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2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-303 - System of public health statistics; powers and duties of the department

36-303.
System of public health statistics;  powers and duties of the department
A. The department shall:
1. Administer and enforce this chapter and rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.
2. Provide for the efficient administration of a system of public health statistics.
B. The department may adopt rules to implement a system of public health statistics pursuant to this chapter.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-311 - Appointment and removal of local registrars and deputy local registrars

36-311.
Appointment and removal of local registrars and deputy local registrars
A. The state registrar shall appoint the county health officer of the county health department as the local registrar for a registration district. If a county health department does not have a county health officer,  the state registrar shall appoint an employee of the county health department as the local registrar for a registration district.
B. With notice to the state registrar,  the local registrar may appoint one or more persons to serve as deputy local registrars with any of the duties vested in the local registrar.
C. The state registrar may remove a local registrar or a deputy local registrar who does not comply with this chapter or rules adopted pursuant to this chapter or for any other reasonable cause.
D. After notice to the state registrar,  the local registrar may remove a deputy local registrar who does not comply with this chapter or rules adopted pursuant to this chapter or for any other reasonable cause.
E. The state registrar may abolish the office of a local registrar if the registration district for which the local registrar is appointed is combined with another registration district.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-312 - Local registrars and deputy local registrars; powers and duties

36-312.
Local registrars and deputy local registrars;  powers and duties
A local registrar and deputy local registrar of a registration district shall:
1. Administer and enforce this chapter and rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.
2. Assist the state registrar in investigating violations of this chapter and rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.
3. Electronically or physically submit certificates,  evidentiary documents and forms to the state registrar as directed by the state registrar.
4. Register certificates only as directed by the state registrar.
5. Preserve and maintain records and perform other duties required by the state registrar.
6. At the request of the state registrar,  make certificates,  evidentiary documents or forms related to the system of vital records available to the state registrar for inspection.
7. At the request of the state registrar,  provide birth certificates and death certificates to the state registrar.
8. Prepare and issue copies of certificates according to rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-313 - Deputy local registrars; compensation

36-313.
Deputy local registrars;  compensation
A. A deputy local registrar shall receive from the county general fund in that registration district one dollar for each birth certificate,  death certificate or fetal death certificate registered by the deputy local registrar and submitted to the state registrar pursuant to this chapter and rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.
B. At least quarterly the state registrar shall provide written notification to the clerk of the board of supervisors in each registration district that specifies the number of birth certificates,  death certificates and fetal death certificates registered by the deputy local registrar prescribed in subsection A and the amount of compensation the deputy local registrar is entitled to for the period pursuant to this section.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-321 - Information required for a certificate

36-321.
Information required for a certificate
A. The state registrar shall prescribe by rule the information required to be submitted to create or amend a vital record.
B. A person who submits a certificate for registration must make a reasonable effort to ensure that the information on the certificate is correct and accurate.
C. A certificate registered pursuant to this chapter must include an official state number and the date of registration.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-322 - Sealing a certificate

36-322.
Sealing a certificate
A. The state registrar shall seal a certificate and evidentiary documents when the state registrar amends the registered certificate.
B. Unless required by a court order and except as provided in section 36-340,  the state registrar shall not issue a copy of a certificate or other record sealed pursuant to this section.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-323 - Amending registered certificates: corrections

36-323.
Amending registered certificates: corrections
A. The state registrar shall amend a registered certificate pursuant to this chapter and rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.
B. The state registrar shall amend a registered birth certificate to show the new name of a person born in this state if:
1. The person,  the person's parent or the person's legal guardian requests the new name and the state registrar receives a court order to change the person's name on the registered birth certificate.
2. A voluntary acknowledgement of paternity submitted pursuant to section 25-812 includes a request to change the person's name on the registered birth certificate.
C. The state registrar shall adopt rules for making corrections to vital records.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-324 - Vital records; copies; access

