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2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-758 - Fees

36-758.
Fees
The director,  by rule,  shall establish and collect nonrefundable fees that do not exceed:
1. Twenty-five dollars for an initial application.
2. Fifty dollars for an initial license.
3. Two hundred fifty dollars for testing.
4. Fifty dollars for license renewal.
5. Ten dollars for a duplicate license.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-759 - Use of title; prohibitions

36-759.
Use of title;  prohibitions
It is a violation of this article for a person who is not licensed pursuant to this article to use the title " licensed midwife"  and the abbreviation " L.M."  or to use any other words,  letters,  signs or figures to indicate that the person is a licensed midwife.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-760 - Persons and acts not affected by this article

36-760.
Persons and acts not affected by this article
The provisions of this article do not apply to a person who provides information and support in preparation for a normal labor and delivery and assists in the delivery of a baby if that person does not do the following:
1. Advertise as a midwife or as a provider of midwife services.
2. Accept any form of compensation for midwife services.
3. Use any words,  letters,  signs or figures to indicate that the person is a midwife.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-765 - Definitions

36-765.
Definitions
In this article,  unless the context otherwise requires:
1. " Certified community health worker"  means a community health worker to whom the department has issued a certificate to practice as a certified community health worker in this state.
2. " Community health worker"  means a nonmedical health worker who serves as a liaison for health and community service providers and enrollees to facilitate access to services and improve the quality of service delivery,  including the coordination of services to improve medical and behavioral health outcomes.
3. " Department"  means the department of health services.
4. " Director"  means the director of the department.
5. " Practice as a certified community health worker"  means a community health worker's application of the education,  training and experience in the core competencies to effectively provide services to the communities and populations that the community health worker serves through one or more of the community health worker's roles.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-765.01 - Application for certificate; certification; renewal

36-765.01.
Application for certificate;  certification;  renewal
A. A person may apply to the director for a certificate to practice as a certified community health worker on a form prescribed by the director and shall furnish information required by the director.
B. The director shall grant a community health worker certificate to a person who meets the qualifications prescribed by this article and rules adopted pursuant to this article and who pays the applicable fees.
C. A certificate is valid for two years and may be renewed once every two years by applying to the director and paying the applicable fees.
D. A person shall file an application for renewal at least thirty days and not more than sixty days before the expiration date of the current certificate.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-765.02 - Powers and duties of director; rules

36-765.02.
Powers and duties of director;  rules
A. The director,  by rule,  shall:
1. Prescribe the scope of practice and the core competencies of certified community health workers,  including skills and areas of knowledge that are essential to bring about expanded health and wellness in diverse communities and to reduce health disparities.
2. Describe and define reasonable and necessary minimum qualifications,  including education and training requirements,  for certified community health workers.
3. Establish standards and requirements for the establishment of certified community health worker education and training programs in this state.
4. Adopt standards and requirements for the approval or acceptance of continuing education courses and programs for the renewal of a certificate.
5. Establish minimum education,  training,  experience and other qualifications that a certified community health worker must possess to qualify as a trainer in any education,  training or continuing education program for certified community health workers.
6. Establish the criteria for granting,  denying,  suspending and revoking a certificate in order to protect the health and safety of the public.
B. The director may adopt rules:
1. That are necessary for the proper administration and enforcement of this article.
2. That allow for reciprocity agreements,  including with the Indian health service.
C. The director shall waive the minimum training and education requirements for certification for applicants who provide documentation of at least nine hundred sixty hours of paid or volunteer experience providing community health worker services in the core competencies during the previous three years in a licensed health care facility or in the service of a licensed health care provider or a contractor under chapter 29,  article 1 of this title.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-765.03 - Denial, suspension or revocation of certificate; disciplinary action; appeal

