Title 32, Professions and Occupations

A. The board may reinstate a license that it suspended pursuant to section 32-2027, subsection B on payment of a renewal fee and reinstatement fee and completion of the application process as prescribed by the board. B. If a person's license has been suspended pursuant to section…

The board shall establish and collect fees of not more than: 1. $300 for an application for an original license. This fee is nonrefundable. 2. $300 for a certificate of renewal of a license. 3. $300 for an application for reinstatement of licensure. 4. $50 for each duplicate lice…

A. A business entity shall not offer physical therapy services pursuant to this chapter unless: 1. The business entity is registered with the board pursuant to this section. 2. The physical therapy services are conducted by a licensee pursuant to this chapter. B. The business ent…

A. The board shall place a licensee on retired status and waive the renewal fee and continuing competence requirements if a licensee presents a written affidavit to the board that the licensee has retired from the practice of physical therapy or from work as a physical therapist …

A. The board shall place a licensee on inactive status and waive the continuing competence requirements if a licensee presents a written affidavit to the board that the licensee is not currently engaged in the practice of physical therapy or working as a physical therapist assist…

A. A physical therapist shall refer a client to appropriate health care practitioners if the physical therapist has reasonable cause to believe symptoms or conditions are present that require services beyond the scope of practice or if physical therapy is contraindicated. B. A ph…

A. A physical therapist may order imaging. The imaging shall be performed by a health care practitioner who is authorized pursuant to this title to perform the imaging and shall be interpreted by a physician who is licensed pursuant to chapter 13, 14 or 17 of this title and train…

A. A physical therapist shall use the letters "PT" in connection with the physical therapist's name or place of business to denote licensure under this chapter. A physical therapist on retired status shall use "(retired)" or "(ret.)" after the letters "PT" in connection with the …

A. A physical therapist is responsible for patient care given by assistive personnel, student physical therapists and student physical therapist assistants under the physical therapist's supervision. A physical therapist may delegate to assistive personnel and supervise selected …

The following are grounds for disciplinary action: 1. Violating this chapter, board rules or a written board order. 2. Practicing or offering to practice beyond the scope of the practice of physical therapy. 3. Obtaining or attempting to obtain a license by fraud or misrepresenta…

A. To enforce this chapter the board may: 1. Receive complaints filed against licensees or certificate holders and conduct a timely investigation. 2. Conduct an investigation at any time and on its own initiative without receipt of a written complaint if the board has reason to b…

A. The board may request an informal hearing with a licensee or any unlicensed person in order to further its investigation or to resolve a complaint. B. If at an informal hearing the board finds a violation of this chapter has occurred that constitutes grounds for disciplinary a…

On proof that any grounds prescribed in section 32-2044 have been violated or that any requirements prescribed in section 32-2030 have been violated, the board may take the following disciplinary actions singly or in combination: 1. Issue a decree of censure. 2. Restrict a licens…

A. It is unlawful for any person to practice or in any manner to claim to practice physical therapy or for a person to claim the designation of a physical therapist unless that person is licensed pursuant to this chapter. A person who engages in an activity requiring a license pu…

The board shall not disclose the identity of a person who provides information unless this information is essential to proceedings conducted pursuant to sections 32-2045 and 32-2046 or unless required by a court.

In lieu of a disciplinary proceeding prescribed by this article, the board may allow a licensee to actively participate in a board-approved substance abuse recovery program if: 1. The board has evidence that the licensee is an impaired professional. 2. The licensee has not been c…

A. The public has access to the following information: 1. A list of licensees and interim permit holders that includes the licensee's and interim permit holder's place of practice, license or interim permit number, date of license or interim permit expiration and status of licens…

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

The physical therapy licensure compact is adopted and enacted into law as follows: Section 1 Purpose The purpose of this compact is to facilitate the interstate practice of physical therapy with the goal of improving public access to physical therapy services. The practice of phy…

An employer may not require a physical therapist to seek licensure through the physical therapy licensure compact enacted by section 32-2053 as a condition of initial or continued employment as a physical therapist in this state. An employer may require that a physical therapist …

If a meeting, or a portion of a meeting, of the physical therapy compact commission is closed pursuant to section 32-2053, section 7, subsection E, the commission's legal counsel or designee shall certify that the meeting may be closed and shall reference each relevant exempting …