36-324.
Vital records;  copies;  access
A. On written request,  a local registrar,  a deputy local registrar or the state registrar shall issue a certified copy of a registered certificate,  except the portion of the certificate that contains medical information,  to any person determined to be eligible to receive the certified copy pursuant to criteria prescribed by rules. A local registrar,  a deputy local registrar or the state registrar shall issue certified copies of a registered certificate to a licensed funeral director or the funeral director's designee on the funeral director's or designee's written or in-person request. The local registrar,  deputy local registrar or state registrar shall provide the certified copies by mail or in person to the funeral director or the funeral director's designee on request.
B. A certified copy of a registered certificate has the same status as the registered certificate.
C. The United States public health service may receive copies,  microfilm and other information from the state registrar to prepare national vital statistics subject to the following limitations:
1. The United States public health service bears the cost of preparing and transmitting the copies,  microfilm and other information.
2. The copies,  microfilm and other information are used for statistical purposes and the United States public health service assures a person's anonymity.
D. In child support cases under 42 United States Code sections 651 through 669 or in public benefit matters under chapter 29 of this title or title 46,  the state registrar shall provide copies of or access to vital records without charge to the department of economic security or its attorneys. In child welfare cases under title 8,  the state registrar shall provide copies of or access to vital records without charge to the department of child safety or its attorneys. A vital record obtained as authorized in this section must be used only for official purposes and,  if used in a public proceeding,  must be sealed by the court or hearing officer.
E. The state registrar shall provide a copy of or access to a vital record to a government agency for its official purposes.
F. Notwithstanding any other law,  a child who is at least sixteen years of age and who either does not have a residence address or is in the department of child safety's custody may receive a certified copy of the child's certificate of birth registration without the signature of the child's parent,  guardian or foster parent.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-327 - Disinterment-reinterment permit

36-327.
Disinterment-reinterment permit
A. Except as otherwise provided by law,  a disinterment-reinterment permit is required before a person disinters human remains. The state registrar shall provide a permit to disinter human remains either by a court order issued in this state or by the written consent of the decedent's family member who has the highest priority. The order of priority is the same as provided in section 36-831.
B. A disinterment-reinterment permit is not required if disinterment and reinterment occur in the same cemetery for ordinary relocation or for reasons of internal management of the cemetery.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-328 - Registration of a death certificate for a foreign presumptive death

36-328.
Registration of a death certificate for a foreign presumptive death
A. The state registrar shall create and register a death certificate for a foreign presumptive death if the state registrar receives a court order issued in this state of a presumptive death of a resident of this state in a foreign country. The court order shall contain the following information,  if known:
1. The decedent's name,  social security number,  date of birth,  date of death,  cause of death and location of death.
2. Any other information necessary to complete a death certificate for a foreign presumptive death.
B. A death certificate for a foreign presumptive death shall state on the death certificate the name of the foreign country where death is presumed to have occurred.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-329 - Fetal death certificate registration

36-329.
Fetal death certificate registration
A. A hospital,  abortion clinic,  physician or midwife shall submit a completed fetal death certificate to the state registrar for registration within seven days after the fetal death for each fetal death occurring in this state after a gestational period of twenty completed weeks or if the unborn child weighs more than three hundred fifty grams.
B. The requirements for registering a fetal death certificate are the same as the requirements for registering a death certificate prescribed in section 36-325.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-329.01 - Delayed fetal death certificate registration

36-329.01.
Delayed fetal death certificate registration
A. If a fetal death occurs in this state and is not registered within one year after the date of the fetal death,  the local registrar,  deputy local registrar or state registrar shall register the fetal death certificate as a delayed fetal death certificate.
B. The requirements for registering a delayed fetal death certificate are the same as the requirements for registering a delayed death certificate prescribed in section 36-325.01.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-330 - Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth; requirements

36-330.
Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth;  requirements
A. In addition to the requirements of section 36-329,  the state registrar shall establish a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth on a form approved by the state registrar for each fetal death occurring in this state after a gestational period of at least twenty completed weeks. This certificate shall be offered to the parent or parents of a stillborn child.
B. A certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth shall meet all of the format and filing requirements for birth certificates prescribed in section 36-333.
C. The person who prepares a certificate pursuant to this section shall leave blank any references to the stillborn child's name if the stillborn child's parent or parents do not wish to provide a name for the stillborn child.
D. Notwithstanding subsections A and B of this section,  the certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth shall be submitted to the designated registrar within seven days following the delivery and before the cremation or removal of the fetus from the registration district.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-330.01 - Delayed registration of certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth

36-330.01.
Delayed registration of certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth
If a birth resulting in stillbirth occurring in this state has not been registered within one year after the date of delivery,  a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth marked " delayed"  may be submitted and registered pursuant to this chapter and rules adopted pursuant to this chapter and other requirements sufficient to substantiate the alleged facts of a birth resulting in stillbirth.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-331 - Duties of persons in charge of place of disposition

36-331.
Duties of persons in charge of place of disposition
A. Except as otherwise provided by law,  a person in charge of a place of disposition shall not inter,  cremate or allow other disposition of human remains without receiving a disposition-transit permit with the human remains.
B. A person in charge of a place of disposition shall maintain a record of a disposition pursuant to rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.
C. A person in charge of a place of disposition shall permit the state registrar to inspect the disposition records.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-332 - Notification of death to responsible person and release of human remains

36-332.
Notification of death to responsible person and release of human remains
A health care institution shall not release human remains or allow the removal of human remains from the health care institution until the health care institution makes a diligent effort to notify the responsible person and obtain the name of the entity to whom the human remains are to be released.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-333.01 - Late birth certificate registration

36-333.01.
Late birth certificate registration
If a completed birth certificate and evidentiary documents are submitted to a local registrar,  a deputy local registrar or the state registrar for registration more than seven days but less than one year after the date of birth,  the local registrar,  deputy local registrar or state registrar shall register the birth certificate as a late birth certificate if the information on the birth certificate and evidentiary documents are accurate and complete,  support the registration of the late birth certificate and are submitted pursuant to this chapter and rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-333.02 - Delayed birth certificate registration

36-333.02.
Delayed birth certificate registration
A. If a birth certificate of a person who is born in this state is not registered within one year after the date of birth,  a person authorized by this chapter may submit to the state registrar information and evidentiary documents that support the creation and registration of a delayed birth certificate.
B. The state registrar may waive the information and evidentiary document requirements in subsection A of this section for a birth that occurred before 1970.
C. The state registrar shall create a delayed birth certificate that includes a listing of the information and evidentiary documents submitted pursuant to subsection A of this section.
D. The state registrar shall register a delayed birth certificate if the information and evidentiary documents are accurate and complete,  support the creation and registration of the delayed birth certificate and are submitted pursuant to this chapter and rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.
E. If the state registrar determines that the information and evidentiary documents are not accurate and complete or do not support the creation and registration of the delayed birth certificate,  the state registrar shall not create and register the delayed birth certificate,  shall notify the person requesting a delayed birth certificate of the reasons for not creating and registering the delayed birth certificate and shall advise the person requesting a delayed birth certificate of that person's right to petition for a court order pursuant to section 36-333.03.
F. The state registrar shall establish documentation requirements for Native Americans who were born before 1970 and who are requesting delayed birth certificates. If a requesting party presents documents that do not meet the documentation requirements established by the state registrar,  the director shall review the documents submitted and determine whether to create and register a delayed birth certificate.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-333.03 - Record of birth; petition; requirements; notice; court order; definition