36-765.03.
Denial,  suspension or revocation of certificate;  disciplinary action;  appeal
A. The director may deny,  suspend or revoke the certificate of any community health worker who:
1. Violates any provision of this article or rule adopted pursuant to this article.
2. Has been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude.
3. Indulges in conduct or a practice detrimental to the health or safety of the public.
B. The department may deny,  suspend or revoke a certificate without holding a hearing. After receiving notification of the denial,  suspension or revocation,  the applicant may request a hearing to review the denial,  suspension or revocation. If requested,  the department shall conduct a hearing to deny,  suspend or revoke a certificate pursuant to title 41,  chapter 6,  article 10.
C. If the director determines pursuant to a hearing that grounds exist to deny,  suspend or revoke a certificate,  the director may do so permanently or for a fixed period of time and may impose conditions as prescribed by rule.
D. A certified community health worker employed by a tribe who violates this section shall be under tribal government jurisdiction. If the worker is determined to have violated this section,  the information provided to the director may result in the denial,  suspension or revocation of the worker's certification. Internal hearings,  appeals or penalties resulting from disciplinary actions by a tribal government are deemed as the final decision in accordance with this section.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-765.04 - Investigations; evidence

36-765.04.
Investigations;  evidence
The director may investigate information that indicates a person may be violating this article. In connection with an investigation,  the director may examine and copy documents and other physical evidence wherever located that relate to the conduct or competency of a community health worker pursuant to the requirements of this article.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-765.05 - Fees; use

36-765.05.
Fees;  use
The director,  by rule,  shall establish and collect nonrefundable fees for certification that are consistent with fees that are prescribed pursuant to section 36-1908. The department shall deposit the fees in a segregated account in the health services licensing fund established by section 36-414.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-766 - Definitions

36-766.
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.
3. " Doula"  means a trained nonmedical professional who may provide continuous physical,  emotional and informational support to families before,  during and after childbirth for a period of one year after birth or in the case of loss and who may serve as a liaison between the birth parents and medical and social services staff to improve the quality of medical,  social and behavioral outcomes.
4. " Practice as a state-certified doula"  means a state-certified doula who provides services in accordance with the core competencies specified by this article and the rules adopted pursuant to this article.
5. " State-certified doula"  means a doula to whom the department has issued a certificate to practice as a state-certified doula in this state.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-766.01 - Application for certificate; certification; fingerprint clearance card; renewal; continuing education

36-766.01.
Application for certificate;  certification;  fingerprint clearance card;  renewal;  continuing education
A. A person may apply to the director for a certificate to practice as a state-certified doula on a form prescribed by the director and shall furnish the information required by the director.
B. The director shall grant a certificate to a doula who:
1. Meets the qualifications prescribed by this article and rules adopted pursuant to this article.
2. Pays the applicable fees. The director shall prescribe by rule a sliding fee scale for all fees required by this article and rules adopted pursuant to this article.
3. Possesses a valid fingerprint clearance card issued pursuant to title 41,  chapter 12,  3.1.
C. A doula certificate is valid for three years and may be renewed every three years by applying to the director and paying the applicable fees.
D. A person shall file an application for renewal at least thirty days and not more than ninety days before the date the current doula certificate expires. A state-certified doula must complete fifteen hours of related continuing education and submit documentation of completion with the renewal application.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-766.02 - Powers and duties of director; rules; waiver

36-766.02.
Powers and duties of director;  rules;  waiver
A. The director,  by rule,  shall:
1. Outline the scope of practice and the core competencies of state-certified doulas regarding the skills and areas of knowledge that are essential to expand health and wellness,  to reduce health disparities and to promote culturally relevant practices within diverse communities.
2. Describe and define reasonable and necessary minimum qualifications,  including those prescribed in section 36-766.03.
3. Adopt standards and requirements to establish state-certified doula education and training programs in this state.
4. Adopt standards to approve or accept continuing education courses for renewing state-certified doula certificates.
5. Establish criteria for granting,  denying,  suspending and revoking state-certified doula certificates in order to protect the public health and safety.
B. The director may consult with subject matter experts from an integrated public health program at a higher education institution located in this state regarding the development of rules prescribed by this section.
C. The director may adopt rules:
1. That are necessary to administer and enforce this article.
2. That allow for reciprocity agreements,  including with the Indian health service.
D. The director shall waive the minimum training and education requirements for certification for applicants who provide documentation of current certification with a nationally recognized doula organization.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-766.03 - Applicant requirements; education and training; alternate certification

