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AZ Revised Statutes: Title 32, Chapter 19 (Laws)

 

Title 32 Professions and Occupations, Chapter 19     Click Here To View Rules

Board of Physical Therapy

Article 1    General Provisions

32-2001     Definitions

32-2002     Board of physical therapy; appointment; qualifications

32-2003     Board; powers and duties

32-2004     Board of physical therapy fund; appropriation; deposit of receipts by board

Article 2    Licensure and Examination

32-2021     Persons and activities not required to be licensed

32-2022     Qualifications for licensure and certification

32-2023     Application; denial; hearing

32-2024     Examinations

32-2025     Interim permits

32-2026     Licensure or certification by endorsement

32-2027     License or certificate renewal; suspension

32-2028     Reinstatement of license or certificate

32-2029     Fees

32-2030     Business entities; patient records; protocol; exemptions; rules

32-2031     Retired status; reinstatement to active status

32-2032     Inactive status; reinstatement to active status

Article 3    Regulation of Physical Therapy

32-2041     Lawful practice

32-2042     Use of titles; restrictions; violation; classification

32-2043     Supervision; patient care management

32-2044     Grounds for disciplinary action

32-2045     Investigative powers; emergency action

32-2046     Informal and formal hearings

32-2047     Disciplinary actions; penalties

32-2048     Unlawful practice; classification; injunctive relief; deposit of civil penalties

32-2049     Disclosure prohibition

32-2050     Substance abuse recovery program

32-2051     Rights of consumers

32-2052     Judicial review

32-2053     Physical therapy licensure compact

32-2054     Participation in compact as condition of employment; prohibition

32-2055     Open meeting requirements

      32-2056     Board of physical therapy; notice of commission actions; expenditure of certain monies prohibited 

Chapter 31 Health Professionals

Article 1 General Provisions

32-3201 Definitions

32-3202 License or certificate suspension

32-3203 Malpractice claim investigation

32-3204 Experimental diagnosis, therapy or treatment; implied consent; definition

32-3205 Board disciplinary action; voting requirements

32-3206 Disciplinary action; information; disclosure

32-3207 Health professionals disease hazard; testing; petition; definition

32-3208 Criminal charges; mandatory reporting requirements; civil penalty

32-3209 Release of information; fees

32-3210 Billing for laboratory costs; unprofessional conduct; definition

32-3211 Medical records; protocol; unprofessional conduct; corrective action; exemptions

32-3212 Umbilical cord blood; patient information; definition

32-3213 Health professionals; disclosure; unprofessional conduct; definition

32-3214 Board actions; records; website; compliance deadline

32-3215 Medical marijuana; unprofessional conduct; annual reports; identifying information

32-3216 Health care providers; charges; public availability; direct payment; notice; definitions

32-3216; Version 2   Health care providers; charges; public availability; direct payment; notice; definitions

32-3217 Volunteer health services registration; health professionals; free medical clinic

32-3218 Health profession regulatory boards; members; training; definitions

32-3219 Licensure; renewal; notification; definitions

32-3220 Health professionals; requirements for licensure; prohibition

      32-3221 Lawful health care services; patient education; exceptions; definitions

Chapter 18, Board of Pharmacy

      32-1921       Exempted acts; exemption from registration fees; definition

      32-1968       Dispensing prescription‑only drug; prescription orders; refills; labels; misbranding; dispensing soft contact lenses

Criminal Code Title 13, Chapter 36 Family Offences

       13-3620      Duty to report abuse, physical injury, neglect and denial or deprivation of medical or surgical care or nourishment of minors; medical records; exception; violation; classification; definitions

Title 12,Courts and Civil Proceedings, Chapter 5.1

Article 1 General Provisions

12-570   Malpractice settlement or award reporting; civil penalty; definition

12-571   Qualified immunity; health professionals; nonprofit clinics; previously owned prescription eyeglasses

12-2291 Definitions

12-2292 Confidentiality of medical records and payment records

12-2293 Release of medical records and payment records to patients and health care decision makers; definition

12-2294 Release of medical records and payment records to third parties

12-2294.01     Release of medical records or payment records to third parties pursuant to subpoena

12-2295 Charges

12-2296 Immunity

12-2297 Retention of records

Title 41, Chapter 6 Administrative Procedure

41-1092          Definitions

41-1092.01     Office of administrative hearings; director; powers and duties; fund

41-1092.02     Appealable agency actions; application of procedural rules; exemption from article

41-1092.03     Notice of appealable agency action or contested case; hearing; informal settlement conference; applicability

41-1092.04     Service of documents

41-1092.05     Scheduling of hearings; prehearing conferences

41-1092.06     Appeals of agency actions and contested cases; informal settlement conferences; applicability

41-1092.07     Hearings

41-1092.08     Final administrative decisions; review

41-1092.09     Rehearing or review

41-1092.10     Compulsory testimony; privilege against self‑incrimination

41-1092.11     Licenses; renewal; revocation; suspension; annulment; withdrawal

41-1092.12     Private right of action; recovery of costs and fees; definitions

 

PDF icon Arizona Revised Statutes (LAW); Title 32 Chapter 19 (Revised 6-1-19)
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  • Board Meeting
    Tuesday, December 17, 2019 - 8:30am
  • Board Meeting
    Tuesday, January 28, 2020 - 8:30am
  • Board Meeting
    Tuesday, February 25, 2020 - 8:30am
  • Board Meeting
    Tuesday, March 24, 2020 - 8:30am
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PDF icon Reportable Misdemeanors Under ARS 32-3208, PDF icon Meeting Notice, PDF icon Surprise Out of Network Dispute Resolution Information, PDF icon Revised Continuing Education Disciplinary Matrix 2-2019, PDF icon Unlawful Practice Disciplinary Matrix, PDF icon Budget Submission FY2021, PDF icon Agency 5 year Plan, PDF icon CEU Newsletter October 2019
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