36-333.03.
Record of birth;  petition;  requirements;  notice;  court order;  definition
A. If a delayed birth certificate for a person who is born in this state is not created and registered pursuant to section 36-333.02,  that person or,  if the person is under eighteen years of age,  the person's parent or legal guardian may petition the court for an order to establish a record of the person's date of birth,  place of birth and parentage.
B. The petition must allege:
1. That the person for whom a delayed birth certificate is requested was born in this state.
2. That the person's birth is not registered in another state or country.
3. That a record of birth for the person cannot be found in this state's vital records.
4. That despite diligent efforts the petitioner was unable to obtain the information and evidentiary documents required for the creation and registration of a delayed birth certificate.
5. That the state registrar has refused to create and register a delayed birth certificate.
6. Any other allegations the petitioner believes would be useful to the court.
B. The petitioner shall submit to the court a copy of the notification provided pursuant to section 36-333.02,  subsection E and all information and evidentiary documents that were submitted to the state registrar to support the request for the registration of a delayed birth certificate.
C. The court shall set a date,  time and place for a hearing on the petition and shall provide notice of the date,  time and place to the state registrar and the petitioner at least twenty days before the hearing. The state registrar may appear and testify at the hearing.
D. If the court finds that the evidence presented for the petitioner supports the creation and registration of a delayed birth certificate,  the court shall establish the facts of birth,  including parentage and any other findings that may be required,  and shall issue an order to create and register a delayed birth certificate on a form that is provided by the state registrar and that includes the facts of birth,  a description of the information and evidentiary documents submitted to the court and the date of the court's action.
E. The clerk of the court shall forward an order issued pursuant to subsection D of this section to the state registrar not later than the tenth day of the calendar month following the month in which the court issued its order. Based on the information contained in the order,  the state registrar shall create and register a delayed birth certificate that includes a list of the information and evidentiary documents as stated in the order.
F. For the purposes of this section,  " court"  means the superior court or tribal court.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-334 - Determining maternity and paternity for birth certificates

36-334.
Determining maternity and paternity for birth certificates
A. A person completing a birth certificate shall state the name of the woman who gave birth to the child on the birth certificate as the child's mother unless otherwise provided by law or court order.
B. The state registrar shall not refuse to register a birth certificate because the birth certificate does not include the name of the father.
C. If a father's name is stated on a birth certificate,  the father's name shall be stated on a birth certificate as follows:
1. Except as provided in section 25-814,  if the mother is married at the time of birth or was married at any time in the ten months before the birth,  the name of the mother's husband.
2. If a mother and father who are not married to each other at the time of birth and were not married to each other in the ten months before the birth voluntarily acknowledge paternity pursuant to section 25-812,  the name of the father acknowledging paternity.
3. If the state registrar receives an administrative order or a court order establishing paternity,  the father's name in the order.
D. If the acknowledgement of paternity is rescinded pursuant to section 25-812,  the state registrar shall remove the father's name from the registered birth certificate.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-335 - Birth registration for foundlings

36-335.
Birth registration for foundlings
A. A person who has custody of a foundling shall submit to the state registrar or to the local registrar or a deputy local registrar of the registration district where the foundling was found the following information:
1. The date the foundling was found.
2. The location where the foundling was found.
3. The sex,  approximate race and approximate age of the foundling.
4. The name and address of the person who has custody of the foundling.
5. The name given to the foundling by the person who has custody of the foundling.
6. Any other data required by rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.
B. The state registrar shall create and register a birth certificate for a foundling and enter on the birth certificate the following information:
1. The location where the foundling was found as the place of birth.
2. The date of birth based on the approximate age of the foundling.
C. A person who has custody of a foundling and determines the foundling's identity shall notify the state registrar in writing of the determination.
D. If the identity of a foundling is determined,  the state registrar shall seal the foundling's registered birth certificate and provide access to the foundling's registered birth certificate only pursuant to a court order issued in this state.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-336 - Adoption certificate

36-336.
Adoption certificate
A. For an adoption of a person born in this state,  a state court shall submit to the state registrar an adoption certificate on a form approved by the state registrar or pursuant to a court order that includes:
1. Information required by rule about the adoptive father and adoptive mother.
2. Information required by rule about the child being adopted.
3. A statement by the court that the information on the adoption certificate is accurate.
4. The contact preference form prescribed in section 36-340.
B. For an adoption of a person born in this state and ordered by a court in another state,  the state registrar shall accept an order for an adoption or an adoption certificate that contains the information in subsection A.
C. If a court modifies a court order for adoption,  the state registrar shall follow the procedures in this chapter for amending a registered certificate.
D. By the tenth day of each month,  a court in this state shall submit to the state registrar all adoption certificates,  court orders for adoption and court orders for modification of adoption for the preceding month.
E. When the state registrar receives an adoption certificate,  a court order for adoption,  a change to a court order for adoption or an annulment of an adoption for a person born in another state,  the state registrar shall send the document to the appropriate registration authority in the state where the person was born.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-338 - Certificates of foreign birth for adoptees

