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Arizona
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Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 36Arizona Revised Statutes Title 36
Public Health and Safety
| Chapter 1 | STATE AND LOCAL BOARDS AND DEPARTMENTS OF HEALTH |
| Article 1 | Department of Health Services |
| 36-101 | Definitions |
| 36-102 | Department of health services; director; search committee; appointment; compensation |
| 36-103 | Department organization; deputy director; assistant directors |
| 36-103.01 | Governmental units succeeded; statutory references to succeeded governmental units |
| 36-104 | Powers and duties |
| 36-105 | Information; state federal cooperation |
| 36-106 | Acquisition of lands and buildings |
| 36-107 | Power to promulgate rules concerning confidential nature of records |
| 36-108 | Indirect cost fund; use; exemption |
| 36-109 | Advisory health council; special purpose councils |
| 36-110 | County or district liaison; duties |
| 36-111 | Hearings and appeals |
| 36-114 | Limitation upon authority to impose treatment |
| 36-115 | Promulgation of rules |
| 36-117 | Services for licensing agencies; costs |
| 36-118 | Director's seal; authentication of records |
| 36-119 | Breast and cervical cancer screening and diagnostic special plate fund |
| Article 1.1 | Uniform Reporting |
| 36-125.04 | Financial statements; uniform accounting report; exemption |
| 36-125.05 | Uniform patient reporting system; statistical and demographic reports; exemption |
| 36-125.06 | Comparative report; brochure |
| 36-125.07 | Uniform billing; third party payors; exception; definitions |
| 36-126 | Violation; civil penalties |
| Article 2 | Department of Health Services; Additional Functions |
| 36-131 | Definitions |
| 36-132 | Department of health services; functions; contracts |
| 36-133 | Chronic disease surveillance system; confidentiality; immunity; violation; classification |
| 36-134 | Asbestosis and mesothelioma |
| 36-135 | Child immunization reporting system; requirements; access; confidentiality; immunity; violation; classification |
| 36-136 | Powers and duties of director; compensation of personnel |
| 36-136.01 | Sanitarians council; members; powers; fees; examinations; continuing education; exceptions; renewal; definition |
| 36-137 | Annual report of director |
| 36-138 | Oral health fund; nonlapsing |
| 36-139 | Fees |
| 36-140 | Violation; classification |
| 36-141 | Authority to contract and pay for alcohol and drug abuse services; services to pregnant women; priority |
| 36-142 | Prostate cancer task force; membership; duties; program termination |
| 36-143 | Care and treatment for residents twenty one and older with cystic fibrosis; costs |
| Article 2.1 | Home Health Services by State and County |
| 36-151 | Definitions |
| 36-152 | Authority to provide services; fees |
| 36-153 | Authority to contract for services and fees |
| 36-154 | Limitation of authority regarding services and fees |
| 36-155 | Personnel and equipment |
| 36-156 | Home health services and related supportive services; coordination and development; consultation; powers and duties of director |
| 36-157 | County authority to provide services; fees |
| 36-158 | Authority to receive funds; disbursement |
| 36-159 | Authorized court action to collect fees |
| 36-160 | Confidentiality of records; unauthorized disclosures unlawful; classification |
| Article 4 | Local Health Departments |
| 36-181 | Definitions |
| 36-182 | Establishment of local health departments or public health services district; powers; expenditures; plan for local health departments |
| 36-183 | Boards of health of local health departments; membership; terms |
| 36-183.01 | County hospital under board of health or hospital board; powers and duties |
| 36-183.02 | Sanitary regulations; notice |
| 36-183.03 | Maintaining unsanitary premises; violation; classification |
| 36-183.04 | Notice of violation; civil penalties; administrative hearings |
| 36-183.05 | Violations; injunctive relief; civil penalties; consent decrees |
| 36-183.06 | Health inspectors; violations; notice to appear |
| 36-183.07 | Violation; classification |
| 36-184 | Boards of health of local health departments; organization; meetings; powers and duties |
| 36-185 | Local department of health funds |
| 36-186 | Director of county health department; powers and duties |
