Title 32 — Professions and Occupations
44 chapters · 1,581 sections in this title.
A.R.S. § 32-2501 Definitions
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In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Active license" means a regular license issued pursuant to this chapter. 2. "Adequate records" means legible medical records containing, at a minimum, sufficient information to identify the patient, support the diagnosis…
A.R.S. § 32-2502 Arizona regulatory board of physician assistants; membership; appointment; terms; immunity
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A. The Arizona regulatory board of physician assistants is established consisting of the following members: 1. Five physician assistants who hold a current regular license pursuant to this chapter. The governor may appoint these members from a list of qualified candidates submitt…
A.R.S. § 32-2503 Organization; meetings; payment for service
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A. The board shall annually elect a chairperson and vice chairperson from among its members. B. The board shall hold a regular meeting at least quarterly on a date and at a time and place it designates. The board shall hold special meetings, including meetings using communication…
A.R.S. § 32-2504 Powers and duties; delegation of authority; rules; subcommittees; immunity
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A. The board shall: 1. As its primary duty, protect the public from unlawful, incompetent, unqualified, impaired or unprofessional physician assistants. 2. License and regulate physician assistants pursuant to this chapter. 3. Order and evaluate physical, psychological, psychiatr…
A.R.S. § 32-2505 Personnel; consultants; compensation
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A. The executive director employed by the Arizona medical board is the executive director of the Arizona regulatory board of physician assistants. The staff of the Arizona medical board shall carry out the administrative responsibilities of the Arizona regulatory board of physici…
A.R.S. § 32-2506 Arizona medical board fund
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A. Pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, the board shall deposit fifteen percent of all monies collected pursuant to this chapter in the state general fund and deposit the remaining eighty-five percent in the Arizona medical board fund. B. Monies deposited in the fund pursuant …
A.R.S. § 32-2506; Version 2 Arizona medical board fund
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(L24, Ch. 222, sec. 36. Eff. 7/1/28) A. Pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, the board shall deposit ten percent of all monies collected pursuant to this chapter in the state general fund and deposit the remaining ninety percent in the Arizona medical board fund. B. Monies dep…
A.R.S. § 32-2507 Licensee profiles; civil penalty
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A. The board shall make available to the public a profile of each licensee. The board shall make this information available through an internet website and, if requested, in writing. The profile shall contain the following information: 1. A description of any conviction of a felo…
A.R.S. § 32-2508 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. § 32-2521 Qualifications
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A. An applicant for licensure shall: 1. Have graduated from a physician assistants educational program approved by the board. 2. Pass a certifying examination approved by the board. 3. Be physically and mentally able to safely perform health care tasks as a physician assistant. 4…
A.R.S. § 32-2522 Applications; interview; withdrawal
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A. Each applicant shall file a verified completed application in the form required and supplied by the board that is accompanied by the prescribed application fee. B. The application shall be designed to require the submission of evidence, credentials and other proof necessary to…
A.R.S. § 32-2523 Licensure; renewal; continuing education; audit; penalty fee; expiration
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A. Except as provided in section 32-4301, each holder of a regular license shall renew the license every other year on or before the licensee's birthday by paying the prescribed renewal fee and supplying the board with information it deems necessary, including proof of having com…
A.R.S. § 32-2524 Exemption from licensure
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This chapter does not require licensure of: 1. A student who is enrolled in a physician assistant education program approved by the board. 2. A physician assistant who is an employee of the United States government and who works on land or in facilities owned or operated by the U…
A.R.S. § 32-2525 Cancellation of license
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A. A person who holds an active regular license as a physician assistant, who is not presently under investigation by the board as the result of a complaint or information received by it, and against whom the board has not commenced any disciplinary proceedings may request and th…
A.R.S. § 32-2526 Fees
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A. By a vote at its annual fall meeting, the board shall establish nonrefundable fees and penalties that do not exceed the following: 1. Processing an application for an active license, four hundred dollars. 2. Issuing an active license, four hundred dollars. 3. Annual renewal of…
A.R.S. § 32-2527 Change of address; penalty
