Title 32, Professions and Occupations
44 chapters · 1,555 sections in this title.
A.R.S. § 32-3201 Definitions
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In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Health profession regulatory board" means any board that regulates one or more health professionals in this state. 2. "Health professional" means a person who is certified or licensed pursuant to chapter 7, 8, 11, 13, 14…
A.R.S. § 32-3201.01 Definition of medication-assisted treatment
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In this title, unless the context otherwise requires, "medication-assisted treatment" means the use of pharmacological medications that are approved by the United States food and drug administration, in combination with counseling and behavioral therapies, to provide a whole pati…
A.R.S. § 32-3202 License or certificate suspension
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The certificate or license of a health professional who does not renew the certificate or license as prescribed by statute and who has been advised in writing that an investigation is pending at the time the certificate or license is due to expire or terminate does not expire or …
A.R.S. § 32-3203 Malpractice claim investigation
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On receipt of a malpractice report and a copy of a malpractice complaint as provided in section 12-570, the health profession regulatory board shall initiate an investigation into the matter to determine if the licensee is in violation of the statutes or rules governing licensure…
A.R.S. § 32-3204 Experimental diagnosis, therapy or treatment; implied consent; definition
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A. Notwithstanding any provision of this title to the contrary, a health professional, within the scope of that person's profession, may use an experimental diagnosis, therapy or treatment on a patient who is unable to make or communicate health care decisions and who has an emer…
A.R.S. § 32-3205 Board disciplinary action; voting requirements
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If a disciplinary action requires a vote of board members, a health profession regulatory board shall conduct that vote by roll call. The board shall maintain a record of each member's vote. This section does not prohibit a board from using a consent agenda.
A.R.S. § 32-3206 Disciplinary action; information; disclosure
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A. At least ten business days before a meeting of a health profession regulatory board to review the status of an investigation, the board shall provide notice of the meeting to the health professional, including notice of the opportunity for the health professional to request a …
A.R.S. § 32-3207 Health professionals disease hazard; testing; petition; definition
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A. A health professional may petition the court to allow for the testing of a patient or deceased person if there is probable cause to believe that in the course of that health professional's practice there was a significant exposure. B. The court shall hear the petition promptly…
A.R.S. § 32-3208 Criminal charges; mandatory reporting requirements; civil penalty; exceptions
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A. A health professional who has been charged with a misdemeanor involving conduct that may affect patient safety or a felony after receiving or renewing a license or certificate must notify the health professional's regulatory board in writing within ten working days after the c…
A.R.S. § 32-3209 Release of information; fees
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A. On request of any person, a health profession regulatory board must provide the following information to that person: 1. A copy of the minutes of any specified board meeting. 2. A copy of a board action concerning a person regulated by the board. 3. A copy of the final adjudic…
A.R.S. § 32-3210 Billing for laboratory costs; unprofessional conduct; definition
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A. It is an act of unprofessional conduct for a health professional to request a laboratory that provides anatomic pathology services at the health professional's orders to submit a bill for anatomic pathology services, whether occurring in this state or elsewhere, to any person …
A.R.S. § 32-3211 Medical records; protocol; unprofessional conduct; corrective action; exemptions
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A. A health professional must prepare a written protocol for the secure storage, transfer and access of the medical records of the health professional's patients. At a minimum the protocol must specify: 1. If the health professional terminates or sells the health professional's p…
A.R.S. § 32-3212 Umbilical cord blood; patient information; definition
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A. Beginning January 1, 2007, if a health professional has a patient who is in her second trimester of pregnancy, the health professional must inform the patient of the following options relating to stem cells that are contained in the umbilical cord blood after the delivery of h…
A.R.S. § 32-3213 Health professionals; disclosure; unprofessional conduct; definition
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A. An advertisement for health care services that includes a health professional's name shall identify the title and type of license the health professional holds and under which the health professional is practicing. B. A health professional who violates this section commits an …
A.R.S. § 32-3214 Board actions; public access to records; website
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A. If a health profession regulatory board dismisses a complaint, the record of that complaint is available to that regulatory board and the public pursuant to section 39-121 but may not appear on the board's website. For the purposes of this subsection, "dismisses a complaint" m…
A.R.S. § 32-3215 Medical marijuana; unprofessional conduct; annual reports; identifying information
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A. It is an act of unprofessional conduct for a health professional who is licensed pursuant to chapter 13, 14, 17 or 29 of this title to recommend medical marijuana pursuant to title 36, chapter 28.1 for other than a debilitating medical condition as defined in section 36-2801. …
A.R.S. § 32-3216 Health care providers; charges; public availability; direct payment; notice; definitions
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A. A health care provider must make available on request or online the direct pay price for at least the twenty-five most commonly provided services, if applicable, for the health care provider. The services may be identified by a common procedural terminology code or by a plain-…
A.R.S. § 32-3217 Volunteer health services registration; health professionals; free medical clinic
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A. A health profession regulatory board in this state may issue a volunteer health services registration to allow a health professional who is not a licensee to practice in this state for a total of up to fourteen days each calendar year if the health professional meets all of th…
A.R.S. § 32-3218 Health profession regulatory boards; members; training; definitions
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A. Beginning January 1, 2015, each member of a health profession regulatory board shall complete a twelve-hour training within one year after the member's initial appointment to the board. Any member of a health profession regulatory board whose initial appointment was before Jan…
A.R.S. § 32-3219 Licensure; renewal; notification; definitions
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A. A medical practitioner regulatory board shall notify each medical practitioner who receives an initial or renewal license and who intends to apply for registration or has an active registration under the controlled substances act (21 United States Code section 801 through 904)…
A.R.S. § 32-3220 Health professionals; requirements for licensure; prohibition
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A health professional is not required to participate in any public or private third-party reimbursement program as a condition of licensure under this title.
