A.R.S. § 36-563 — Arizona Code / Title 36 / Chapter 5.1 / Article 1 / Section 563
36-563 Review and appeal; hearing
Status: in_force

36-563. Review and appeal; hearing

A. This section governs the review and appeal procedure for decisions relating to the admission, evaluation, assignment to programs and services, care and treatment, discharge from a program or service provided through the department and contributions for residential programs or services provided through the department.

B. Notice of the appeal rights provided pursuant to this section shall be given to all parties to each placement evaluation and to each interested person upon request.

C. The director shall adopt rules to establish procedures for initial, informal administrative review and redetermination by the department of the decisions specified in subsection A of this section. These rules shall specify the manner by which requests for administrative reviews are filed, the person with whom requests are filed, whether and under what circumstances meetings of department representatives and the person filing the request are required to be held to consider requests for review and the time periods governing requests and which govern decisions on these requests. These rules may prescribe forms to be used in initiating requests for administrative review.

D. Further administrative appeals from decisions of the department subject to the procedures specified in subsection C of this section and on other contested cases are governed by title 41, chapter 14, article 3.

E. Services required pursuant to section 36-559, subsection D shall be directed by the courts.
A.R.S. § 36-2207 — Arizona Code / Title 36 / Chapter 21.1 / Article 1 / Section 2207
36-2207 Authorization for political subdivisions to participate
Status: in_force

36-2207. Authorization for political subdivisions to participate

Any city, town, county, fire district or health service district of this state may budget for and expend monies for participation in emergency paramedic programs and may enter into intergovernmental agreements for the delivery of such services pursuant to title 11, chapter 7, article 3.
A.R.S. § 36-2102 — Arizona Code / Title 36 / Chapter 19 / Article 1 / Section 2102
36-2102 Medical affiliation; contract for services; funds; limitation
Status: in_force

36-2102. Medical affiliation; contract for services; funds; limitation

A. The director may contract with any Arizona hospital, the Arizona board of regents, a licensed dialysis center or home delivery health service for:

1. The operation and administration of limited care dialysis centers.

2. Assistance in home dialysis.

3. Kidney transplants.

B. State funds appropriated to the department for the continuation of limited care dialysis centers, assistance in home dialysis, kidney transplants and related services shall not be utilized to pay for general medical care services other than kidney transplants, dialysis treatment and necessary laboratory procedures, including prescription drugs, related to such treatment or transplant and complications arising in the treatment of dialysis patients.
A.R.S. § 36-1334 — Arizona Code / Title 36 / Chapter 11.3 / Article 1 / Section 1334
36-1334 Heirs; no debt liability related to treatment
Status: in_force

36-1334. Heirs; no debt liability related to treatment

Notwithstanding any other law, if a patient dies while being treated with an individualized investigational drug, biological product or device, the patient's heirs are not liable for any outstanding debt related to the treatment.
A.R.S. § 36-2903.02 — Arizona Code / Title 36 / Chapter 29 / Article 1 / Section 2903.02
36-2903.02 Quality of health care monitoring standard; development; adoption; use; additional monitoring; costs
Status: in_force

36-2903.02. Quality of health care monitoring standard; development; adoption; use; additional monitoring; costs

A. The administration shall develop by rule a standard for contractors to use to monitor the quality of health care received by members. Each contractor shall adopt and use the standard developed by the administration.