| 36-187 | County treasurer as treasurer of local departments of health; duties; collection of fees |
| 36-188 | Abolishment of other health agencies by establishment of county health department or public health services district |
| 36-189 | State participation in establishment and maintenance of local health departments and local health services |
| 36-190 | Participation of incorporated cities and towns in health services |
| 36-191 | Violation; classification |
| Article 5 | Advisory Committee |
| 36-195 | Establishment of advisory committee by authorized local agency |
| 36-196 | Duties and responsibilities |
| Chapter 2 | STATE HEALTH INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES |
| Article 1 | Arizona State Hospital |
| 36-201 | Definitions |
| 36-202 | State hospital for the mentally disordered; official name; purpose; facilities and equipment |
| 36-202.01 | Admission of juveniles to state hospital |
| 36-203 | Mentally retarded persons assigned to state hospital; duties of division |
| 36-204 | Duties of deputy director |
| 36-205 | Superintendent of state hospital; appointment; qualifications; compensation; chief medical officer |
| 36-206 | Duties of superintendent; deputy director; clinical assessment |
| 36-208 | Employees; compensation |
| 36-209 | Reports by superintendent and deputy director |
| 36-210 | Expenditures |
| 36-211 | Income from land rentals and permanent funds |
| 36-212 | Maximum security area required |
| 36-213 | Store and canteen; deposit |
| 36-214 | Arizona state hospital; private operation |
| 36-215 | State hospital revolving fund; nonreversion |
| 36-217 | Arizona state hospital advisory board; membership; organization; powers and duties; annual report |
| Article 2 | State Laboratory |
| 36-251 | State laboratory |
| 36-252 | Chief of state laboratory; appointment; qualifications |
| 36-253 | Chief of state laboratory; powers and duties |
| 36-254 | Evidentiary effect of certificate of chief of state laboratory |
| 36-255 | Reports by laboratory chief |
| Article 3 | Children's Rehabilitative Services |
| 36-261 | Powers and duties; expenditure limitation |
| 36-261.01 | Joint bids; lawful trade practices |
| 36-262 | Central statewide information and referral service for chronically ill or physically disabled children; definition |
| 36-263 | Eligibility for children's rehabilitative services |
| 36-264 | Coordination of benefits; third party payments; definition |
| 36-265 | Children's rehabilitative services statewide parent action council; membership; duties; regional parent action councils; program termination |
| Article 4 | Disease Control Research |
| 36-271 | Definitions |
| 36-272 | Biomedical research commission; members; terms; appointment; compensation; meetings |
| 36-273 | Powers and duties |
| 36-274 | Disease control research fund; lapsing; investment |
| 36-275 | Health research fund |
| 36-276 | Biotechnology research; appropriation; purpose; audit; reversion |
| Chapter 3 | VITAL RECORDS AND PUBLIC HEALTH STATISTICS |
| Article 1 | General Provisions |
| 36-301 | Definitions |
| 36-302 | System of vital records; powers and duties of the state registrar |
| 36-303 | System of public health statistics; powers and duties of the department |
| Article 2 | Registration Officials |
| 36-311 | Appointment and removal of local registrars and deputy local registrars |
| 36-312 | Local registrars and deputy local registrars; powers and duties |
| 36-313 | Deputy local registrars; compensation |
| Article 3 | Death Registration and Birth Registration Certificate Requirements |
| 36-321 | Information required for a certificate |
| 36-322 | Sealing a certificate |
| 36-323 | Amending registered certificates: corrections |
| 36-324 | Vital records; copies; access |
| 36-325 | Death certificate registration; moving human remains; definition |
| 36-325.01 | Delayed death certificate registration |
| 36-326 | Disposition-transit permits |
| 36-327 | Disinterment reinterment permit |
| 36-328 | Registration of a death certificate for a foreign presumptive death |
| 36-329 | Fetal death certificate registration |
| 36-329.01 | Delayed fetal death certificate registration |
| 36-330 | Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth; requirements |
| 36-330.01 | Delayed registration of certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth |
| 36-331 | Duties of persons in charge of place of disposition |