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A. A person holding an active license as a physician assistant in this state shall inform the board in writing within thirty days of that person's current residence address, office address and telephone number and of each change in residence and office address or telephone number…
A.R.S. § 32-2528 Inactive license; application; prohibited activities
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A. A person who holds a regular license pursuant to this chapter may request an inactive license from the board if both of the following are true: 1. The licensee is not under investigation by the board. 2. The board has not begun disciplinary proceedings against the licensee. B.…
A.R.S. § 32-2531 Physician assistant scope of practice; health care tasks; supervision agreements; supervising physician duties; civil penalty
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A. Except as prohibited in subsection E of this section, a physician assistant may provide any legal medical service for which the physician assistant has been prepared by education, training and experience and that the physician assistant is competent to perform, including: 1. O…
A.R.S. § 32-2532 Prescribing, administering and dispensing drugs; limits and requirements; notice
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A. Except as provided in subsection G of this section, a physician assistant shall not prescribe, dispense or administer: 1. A schedule II or schedule III controlled substance as defined in the controlled substances act (P.L. 91-513; 84 Stat. 1242; 21 United States Code section 8…
A.R.S. § 32-2533 Supervising physicians; responsibilities
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A. A supervising physician is responsible for all aspects of the performance of a physician assistant who has less than eight thousand hours of clinical practice, whether or not the supervising physician actually pays the physician assistant a salary. The supervising physician is…
A.R.S. § 32-2534 Billing; direct payment
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[Repealed or reserved.]
A.R.S. § 32-2535 Emergency medical care
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A. Notwithstanding the requirements of this article, in response to a natural disaster, accident or other emergency, a physician assistant who is licensed pursuant to this chapter, licensed or certified by another regulatory jurisdiction in the United States or credentialed as a …
A.R.S. § 32-2536 Physician assistants; documentation; certification; rules
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1. A policy that sets forth the process of attestation or documentation required as proof of completion of at least eight thousand clinical practice hours and issuance of certification of completion of the eight thousand clinical practice hours. 2. An alternative comparable stand…
A.R.S. § 32-2551 Grounds for disciplinary action; duty to report; immunity; proceedings; board action; notice; civil penalty
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A. The board on its own motion may investigate any evidence that appears to show that a physician assistant is or may be medically incompetent, is or may be guilty of unprofessional conduct or is or may be mentally or physically unable to carry out approved health care tasks. Any…
A.R.S. § 32-2552 Right to examine and copy evidence; subpoena authority; right to counsel; confidentiality of records
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A. In connection with an investigation conducted by the board on its own motion or as the result of information received pursuant to section 32-2551, subsection A, the board or its duly authorized agent or employee at all reasonable times shall have access to, for the purpose of …
A.R.S. § 32-2553 Judicial review
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[Repealed or reserved.]
A.R.S. § 32-2554 Violation; classification
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A. A person who does any of the following is guilty of a class 6 felony: 1. Performs a health care task if that person is not licensed pursuant to this chapter or is not exempt from licensure pursuant to this chapter. 2. Secures a license to perform health care tasks by fraud or …
A.R.S. § 32-2555 Injunctions
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A. The superior court may issue an injunction to enjoin: 1. A person who is not licensed pursuant to this chapter or who is not exempt from licensure pursuant to this chapter from performing health care tasks. 2. A physician assistant from performing health care tasks if the cour…
A.R.S. § 32-2556 Human immunodeficiency virus; disclosure; immunity; definition
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A. It is not an act of unprofessional conduct for a licensee to report to the department of health services the name of a patient's spouse, sex partner or person with whom the patient has shared hypodermic needles or syringes if the licensee knows that the patient tests positive …
A.R.S. § 32-2557 Disciplinary action; reciprocity
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A. The board shall initiate an investigation pursuant to section 32-2551 if a professional regulatory board in another jurisdiction in the United States has taken disciplinary action against a licensee for an act that occurred in that jurisdiction that constitutes unprofessional …
A.R.S. § 32-2558 Reinstatement of revoked or surrendered license
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A. On written application, the board may issue a new license to a physician assistant whose license was previously revoked by the board or surrendered if the applicant demonstrates to the board's satisfaction that the applicant is completely rehabilitated with respect to the cond…