Title 36 — Public Health and Safety

A. The following conditions are specifically declared public nuisances dangerous to the public health: 1. Any condition or place in populous areas that constitutes a breeding place for flies, rodents, mosquitoes and other insects that are capable of carrying and transmitting dise…

(Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 applies.) A. Definitions. The following words and phrases, whenever used in this section, shall be construed as defined in this section: 1. "Employee" means any person who performs any service on a full-time, part-time or contracted basis whether or not t…

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, when a nuisance, source of filth or cause of sickness exists on private property, the county board of health, the local health department, the county environmental department or the public health service district shall order t…

When a county board of health or a local health department deems it necessary to enter a building or structure within its jurisdiction for the purpose of examining, destroying, removing or preventing a nuisance, source of filth or cause of sickness and is refused entrance, any me…

When a condition exists in an area adjacent to a military encampment outside the corporate limits of a city or town which, in the opinion of the commander of the encampment concurred in by the department of health services, constitutes a health menace, the person responsible for …

A person who knowingly provides or furnishes a common towel or a common drinking cup which may be used by more than one person in a barber shop, public wash house, public lavatory or any other public place, is guilty of a petty offense.

A. The director of the department of health services shall develop and implement, in cooperation with rural health clinics, county health departments, state and local medical associations, poison control centers and other appropriate health care professionals, a system for report…

A person who learns that a contagious, epidemic or infectious disease exists shall immediately make a written report of the particulars to the appropriate board of health or health department. The report shall include names and residences of persons afflicted with the disease. If…

The keeper of a private house, boarding house, lodging house, inn or hotel shall report in writing to the local board of health or health department within whose jurisdiction such occurs, each case of contagious, infectious or epidemic disease in his establishment. Such report sh…

Physicians shall report in writing to the local board of health or health department the death within its jurisdiction of patients dying from contagious, infectious or epidemic diseases. The report shall be made within twenty-four hours after death, and shall include the specific…

When a county health department or public health services district is apprised that infectious or contagious disease exists within its jurisdiction, it shall immediately make an investigation. If the investigation discloses that the disease does exist, the county health departmen…

A. A local board or health department may cause the destruction of beds, bedding, clothing, carpets or other articles which have been exposed to contamination from infectious or contagious disease, and allow reasonable compensation for destroyed articles. B. A local board or heal…

A local board of health or health department may provide a temporary hospital or place of reception for persons with infectious or contagious diseases. Hospitals or other places in which infectious or contagious disease exists shall be under the control and subject to regulations…

A. Local boards or health departments may employ physicians and other persons and provide such necessaries of life as they deem necessary for care of persons afflicted with contagious or infectious diseases. B. Expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this article shal…

A person who knowingly secretes himself or others known to have a contagious or infectious disease, or a member of a board of health or an officer of a local health department who with criminal negligence fails or refuses to perform a duty, or a person who violates a provision of…

A person who knowingly exposes himself or another afflicted with a contagious or infectious disease in a public place or thoroughfare, except in the necessary removal of such person in a manner least dangerous to the public health, is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.

A. For the maintenance of public health, proper bathrooms, wash rooms, toilets and a heated change room immediately contiguous to the works shall be provided by every person, whether owner or operator, engaged in the treatment or reduction of ores or metals, in cement works, in w…

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Acquired immune deficiency syndrome" has the same meaning as defined by the centers for disease control of the United States public health service. 2. "Capacity to consent" means a person's ability, determined without re…

In conducting an investigation of a reportable communicable disease the department of health services and local health departments may inspect and copy medical or laboratory records in the possession of or maintained by a health care provider or health care facility which are rel…

A. A person who obtains communicable disease related information in the course of providing a health service or obtains that information from a health care provider pursuant to an authorization shall not disclose or be compelled to disclose that information except as authorized b…

A. Notwithstanding any other law, no court or administrative body may issue an order for the disclosure of or a search warrant for communicable disease related information, except as provided by this section. An administrative body includes any administrative law judge or hearing…

A. A person who knowingly does the following is guilty of a class 3 misdemeanor: 1. Performs, or permits or procures the performance of, an HIV-related test in violation of this article. 2. Discloses, compels another person to disclose or procures the disclosure of communicable d…

A. The department may impose a civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars if a person does the following in violation of this article: 1. Performs, or permits or procures the performance of, an HIV-related test in violation of this article. 2. Discloses, compels another…

A protected person may bring an action in superior court for legal and equitable relief on his own behalf against a person who violates this article.

