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2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-187 - County treasurer as treasurer of local departments of health; duties; collection of fees

36-187.
County treasurer as treasurer of local departments of health;  duties;  collection of fees
A. In the case of a county health department,  the county treasurer,  as a part of the official duties as county treasurer,  shall serve as treasurer of the department,  and the official bond as county treasurer shall extend to and cover his duties as treasurer of the department.
B. The treasurer of the county shall,  upon organization of the department,  establish a health department fund to which shall be credited any monies appropriated from a general county or city fund or funds,  any revenue received by the department and any monies received from state,  federal or other grants or donations for local health purposes. Any monies credited to such funds shall be expended only for the purposes of the local health department and claims or demands against the funds shall be allowed only if certified by the director of the department or the president of the local board of health or any other member of the board designated by the president for such purpose.
C. A county board of health established pursuant to this article may adopt a schedule of reasonable fees to be collected by the department for issuing or renewing licenses or permits or for other services as are authorized by law and the rules of the director of the department of health services or the director of environmental quality,  provided that:
1. Fees for services shall not be assessed or collected for services rendered to individuals except when those services are for the convenience of the individual and not a part of the preventive or curative medical care of persons for whom the county has a legal responsibility.
2. Fees for services shall not exceed the reasonable cost of providing the services required,  including administrative costs.
3. Any such fee or schedule shall be approved by the county board of supervisors.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-188 - Abolishment of other health agencies by establishment of county health department or public health services district

36-188.
Abolishment of other health agencies by establishment of county health department or public health services district
Upon establishment of a county health department in conformity with this article or a public health services district under section 48-5802,  a county health department or public health services district succeeds to the authority of any existing city or local board of health in that county and any references to a city or local board of health apply instead to that county health department or public health services district.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-189 - State participation in establishment and maintenance of local health departments and local health services

36-189.
State participation in establishment and maintenance of local health departments and local health services
A. The department of health services may use monies at its disposal and not otherwise appropriated to match monies provided by cities and counties to establish and maintain local health department services for any city or county,  on such reasonable terms as it establishes by rule. From the appropriation made for purposes of this section,  the department of health services shall reimburse local health departments,  which meet minimum standards of personnel and performance established by the director of the department of health services and,  on submission and approval of a plan and budget by such local health departments,  fifty percent of the portion of the total approved budget not in excess of one dollar twenty-five cents per capita or a prorated portion thereof if sufficient monies are not available to meet the approved requests. If annual expenditures of the local health department are less than the amount budgeted,  the total state reimbursement to such department for the year shall not exceed the appropriate percentage of the amount actually expended by such local health department. The department of health services,  in addition,  may provide federal monies or services for demonstrations,  studies and special projects,  or for emergencies.
B. The Arizona health care cost containment system may use monies at its disposal,  including federal monies available to the state for this purpose,  and not otherwise appropriated to contract for the establishment and maintenance of local mental health facilities and services to be provided by either private or public agencies. Monies available for this purpose shall be expended only for local mental health facilities and services. The Arizona health care cost containment system administration shall advance or reimburse monies to local agencies that have submitted and obtained approval of an annual plan and budget. The annual amount of state matching funds provided shall not exceed seventy-five percent of the total annual amount of monies and value of in-kind resources used by the agency to establish and maintain local mental health facilities and services.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-190 - Participation of incorporated cities and towns in health services

36-190.
Participation of incorporated cities and towns in health services
The legally appointed director of any county health department shall provide equal public health services to all residents of the county including residents of incorporated cities and towns and as consistent with any grant requirements. The county may spend monies for public health services to address a specific public health need that is unique to a particular area or condition. Any city or town may provide services to its residents beyond the county's basic level of service and may use any combination of internal municipal departments or any other provider,  including an intergovernmental agreement with a county for the provision of those services.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-192 - County health departments; naloxone kits

36-192.
County health departments;  naloxone kits
The department and the Arizona health care cost containment system shall continue to distribute naloxone kits as necessary. In addition,  a county health department may provide to a person who is at risk of experiencing or who is experiencing an opioid-related overdose a kit that contains naloxone hydrochloride or any other opioid antagonist that is approved by the United States food and drug administration for the treatment of a drug overdose.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-195 - Establishment of advisory committee by authorized local agency