36-766.03.
Applicant requirements;  education and training;  alternate certification
A. An applicant for certification under this article shall do all of the following:
1. Provide one of the following:
(a) Documentation of completing at least thirty hours of in-person instruction or a combination of in-person and online instruction in core competency topics that may include the following:
(i) Entrepreneurship.
(ii) Standards of practice and ethics.
(iii) The childbirth process.
(iv) Parental engagement.
(v) Postpartum care.
(vi) Grief.
(vii) Trauma-informed care.
(viii) Cultural doula practices.
(ix) Anatomy and physiology.
(b) For doulas who are from a community trained in non-western doula practices as determined by the director,  documentation confirming that core competencies have been met through culturally specific training or education that is subject to review by the director.
(c) Other related individualized or experiential training or education that is subject to review by the director.
2. Provide department-approved written documentation of both of the following:
(a) Observing at least one birth after training is completed.
(b) Attending at least three births while serving as the primary doula support person and receiving a department-approved and acceptable evaluation from the laboring mother and from the medical provider who assisted the laboring mother.
3. Complete instruction on first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
4. Submit a code of ethics agreement as prescribed by the director.
B. An individual who does not qualify for state certification under this article but who has been practicing as a doula in this state for at least five years before September 29,  2021 may apply to the department for certification if the individual submits all of the following:
1. Proof of current certification from a nationally recognized doula organization in lieu of proof of the minimum qualifications prescribed in this article and rules adopted pursuant to this article.
2. Three letters of recommendation from health care professionals who have worked with the applicant within the preceding two years and can attest to the applicant's competency in providing doula services.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-766.04 - Denial, suspension or revocation of certificate; hearings; tribal jurisdiction

36-766.04.
Denial,  suspension or revocation of certificate;  hearings;  tribal jurisdiction
A. The director may deny,  suspend or revoke the certificate of any state-certified doula who:
1. Violates any provision of this article or rule adopted pursuant to this article.
2. Indulges in conduct or a practice that is detrimental to the public health or safety.
B. The department may deny,  suspend or revoke a state-certified doula certificate. After receiving notification of the denial,  suspension or revocation,  the applicant or state-certified doula may request a hearing to review the denial,  suspension or revocation and,  if requested,  the department shall conduct the hearing pursuant to title 41,  chapter 6,  article 10.
C. A state-certified doula who is employed by an Indian tribe and who violates this section shall be under tribal government jurisdiction. If the state-certified doula is determined to have violated this section,  the information provided to the director may result in the denial,  suspension or revocation of the state-certified doula's certification. Internal hearings,  appeals or penalties resulting from disciplinary actions by a tribal government are deemed to be the final decision in accordance with this section.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-766.05 - Investigations; evidence

36-766.05.
Investigations;  evidence
The director may investigate information that indicates a person may have violated or may be violating this article. In connection with an investigation,  the director may examine and copy documents and other physical evidence wherever located that relate to the conduct or competency of a state-certified doula pursuant to the requirements of this article.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-766.06 - Fees

36-766.06.
Fees
The director,  by rule,  shall establish and collect nonrefundable fees for state-certified doula certification that are consistent with fees prescribed pursuant to section 36-1908. The department shall deposit the fees in a segregated account in the health services licensing fund established by section 36-414.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-766.09 - Doula community advisory committee; members; duties

36-766.09.
Doula community advisory committee;  members;  duties
A. The doula community advisory committee is established consisting of at least nine doulas,  including those who represent diverse and underrepresented communities,  who are appointed by the director. The term for an advisory committee member is two years.
B. The director shall consult with the advisory committee regarding implementing this article and the rules adopted pursuant to this article. The advisory committee shall:
1. Develop a list of acceptable organizations that provide certification based on the minimum qualifications and core competencies prescribed in this article and rules adopted pursuant to this article.
2. Identify classes that address culturally relevant doula practices.
3. Review rules and advise the director of any necessary updates.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-770 - Tobacco products tax fund