B. The director shall periodically determine whether each contractor has properly adopted and implemented the quality of health care monitoring standard. If the director determines that a contractor has not done so, the director shall undertake additional special efforts to monitor and assess the quality of health care provided by that contractor for as long as the director deems necessary. The director shall determine the cost incurred in undertaking such special efforts and shall deduct that amount each month from any payment owed to that contractor for as long as the special efforts continue.
A.R.S. § 36-2944.01 — Arizona Code / Title 36 / Chapter 29 / Article 2 / Section 2944.01
36-2944.01 Removal of medicaid special exemption for payments to program contractors; civil penalty
Status: in_force

36-2944.01. Removal of medicaid special exemption for payments to program contractors; civil penalty

A. Notwithstanding any other law, beginning on October 1, 2003, each program contractor shall pay to the director of the department of insurance and financial institutions a tax equal to two percent of the total capitation, including reinsurance, and any other reimbursement paid to the program contractor by the administration for persons eligible pursuant to section 36-2931, paragraph 5.  The tax shall be paid in four payments pursuant to subsection C of this section and deposited in the state general fund pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147.

B. The program contractor shall not deduct any disallowance or penalty imposed by the administration pursuant to this chapter from the financial information submitted to the director of the department of insurance and financial institutions.

C. Each program contractor shall file the estimated tax and documentation with the director of the department of insurance and financial institutions on a form prescribed by the director of the department of insurance and financial institutions. A program contractor shall make estimated tax payments to the director of the department of insurance and financial institutions for deposit in the state general fund pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147. The tax payments are due on or before September 15, December 15, March 15 and June 15 of each year.  The amount of the payments shall be an estimate of the tax due for the quarter that ends in the month that payment is due.

D. On or before April 1, 2004 and annually on or before April 1 thereafter, the director of the department of insurance and financial institutions shall use data provided by the administration to reconcile the amount paid by each program contractor pursuant to this section with the actual amount of title XIX reimbursement made by the administration to the program contractor in the preceding calendar year. If there is a discrepancy in the two amounts, the director of the department of insurance and financial institutions shall notify the program contractor of the difference, provide a notice of right of appeal and bill the program contractor for the unpaid amount of the premium tax or, if there is an overpayment, the director of the department of insurance and financial institutions shall either refund the amount of the overpayment to the contractor or issue a credit for the amount of the overpayment that the program contractor can apply against future tax obligations prescribed by this section.

E. A contractor that fails to file an estimated payment or pay an unpaid premium tax as prescribed by this section is subject to a civil penalty equal to the greater of $25 or five percent of the amount due and is subject to interest on the amount due at the rate of one percent per month from the date the amount was due.

F. From and after December 31, 2017, the director of the department of insurance and financial institutions may require that reports and payments under this section be submitted electronically. If the director requires electronic submission, the director shall include on the department of  insurance and financial institution's official website a list of one or more acceptable methods by which a contractor must submit reports and payments.
A.R.S. § 36-699 — Arizona Code / Title 36 / Chapter 6 / Article 5 / Section 699
36-699 Folic acid supplements; distribution; counseling; funding
Status: in_force

36-699. Folic acid supplements; distribution; counseling; funding

A. The department shall establish a program to distribute folic acid supplements to women of childbearing age and to provide them with counseling and information regarding the proper use of the supplements.

B. The department shall authorize local health departments and other entities to distribute the supplements and provide the counseling and information services.

C. To distribute the supplements and provide the counseling as prescribed by this section, the department may use monies appropriated by the legislature for the federal women, infants and children food program.
A.R.S. § 36-448.02 — Arizona Code / Title 36 / Chapter 4 / Article 8 / Section 448.02
36-448.02 Pain management clinics; licensure requirements; rules
Status: in_force

36-448.02. Pain management clinics; licensure requirements; rules

A. Beginning January 1, 2019, a pain management clinic shall meet the same licensure requirements as prescribed in article 2 of this chapter for health care institutions.  At the time of licensure, a pain management clinic shall submit to the director all documentation required by this article.

B. The department shall adopt rules that prescribe the following for pain management clinics:

1. Informed consent requirements.

2. The responsibilities of the medical director.

3. Record maintenance.

4. Reporting requirements.

5. Physical examination requirements.

C. Within sixty days after a health care institution or a private office or clinic of a health care provider that is licensed pursuant to title 32 meets the definition of pain management clinic, the health care institution or private office or clinic shall apply for licensure pursuant to this section.