36-195.
Establishment of advisory committee by authorized local agency
A. Each authorized local agency may establish an advisory committee to the agency and the department representing the needs and interests of the people who are inpatients or residents of nursing care institutions and residential care institutions in the area served by the agency.
B. If such a committee is established,  the local agency shall appoint the members of the committee.
C. The committee shall be composed of at least six members. At least one-half of the members shall be consumers of health services who are not providers of health services. No more than one-sixth of the members shall be providers of nursing care services or residential care services.
D. Committee members shall serve in a voluntary capacity,  except that the authorized local agency may reimburse committee members for subsistence and travel expenses while performing committee functions as determined by the authorized local agency.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-196 - Duties and responsibilities

36-196.
Duties and responsibilities
A. Each advisory committee established pursuant to this article may:
1. Promote communication among the patients and residents of nursing care institutions and residential care institutions,  the providers of such services,  the authorized local agency and the department.
2. Collect and maintain data on nursing care institutions and residential care institutions,  including,  but not limited to,  data on residents,  cost of services,  scope of services and grievances.
3. Receive grievances from inpatients,  residents or employees of nursing care institutions and residential care institutions or any other person,  investigate such grievances when necessary and make reports on such grievances to the authorized local agency and to the department when necessary.
4. Make recommendations to the agency or the department regarding rules,  regulations,  policy or procedures related to nursing care institutions or residential care institutions.
B. Each advisory committee established pursuant to this article shall file an annual report by January 31 of each year with the agency and department,  summarizing all findings and activities of the advisory committee during the previous year. The advisory committee shall file additional reports as required by the authorized local agency or the department. A copy of the report shall be maintained at the office of the authorized local agency and shall be made available to the public for inspection and copying pursuant to section 39-121.01.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-201 - Definitions

36-201.
Definitions
In this article,  unless the context otherwise requires:
1. " Chief medical officer"  means the chief medical officer of the state hospital.
2. " Department"  means the department of health services.
3. " Director"  means the director of the department of health services.
4. " Employee"  means an officer or employee of the state hospital.
5. " State hospital"  means Arizona state hospital.
6. " Superintendent"  means the superintendent of the state hospital.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-202 - State hospital for the mentally disordered; official name; purpose; facilities and equipment

36-202.
State hospital for the mentally disordered;  official name;  purpose;  facilities and equipment
A. A state hospital shall be maintained for the care and treatment of persons with mental disorders and persons with other personality disorders or emotional conditions who will benefit from care and treatment. Admissions to the state hospital shall be in accordance with law. The hospital shall be called the Arizona state hospital.
B. Subject to legislative appropriation,  the state hospital may provide services to persons suffering from alcoholism and to persons suffering from drug abuse.
C. The state hospital shall have adequate facilities and equipment for enlightened and scientific treatment of nervous and mental diseases in accordance with approved methods of mental therapeutics. The facilities shall include,  among other things:
1. Facilities for medical and psychiatric treatment with special attention to occupational therapy and other special therapies.
2. Facilities for proper segregation and care of child patients.
3. Facilities for recreation and physical training.
4. An institutional library for the use of patients.
5. A properly equipped dental department.
6. A properly equipped laboratory and x-ray department.
7. A patient tracking system approved by the director that monitors individual progress on an inpatient basis and ensures suitable aftercare placement.
D. The state hospital shall be under the charge and control of the director of the department of health services,  pursuant to this article.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-202.01 - Admission of juveniles to state hospital

36-202.01.
Admission of juveniles to state hospital
The Arizona state hospital shall collect census data for juvenile treatment programs to establish maximum capacity and the allocation formula required pursuant to section 36-206,  subsection D. The Arizona state hospital is not required to provide services to juveniles that exceed the funded capacity. If the Arizona state hospital reaches its funded capacity for juveniles,  the superintendent of the state hospital shall establish a waiting list for admission based on the date of the commitment or treatment order.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-203 - Persons with intellectual disabilities assigned to state hospital; department duties