36-770.
Tobacco products tax fund
(Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 applies)
A. The tobacco products tax fund is established consisting of revenues deposited in the fund pursuant to section 42-3251.01 and interest earned on those monies. The Arizona health care cost containment system administration shall administer the fund.
B. Forty-two cents of each dollar in the fund shall be deposited in the proposition 204 protection account established by section 36-778.
C. Five cents of each dollar in the fund shall be deposited in the health research fund established by section 36-275.
D. Twenty-seven cents of each dollar in the fund shall be deposited in the medically needy account established by section 36-774.
E. Twenty cents of each dollar in the fund shall be deposited in the emergency health services account established by section 36-776.
F. Four cents of each dollar in the fund shall be deposited in the health care adjustment account established by section 36-777.
G. Two cents of each dollar in the fund shall be deposited in the health education account established by section 36-772.
H. Except as provided in section 36-776,  monies in the fund:
1. Are continuously appropriated.
2. Do not revert to the state general fund.
3. Are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-771 - Tobacco tax and health care fund

36-771.
Tobacco tax and health care fund
A. The tobacco tax and health care fund is established. The fund consists of all revenues deposited in the fund pursuant to sections 42-3252 and 42-3302 and interest earned on those monies. On notice from the department,  the state treasurer shall invest and divest monies in the fund and in all accounts in the fund as provided by section 35-313,  and monies earned from investment shall be credited to the fund.
B. The fund shall be deposited in four separate accounts and shall be administered pursuant to the provisions of and for the purposes prescribed by this article.
C. Except as provided by subsection F of this section,  the fund and its accounts are not subject to appropriation. Expenditures from each account are not subject to additional approval,  notwithstanding any statutory provision to the contrary.
D. Monies in the fund and its accounts:
1. Do not revert to the state general fund under any circumstances.
2. Are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations.
E. Monies in the fund:
1. Shall be spent only for purposes that are authorized by this article.
2. Shall not be used for expenditures on capital construction projects,  lobbying activities involving elected officials or political campaigns for individuals or any ballot proposal.
F. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,  the legislature may appropriate monies from the fund to the department of revenue for the reasonable administration and enforcement costs of the department in administering the levy of taxes that are dedicated to the fund pursuant to section 42-3252. The appropriation shall be applied before monies are deposited in the fund accounts. Any unused monies at the end of the fiscal year revert to the fund.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-773 - Health research account

36-773.
Health research account
A. Five cents of each dollar in the tobacco tax and health care fund shall be deposited in the health research account for research on preventing and treating tobacco-related disease and addiction.
B. The department of health services shall administer the account.
C. Monies that are deposited in the health research account shall be used only to supplement monies that are appropriated by the legislature for Alzheimer's disease research and other health research purposes and shall not be used to supplant those appropriated monies.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-774 - Medically needy account; definition

36-774.
Medically needy account;  definition
A. Seventy cents of each dollar in the tobacco tax and health care fund shall be deposited in the medically needy account to provide health care or behavioral health care services to persons who are determined to be eligible for services pursuant to section 36-2901 or 36-2901.01 as provided by the Arizona health care cost containment system pursuant to chapter 29,  article 1 of this title,  or any other statute,  or any expansion of that program or any substantially equivalent or expanded successor program established by the legislature providing health care or behavioral health care services to persons who cannot afford those services and for whom there would otherwise be no coverage. These services shall include preventive care and the treatment of catastrophic illness or injury,  as provided by the Arizona health care cost containment system.
B. The Arizona health care cost containment system administration or any successor shall administer the account.
C. Monies that are deposited in the medically needy account:
1. Shall only be used to supplement monies that are appropriated by the legislature for the purpose of providing levels of service that are established pursuant to chapter 29,  article 1 of this title to eligible persons as defined in section 36-2901 or any expansion of those levels of service,  or for any successor program established by the legislature providing levels of service that are substantially equivalent to,  or expanding,  those provided pursuant to chapter 29,  article 1 of this title to eligible persons.
2. Shall not be used to supplant monies that are appropriated by the legislature for the purpose of providing levels of service established pursuant to chapter 29,  article 1 of this title.
D. For purposes of this section,  " levels of service"  means the provider payment methodology,  eligibility criteria and covered services established pursuant to chapter 29,  article 1 of this title in effect on July 1,  1993.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-775 - Adjustment account