The board of physical therapy: 1. Within thirty days after a physical therapy compact commission action shall post on the board's public website notice of any commission action that may affect a physical therapist's license. 2. May not spend any monies received from physical ther…

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Acting in concert" means evidence of collaborating to pursue a concerted plan. 2. "Address of record" means any of the following: (a) The address where a licensee practices or is otherwise employed. (b) A licensee's resi…

This chapter shall be administered by the state real estate department under the direction of the real estate commissioner. The purpose of the department in administering this chapter is to protect the public interest through licensure and regulation of the real estate profession…

A. The department shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, all monies collected under the provisions of this chapter in the state general fund unless otherwise prescribed by law. B. Each year the commissioner shall revise all fees collected under this chapter within…

A. The real estate advisory board is established composed of ten members who are appointed by the governor. The term of office of each member is six years, and the terms of three members expire on January 31 of each odd-numbered year. Appointment to fill a vacancy occurring other…

A. The board shall meet for the transaction of business not less than once each quarter-year at a place within the state it designates. The board may hold other meetings it deems advisable upon five days' written notice of the time and place of the meeting, signed by the commissi…

A. The real estate commissioner shall be appointed by the governor, pursuant to section 38-211. The real estate commissioner shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. B. To be a candidate for the position of real estate commissioner a person shall have at least five years' exp…

A. The commissioner shall have charge of the department with power to administer it in accordance with the provisions of and to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The commissioner shall adopt a seal which shall bear the words "real estate commissioner, state of Arizona", whi…

A. The commissioner shall execute and record in the office of the county recorder in each county in this state a document that disclaims the validity and enforceability of certain restrictions and covenants. The document shall contain a disclaimer in substantially the following f…

A. The commissioner on the commissioner's own motion may, and on a verified complaint in writing shall, investigate the actions of any natural person or entity engaged in the business or acting in the capacity of a broker, salesperson or developer and may at any time examine the …

A. Before receiving and holding a license issued pursuant to this chapter, each license applicant shall obtain a valid fingerprint clearance card issued pursuant to section 41-1758.03. B. The license applicant is responsible for providing the department with a valid fingerprint c…

Subject to title 41, chapter 4, article 4, the commissioner shall appoint a secretary and such deputies, assistants, and clerks as are necessary. The compensation of all such employees shall be as determined pursuant to section 38-611.

No officer or employee of the department shall be connected with or directly or indirectly interested in any real estate company or real estate brokerage firm.

The attorney general shall act for the commissioner in all legal actions or proceedings and shall advise him upon all questions of law arising out of the administration of this chapter.

Properly certified copies of records of the department or documents filed therein shall be received in evidence in all courts of the state equally and with like effect as the originals.

A. The commissioner shall execute and record in the office of the county recorder in each county in this state that includes territory in the vicinity of a military airport or ancillary military facility as defined in section 28-8461 a document, applicable to property located wit…

A. The commissioner shall execute and record in the office of the county recorder in each county in this state that includes land under a military training route as defined in section 28-8461 and as delineated in the military training route map prepared by the state land departme…

A. The commissioner shall execute and record in the office of the county recorder in each county in this state that includes a military electronics range as delineated in the military electronics range map prepared by the state land department pursuant to section 37-102 a documen…

A. The commissioner shall execute and record in the office of the county recorder in each county that includes a military installation or range or Arizona national guard site, as delineated in the maps prepared by the state land department pursuant to section 37-102, a document t…

The department shall post on its website the following maps prepared by the state land department as prescribed by law: 1. The military training route map. 2. The restricted air space map. 3. The military electronics range of a military installation. 4. A military installation or…

The department shall post the contact information for the Arizona military airspace working group on the department's website.

A. On receipt of maps from the Arizona geological survey, the state real estate department shall provide any earth fissure map to any member of the public in printed or electronic format on request and provide access on its website to the earth fissure maps prepared by the Arizon…

The department shall not create, endorse or sponsor any activity that may be legally performed by a licensee in any way that constitutes competition with the private sector, unless there is no licensee that is capable and willing to create, endorse or sponsor the activity. This s…

A. The department of real estate shall post on its website information advising prospective home buyers to investigate water availability before purchasing real property and shall include a link to the website of the department of water resources for definitions of the following …

A. This article does not apply to: 1. A natural person, a corporation through its officers, a partnership through its partners or a limited liability company through its members or managers that deals in selling, exchanging, purchasing, renting, leasing, managing or pledging the …