the remaining eighty-five …
A.R.S. § 32-1805; Version 2 Board fund; disbursements
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(L24, Ch. 222, sec. 26. Eff. 7/1/28) A. Before the end of the calendar month, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, the board shall deposit ten percent of all monies received by the board from fees and other monies provided for in section 32-1826 in the state general fund and d…
A.R.S. § 32-1806 Jurisdiction arbitration panel
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A. When the board receives a complaint concerning a physician who is also licensed pursuant to chapter 29 of this title, the board shall immediately notify the board of homeopathic and integrated medicine examiners. If the boards disagree and if both boards continue to claim juri…
A.R.S. § 32-1807 Preceptorship awareness campaign; definitions
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B. For the purposes of this section: 1. "Medical preceptor" means a medical professional who is licensed pursuant to this chapter and who maintains an active practice in this state. 2. "Preceptorship": (a) Means a mentoring experience in which a medical preceptor provides a progr…
A.R.S. § 32-1821 Persons and acts not affected by chapter
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This chapter does not prevent: 1. A duly licensed physician and surgeon of any other state, district or territory from meeting a person licensed pursuant to this chapter within this state for consultation or, pursuant to an invitation by a sponsor, visiting this state for the sol…
A.R.S. § 32-1822 Qualifications of applicant; application; fingerprinting; fees
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A. On a form and in a manner prescribed by the board, an applicant for licensure shall submit proof that the applicant: 1. Is the person named on the application and on all supporting documents submitted. 2. Is a citizen of the United States or a resident alien. 3. Is a graduate …
A.R.S. § 32-1823 Locum tenens registration; application; term; interview; denial of application; discipline
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A. A doctor of osteopathy who is licensed to practice osteopathic medicine and surgery by another state may be registered to provide locum tenens medical services to substitute for or temporarily assist a doctor of osteopathy who holds an active license pursuant to this chapter o…
A.R.S. § 32-1824 Expedited licensure; medical licensure compact; fingerprinting
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Beginning September 1, 2017, applicants for expedited licensure pursuant to section 32-3241 shall submit a full set of fingerprints to the board for the purpose of obtaining a state and federal criminal records check pursuant to section 41-1750 and Public Law 92-544. The departme…
A.R.S. § 32-1825 Renewal of licenses; continuing medical education; failure to renew; penalty; reinstatement; waiver of continuing medical education
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A. Except as provided in section 32-4301, each licensee shall renew the license every other year on or before January 1 on an application form approved by the board. At least sixty days before that renewal date, the executive director shall notify each licensee of this requiremen…
A.R.S. § 32-1826 Fees; penalty
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A. The board shall establish fees of not to exceed the following: 1. For an application to practice osteopathic medicine, four hundred dollars. 2. For issuance of a license, two hundred dollars, prorated by each month remaining in the calendar year of issuance. 3. For biennial re…
A.R.S. § 32-1827 Cancellation of a license; requirements
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The board shall cancel a license at the licensee's request if the licensee is not the subject of a board investigation or disciplinary proceeding.
A.R.S. § 32-1828 Education teaching permits
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A. The dean of a school of osteopathic medicine approved by the American osteopathic association or the chairman of a teaching hospital's accredited graduate medical education program may invite a doctor of osteopathy who is not licensed in this state to demonstrate and perform m…
A.R.S. § 32-1829 Training permits; issuance of permits
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A. The board may grant a one-year renewable training permit to a person who is participating in a teaching hospital's accredited internship, residency or clinical fellowship training program to allow that person to practice medicine only in the supervised setting of that program.…
A.R.S. § 32-1829.01 Osteopathic graduate transitional training permit; requirements; definitions
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1. Within a two-year period immediately preceding initial application for a transitional training permit, was either: (a) Qualified to submit, and submitted, a valid application to an accredited internship or residency program but was not selected for a position. (b) Selected for…
A.R.S. § 32-1830 Training permits; approved schools
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The executive director may grant a one-year training permit to a person who: 1. Participates in a program at an approved school of medicine or a hospital that has an approved hospital internship, residency or clinical fellowship training program if the purpose of the program is t…
A.R.S. § 32-1831 Teaching licenses; definitions
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A. A doctor of osteopathic medicine who is not licensed in this state may be employed as a full-time faculty member by a school of osteopathic medicine in this state approved by the American osteopathic association or a teaching hospital's accredited graduate medical education pr…
A.R.S. § 32-1832 Retired license; waiver of fees; reinstatement; limited license; volunteer work
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A. The board shall waive a physician's biennial renewal fee if the physician has paid all past fees, presents an affidavit to the board stating that the physician has permanently retired from the practice of osteopathic medicine and does not have any pending complaints or open di…
A.R.S. § 32-1833 Pro bono registration
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A. The board may issue a pro bono registration to allow a doctor of osteopathy who is not a licensee to practice in this state for a total of sixty days each calendar year if the doctor meets all of the following requirements: 1. Holds an active and unrestricted license to practi…