36-775.
Adjustment account
A. Two cents of each dollar in the tobacco tax and health care fund shall be deposited in the adjustment account for transfer of appropriate amounts to the corrections fund established by section 41-1641 to compensate for decreases in the corrections fund resulting from lower tobacco tax revenues available under section 42-3104 as a result of the levy of luxury taxes that are dedicated to the tobacco tax and health care fund pursuant to section 42-3252. Any monies in the adjustment account in excess of the amount needed for the adjustment revert to the tobacco tax and health care fund for distribution in equal proportions to the accounts described under sections 36-772,  36-773 and 36-774.
B. The department of revenue shall administer the adjustment account.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-776 - Emergency health services account

36-776.
Emergency health services account
(Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 applies)
A. The emergency health services account is established consisting of monies deposited pursuant to section 36-770. The Arizona health care cost containment system administration shall administer the account. The administration shall use account monies solely for the reimbursement of uncompensated care,  primary care services and trauma center readiness costs.
B. Monies in the account are subject to legislative appropriation. Any monies remaining unexpended and unencumbered on June 30 of each year in the account revert to the proposition 204 protection account established by section 36-778.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-777 - Health care adjustment account

36-777.
Health care adjustment account
(Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 applies)
A. The health care adjustment account is established consisting of monies deposited pursuant to section 36-770. The department of revenue shall administer the account.
B. The department of revenue shall transfer appropriate amounts of account monies to the health education account established by section 36-772,  the health research account established by section 36-773 and the medically needy account established by section 36-774 to compensate for decreases in these accounts due to lower tobacco tax revenues available under section 36-771 as a result of the levy of luxury taxes that are dedicated to the tobacco products tax fund pursuant to section 42-3251.01.
C. Any monies in the account in excess of the amount needed for the adjustments prescribed in this section revert to the tobacco products tax fund for distribution in equal amounts to the accounts described in section 36-770,  subsections B,  C,  D and E.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-778 - Proposition 204 protection account

36-778.
Proposition 204 protection account
(Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 applies)
A. The proposition 204 protection account is established consisting of monies deposited pursuant to section 36-770. The Arizona health care cost containment system administration shall administer the account.
B. The administration shall use account monies to implement and fund programs and services required as a result of the expanded definition of an eligible person prescribed in section 36-2901.01.
C. The administration shall spend the balance of monies in the account before it spends monies from the Arizona tobacco litigation settlement fund established by section 36-2901.02.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-779 - Tobacco revenue use spending and tracking commission

36-779.
Tobacco revenue use spending and tracking commission
A. The president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives shall establish a tobacco revenue use spending and tracking commission.
B. The president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives shall each appoint six members to the commission who have expertise in any of the following:
1. Public health services.
2. Programs relating to tobacco use cessation or tobacco addiction.
3. School-based tobacco education programs.
4. Marketing or public relations.
5. Research and evaluation of public health programs.
C. The speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate shall each appoint one member of the house of representatives and the senate respectively to serve as nonvoting advisory members of the commission whose presence is not counted for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum.
D. Commission members serve at the pleasure of their respective appointing officer.
E. Commission members are not eligible to receive compensation or reimbursement of expenses.
F. The commission shall advise and consult with the department of health services on the goals,  objectives and activities of programs that receive monies pursuant to section 36-772.
G. The commission shall meet at least four times each calendar year.
H. At its first meeting the commission shall elect a chairperson and vice-chairperson from among its members and shall adopt bylaws to govern issues related to the conduct of commission business and conflicts of interest.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-781 - Definitions

36-781.
Definitions
In this article,  unless the context otherwise requires:
1. " Bioterrorism"  means the intentional use of any microorganism,  virus,  infectious substance or biological product that may be engineered as a result of biotechnology or any naturally occurring or bioengineered component of any microorganism,  virus,  infectious substance or biological product,  to cause or attempt to cause death,  disease or other biological malfunction in humans.
2. " Director"  means the director of the department of health services.
3. " Health care provider"  has the same meaning prescribed in section 12-2291.
4. " Local health authority"  means a county health department or public health services district or any person authorized to act on behalf of the county health department or public health services district.
5. " Public safety authority"  means the department of public safety,  a local law enforcement agency or a person authorized to act on behalf of the department of public safety or local law enforcement agency.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-782 - Enhanced surveillance advisory