36-338.
Certificates of foreign birth for adoptees
A. The state registrar shall create and register a state of Arizona certificate of foreign birth for an adopted person who satisfies all of the following:
1. Was born in a foreign country.
2. Is not a United States citizen.
3. Has gone through a completed adoption process in a foreign country before coming to the United States.
4. Has an IR-3 stamped passport.
B. Before the state registrar creates and registers a certificate of foreign birth,  either a state court,  an adoptive parent or an adult adopted person must submit the following:
1. An adoption decree or other official document finalizing the adoption from the country of the adopted person's birth that has been translated into English.
2. A copy of the passport page showing the IR-3 stamp.
C. Before the state registrar creates and registers a certificate of foreign birth for a parent of an adopted child who has been issued an IR-3 visa and who has completed a readoption process in a court in this state,  the parent must provide either of the following:
1. An original state of Arizona certificate of adoption issued by a court in this state.
2. A certified court order of adoption issued by a court in this state and either a birth certificate from the country of the adopted person's birth that has been translated into English or any other written documentation that establishes the date and place of the adopted person's birth and that has been translated into English.
D. If the adopted person does not have an IR-3 stamped passport,  before the state registrar creates and registers a certificate pursuant to this section an adoptive parent or an adult adopted person must submit either:
1. An original state of Arizona certificate of adoption issued by a court in this state.
2. A certified court order of adoption issued by a court in this state and either a birth certificate from the country of the adopted person's birth that has been translated into English or any other written documentation that establishes the date and place of the adopted person's birth and that has been translated into English.
3. If the person was not adopted in this state,  a court order issued in this state that recognizes the adoption pursuant to section 36-336.
E. The state registrar shall not create and register a state of Arizona certificate of foreign birth for an adopted person who was born in a foreign country and who was a United States citizen at the time of birth. The state registrar shall inform the adoptive parents or the adult adopted person that a birth certificate may be obtained through the United States department of state.
F. A state of Arizona certificate of foreign birth for an adopted person must show the country of birth and state that the certificate is not evidence of United States citizenship for the person for whom it is issued.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-339 - Missing children; notification; flagging birth certificate records; definitions

36-339.
Missing children;  notification;  flagging birth certificate records;  definitions
A. If a child is reported missing to a law enforcement agency in this state,  that agency shall notify the state registrar in the state of the child's birth. The notification shall include the missing child's name,  date of birth and county of birth.
B. If the state registrar is notified pursuant to subsection A that a child born in this state is missing,  the state registrar shall flag the child's registered birth certificate. If the missing child is found,  the law enforcement agency that reported the child missing shall notify the state registrar and the state registrar shall remove the flag from the child's registered birth certificate.
C. If the state registrar receives a request for a registered certificate that is flagged,  the state registrar shall:
1. Make a photocopy of the photo identification of the person making the request.
2. Document the physical description of the person making the request.
3. Immediately notify a law enforcement agency in this state of the request.
D. For the purposes of this section:
1. " Flag"  means to indicate on a child's registered birth certificate that the child is a missing child.
2. " Missing child"  means a child whose location cannot be determined and who is reported to a law enforcement agency as abducted,  lost or a runaway.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-341 - Fees received by state and local registrars