D. Each pain management clinic shall:

1. On or before each anniversary of the issue date of the pain management clinic's license, submit to the director all documentation required by this article.

2. Comply with all department rules that govern pain management clinics.

3. Have a medical director who is a physician licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 13 or 17 and who is under an unrestricted and unencumbered license or a registered nurse practitioner who is licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 15, who has advanced pain certification from a nationally recognized accreditation or certification entity and who is under an unrestricted and unencumbered license.
A.R.S. § 36-2101 — Arizona Code / Title 36 / Chapter 19 / Article 1 / Section 2101
36-2101 Definitions
Status: in_force

36-2101. Definitions

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "Department" means the department of health services.

2. "Director" means the director of the department of health services.
A.R.S. § 36-700 — Arizona Code / Title 36 / Chapter 6 / Article 5 / Section 700
36-700 Farmers' market nutrition program
Status: in_force

36-700. Farmers' market nutrition program

A. The department shall establish a farmers' market nutrition program and apply to receive federal matching funds under the federal farmers' market nutrition act of 1992.

B. To provide the local funds for the farmers' market nutrition program, the department may use monies appropriated for the federal women, infants and children food program.
A.R.S. § 36-2942 — Arizona Code / Title 36 / Chapter 29 / Article 2 / Section 2942
36-2942 Payments to the department
Status: in_force

36-2942. Payments to the department

For program contractors pursuant to section 36-2940:

1. The administration shall make at least monthly capitation payments to the department consisting of a portion of the capitation rate provided by the federal government. Prior to making the capitation payment, the administration may retain a specific percentage of the federal portion of the capitation rate for third party payments collected pursuant to this section.

2. The administration shall make at least monthly payments to the department with that portion of federal monies available for administrative costs.

3. Any portion of the capitation rate pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subsection or administrative costs pursuant to paragraph 2 of this section not paid for by federal monies shall be paid by the department.

4. Payments made pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subsection shall begin after a member is enrolled in the system.

5. The department is responsible for any costs of providing services to members that exceed the capitation rate.

6. The director shall require contract terms necessary to ensure adequate performance by the department of the provisions of each contract executed pursuant to this section.
A.R.S. § 36-682 — Arizona Code / Title 36 / Chapter 6 / Article 4.2 / Section 682
36-682 Vaccinations; enforcement prohibition; violation; classification; definition
Status: in_force

36-682. Vaccinations; enforcement prohibition; violation; classification; definition

A. Any governmental entity may not require a person under eighteen years of age to receive a vaccination for COVID-19 or any variant of COVID-19 without the consent of a parent or guardian.

B. The county attorney may prosecute any violation of this section.

C. A person who violates this section is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor.

D. For the purposes of this section, "governmental entity" means this state or any political subdivision of this state that receives and uses state tax revenues.
A.R.S. § 36-594.02 — Arizona Code / Title 36 / Chapter 5.1 / Article 3 / Section 594.02
36-594.02 Fingerprinting of adult developmental home licensees and child developmental home licensees
Status: in_force

36-594.02. Fingerprinting of adult developmental home licensees and child developmental home licensees

An applicant, licensee or adult household member of an adult developmental home or child developmental home shall have a valid fingerprint clearance card issued pursuant to section 41-1758.07.  The person shall certify on forms that are provided by the department whether the person is awaiting trial on or has been convicted of any of the offenses listed in section 41-1758.07, subsections B and C in this state or similar offenses in another state or jurisdiction.
A.R.S. § 36-973 — Arizona Code / Title 36 / Chapter 8 / Article 5 / Section 973
36-973 Labeling; exception
Status: in_force

36-973. Labeling; exception

A. Bulk food product modules shall be conspicuously labeled with the common name of the product, a list of ingredients in order of predominance and a declaration of artificial color or flavor and any chemical preservatives contained in the product.