A.R.S. § 32-3221 Lawful health care services; patient education; exceptions; definitions
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A. This state, any political subdivision of this state or any department or agency of this state, including a health profession regulatory board, or a private entity contracted with a health profession regulatory board to carry out functions of the board may not punish a health p…
A.R.S. § 32-3222 Health profession regulatory boards; terms of members; board meeting recordings; employment opportunities; websites
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A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this title and except as provided in this subsection, a member of a health profession regulatory board is not eligible for reappointment to that board once the person has been appointed for two full terms, in addition to any time served o…
A.R.S. § 32-3223 Health profession regulatory boards; nondisciplinary confidential monitoring programs
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A. Each health profession regulatory board may establish a nondisciplinary confidential program, including enrollment criteria for participation in the program, for the monitoring of a licensee or certificate holder who has been reported to or who voluntarily reports to the licen…
A.R.S. § 32-3223.01 Health profession regulatory board; mental health inquiry; prohibition; definition
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A. A health profession regulatory board may not include any question on an application for a license, permit, certificate or endorsement that requests information about whether the applicant has sought mental health assistance or received a mental health diagnosis or treatment. T…
A.R.S. § 32-3224 Complaints; time limit on filing; exceptions
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Notwithstanding any time limit to the contrary in this title, a health profession regulatory board may not act on its own motion or on any complaint received by the board in which an allegation of unprofessional conduct or any other violation of the chapter that applies to a prof…
A.R.S. § 32-3225 Types of disciplinary action; reimbursement
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In addition to any other disciplinary actions that may be taken, a health profession regulatory board may impose a requirement for a reimbursement of fees paid to a licensee or certificate holder by or on behalf of the patient, if requested by the patient on a complaint form pres…
A.R.S. § 32-3226 Address of record; disclosure; telephone number or email address; definition
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A. A health profession regulatory board shall have, for each licensee under the board's regulation, an address of record designated by the licensee that may be disclosed to the public. If the licensee designates the licensee's residential address as the address of record, the boa…
A.R.S. § 32-3227 Unauthorized practice of a health profession; verification; posting; violation; classification; definition
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A. A health profession regulatory board shall regulate the unauthorized practice of the health profession the board regulates. B. A health profession regulatory board or the executive director of the board, if delegated and consistent with each regulatory board's statutory author…
A.R.S. § 32-3228 Informed consent; breast implant surgery; requirements; unprofessional conduct; work group; definition
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A. Before performing breast implant surgery, a physician who is licensed pursuant to chapter 13 or 17 of this title must provide the patient with the following, in writing or in an electronic format, based on the information that is then generally available to physicians who perf…
A.R.S. § 32-3229 Unprofessional conduct; informed consent; pelvic examinations
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It is an act of unprofessional conduct for a physician who is licensed pursuant to chapter 13 or 17 of this title, a nurse practitioner who is licensed pursuant to chapter 15 of this title or a physician assistant who is licensed pursuant to chapter 25 of this title to perform or…
A.R.S. § 32-3229.01 Health professional wellness programs; confidentiality; definition
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A. Any statewide association that is exempt from taxation under 26 United States Code section 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(6) and that primarily represents health professionals who are licensed to practice pursuant to chapter 13, 15 or 17 of this title may establish a health professional …
A.R.S. § 32-3230 Prohibition of irreversible gender reassignment surgery for minors; definitions
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A. A physician may not provide irreversible gender reassignment surgery to any individual who is under eighteen years of age. B. A physician may provide any of the following to an individual who is under eighteen years of age: 1. Services to an individual born with a medically ve…
A.R.S. § 32-3230.01 Health professionals; practice; employment; business entities
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Except as provided in section 32-1753, a health professional may engage in the practice for which the health professional is licensed in any form of business entity in this state or as an employee of any form of business entity in this state.