36-341.
Fees received by state and local registrars
A. The director of the department shall establish the fees to be charged for searches,  copies of registered certificates,  certified copies of registered certificates,  amending registered certificates and correcting certificates that are processed by the department. The director may establish a surcharge to be assessed on any local registrar who obtains access to the department's vital records automation system. A local registrar may establish the local registrar's own fees to be charged for searches,  copies of registered certificates,  certified copies of registered certificates,  amending registered certificates and correcting certificates as determined necessary by the local entity.
B. In addition to fees collected pursuant to subsection A of this section,  the state registrar shall assess an additional one dollar surcharge on fees for all certified copies of registered birth certificates. The state registrar shall deposit,  pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147,  all monies received from the surcharge in the confidential intermediary and fiduciary fund established by section 8-135.
C. The state registrar shall keep a true and accurate account of all fees collected by the state registrar under this chapter and shall deposit,  pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147:
1. Eighty-five per cent of the first four million dollars collected each fiscal year in the vital records electronic systems fund established by section 36-341.01 and the remaining fifteen per cent of the first four million dollars collected each fiscal year in the state general fund.
2. Forty per cent of the amount collected in excess of four million dollars each fiscal year in the vital records electronic systems fund established by section 36-341.01 and the remaining sixty per cent in the state general fund.
D. A local registrar shall keep a true and accurate account of all fees collected by the local registrar under this chapter and shall deposit them with the county treasurer to be credited to a special registration and statistical revenue account of the health department fund.
E. In addition to fees collected pursuant to subsection A of this section,  the department shall assess an additional one dollar surcharge on fees for all certified copies of registered death certificates. The department shall deposit,  pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147,  monies received from the surcharge in the child fatality review fund established by section 36-3504.
F. The state and local registrars may exempt an agency as defined in section 41-1001 from any fee required by this section,  section 8-135 or section 36-3504.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-341.01 - Vital records electronic systems fund; purpose; nonlapsing

36-341.01.
Vital records electronic systems fund;  purpose;  nonlapsing
A. The vital records electronic systems fund is established consisting of monies collected pursuant to section 36-341. The director shall administer the fund. The director shall use fund monies for costs associated with the vital records automation system.
B. Fund monies:
1. Do not revert to the state general fund.
2. Are subject to legislative appropriation.
C. On notice from the director,  the state treasurer shall invest and divest the monies in the fund as provided by section 35-313,  and monies earned from investment shall be credited to the fund.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-342 - Disclosure of information; prohibition

36-342.
Disclosure of information;  prohibition
A. The state registrar may provide information contained in vital records to persons,  including federal,  state,  local and other agencies,  as required by law and for statistical or research purposes.
B. Except as authorized by law,  a local registrar,  a deputy local registrar or the state registrar or their employees shall not:
1. Permit inspection of a vital record or evidentiary document supporting the vital record.
2. Disclose information contained in a vital record.
3. Transcribe or issue a copy of all or part of a vital record.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-344 - Violation; classification

36-344.
Violation;  classification
A. A person is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor if the person:
1. Knowingly makes a false statement in a certificate or record required to be filed pursuant to this chapter or in an application for an amendment of a certificate or who knowingly submits false information intending that the information be used in the creation or amendment of a certificate.
2. Without lawful authority and with the intent to deceive makes,  alters,  amends,  mutilates or removes a certificate or record required to be submitted pursuant to this chapter or a certified copy of a registered certificate.
3. Knowingly uses or furnishes for use to another for the purpose of deception a certificate or record required to be submitted pursuant to this chapter or a certified copy of a registered certificate that has been made,  altered,  amended or mutilated.
4. With the intent to deceive,  knowingly uses a birth certificate or a certified copy of a registered birth certificate knowing that the birth certificate or certified copy of the registered birth certificate was issued on a record that is false in whole or in part or that relates to the birth of another person.
5. Knowingly furnishes a birth certificate or certified copy of a registered birth certificate with the intent that it be used by a person other than the person named on the birth certificate.
6. Knowingly fails or refuses to report a death to a peace officer or,  without proper authority,  takes,  removes or otherwise disturbs the human remains,  clothing or articles of the deceased person.
B. A person is guilty of a class 3 misdemeanor if the person:
1. Knowingly transports or accepts for transportation or disposition human remains without an accompanying disposition-transit permit as required by this chapter.
2. Refuses to provide information required by this chapter.
3. Knowingly disregards any provision of this chapter or refuses to perform any of the duties imposed by this chapter.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-351 - Duties of the director; Arizona state library, archives and public records