B. This section does not apply to bulk food manufactured on the premises or manufactured by the seller.
A.R.S. § 36-465 — Arizona Code / Title 36 / Chapter 4.1 / Article 2 / Section 465
36-465 Clinical laboratory licensure advisory committee; department rules; interpretive guidelines
Status: in_force

36-465. Clinical laboratory licensure advisory committee; department rules; interpretive guidelines

A. The director shall appoint a clinical laboratory licensure advisory committee consisting of members representing a variety of persons affected by this article. The committee shall advise the director regarding the adoption of rules and shall make recommendations regarding interpretive guidelines necessary to properly administer and enforce the provisions of this article. Committee members serve at the pleasure of the director. Committee members are not eligible to receive compensation but are eligible for reimbursement of expenses pursuant to title 38, chapter 4, article 2.

B. After consultation with the advisory committee, the director shall adopt rules for clinical laboratories, relating to:

1. Classes and levels of laboratory practice and types and categories of laboratory examinations performed on material taken from the human body.

2. Minimum standards of proficiency testing to ensure valid and accurate laboratory testing.

3. The construction and operation of the laboratory, including plumbing, heating, lighting, ventilation, electrical services and similar conditions to assure that the operation of the laboratory is conducted in a manner which will protect the public health. A rule adopted pursuant to this paragraph shall require that laboratory facilities conform to all state and local building, safety and fire codes and ordinances.

4. The education, training, experience and responsibilities of laboratory directors, supervisors and personnel who perform laboratory examinations and procedures for collecting human specimens or blood.

5. All conditions within the laboratory related to infectious, hazardous and toxic materials.

6. Requirements to adequately assure the validity and reliability of the laboratory examinations and test results.

7. The proper collection, transportation and storage of specimens.

8. Reports, records, equipment and facilities necessary for the proper and effective operation of the laboratory.

9. Persons who may collect and submit human specimens for examination and receive examination results.

10. Additional grounds for denial, suspension and revocation of a license.

11. Exemptions from on-site inspections.

12. Criteria for determining substantial compliance with the provisions of this article and rules adopted pursuant to this article.

C. The department may issue interpretive guidelines on subjects relating to rules adopted pursuant to this article.
A.R.S. § 36-2234.01 — Arizona Code / Title 36 / Chapter 21.1 / Article 2 / Section 2234.01
36-2234.01 Certificate of necessity; amendment; interfacility transport; definitions
Status: in_force

36-2234.01. Certificate of necessity; amendment; interfacility transport; definitions

A. A city or town that has a licensed health care institution within its jurisdictional boundaries and that operates an ambulance service may apply to amend its certificate of necessity pursuant to this article to provide interfacility transports in lieu of transports by a peace officer as authorized by section 36-503.02.

B. In addition to any other information required by the department, a city or town must include the following information with the application to amend its certificate of necessity pursuant to subsection A of this section for the purposes of providing interfacility transports:

1. The number of interfacility transports made by peace officers in the applicant city or town from health care institutions to evaluation agencies or mental health treatment agencies in the preceding two years.

2. The projected call volume in the next year for the applicant city or town for interfacility transports to be made in lieu of peace officer transports from health care institutions to evaluation agencies or mental health treatment agencies.

C. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Evaluation agency" has the same meaning prescribed in section 36-501.

2. "Interfacility transport" means the transport of a patient from a licensed health care institution to an evaluation agency or mental health treatment agency as authorized by section 36-503.02.

3. "Mental health treatment agency" has the same meaning prescribed in section 36-501.
A.R.S. § 36-215 — Arizona Code / Title 36 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 215
36-215 State hospital revolving fund; nonreversion
Status: in_force

36-215. State hospital revolving fund; nonreversion

A. The permanent state hospital revolving fund is established in the amount of five thousand dollars for use in making cash outlays for postage, C.O.D. packages, travel or other minor disbursements which are proper as ultimate claims for payment from state funds. Such expenditures from this fund and reimbursement thereto shall be as prescribed by the director of the department of administration.