| 36-332 | Notification of death to responsible person and release of human remains |
| 36-333 | Birth certificate registration |
| 36-333.01 | Late birth certificate registration |
| 36-333.02 | Delayed birth certificate registration |
| 36-334 | Determining maternity and paternity for birth certificates |
| 36-335 | Birth registration for foundlings |
| 36-336 | Adoption certificate |
| 36-337 | Amending birth certificates |
| 36-338 | Foreign birth certificates for adoptees |
| 36-339 | Missing children; notification; flagging birth certificate records; definitions |
| Article 4 | Fees and Vital Record Information |
| 36-341; Version 2 | Fees received by state and local registrars |
| 36-341 | Fees received by state and local registrars |
| 36-341.01 | Vital records electronic systems fund; purpose; nonlapsing |
| 36-342 | Disclosure of information; prohibition |
| 36-343 | Duty to provide information to the state registrar |
| 36-344 | Violation; classification |
| 36-345 | Effect of registration |
| Article 5 | Preserving and Archiving Vital Records |
| 36-351 | Duties of the director; Arizona state library, archives and public records |
| Chapter 4 | HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONS |
| Article 1 | General Provisions |
| 36-401 | Definitions; adult foster care |
| 36-402 | Exemptions |
| 36-403 | Licensure by counties and municipalities |
| 36-404 | Limitation of disclosure of information |
| 36-405 | Powers and duties of the director |
| 36-405.01 | Health screening services; violation; classification |
| 36-406 | Powers and duties of the department |
| 36-407 | Prohibited acts |
| 36-408 | Required reports from health care institutions |
| 36-409 | Certification, licensure and monitoring of long term care facilities, facilities and services |
| 36-410 | County standards and guidelines; delegation |
| 36-411 | Residential care institutions; home health agencies; fingerprinting; definitions |
| 36-412 | Nursing care institutions; employment |
| 36-413 | Nutrition and feeding assistants; training programs; regulation; civil penalty; definition |
| Article 2 | License Provisions |
| 36-421 | Application for construction or modification |
| 36-422 | Application for license; notification of proposed change in status; joint licenses; definitions |
| 36-423 | Hemodialysis technicians; minimum requirements; definition |
| 36-424 | Inspections; suspension or revocation of license; report to board of examiners of nursing care institution administrators |
| 36-425 | Inspections; issuance of license; posting of deficiencies; provisional license; denial of license |
| 36-425.01 | Home health agencies; licensure; definition |
| 36-425.02 | Nursing care institutions; quality rating; issuance of license |
| 36-425.03 | Children's behavioral health programs; personnel; fingerprinting; definitions |
| 36-426 | Hospital providers of extended care services |
| 36-427 | Suspension or revocation; intermediate sanctions |
| 36-428 | Hearings by the director |
| 36-429 | Removal of licensee; temporary management continued operation |
| 36-430 | Unlicensed operation prohibited; injunction |
| 36-431 | Violation; classification |
| 36-431.01 | Violations; civil penalties |
| 36-431.02 | Nursing care institution resident protection revolving fund; use; nonreversion |
| 36-432 | Urgent care centers; posting requirements |
| 36-433 | Receipt of report and complaint; investigation |
| Article 2.1 | Hospital Staff Privileges |
| 36-435 | Staff privileges for podiatrists |
| Article 3 | Review of Rates, Rules and Regulations |
| 36-436 | Filing and review of rates and rules as prerequisite to operation |
| 36-436.01 | Rate schedules; printing and posting requirements; outpatient treatment centers; posting and filing requirements |
| 36-436.02 | Increases of rates or charges; filing |
| 36-436.03 | Public availability of rates and charges |
| Article 4 | Health Care Utilization Review |
| 36-441 | Health care utilization committees; immunity; exception; definition |
| Article 5 | Review of Certain Health Care Practices |
| 36-445 | Review of certain medical practices |
| 36-445.01 | Confidentiality of information; conditions of disclosure |
| 36-445.02 | Immunity relating to review of medical practices |
| 36-445.03 | Limitation of publication; identity of patient confidential |
| 36-445.04 | Freestanding urgent care center incident reporting; confidentiality requirement |