36-203.
Persons with intellectual disabilities assigned to state hospital;  department duties
A. The department of health services shall develop and provide,  in coordination with the department of economic security,  specialized treatment programs for persons with an intellectual disability who have been admitted to the state hospital. The department of health services may contract with the department of economic security in providing these programs.
B. The department,  to the extent practicable,  shall provide separate areas at the state hospital for persons diagnosed with intellectual disabilities and,  to the extent practicable,  shall provide that treatment programs developed pursuant to subsection A of this section are separate from treatment programs for other patients and for separate use of facilities by persons diagnosed with intellectual disabilities.
C. The department of health services,  on request of a parent or guardian of a minor with an intellectual disability or the guardian of an adult with an intellectual disability or on the request of an adult with an intellectual disability,  shall notify the department of economic security before the release of that person from the state hospital and request that the department of economic security provide placement evaluation and case management services for that person. The evaluation shall consider the person's needs for housing,  day programs,  employment training,  employment and support services.
D. The department,  on the application of a parent or guardian of a minor with an intellectual disability or the guardian of an adult with an intellectual disability or on the request of an adult with an intellectual disability,  when the person has been authorized for discharge from the state hospital,  may provide interim care and custody for that person pending the availability of intellectual disability programs and services in accordance with section 36-556.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-204 - Duties of director

36-204.
Duties of director
The director shall:
1. Adopt rules for inpatient services that ensure proper review of treatment and discharge plans,  arrangement for aftercare placements,  transfer of medical records and assistance with medications.
2. If deemed advisable,  establish a nurses' training school in connection with the state hospital,  which shall be under the supervision of the superintendent.
3. Prescribe forms of complaints,  certificates of mental illness and commitments.
4. Adopt rules for the commitment of mentally ill persons that are not inconsistent with provisions of law.
5. Adopt rules for the administration of the state hospital and to carry out the purposes of this article.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-205 - Superintendent of state hospital; appointment; qualifications; compensation; chief medical officer

36-205.
Superintendent of state hospital;  appointment;  qualifications;  compensation;  chief medical officer
A. There shall be a superintendent of the state hospital who shall be appointed by and under the supervision of the director.
B. The compensation to be paid to the superintendent shall be determined pursuant to section 38-611.
C. The superintendent shall be removed only for cause.
D. The superintendent shall have the following qualifications:
1. Administrative experience in the private sector.
2. An educational background that prepares the superintendent for the administrative responsibilities assigned to the position.
3. Mental health-related experience in both an institutional and community setting.
E. The superintendent,  with the approval of the director,  shall appoint a chief medical officer of the state hospital who is a physician and who is licensed pursuant to title 32,  chapter 13 or 17. The chief medical officer shall have not less than three years' experience in the treatment of psychiatric disorders and shall be board-certified in psychiatry by the board of psychiatry and neurology. The chief medical officer is eligible for compensation pursuant to section 38-611. The chief medical officer is responsible for the clinical administration of the hospital and shall report directly to the superintendent.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-206 - Duties of superintendent; clinical assessment

36-206.
Duties of superintendent;  clinical assessment
A. The director has charge of the state hospital and the superintendent shall supervise and direct its activities,  subject to the provisions of law and approval of the director. The superintendent is directly responsible to the director for carrying out the purposes for which the hospital is maintained. Subject to the approval of the director,  the superintendent may deputize any qualified officer of the state hospital to do or perform any act the superintendent is empowered to do or charged with the responsibility of doing by law.
B. The superintendent in December each year shall estimate the probable daily per capita cost of treatment and maintenance of each category of patients for the next ensuing year as determined in accordance with standard accounting practices. A statement of the estimate shall be provided to the director in January of the following year.
C. The superintendent,  on request,  shall provide to the director a clinical assessment of the state hospital's programs.
D. On or before August 1 of each year,  the director shall establish maximum funded capacity and a percentage allocation formula for forensic and civil bed capacity at the Arizona state hospital based on census data collected pursuant to sections 13-3992,  13-4512,  36-202.01 and 36-503.03. By June 1 of each year,  the director shall solicit and consider the recommendations of representatives of the county board of supervisors,  the Arizona prosecuting attorneys' advisory council and the superior court when establishing this formula. In addition to establishing the formula,  the director,  the county board of supervisors,  the Arizona prosecuting attorneys' advisory council and the superior court shall develop a contingency plan for the placement of patients subject to sections 13-3992,  13-4512,  36-202.01 and 36-503.03 in times of emergency and other unforeseen circumstances. The director shall notify the governor,  the president of the senate,  the speaker of the house of representatives and the chairperson of each county board of supervisors of the funded capacity and allocation formula for the current fiscal year. Thirty days before the notification of the forensic and civil bed funded capacity formula,  the director shall provide this information to the representatives of the county board of supervisors,  the Arizona prosecuting attorneys' advisory council and the superior court for comment. The director shall include these comments when issuing the formula.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-207 - Fingerprinting requirements; definition