B. A full accounting of the use of this fund shall be made to the director of the department of administration annually or as required by the director of the department of administration.

C. Monies of the permanent state hospital revolving fund shall not revert to the state general fund at the end of any fiscal year.
A.R.S. § 36-1807 — Arizona Code / Title 36 / Chapter 16 / Article 1 / Section 1807
36-1807 Expansion of behavioral health workforce training; pilot program fund; grant program; requirements
Status: in_force

36-1807. Expansion of behavioral health workforce training; pilot program fund; grant program; requirements

(Rpld. 1/1/27)

A. The pilot program fund is established. The Arizona health care cost containment system administration shall administer the fund. Monies in the fund are continuously appropriated and are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations. Monies in the fund shall be used to expand the capacity of the Maricopa county community college district and the Navajo county community college district to train students as behavioral health workers by developing behavioral health curriculum in partnership with the Maricopa county community college district and the Navajo county community college district.

B. The Arizona health care cost containment system may use legislative appropriations, private donations, grants and federal monies to implement, support, promote or maintain the grant program established pursuant to this section or to supplant monies appropriated from the state general fund. The administration shall use all other funding sources for the grant program before using any state general fund monies.

C. Subject to available monies, the director of the Arizona health care cost containment system shall develop a grant program in partnership with the Maricopa county community college district and the Navajo county community college district to distribute the monies in the fund to community colleges with qualifying programs to train students to address the shortage of the behavioral health workforce by increasing the number of students completing qualified programs by the end of fiscal year 2024-2025. Grants provided pursuant to this section shall be used:

1. To expand behavioral health curriculum and pay for salaries, benefits, training and related expenses and operational costs necessary to increase the number of qualified behavioral health education faculty members teaching in degree and certificate programs operated or overseen by the Maricopa county community college district and the Navajo county community college district.

2. To pay for tuition, fees and related educational expenses of eligible students enrolling in behavioral health programs. The Arizona health care cost containment system, in partnership with the community college districts, shall develop and implement requirements for payment of student expenses that include a requirement that students who complete a certification or degree program practice as a behavioral health worker in this state for a minimum of two years or the number of years that equals the length of the program completed by the student, whichever is greater.

D. The grants provided pursuant to this section are subject to the availability of monies. Fund monies shall be distributed in a manner designed to increase the number of students completing behavioral health degree or certificate programs.

E. The Arizona health care cost containment system shall develop reporting requirements for each community college using monies received from the pilot program fund. On or before December 31, 2023 and each December 31 thereafter, the director of the Arizona health care cost containment system shall provide a report to the governor, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives and the chairpersons of the health and human services committees of the senate and the house of representatives, or their successor committees, and shall provide a copy of the report to the secretary of state. The report shall include:

1. The number and type of behavioral health programs created at each community college district, including the number and type of programs at each individual community college in the district.

2. The number of students supported financially in each program at each individual community college.

3. The number of students completing each program by type of program and at each specific community college.
A.R.S. § 36-2975 — Arizona Code / Title 36 / Chapter 29 / Article 3 / Section 2975
36-2975 Specified low income medicare beneficiary; eligibility
Status: in_force

36-2975. Specified low income medicare beneficiary; eligibility

The administration shall determine the eligibility of all persons who are specified low income medicare beneficiaries in accordance with federal law.  The administration shall pay the monthly premiums under part B of title XVIII of the social security act on behalf of each specified low income medicare beneficiary.
A.R.S. § 36-183.04 — Arizona Code / Title 36 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 183.04
36-183.04 Notice of violation; civil penalties; administrative hearings
Status: in_force

36-183.04. Notice of violation; civil penalties; administrative hearings

A. If the director of a local health department, county environmental department or public health services district has reason to believe that a person has violated this article or a sanitary ordinance or regulation, the director may issue a notice of violation and demand for compliance by certified or registered mail or by hand delivery to the respondent.