| Article 6 | Licensing of Nursing Care Institution Administrators and Certification of Assisted Living Facilities Managers |
| 36-446 | Definitions |
| 36-446.01 | Licensure or certification requirements |
| 36-446.02 | Board of examiners; terms; meetings; quorum; effect of vacancies; compensation |
| 36-446.03 | Powers and duties of the board |
| 36-446.04 | Qualifications; period of validity; exemption |
| 36-446.05 | Reciprocity; present administrators |
| 36-446.06 | Temporary licenses and certificates |
| 36-446.07 | Disciplinary actions; grounds for disciplinary action; renewal; continuing education; inactive status; hearings; settlement; judicial review |
| 36-446.08 | Nursing care institution administrators' licensing and assisted living facility managers' certification fund; investment of fund monies |
| 36-446.09 | Violations; classification |
| 36-446.10 | Confidentiality of records; release of complainant's name and nature of complaint |
| 36-446.11 | Relief from civil liability |
| 36-446.12 | Fees |
| 36-446.13 | Unlawful act; unlicensed operation; injunction |
| Article 7 | Nursing Care Institutions; Requirements for Services Delivery |
| 36-447.01 | Nursing care institutions; notification of services; screening; annual reviews |
| Article 9 | Recovery Care Centers |
| 36-448.51 | Definitions |
| 36-448.52 | Recovery care centers; licensure |
| 36-448.53 | Recovery care centers; administration; bylaws; administrator; duties; notification |
| 36-448.54 | Admission of patients |
| 36-448.55 | Medical staff; requirements; nursing care |
| Article 10 | Abortion Clinics |
| 36-449 | Definitions |
| 36-449.01 | Definitions |
| 36-449.02 | Abortion clinics; licensure requirements; rules |
| 36-449.03 | Abortion clinics; rules |
| Article 11 | Patient Safety Reporting and Nonretaliatory Policies |
| 36-450 | Definitions |
| 36-450.01 | Reporting procedures |
| 36-450.02 | Nonretaliatory policy |
| Chapter 4.1 | CLINICAL LABORATORIES |
| Article 1 | Administration |
| 36-451 | Definitions |
| 36-452 | Administration |
| Article 2 | Licensure and Regulation of Clinical Laboratories |
| 36-461 | Exceptions to this article |
| 36-462 | License requirements; training and consultation |
| 36-463 | Licensure of laboratories located outside of a health care institution; application; issuance; display; expiration; renewal |
| 36-463.01 | Licensure of laboratories located in a health care institution |
| 36-463.02 | Inspections; exemptions; disciplinary action |
| 36-464 | Fees; deposit |
| 36-465 | Clinical laboratory licensure advisory committee; department rules; interpretive guidelines |
| 36-466 | Advisory committee on clinical laboratories; membership; duties; definition |
| 36-467 | Reports by laboratories |
| 36-469 | Civil penalties |
| 36-470 | Examination of specimens; written requests; reports of results; retention of test records |
| 36-471 | Persons authorized to collect human specimens or blood |
| 36-472 | Rebates, fee splitting and solicitation of referrals prohibited |
| 36-473 | Grounds for denial, suspension or revocation of license |
| 36-474 | Investigation of complaints; notice of hearing |
| 36-476 | License surrender; certification |
| 36-478 | Injunction |
| 36-479 | Violations; classification |
| Chapter 4.2 | ARIZONA HEALTH FACILITIES AUTHORITY |
| Article 1 | General Provisions |
| 36-481 | Definitions |
| 36-482 | Establishment of authority |
| 36-483 | Governing board; members; appointment; qualifications; terms; officers; meetings; compensation |
| 36-484 | Board members' bond |
| 36-485 | Powers of board |
| 36-486 | Costs of operation and administration of authority; taxation |
| Article 2 | Bond Provisions |
| 36-491 | Issuance of bonds |
| 36-491.01 | Monies of institution |
| 36-491.02 | Additional powers of authority |
| 36-491.03 | Agreements |
| 36-491.04 | No abrogation of rights |
| 36-491.05 | Bonds as legal investments |
| 36-491.06 | Bond obligations of the authority |
| 36-491.07 | Supplemental law; governmental activities |
| Chapter 4.3 | ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORIES |
| Article 1 | General Provisions |
| 36-495 | Definitions |
| 36-495.01 | Licensure program; rules |
| 36-495.02 | Exemptions |
| 36-495.03 | License application; issuance; expiration |
| 36-495.04 | Laboratory director; duties |
| 36-495.05 | Provisional licenses |
| 36-495.06 | Fees |
| 36-495.07 | Inspection; investigations |
| 36-495.08 | Reports by laboratories |
| 36-495.09 |