A.R.S. § 32-1834 Temporary licensure; requirements; fee
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A. Beginning July 1, 2017, the board may issue a temporary license, which may not be renewed or extended, to allow a physician who is not a licensee to practice in this state for a total of up to two hundred fifty consecutive days if the physician meets all of the following requi…
A.R.S. § 32-1835 Specialty certification; prohibited requirement for licensure; definition
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A. The board may not require an applicant for licensure pursuant to this article to hold or maintain a specialty certification as a condition of licensure in this state. This subsection does not prohibit the board from considering an applicant's specialty certification as a facto…
A.R.S. § 32-1851 Prohibited acts
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The following acts are prohibited: 1. Practicing medicine and surgery as an osteopathic physician and surgeon without holding a license issued by the board under the provisions of this chapter. 2. Misusing the designation "D.O." in a way that leads the public to believe that a pe…
A.R.S. § 32-1852 Rights and duties of osteopathic physicians and surgeons; scope of practice
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A person holding a license under this chapter to practice medicine and surgery as an osteopathic physician and surgeon shall be subject to all state and local laws and regulations pertaining to public health. In diagnosticating, prognosticating and treating any human ills he shal…
A.R.S. § 32-1853 Use of title
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A person licensed under this chapter shall use the title "osteopathic physician and surgeon", "osteopathic physician" or "doctor of osteopathy" or affix the initials "D.O." after the licensee's name.
A.R.S. § 32-1853.01 Use of title by a medical assistant
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It is unlawful for a person to use the title "medical assistant" or a related abbreviation unless the person is working as a medical assistant under the supervision of a doctor of osteopathic medicine pursuant to rules adopted by the board or possesses written verification of suc…
A.R.S. § 32-1854 Definition of unprofessional conduct
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For the purposes of this chapter, "unprofessional conduct" includes the following acts, whether occurring in this state or elsewhere: 1. Knowingly betraying a professional secret or wilfully violating a privileged communication except as either of these may otherwise be required …
A.R.S. § 32-1855 Disciplinary action; duty to report; hearing; notice; independent medical examinations; surrender of license
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A. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the board on its own motion may investigate any information that appears to show that an osteopathic physician and surgeon is or may be guilty of unprofessional conduct or is or may be mentally or physically unable safely to eng…
A.R.S. § 32-1855.01 Right to examine and copy evidence; summoning witnesses and documents; taking testimony; right to counsel; court aid; process
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A. Pursuant to an investigation conducted under this chapter, the board and its authorized agents and employees may examine any documents, reports, records or other physical evidence of any person being investigated, as well as the reports, records and other documents maintained …
A.R.S. § 32-1855.02 Physicians; duty to report
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[Repealed or reserved.]
A.R.S. § 32-1855.03 Health care institution duty to report; immunity; patient records; confidentiality
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A. A health care institution as defined in section 36-401 or a subscription provider of health care shall report to the board any information it may have that appears to show that a physician may be guilty of unprofessional conduct or may be mentally or physically unable safely t…
A.R.S. § 32-1856 Judicial review
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Except as provided in section 41-1092.08, subsection H, an appeal to the superior court in Maricopa county may be taken from any final decision of the board pursuant to title 12, chapter 7, article 6.
A.R.S. § 32-1857 Injunction
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A. An injunction may be issued to enjoin the practice of osteopathic medicine by either of the following: 1. A person not licensed to practice osteopathic medicine nor exempt from the licensing requirement under this chapter. 2. A physician whose continued practice will or may ca…
A.R.S. § 32-1858 Violations; classification
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A. A person who practices medicine and surgery as an osteopathic physician and surgeon without compliance with this chapter or a person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a class 5 felony. B. A violation of each section of this chapter constitutes a s…
A.R.S. § 32-1859 Medical assistants
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Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent a medical assistant from assisting a doctor of osteopathic medicine pursuant to rules adopted by the board.
A.R.S. § 32-1860 Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; disclosure of patient information; immunity; definition
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A. Notwithstanding section 32-1854, it is not an act of unprofessional conduct for a physician to report to the department of health services the name of a patient's spouse or sex partner or a person with whom the patient has shared hypodermic needles or syringes if the physician…
A.R.S. § 32-1861 Substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation program; private contract; funding
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A. The board may establish a confidential program for the treatment and rehabilitation of licensees who are impaired by substance abuse. This program may include education, intervention, therapeutic treatment and posttreatment monitoring and support. B. The board may contract wit…
A.R.S. § 32-1871 Dispensing of drugs and devices; conditions; exception; civil penalty
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A. Except as provided in subsections B and F of this section, an osteopathic physician may dispense drugs and devices kept by the physician if: 1. All drugs are dispensed in packages labeled with the following information: (a) The dispensing physician's name, address and telephon…