B. The notice of violation and demand for compliance must state with reasonable specificity the nature of the violation and the deadline for compliance.  The notice of violation shall also state that the respondent may request a hearing.

C. Unless the respondent either complies within the stated deadline or requests a hearing within fifteen days after service of the notice of violation and demand for compliance, the director of the local health department, county environmental department or public health services district may issue a compliance order consistent with the terms of the notice of violation.

D. The director of a local health department, county environmental department or public health services district may appoint a hearing officer to conduct a hearing pursuant to this section.  Hearings held pursuant to this section shall be conducted in the same manner as hearings are conducted pursuant to title 41, chapter 6, article 6.  The hearing officer shall either issue or deny a compliance order and shall make a finding regarding a civil penalty.

E. A compliance order issued pursuant to this section is final and enforceable in superior court unless the respondent files an appeal to the director of the local health department, county environmental department or public health services district within fifteen days after receiving the compliance order.

F. On appeal, the director may affirm, modify or vacate the hearing officer's decision.  The director shall consider the factors prescribed in subsection H.  The director's decision is enforceable as a judgment in superior court.  The director's decision is subject to appeal pursuant to title 12, chapter 7, article 6.

G. A compliance order issued pursuant to this section may provide for a civil penalty of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars for each violation by an individual and not more than five thousand dollars for a violation by an enterprise.  A compliance order shall not impose a civil penalty for the same acts for which a court has previously imposed a civil or criminal penalty.

H. In determining the amount of a civil penalty under this section, the director and the hearing officer shall consider the following:

1. The seriousness of the violation.

2. As an aggravating factor only, any economic benefit that results from the violation.

3. The history of that violation.

4. The economic impact of the penalty on the violator.

5. Any good faith efforts to comply with the applicable requirements.

6. The duration of the violation as established by any credible evidence.

7. Payment by the violator of penalties previously assessed for the same violation.

8. Other factors affecting the public health and safety the director deems relevant.

I. The director of the local health department, county environmental department or a public health services district shall deposit all penalties collected pursuant to this section in the general fund of the county where the action was initiated.
A.R.S. § 36-2957 — Arizona Code / Title 36 / Chapter 29 / Article 2 / Section 2957
36-2957 Prohibited acts; penalties
Status: in_force

36-2957. Prohibited acts; penalties

A. No person may present or cause to be presented to the administration or to a program contractor:

1. A claim for an item or service that the person knows or has reason to know was not provided as claimed.

2. A claim for an item or service that the person knows or has reason to know is false or fraudulent.

3. A claim for payment which the person knows or has reason to know may not be made by the system because:

(a) The person was not a member on the date for which the claim is being made.

(b) The item or service claimed is substantially in excess of the needs of the individual or of a quality that fails to meet professionally recognized standards of care.

4. A claim for a physician's service, or an item or service incidental to a physician's service, by a person who knows or has reason to know that the individual who furnished or supervised the furnishing of the service:

(a) Was not licensed as a physician.

(b) Obtained a license through a misrepresentation of material fact.

(c) Represented to the patient at the time the service was furnished that the physician was certified in a medical specialty by a medical specialty board if the person was not certified.

5. A request for payment which the person knows or has reason to know is in violation of an agreement between the person and the administration or the program contractor.

B. A person who violates a provision of subsection A is subject, in addition to any other penalties that may be prescribed by law, to a civil penalty of not to exceed two thousand dollars for each item or service claimed and is subject to an assessment of not to exceed twice the amount claimed for each item or service.

C. The director or his designee shall make the determination to assess civil penalties and is responsible for the collection of penalty and assessment amounts. The director shall adopt rules that prescribe procedures for the determination and collection of civil penalties and assessments. Civil penalties and assessments imposed under this section may be compromised by the director or his designee in accordance with criteria established in rules. The director or his designee may make a determination in the same proceeding to exclude the person from system participation.