36-782.
Enhanced surveillance advisory
A. The governor,  in consultation with the director,  may issue an enhanced surveillance advisory if the governor has reasonable cause to believe that an illness,  health condition or clinical syndrome caused by bioterrorism,  epidemic or pandemic disease or a highly fatal and highly infectious agent or biological toxin has or may occur or that there is a public event that could reasonably be the object of a bioterrorism event. The illness or health condition may not include acquired immune deficiency syndrome or any other infection caused by the human immunodeficiency virus.
B. As determined by the governor after considering the least restrictive measures necessary that are consistent with public health and safety,  the enhanced surveillance advisory shall direct the following in accordance with this article:
1. Those persons and entities required to report.
2. The clinical syndromes,  any illness or health condition that may be associated with bioterrorism or a specific illness or health condition to be reported.
3. Patient tracking.
4. Information sharing.
5. Specimen testing coordination.
C. The director shall notify local health authorities before the governor issues an enhanced surveillance advisory. The department and local health authorities shall provide the enhanced surveillance advisory to those persons and entities required by the advisory to report pursuant to this article by using any available means of communication. This article does not alter the department's or a local health authority's ability to monitor community health status or implement control measures for the early detection of communicable and preventable diseases otherwise allowed by law.
D. Before the governor issues an enhanced surveillance advisory,  the department and local health authorities must meet with representatives of persons or institutions who will be affected by the enhanced surveillance advisory pursuant to section 36-783,  subsections A,  B and C. If,  because of an immediate threat to the public health,  the department and local health authorities are not able to hold this meeting before the governor issues the advisory,  the meeting must take place within seventy-two hours after the governor issues the advisory.
E. To the extent possible,  the department and local health authorities shall share department and local health authority personnel,  equipment,  materials,  supplies and other resources to assist persons and institutions affected to implement the terms of the advisory.
F. At the governor's direction,  the department may use reasonable efforts to assist the persons and institutions to receive reimbursement of costs incurred because of the implementation of the advisory.
G. An enhanced surveillance advisory may be revised or terminated at any time by the director and automatically terminates after sixty days,  unless renewed by the governor.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-783 - Increased reporting during enhanced surveillance advisory

36-783.
Increased reporting during enhanced surveillance advisory
A. A health care provider or medical examiner shall report to the local health authority all cases of any illness,  health condition or clinical syndrome specified in the enhanced surveillance advisory. The report shall provide additional information designated in the enhanced surveillance advisory.
B. The state veterinarian,  a veterinarian,  a veterinarian laboratory professional or a wildlife professional shall report any case of animal illness or death due to the disease or other health condition designated in the enhanced surveillance advisory to the department or local health authority. The report shall include the species and number of affected animals and the name and address of the reporting veterinarian,  veterinarian laboratory professional or wildlife professional.
C. A pharmacist who identifies any unusual increase in prescriptions for antibiotics or any unusual increase in prescriptions or sales of over-the-counter pharmaceuticals to treat the illness,  health condition or clinical syndrome identified in the enhanced surveillance advisory shall report this information to the local health authority. The report shall include the type of pharmaceutical and the name and address of the pharmaceutical provider.
D. The reports must be in writing or by any method directed by the department or local public health authority and must be submitted within twenty-four hours after identifying the reportable circumstance. All persons required to report under this section must cooperate with the department and local health authority in effecting the enhanced surveillance advisory. Failure to report pursuant to this section is an act of unprofessional conduct.
E. The department and local public health authority shall maintain as confidential:
1. Any information or a particular part of information provided under this section that,  if made public,  would divulge the trade secrets of a person or business.
2. Other information likely to cause substantial harm to the person's or business' competitive position.
F. The local health authority shall immediately notify the department of any reports received during the period of an enhanced surveillance advisory.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-784 - Patient tracking during enhanced surveillance advisory