36-351.
Duties of the director;  Arizona state library,  archives and public records
A. The director shall provide safe,  secure and permanent preservation of vital records. The director shall comply with preservation requirements,  including the resolution necessary for authentic reproduction,  established by the Arizona state library,  archives and public records pursuant to section 39-101.
B. The director shall submit to the Arizona state library,  archives and public records for permanent preservation,  a copy of a person's:
1. Registered birth certificate seventy-five years after the person's birth.
2. Registered death certificate fifty years after the person's death.
C. Pursuant to section 41-151.09,  subsection D,  the Arizona state library,  archives and public records shall provide access to registered birth certificates and registered death certificates submitted pursuant to subsection B of this section.
D. Each calendar year,  the director shall reproduce on permanent media established by the Arizona state library,  archives and public records pursuant to section 39-101,  vital records registered for the calendar year including an index. The director shall submit the vital records and index to the Arizona state library,  archives and public records,  which shall provide for the confidential safekeeping of the vital records and index.
E. The director of the Arizona state library,  archives and public records is entitled to receive records,  including sealed records,  within one hundred and twenty days on receipt or creation by the department. These electronic records shall be used only for archival or preservation purposes and may not be released or copied for other purposes.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-404 - Limitation of disclosure of information

36-404.
Limitation of disclosure of information
A. Information received and records kept by the department for the purpose of administering this chapter are available to the public except:
1. Information obtained for purposes of articles 4 and 5 of this chapter.
2. Personally identifiable medical information or any information from which a patient or the patient's family might be identified.
3. Sources of information that cause the department to believe that an inspection of an institution is needed to determine the extent of compliance with this chapter and rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.
4. Personally identifiable information of a physician that is received and any records kept regarding the physician's admitting privileges pursuant to section 36-449.02.
B. The department may release information listed under subsection A of this section to an officer of the court pursuant to a court order,  a department or agency of this state or the federal government,  a law enforcement agency or a county medical examiner if the release of this information is necessary and pertinent to an investigation or proceeding unless the release of this information is prohibited by federal or state law. The recipient shall maintain patient and source name confidentiality.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-405.01 - Health screening services; violation; classification

36-405.01.
Health screening services;  violation;  classification
A. Health screening services shall be conducted in the following manner:
1. Health screening services shall be conducted under the direction of or,  when required by good medical practice,  under the supervision of a physician.
2. Any diagnosis of collected health-related data shall be performed by a physician.
3. Any examination of secretions,  body fluids or excretions of the human body shall be performed pursuant to title 36,  chapter 4.1.
4. Individuals may obtain health screening services on their own initiative.
5. Data given health-screened individuals shall be properly informative and not misleading.
6. Activities engaged in or materials used to educate,  promote or otherwise solicit individuals to use health screening services shall not:
(a) Be misleading.
(b) Include the name of any physician,  physician's office or clinic.
(c) Use or contain any language that directly or indirectly lauds the professional competence,  skill or reputation of any physician.
7. A patient who is in need of medical care shall be informed that he should see a physician without referral to any particular physician.
B. The director may adopt such other regulations necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section.
C. Physicians affiliated with health screening services shall continue to be bound by the laws and ethics governing their practice. However,  affiliation with health screening services conducted in conformity with this chapter shall not constitute a violation of such laws or ethics.
D. Health-screened individuals,  with respect to their disclosures to and records with health screening services,  shall have the same protections regarding privileged communication and the same rights to the possession and confidentiality of their records as are accorded by law to patients of physicians.
E. Health screening services shall be exempt from the provisions of articles 2 through 5 of this chapter.
F. Any person who conducts health screening services in violation of this section or in violation of any rule or regulation adopted by the director is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor. In addition,  the director may exercise the same powers with respect to health screening services as are provided in section 36-427,  subsection B with respect to licensed health care institutions.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-405.02 - Outpatient behavioral health and other related health care services; employees; rules

36-405.02.
Outpatient behavioral health and other related health care services;  employees;  rules
The department shall allow a person who is employed at a health care institution that provides outpatient behavioral health services,  who is not a licensed behavioral health professional and who is at least eighteen years of age to provide outpatient behavioral health or other related health care services pursuant to all applicable department rules. The director shall adopt rules consistent with this section.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-406 - Powers and duties of the department