D. A person adversely affected by a determination of the director or his designee under this section may appeal that decision in accordance with grievance provisions set forth in rule. The final decision is subject to judicial review in accordance with title 12, chapter 7, article 6.

E. Amounts recovered under this section shall be deposited in the Arizona long-term care system fund. The amount of such penalty or assessment may be deducted from any amount then or later owing by the administration to the person against whom the penalty or assessment has been imposed.

F. If a civil penalty or assessment imposed pursuant to subsection C is not paid, this state or the administration shall file an action to collect the civil penalty or assessment in the superior court in Maricopa county. Matters that were raised or could have been raised in a hearing before the director or in an appeal pursuant to title 12, chapter 7, article 6 may not be raised as a defense to the civil action. An action brought pursuant to this subsection shall be initiated within six years after the date the claim was presented.
A.R.S. § 36-673 — Arizona Code / Title 36 / Chapter 6 / Article 4.1 / Section 673
36-673 Duties of local health departments; immunization; reimbursement; training; informed consent
Status: in_force

36-673. Duties of local health departments; immunization; reimbursement; training; informed consent

A. A local health department in cooperation with each school within the county shall provide for the required immunization of pupils attending school.

B. A local health department shall provide immunizations required for school attendance at no cost to the pupil or pupil's parent, guardian or person in loco parentis.  In order to receive reimbursement for the cost of the immunization from the pupil's or parent's private health insurance coverage, the local health department may enter into a contract governing the terms of reimbursement and claims with the corresponding private health care insurer. The local health department may enter into a contract with a private health care insurer on its own, in conjunction with other local health departments or through a qualified intermediary.  If the local health department chooses not to contract with a private health care insurer, or does not respond to the request to contract from a private health care insurer within ninety days of the request, the insurer is not required to reimburse the local health department for the immunization.  If a private health care insurer declines or does not respond to a request to contract with a local health department, with a coalition of other local health departments or through a qualified intermediary within ninety days of the request to contract, the private health care insurer must reimburse the local health department at the rate paid to an in-network provider.

C. A local health department, on request by a school nurse and approval by the school administrator, shall train and authorize the school nurse to administer required immunizations.

D. A pupil shall not be immunized without the informed consent of the parent, guardian or person in loco parentis of the pupil. A pupil who is at least eighteen years of age or is emancipated may consent to immunization.
A.R.S. § 36-606 — Arizona Code / Title 36 / Chapter 6 / Article 1 / Section 606
36-606 Pesticide illness; medical education; reports
Status: in_force

36-606. Pesticide illness; medical education; reports

A. The director of the department of health services shall develop and implement, in cooperation with rural health clinics, county health departments, state and local medical associations, poison control centers and other appropriate health care professionals, a system for reporting and preventing pesticide provoked illnesses. This program shall include:

1. Medical education programs to alert health care professionals to the symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and reporting of pesticide provoked illnesses.

2. A statewide reporting network, which shall:

(a) Require health care professionals and poison control centers to file incident reports of an illness that they reasonably believe, based on professional judgment, to be caused by or related to documented exposure to a pesticide.

(b) Catalogue and retrieve data regarding pesticide poisoning for use in worker and public health education programs to prevent pesticide poisoning.

B. The health care professional or poison control center required to file an incident report required pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 2, subdivision (a) of this section shall specifically indicate in the incident report the reason for believing that the illness is caused by or related to documented exposure to a pesticide and shall specify if the illness is caused by the documented exposure or is related to the documented exposure. All incident reports shall be filed with the director. The director shall provide to the Arizona department of agriculture all records, reports and information of all illnesses resulting from documented exposure to agriculture pesticides and structural pesticides.
A.R.S. § 36-766.07 — Arizona Code / Title 36 / Chapter 6 / Article 7.2 / Section 766.07
36-766.07 Certification not required
Status: in_force

36-766.07. Certification not required

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