36-207.
Fingerprinting requirements;  definition
A. A state hospital employee or volunteer must have a valid fingerprint clearance card issued pursuant to section 41-1758.07 or must apply for a fingerprint clearance card within seven working days after beginning employment or performing volunteer work. The employee or volunteer must certify on forms that are provided by the department and that are notarized that the person is not awaiting trial on or has never been convicted of or admitted in open court or pursuant to a plea agreement to committing any of the offenses listed in section 41-1758.07,  subsection B in this state or any similar offense in another state or jurisdiction. A conviction after a plea of no contest is deemed to be a conviction for the purposes of this subsection.
B. The state hospital may not allow a person to be an employee or perform volunteer work if that person has been denied a fingerprint clearance card pursuant to section 41-1758.07 or has not received an interim approval from the board of fingerprinting pursuant to section 41-619.55,  subsection I.
C. For the purposes of this section,  " state hospital"  includes the Arizona community protection and treatment center.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-208 - Employees; compensation

36-208.
Employees;  compensation
A. Except as otherwise provided by this article,  the director shall employ all employees of the state hospital. The director may employ necessary medical consultants on recommendation of the superintendent. The director may permit members of the medical staff to act as consultants in psychiatry.
B. Subject to the laws of this state governing state personnel administration,  the superintendent may discharge an employee for cause. An employee so discharged,  on request,  may have the reasons for the discharge reviewed and determined by the director. The superintendent shall file a written report with the director of each discharge setting forth the reasons for the discharge.
C. The compensation of employees of the state hospital shall be as determined pursuant to section 38-611.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-209 - Reports by superintendent and director

36-209.
Reports by superintendent and director
A. At such time as the director designates,  the superintendent shall submit to the director a report of the activities of the state hospital during the preceding fiscal year,  including:
1. The number of patients received,  conditionally discharged and discharged and voluntary patients treated.
2. Methods of treatment used and the results.
3. The total number,  including the number of such persons who were committed on a voluntary and involuntary basis,  of seriously mentally ill patients as defined in section 36-550 and the place to which each person was discharged.
4. Census data for treatment programs pursuant to sections 13-3992,  13-4512,  36-202.01 and 36-503.03.
5. A complete employment and personnel record.
6. The condition of existing equipment.
7. Recommendations for improvement of the institution.
8. Other matters required by the director or deemed advisable by the superintendent to present a complete description of the condition and activities of the hospital.
B. Not later than the fifteenth day of each month,  the director shall prepare in duplicate a financial statement of the affairs of the state hospital,  including:
1. The amounts appropriated for the current fiscal year for operation,  maintenance and improvement.
2. The amount expended during the preceding calendar month.
3. The balance on hand.
4. The estimated expenditures for the current month.
5. An inventory report.
C. The original report and statements required by this section shall be filed with and retained as records of the director and duplicates filed with the director of the department of administration.
D. At such time as the director designates,  the superintendent shall submit to the director a financial statement of the affairs of the state hospital during the preceding fiscal year in a form prescribed by the director of the department of administration.
E. By October 1 of each year,  the director shall submit to the governor a comprehensive report of the activities of the state hospital during the preceding fiscal year,  which shall include the annual reports of the superintendent,  and shall contain:
1. An account of the work done.
2. Recommendations for improvements.
3. Financial statements that clearly reflect the origin and disposition of all monies that have come into the hands of the director or an employee through appropriations or otherwise.
F. The director shall make such supplemental reports as the governor or the legislature requests.
G. The annual report prescribed by subsection E of this section shall be published for the information of the public and five copies shall be delivered to the chief clerk of the house of representatives and the secretary of the senate,  respectively,  who shall keep them on file for the use of the members of each house.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-210 - Expenditures