A.R.S. § 32-3230.02 Renewal applications; suspension; extension; renewal fee waiver
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If a health profession regulatory board suspends the processing of renewal applications for licensure or certification: 1. All current licenses and certificates that were previously issued by that health profession regulatory board are extended through the suspension period. 2. D…
A.R.S. § 32-3231 Definitions
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In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Administer" means the direct application of or dispensing or furnishing a prescription medication or a prescription-only device, whether by injection or any other means, to the body of a patient by a health professional …
A.R.S. § 32-3232 Supervision
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Only a health professional, who has prescribing authority and who is acting within the health professional's scope of practice, may administer or supervise another health professional, who is acting within the health professional's scope of practice, in the administration of pres…
A.R.S. § 32-3233 Lasers; IPL devices; authorized use; authorized supervision
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A. A health professional may register, operate and use a laser or IPL device that is registered with the department or administer drugs or devices for cosmetic purposes to the extent the use is allowed by the health professional's scope of practice and the health professional has…
A.R.S. § 32-3234 Laser safety fund
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The laser safety fund is established consisting of fees collected by the department pursuant to section 32-3233. The department shall administer the fund. Monies in the fund are continuously appropriated.
A.R.S. § 32-3241 Medical licensure compact
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(Conditionally Rpld.) The medical licensure compact is enacted into law as follows: Section 1. Purpose In order to strengthen access to health care, and in recognition of the advances in the delivery of health care, the member states of the interstate Medical Licensure Compact ha…
A.R.S. § 32-3242 Subpoenas from member boards or courts in member states
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(Conditionally Rpld.) A subpoena issued pursuant to section 32-3241, section 9 for the attendance and testimony of witnesses or the production of evidence from this state shall be enforced by any court of competent jurisdiction in this state according to that court's practice and…
A.R.S. § 32-3243 Participation in compact as condition of employment; prohibition
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(Conditionally Rpld.) An employer may not require a physician to seek licensure through the medical licensure compact enacted by section 32-3241 as a condition of initial or continued employment as an allopathic or osteopathic physician in this state. An employer may require that…
A.R.S. § 32-3244 Open meeting requirements
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(Conditionally Rpld.) If a meeting, or a portion of a meeting, of the interstate commission is closed pursuant to section 32-3241, section 11, subsection H, the commission's legal counsel or designee shall certify that the meeting may be closed and shall reference each relevant e…
A.R.S. § 32-3245 Arizona medical board; Arizona board of osteopathic examiners in medicine and surgery; notice of commission actions; expenditure of certain monies prohibited
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(Conditionally Rpld.) The Arizona medical board and the Arizona board of osteopathic examiners in medicine and surgery: 1. Within thirty days after an interstate commission action shall post on the board's public website notice of any commission action that may affect a physician…
A.R.S. § 32-3246 Conditional repeal; notification; withdrawal from compact; request for review
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(Conditionally Rpld.) A. This article is repealed if either of the following occurs: 1. The interstate medical licensure compact commission created pursuant to section 32-3241, section 11 issues a rule or decision that would change the scope of practice of or the definition of un…
A.R.S. § 32-3248 Health professionals; controlled substances; initial prescriptions; limits; exceptions; definition
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A. A health professional who is authorized under this title to prescribe controlled substances shall limit the initial prescription for a patient for a schedule II controlled substance that is an opioid to not more than a five-day supply, except that an initial prescription for a…
A.R.S. § 32-3248.01 Schedule II controlled substances; dosage limit; exceptions; morphine; opioid antagonist; definitions
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A. A health professional who is authorized under this title to prescribe controlled substances may not issue a new prescription to be filled or dispensed for a patient outside of a health care institution for a schedule II controlled substance that is an opioid that exceeds ninet…
A.R.S. § 32-3248.02 Health professionals; substance use or addiction continuing education
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A health professional who is authorized under this title to prescribe schedule II controlled substances and who has a valid United States drug enforcement administration registration number or who is authorized under chapter 18 of this title to dispense controlled substances shal…
A.R.S. § 32-3248.03 Health professionals; hospitals; dispensing controlled substances; opioids; definition
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A. A hospital or a health professional who is working in a hospital that is not within fifty miles of a twenty-four-hour pharmacy, when discharging a patient with an acute illness or injury after regular pharmacy business hours, may dispense a twelve-hour supply of a schedule II …
A.R.S. § 32-3249 Definitions
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In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Board" means a health profession regulatory board that provides licensure, certification or registration and regulation pursuant to chapter 13, 15, 17, 19, 19.1 or 33 of this title. 2. "Database" means the health profess…