36-784.
Patient tracking during enhanced surveillance advisory
A. During an enhanced surveillance advisory,  to identify,  diagnose,  treat and track persons who may have been exposed to an illness,  health condition or clinical syndrome identified in an enhanced surveillance advisory,  the department and local health authority may access confidential patient information,  including medical records,  wherever and by whomever held and whether or not patient identity is known.
B. The department or local health authority shall counsel and interview any person as necessary to assist it in the positive identification of exposed persons and to develop information relating to the source and spread of the illness or health condition. This information must include the names and addresses of any persons from whom the illness or health condition may have been contracted and to whom the illness or health condition may have spread.
C. Any medical information or other information from which a person might be identified that is received by the department or local health authority in the course of an enhanced surveillance advisory is confidential and is not available to the public.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-785 - Information sharing during an enhanced surveillance advisory

36-785.
Information sharing during an enhanced surveillance advisory
A. During an enhanced surveillance advisory,  when a public safety authority learns of a suspicious disease event,  or it learns of a threatened bioterrorism act at any time,  it shall immediately notify the department or the local health authority,  and the agency that receives this information must immediately notify the other agency.
B. When the department or the local health authority identifies a reportable illness or health condition,  unusual disease cluster or suspicious disease event that it reasonably believes may be caused by bioterrorism,  the department or local health authority must immediately notify at any time the appropriate public safety authority and,  if appropriate,  tribal health authorities.
C. Sharing of information on reportable illnesses,  health conditions,  unusual disease clusters or suspicious disease events between public safety and local health authorities is limited to the information necessary to effect the enhanced surveillance advisory and does not include the release of medical records to public safety authorities. Information from which a person might be identified that is received by the department,  local health authority or public safety authority in the course of an enhanced surveillance advisory is confidential and not available to the public.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-786 - Laboratory testing during an enhanced surveillance advisory

36-786.
Laboratory testing during an enhanced surveillance advisory
A. The state laboratory shall coordinate specimen testing relating to enhanced surveillance advisory. If necessary and at state expense,  the department may designate other laboratories to assist it in testing specimens.
B. The department shall determine the criteria necessary for private or public laboratories to conduct clinical or environmental testing associated with bioterrorism or any illness or health condition subject to the enhanced surveillance advisory.
C. During an enhanced surveillance advisory,  a public safety authority,  if requested by the department or local health authority,  shall coordinate and provide transportation of clinical or environmental samples to the state laboratory or other testing laboratory designated by the department.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-790 - Privileges and immunities

36-790.
Privileges and immunities
A. The physician patient privilege does not prevent a person or health care provider from complying with the duty to report or provide personal information and medical information to the department or local health authority in accordance with this article. The department and local health authorities shall maintain the confidentiality of the medical information and personal identifiers received.
B. A person or health care provider undertaking any activity required by this article,  including reporting,  participating in quarantine or isolation procedures,  is immune from civil or criminal liability if the person or health care provider acted in good faith. Actions required by this article are presumed to be in good faith.
C. The immunities prescribed in section 26-314 are applicable to sections 36-787,  36-788 and 36-789.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-791 - Crisis standards of care plan; crisis guidelines or standards; requirements; modification of existing plan, guidelines or standards; definition

36-791.
Crisis standards of care plan;  crisis guidelines or standards;  requirements;  modification of existing plan,  guidelines or standards;  definition
A. If the department of health services adopts or establishes a crisis standards of care plan or crisis guidelines or standards to address resource allocation when the demand for certain health care services exceeds the supply of necessary resources,  the plan,  guidelines or standards must include the following provisions:
1. The allocation of health care resource decisions shall be made on the basis of valuing all life.
2. A patient or the patient's health care decision maker has the right to make the patient's health care choices.
3. Decisions on the allocation of health care resources may not discriminate on the basis of disability,  age,  race,  religion,  sex,  veteran status or income status.
4. Health care providers may consider only short-term survival when making decisions regarding the allocation of health care resources.
5. Treatment resources may not be allocated based on any of the following:
(a) Quality of life judgments.
(b) Consideration of long-term mortality and long-term life expectancy.
(c) Resource intensity and duration of need due to disability or age.
6. Each patient has the right to an individualized assessment on the basis of the best available objective medical evidence and not on assumptions about the patient's perceived health,  preexisting conditions or medical diagnosis.
7. Persons with disabilities and the aged have the right to reasonable modifications to ensure that all patients have equal access to medical care,  including reasonable modification in patient assessment,  communication and support needs due to disability or age.
8. A patient or the patient's family or health care decision maker has the right to appeal any triage decision.
B. A health care provider or health care institution staff member may not require a patient or the patient's health care decision maker to do either of the following:
1. Sign a do-not-resuscitate order.
2. Make a particular health care treatment decision.
C. The department of health services shall modify any existing crisis standards of care plan or crisis guidelines or standards within sixty days after September 29,  2021 to comply with the requirements of this section.
D. Representatives of the state protection and advocacy agency and advocates for the aged shall be members of the state disaster medical advisory committee,  which is responsible for developing the crisis standards of care and other incident-specific priorities and guidance for delivering health care and using scarce medical resources during a public health emergency.
E. For the purposes of this section,  " short-term survival"  means a near-term survival from the episode of care that directly resulted from the illness or injury that required hospitalization.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-795 - Definitions