36-210.
Expenditures
A. This article does not give the director or any employee authority to create a debt or obligation in excess of the amount appropriated by the legislature to carry out its provisions. If monies are not appropriated to carry out the purpose of this article,  the director shall submit recommendations to the legislature,  with a statement of the cost when an improvement is requested.
B. Except as provided by subsection D of this section,  the director of the department of administration shall not issue a warrant for expenditures by the state hospital in excess of the estimate contained in the monthly financial statement unless the superintendent submits a written request that is approved in writing by the director of the department of health services and that states the reasons for the request. The director of the department of administration shall not issue warrants in excess of the amount available for the current quarter.
C. If a patient in the state hospital requires a health care service that the state hospital or a facility or provider contracted by the state hospital cannot provide,  the department of health services shall pay approved claims from a facility or provider that provides these required services as follows:
1. For inpatient and outpatient hospital services,  the state shall reimburse at a level that does not exceed the reimbursement methodology established in section 36-2903.01,  subsection G.
2. For health and medical services,  the state shall reimburse providers at a level that does not exceed the capped fee-for-service schedule that is adopted by the Arizona health care cost containment system administration pursuant to chapter 29,  article 1 of this title and that is in effect at the time the service is delivered.
D. Monies appropriated for capital investment may be expended at any time during the fiscal period for which the monies are appropriated as directed by the director.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-211 - Income from land rentals and permanent funds

36-211.
Income from land rentals and permanent funds
In addition to other funds appropriated to its use,  any other law notwithstanding,  the legislature may appropriate to the use of the state hospital the annual income from land rentals and interest on the investment of the permanent funds arising from the grant of land for insane asylums under the terms of the enabling act of June 20,  1910,  and the state constitution. The monies appropriated by this section may be expended as the director directs.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-212 - Maximum security area required

36-212.
Maximum security area required
The superintendent,  under the direction of the director,  shall equip,  staff and supervise the operation of an area consisting of one or more separate buildings on the state hospital grounds in Phoenix to be designated a maximum security area. The superintendent shall designate which patients shall be confined within a maximum security area,  which shall be equipped,  staffed and maintained in order to provide treatment and necessary supervision to prevent the patients from leaving the area without authorization.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-213 - Store and canteen; deposit

36-213.
Store and canteen;  deposit
A. The superintendent,  with the approval of the director,  may set aside and designate any space on the grounds of the hospital that is not needed for other authorized purposes for the establishment and maintenance of store and canteen facilities for the sale of candies,  cigarettes,  food,  nonalcoholic beverages,  sundries and other articles to patients and employees and for the benefit of patients of the state hospital.
B. The superintendent,  with the approval of the director,  may contract with an outside firm,  individual or agency to lease and operate the store and canteen facilities. The outside firm,  individual or agency shall provide a bond in an amount set by the superintendent with the approval of the director. The facilities shall be conducted subject to the rules and regulations of the department,  and rental and service charges shall be established by the superintendent,  with the approval of the director,  as will reimburse the hospital for the cost thereof.
C. Any profits derived from the operation of such facilities,  after reimbursement to the hospital,  shall be deposited in the department of health services donations fund created by authority of section 36-132,  subsection B. The monies may be expended as the director directs for the benefit of the patients of the state hospital. The provisions of title 35,  chapter 1 do not apply to the monies in the fund.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-215 - State hospital revolving fund; nonreversion

36-215.
State hospital revolving fund;  nonreversion
A. The permanent state hospital revolving fund is established in the amount of five thousand dollars for use in making cash outlays for postage,  C.O.D. packages,  travel or other minor disbursements which are proper as ultimate claims for payment from state funds. Such expenditures from this fund and reimbursement thereto shall be as prescribed by the director of the department of administration.
B. A full accounting of the use of this fund shall be made to the director of the department of administration annually or as required by the director of the department of administration.
C. Monies of the permanent state hospital revolving fund shall not revert to the state general fund at the end of any fiscal year.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-216 - Budget for state hospital

36-216.
Budget for state hospital
A. The department shall present a budget request that includes all information on the potential availability of other monies,  including federal monies,  that may be used in the following fiscal year to fund the state hospital.
B. The budget request presented pursuant to subsection A of this section shall include a proposed budget for the state hospital,  with a specific amount of the total budget estimated to be used for patients who are seriously mentally ill.
C. Monies appropriated to the department for the state hospital programs,  fees generated by the department for these programs and grants and gifts to the department shall be maintained in the appropriate fund to pay program and administrative costs. The administrative costs of each program shall be separately identified in the accounting records of the department.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-217 - State hospital; annual report