The state department of corrections in consultation with the department of health services may require that a prisoner be tested for the human immunodeficiency virus if the department of corrections has reasonable grounds to believe that the person is infected with the human immu…

A. A Good Samaritan may petition the court for an order authorizing testing of a deceased person for the human immunodeficiency virus, common bloodborne diseases or other diseases specified in the petition if there are reasonable grounds to believe an exposure occurred and there …

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Department" means the department of health services. 2. "Director" means the director of the department of health services. 3. "Documentary proof" means written evidence that a pupil has been immunized or has laboratory …

A. Consistent with section 15-873, the director shall adopt rules prescribing required immunizations for school attendance, the approved means of immunization and indicated reinforcing immunizations for diseases and identifying types of health agencies and health care providers t…

A. A local health department in cooperation with each school within the county shall provide for the required immunization of pupils attending school. B. A local health department shall provide immunizations required for school attendance at no cost to the pupil or pupil's parent…

A physician, local health department or school nurse administering an immunization shall furnish documentary proof of immunization to the person immunized or, if that person is a child, to the child's parent or guardian or the person in loco parentis of the child.

B. The requirements of this section do not apply to a special health care district established pursuant to title 48, chapter 31. C. For the purposes of this section, "governmental entity" means this state and any political subdivision of this state, including the judiciary, that …

B. The county attorney may prosecute any violation of this section. C. A person who violates this section is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor. D. For the purposes of this section, "governmental entity" means this state or any political subdivision of this state that receives and u…

B. Subsection A of this section does not apply to a health care institution that is owned or operated by a government entity in this state. C. For the purposes of this section, "government entity" means this state and any political subdivision of this state that receives and uses…

A. This state accepts the conditions of title V of the social security act, entitled "grants to states for maternal and child welfare", enacted August 14, 1935, and as amended. B. The department of health services is designated as the state agency to cooperate with the department…

The director of department of health services shall by regulations establish standards for the involvement of local health departments in meeting minimum requirements for providing maternal and child health services in accordance with title V, of the social security act.

A. A physician shall at the time of the first prenatal examination, after a diagnosis of pregnancy, take or cause to be taken a sample of the blood of the woman and submit it to an approved laboratory for a standard serological test for syphilis. If the woman has not had a serolo…

A. When a birth or stillbirth is reported, the attending physician or other person required to report the birth shall state on the certificate whether a blood test for syphilis was made on a specimen of blood taken from the woman who bore the child or from the umbilical cord at d…

A. The newborn screening program fund is established. The department of health services shall administer the fund. The fund consists of fees collected pursuant to section 36-694 and gifts, grants and donations received by the department. B. Subject to legislative appropriation, t…

A. This state accepts the conditions of title XVI of the social security act, section 1615, enacted October 20, 1976 (P.L. 94-566; 90 Stat. 2683, 42 U.S.C. sec. 138 2d). B. The department of health services is designated as the state agency to cooperate with the department of hea…

A. Subject to appropriated monies the health start program is established in the department of health services. The program shall serve pregnant women, children and their families. The program shall be statewide, based in identified neighborhoods and delivered by lay health worke…

A. The department of health services shall develop the Arizona children and families resource directory. The directory shall include a list of private and public organizations and providers that specialize in early childhood development and the services included in section 8-481,…

A. The department shall establish a program to distribute folic acid supplements to women of childbearing age and to provide them with counseling and information regarding the proper use of the supplements. B. The department shall authorize local health departments and other enti…

A. The department shall establish a farmers' market nutrition program and apply to receive federal matching funds under the federal farmers' market nutrition act of 1992. B. To provide the local funds for the farmers' market nutrition program, the department may use monies approp…

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Active tuberculosis" means a disease that is caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis or other members of the mycobacterium tuberculosis complex family in any part of the body and that is in an active state as determined by …

The department shall: 1. Own and control all personal property or interest in that property that is devoted and used by the tuberculosis control officer for purposes of this article. 2. Be the official custodian of all files and records that belong to or were kept at the Arizona …

A. The tuberculosis control officer shall be appointed by the director. The control officer shall be a licensed physician experienced in the field of tuberculosis and tuberculosis control and, subject to the supervision of the director, shall administer and direct the activities …

A. The director or the director's designee may enter into reciprocal agreements with federal agencies, foreign governments, state agencies, Indian tribal governments, political subdivisions and other jurisdictions to facilitate the return of any afflicted person. The expense of t…

A. An afflicted person who is under medical treatment for tuberculosis prior to release for employment and who needs or whose family needs financial assistance shall be referred to the department of economic security for determination of financial assistance eligibility. B. The d…

B. A county with a population of more than one million persons shall pay claims approved by the county from a facility or provider for medical care or treatment that are a county charge pursuant to subsection A of this section, unless otherwise provided by an intergovernmental ag…

The director may contract for the care of any afflicted person. These contracts shall provide that appropriated monies may be used only when monies from medical insurance, if any, of an individual are exhausted or insufficient to purchase the medical or institutional care the aff…