36-795.
Definitions
In this article,  unless the context otherwise requires:
1. " Food"  means a food as defined in section 36-901,  food product,  food ingredient,  dietary ingredient,  dietary supplement or beverage for human consumption.
2. " Kratom product"  means a food product or dietary ingredient containing any part of the leaf of the plant mitragyna speciosa.
3. " Processor"  means a person that sells,  prepares,  manufactures,  distributes,  wholesales or maintains kratom products or that advertises,  represents or holds itself out as selling,  preparing or maintaining kratom products.
4. " Retailer"  means a person that sells or distributes kratom products or that advertises,  represents or holds itself out as selling or maintaining kratom products.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-795.01 - Kratom product disclosure; preparing, distributing, selling or exposing for sale without disclosure prohibited

36-795.01.
Kratom product disclosure;  preparing,  distributing,  selling or exposing for sale without disclosure prohibited
A. A processor or a retailer that prepares,  distributes,  sells or exposes for sale a food that is represented to be a kratom product shall disclose on the product label the factual basis on which that representation is made.
B. A processor or retailer may not prepare,  distribute,  sell or expose for sale a food represented to be a kratom product that does not conform to the disclosure required by this section.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-795.02 - Kratom products; adulteration; contamination; sales to minors prohibited

36-795.02.
Kratom products;  adulteration;  contamination;  sales to minors prohibited
A. A processor or retailer may not prepare,  distribute,  sell or expose for sale any of the following:
1. A kratom product that is adulterated with a dangerous nonkratom substance. A kratom product is adulterated with a dangerous nonkratom substance if the kratom product is mixed or packed with a nonkratom substance and that substance affects the quality or strength of the kratom product to such a degree as to render the kratom product injurious to a consumer.
2. A kratom product that is contaminated with a dangerous nonkratom substance. A kratom product is contaminated with a dangerous nonkratom substance if the kratom product contains a poisonous or otherwise deleterious nonkratom substance,  including any controlled substance prescribed by chapter 27 of this title or rules adopted pursuant to chapter 27 of this title.
3. A kratom product containing a level of 7-hydroxymitragynine in the alkaloid fraction that is greater than two percent of the alkaloid composition of the product.
4. A kratom product containing any synthetic alkaloid,  including synthetic mitragynine,  synthetic 7-hydroxymitragynine or any other synthetically derived compounds of the kratom plant.
5. Any kratom-containing product that does not include on its package or label the amount of mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine contained in the product.
B. A processor or retailer may not distribute,  sell or expose for sale a kratom product to an individual who is under eighteen years of age.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-795.03 - Enforcement; violations; classification

36-795.03.
Enforcement;  violations;  classification
A. In addition to the violations and remedies specified in this section,  violations and enforcement of this article are governed by chapter 8 of this title.
B. A processor or retailer that violates section 36-795.01,  subsection B or section 36-795.02 is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.
C. In addition to and distinct from any other remedy at law or equity,  a person aggrieved by a violation of section 36-795.01,  subsection B or section 36-795.02,  subsection A may bring a private cause of action in a court of competent jurisdiction for damages resulting from that violation,  including economic,  noneconomic or consequential damages.
D. A processor or retailer does not violate section 36-795.01,  subsection B or section 36-795.02,  subsection A if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the processor or retailer relied in good faith on the representation of a manufacturer,  packer or distributor that the food was a kratom product.