36-406.
Powers and duties of the department
In addition to its other powers and duties:
1. The department shall:
(a) Administer and enforce this chapter and the rules,  regulations and standards adopted pursuant thereto.
(b) Review,  and may approve,  plans and specifications for construction or modification or additions to health care institutions regulated by this chapter.
(c) Have access to books,  records,  accounts and any other information of any health care institution reasonably necessary for the purposes of this chapter.
(d) Require as a condition of licensure that nursing care institutions and assisted living facilities make vaccinations for influenza and pneumonia available to residents on site on a yearly basis. The department shall prescribe the manner by which the institutions and facilities shall document compliance with this subdivision,  including documenting residents who refuse to be immunized. The department shall not impose a violation on a licensee for not making a vaccination available if there is a shortage of that vaccination in this state as determined by the director.
2. The department may:
(a) Make or cause to be made inspections consistent with standard medical practice of every part of the premises of health care institutions which are subject to the provisions of this chapter as well as those which apply for or hold a license required by this chapter.
(b) Make studies and investigations of conditions and problems in health care institutions,  or any class or subclass thereof,  as they relate to compliance with this chapter and rules,  regulations and standards adopted pursuant thereto.
(c) Develop manuals and guides relating to any of the several aspects of physical facilities and operations of health care institutions or any class or subclass thereof for distribution to the governing authorities of health care institutions and to the general public.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-407 - Prohibited acts; required acts

36-407.
Prohibited acts;  required acts
A. A person shall not establish,  conduct or maintain in this state a health care institution or any class or subclass of health care institution unless that person holds a current and valid license issued by the department specifying the class or subclass of health care institution the person is establishing,  conducting or maintaining. The license is valid only for the establishment,  operation and maintenance of the class or subclass of health care institution,  the type of services and,  except for emergency admissions as prescribed by the director by rule,  the licensed capacity specified by the license.
B. The licensee shall not imply by advertising,  directory listing or otherwise that the licensee is authorized to perform services more specialized or of a higher degree of care than is authorized by this chapter and the underlying rules for the particular class or subclass of health care institution within which the licensee is licensed.
C. The licensee may not transfer or assign the license. A license is valid only for the premises occupied by the institution at the time of its issuance.
D. The licensee shall not personally or through an agent offer or imply an offer of rebate or fee splitting to any person regulated by title 32 or chapter 17 of this title.
E. The licensee shall submit an itemized statement of charges to each patient.
F. A health care institution shall refer a patient who is discharged after receiving emergency services for a drug-related overdose to a behavioral health services provider.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-407.01 - Hospitals; visitation; religious purposes

36-407.01.
Hospitals;  visitation;  religious purposes
A hospital shall provide notice of its visitation policy to a patient or the patient's representative. If a hospital's visitation policy allows in-person visitation of any kind and if authorized by the patient or the patient's representative,  the hospital must facilitate the ability of clergy to visit the patient in person for religious purposes. Clergy must comply with reasonable health and safety precautions imposed by hospitals in connection with in-person visitation. If a hospital's visitation policy does not allow in-person visitation of any kind at all times or temporarily for health and safety reasons,  the hospital must facilitate a virtual clergy visit using communication technology.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-407.03 - Hospitals; visitation policy; exceptions

36-407.03.
Hospitals;  visitation policy;  exceptions
A. A hospital shall develop a visitation policy that allows a patient to have daily in-person visitation by a designated visitor of the patient's choice,  which may include the patient's spouse or one parent or child of the patient. A hospital's policies regarding visitation shall ensure that the patient and the patient's visitors may have physical contact,  especially during end-of-life visitation,  unless a physician determines based on the patient's condition that the visitation does not meet health and safety standards or is reasonably likely to harm the patient. If a physician denies visitation with a patient pursuant to this section,  the patient or the patient's representative,  which may include the patient's spouse,  parent or child,  may request a meeting,  as provided by the visitation policy,  with the physician and the hospital's chief medical officer,  chief of staff or chief executive officer to receive a review and explanation within twenty-four hours of the physician's decision to deny visitation. If the designated visitor's request to visit is denied or not resolved at the meeting,  the visitor may file a complaint with the department. All visitors must comply with reasonable health and safety precautions imposed by the hospital in connection with the visit.
B. This section does not apply to the Arizona state hospital,  any other licensed facility under the jurisdiction of the superintendent of the Arizona state hospital or chapter 5 of this title.