Title 32, Professions and Occupations

A. Each employee of an agency licensed under this chapter shall obtain an identification card, except those employees engaged exclusively in clerical and office work. B. The department may issue an identification card to an applicant who, on initial application for a registration…

A. No licensee, associate, registrant or employee of a licensee may wear a uniform, use a title, insignia, badge or identification card or make any statement that would lead a person to believe that he is connected in any way with the federal government, a state government or any…

A licensee may conduct an investigative business under a name other than the licensee's by first obtaining written authorization from the director. The director shall not authorize the use of an agency name that is so similar to that of a public officer or agency or of that used …

A. Each licensed agency shall have at least one physical location from which the normal business of the agency is conducted. The address of this location shall be on file with the department at all times as required by section 32-2423, subsection A and section 32-2425, subsection…

All display or broadcast media advertising by a licensee soliciting business shall contain the licensee's name and license number as they appear in the records of the department. The licensee shall not use any advertising that is false, deceptive or misleading.

A. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter or other law, no licensee, associate, registrant or employee of a licensee may divulge or release to anyone other than his client or employer the contents of an investigative file acquired in the course of licensed investigative act…

A. The department may investigate any licensee, registrant, associate, employee or person if that licensee, registrant, associate, employee or person is advertising as providing or is engaged in performing services that require licensure or registration under this chapter. B. The…

A. The following constitute grounds for which disciplinary action specified in subsection B of this section may be taken against a licensee or registrant or, if the licensee is other than an individual, against the licensee's qualifying party or any of its associates, directors o…

Except as provided in section 32-2411, a licensee, associate, registrant or employee who violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor.

A. Except as provided in subsection F of this section, the department may deny an agency license or the renewal of an agency license if the applicant: 1. Committed any act that, if committed by a licensee, would be grounds for the probation of a licensee or the suspension or revo…

A. Except as provided in this chapter, a licensee may employ as many unlicensed or unregistered persons as may be necessary to assist the licensee in business and the licensee is at all times legally responsible for the good conduct in the business of each person employed. This s…

The department shall issue a standard identification card to each holder of a license or registration certificate. The department shall determine the size and design of the identification card, and the card shall contain the following information: 1. Name of employee. 2. Photogra…

Within forty-eight hours after being arrested, a private investigator or a qualifying party shall notify the employer agency of the arrest. Within twenty-four hours after receiving notice of the arrest, the employer agency shall notify the department of the arrest.

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. 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. 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. 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. 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…

(L24, Ch. 222, sec. 35. Eff. until 7/1/28) 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…

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. The board shall develop a preceptorship awareness campaign that educates medical professionals who are licensed pursuant to this chapter on how to become and the benefits of being a medical preceptor for students. B. For the purposes of this section: 1. "Medical preceptor" mea…

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. 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. 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…

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 physician assistant may bill and receive direct payment for the professional services provided by the physician assistant.

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. A physician assistant who is licensed pursuant to this chapter, who is in good standing, who has graduated from an accredited physician assistant program in the United States and who has at least eight thousand clinical practice hours within the previous five years in this sta…

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. 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 …

Except as provided in section 41-1092.08, subsection H, final decisions of the board are subject to judicial review pursuant to title 12, chapter 7, article 6.

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. 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. 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. 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. 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…

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Advertising" means submitting bids, contracting or making known by any public notice, publication or solicitation of business, directly or indirectly, that services regulated under this chapter are available for consider…

A. The director of the department of public safety shall administer this chapter. B. The department shall keep a record of: 1. All applications for licenses or registration under this chapter. 2. Whether a license, registration certificate, renewal license or renewal registration…

This chapter does not prevent any political subdivision of this state from prescribing additional requirements for regulation of security guard agencies, but the political subdivision may not assess an additional fee.