Title 36, Public Health and Safety

A. A person may apply to the director for a certificate to practice as a certified community health worker on a form prescribed by the director and shall furnish information required by the director. B. The director shall grant a community health worker certificate to a person wh…

A. The director, by rule, shall: 1. Prescribe the scope of practice and the core competencies of certified community health workers, including skills and areas of knowledge that are essential to bring about expanded health and wellness in diverse communities and to reduce health …

A. The director may deny, suspend or revoke the certificate of any community health worker who: 1. Violates any provision of this article or rule adopted pursuant to this article. 2. Has been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude. 3. Indulges in conduct…

The director may investigate information that indicates a person may be violating this article. In connection with an investigation, the director may examine and copy documents and other physical evidence wherever located that relate to the conduct or competency of a community he…

The director, by rule, shall establish and collect nonrefundable fees for certification that are consistent with fees that are prescribed pursuant to section 36-1908. The department shall deposit the fees in a segregated account in the health services licensing fund established b…

This article does not require community health workers to be certified by the department in order to practice as a community health worker.

This state and political subdivisions of this state may not provide a preference in awarding a public contract for services provided by a certified community health worker or an entity that employs certified community health workers.

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Department" means the department of health services. 2. "Director" means the director of the department. 3. "Doula" means a trained nonmedical professional who may provide continuous physical, emotional and informational…

A. A person may apply to the director for a certificate to practice as a state-certified doula on a form prescribed by the director and shall furnish the information required by the director. B. The director shall grant a certificate to a doula who: 1. Meets the qualifications pr…

A. The director, by rule, shall: 1. Outline the scope of practice and the core competencies of state-certified doulas regarding the skills and areas of knowledge that are essential to expand health and wellness, to reduce health disparities and to promote culturally relevant prac…

A. An applicant for certification under this article shall do all of the following: 1. Provide one of the following: (a) Documentation of completing at least thirty hours of in-person instruction or a combination of in-person and online instruction in core competency topics that …

A. The director may deny, suspend or revoke the certificate of any state-certified doula who: 1. Violates any provision of this article or rule adopted pursuant to this article. 2. Indulges in conduct or a practice that is detrimental to the public health or safety. B. The depart…

The director may investigate information that indicates a person may have violated or may be violating this article. In connection with an investigation, the director may examine and copy documents and other physical evidence wherever located that relate to the conduct or compete…

The director, by rule, shall establish and collect nonrefundable fees for state-certified doula certification that are consistent with fees prescribed pursuant to section 36-1908. The department shall deposit the fees in a segregated account in the health services licensing fund …

This article does not require a doula to be certified by the department in order to practice as a doula in this state.

This state and any political subdivision of this state may not provide a preference in awarding a public contract for state-certified doula services or an entity that employs state-certified doulas.

A. The doula community advisory committee is established consisting of at least nine doulas, including those who represent diverse and underrepresented communities, who are appointed by the director. The term for an advisory committee member is two years. B. The director shall co…

(Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 applies) A. The tobacco products tax fund is established consisting of revenues deposited in the fund pursuant to section 42-3251.01 and interest earned on those monies. The Arizona health care cost containment system administration shall administer the f…

A. The tobacco tax and health care fund is established. The fund consists of all revenues deposited in the fund pursuant to sections 42-3252 and 42-3302 and interest earned on those monies. On notice from the department, the state treasurer shall invest and divest monies in the f…

(Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 applies) A. In addition to the monies deposited pursuant to section 36-770, twenty-three cents of each dollar in the tobacco tax and health care fund shall be deposited in the health education account for programs for the prevention and reduction of tobac…

A. Five cents of each dollar in the tobacco tax and health care fund shall be deposited in the health research account for research on preventing and treating tobacco-related disease and addiction. B. The department of health services shall administer the account. C. Monies that …

A. Seventy cents of each dollar in the tobacco tax and health care fund shall be deposited in the medically needy account to provide health care or behavioral health care services to persons who are determined to be eligible for services pursuant to section 36-2901 or 36-2901.01 …

A. Two cents of each dollar in the tobacco tax and health care fund shall be deposited in the adjustment account for transfer of appropriate amounts to the corrections fund established by section 41-1641 to compensate for decreases in the corrections fund resulting from lower tob…

(Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 applies) A. The emergency health services account is established consisting of monies deposited pursuant to section 36-770. The Arizona health care cost containment system administration shall administer the account. The administration shall use account m…

(Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 applies) A. The health care adjustment account is established consisting of monies deposited pursuant to section 36-770. The department of revenue shall administer the account. B. The department of revenue shall transfer appropriate amounts of account mon…

(Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 applies) A. The proposition 204 protection account is established consisting of monies deposited pursuant to section 36-770. The Arizona health care cost containment system administration shall administer the account. B. The administration shall use accou…

A. The president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives shall establish a tobacco revenue use spending and tracking commission. B. The president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives shall each appoint six members to the commission w…

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Bioterrorism" means the intentional use of any microorganism, virus, infectious substance or biological product that may be engineered as a result of biotechnology or any naturally occurring or bioengineered component of…

A. The governor, in consultation with the director, may issue an enhanced surveillance advisory if the governor has reasonable cause to believe that an illness, health condition or clinical syndrome caused by bioterrorism, epidemic or pandemic disease or a highly fatal and highly…

A. A health care provider or medical examiner shall report to the local health authority all cases of any illness, health condition or clinical syndrome specified in the enhanced surveillance advisory. The report shall provide additional information designated in the enhanced sur…

A. During an enhanced surveillance advisory, to identify, diagnose, treat and track persons who may have been exposed to an illness, health condition or clinical syndrome identified in an enhanced surveillance advisory, the department and local health authority may access confide…

A. During an enhanced surveillance advisory, when a public safety authority learns of a suspicious disease event, or it learns of a threatened bioterrorism act at any time, it shall immediately notify the department or the local health authority, and the agency that receives this…

A. The state laboratory shall coordinate specimen testing relating to enhanced surveillance advisory. If necessary and at state expense, the department may designate other laboratories to assist it in testing specimens. B. The department shall determine the criteria necessary for…

(L21, Ch. 405, sec. 11) A. During a state of emergency or state of war emergency proclaimed by the governor in which there is an occurrence or imminent threat of an illness or health condition that is caused by bioterrorism, an epidemic or pandemic disease or a highly fatal infec…

A. During a state of emergency or state of war emergency as declared pursuant to section 36-787, the department or local health authority must initiate an investigation if that agency has reasonable cause to believe that a highly contagious and fatal disease exists within its jur…

A. The department, or local health authority may isolate or quarantine a person or group of persons through a written directive without first obtaining a written order from the court if any delay in the isolation or quarantine of the person would pose an immediate and serious thr…

A. The physician patient privilege does not prevent a person or health care provider from complying with the duty to report or provide personal information and medical information to the department or local health authority in accordance with this article. The department and loca…

A. If the department of health services adopts or establishes a crisis standards of care plan or crisis guidelines or standards to address resource allocation when the demand for certain health care services exceeds the supply of necessary resources, the plan, guidelines or stand…

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Food" means a food as defined in section 36-901, food product, food ingredient, dietary ingredient, dietary supplement or beverage for human consumption. 2. "Kratom product" means a food product or dietary ingredient con…

A. A processor or a retailer that prepares, distributes, sells or exposes for sale a food that is represented to be a kratom product shall disclose on the product label the factual basis on which that representation is made. B. A processor or retailer may not prepare, distribute,…

A. A processor or retailer may not prepare, distribute, sell or expose for sale any of the following: 1. A kratom product that is adulterated with a dangerous nonkratom substance. A kratom product is adulterated with a dangerous nonkratom substance if the kratom product is mixed …

A. In addition to the violations and remedies specified in this section, violations and enforcement of this article are governed by chapter 8 of this title. B. A processor or retailer that violates section 36-795.01, subsection B or section 36-795.02 is guilty of a class 2 misdem…

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Bedding" includes upholstered furniture and means any mattress, box spring, upholstered chair, couch or other upholstered device or any quilted pad, packing pad, mattress pad, hammock pad, pad, comforter, bunk quilt, sle…

A. A person shall not manufacture, repair, renovate or sell, or have in the person's possession with intent to sell, any item of bedding, unless there is securely attached a clearly visible tag made of substantial cloth or a material of equal quality and attached at the factory. …

A person shall not use materials obtained from dump grounds, junkyards or hospitals within or outside this state to manufacture, repair, rework or renovate bedding or batting.

A. A person shall not sell or include in a sale any item of secondhand bedding or any item of bedding of any type manufactured in whole or in part from secondhand material, including the component parts or wiping rags, unless the secondhand material has been treated, cleaned and …