36-217.
State hospital;  annual report
A. On or before January 1 of each year,  the director shall submit to the governor,  the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate a financial and programmatic report on the state hospital for the preceding fiscal year. In addition to information that the department deems relevant,  this report shall include all of the following information:
1. All revenues and expenditures of the state hospital,  including specific identification of administrative costs for and the number of patients served at the state hospital.
2. A breakdown of the patients served at each facility at the state hospital,  including information on the following:
(a) Gender.
(b) Race.
(c) Age.
(d) Legal status.
(e) County of origin.
(f) Program type.
(g) Census by unit.
(h) Primary diagnosis of each by category.
(i) Length of stay.
3. Admissions by civil commitment,  including the number of admissions and discharges,  the time between the request for each admission and the date of the admission or denial of the admission and aggregate data for reason of denial by category.
4. Data collected from the state hospital's safety plan,  including all of the following:
(a) The number and type of all assaults by category,  with sexual assaults reported as a separate category.
(b) The number of assaults reported to law enforcement,  regulatory agencies and accreditation agencies.
(c) The number of times law enforcement was called to the state hospital in response to an assault.
5. An update on the establishment of a psychiatric center of excellence.
B. This section does not require the release of individually identifiable health information of any specific patient.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-218 - Arizona state hospital charitable trust fund

36-218.
Arizona state hospital charitable trust fund
The Arizona state hospital charitable trust fund is established consisting of monies collected from contracts and lease agreements entered into pursuant to section 36-136,  subsection C. The director shall administer the fund. Monies in the fund are continuously appropriated and may be spent for the benefit of persons with mental illness in this state. Monies in the fund do not revert to the state general fund at the end of a fiscal year.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-219 - Contracting requirements; art therapy services; definition

36-219.
Contracting requirements;  art therapy services;  definition
A. The department may contract for art therapy services,  directly or through a contractor,  only with an art therapist who holds an active national board certification in art therapy from the art therapy credentials board or who is a master's level graduate in art therapy under the active supervision of a board-certified art therapist to qualify for national registration or board certification with the art therapy credentials board.
B. Subsection A of this section does not require the department to contract or reimburse for art therapy services.
C. For the purposes of this section,  " art therapy"  means the interactive use of psychotherapeutic principles and methods from an individual with master's level training in art media,  the neurobiological implications of art-making and art-based assessment models to facilitate alternative modes of receptive and expressive communication and to define and implement therapeutic interventions to meet cognitive,  developmental,  behavioral and emotional needs.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-252 - Chief of state laboratory; appointment; qualifications

36-252.
Chief of state laboratory;  appointment;  qualifications
A. The state laboratory shall be under the supervision of a chief who shall be appointed by the director of the department of health services.
B. The laboratory chief shall be a skilled pharmaceutical chemist or bacteriologist and analyst of foods,  water supplies and drugs.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-253 - Chief of state laboratory; powers and duties

36-253.
Chief of state laboratory;  powers and duties
A. The laboratory chief shall perform the duties prescribed by law and by the director of the department of health services.
B. The laboratory chief may make provisions or issue directions for taking and forwarding samples of potable waters,  and perishable foods or drinks.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-255 - Reports by laboratory chief

36-255.
Reports by laboratory chief
A. Whenever the chief of the state laboratory finds that adulterated,  mislabeled or misbranded food has been on sale in the state,  he shall forthwith report the facts to the director of the department of health services.
B. The chief of the laboratory shall make an annual report to the director of the department of health services on or before July 1 each year upon adulterated,  mislabeled or misbranded foods and liquids,  including a list of examinations by him in which adulterants were found,  the articles found mislabeled or misbranded and the names of the manufacturers,  producers,  jobbers and sellers of such adulterated,  mislabeled or misbranded articles.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-260 - Definitions

36-260.
Definitions
In this article,  unless the context otherwise requires:
1. " Children who have a chronic illness or physical disability"  means children who are under twenty-one years of age and whose primary diagnosis is a severe physical condition that may require ongoing,  medical or surgical intervention.
2. " Department"  means the department of health services.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-261 - Children who have a chronic illness or physical disability; program

36-261.
Children who have a chronic illness or physical disability;  program
Subject to the availability of monies,  the department shall establish and administer a program for children who have a chronic illness or physical disability or who are suffering from a condition that leads to a chronic illness or physical disability. The program shall provide for:
1. The development,  extension and improvement of services for locating these children.
2. The evaluation of needs.
3. The gathering of statistical information.
4. A statewide information and referral service for children who have a chronic illness or physical disability to link those children and their families with local service providers.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-262 - Central statewide information and referral service for children who have a chronic illness or physical disability

36-262.
Central statewide information and referral service for children who have a chronic illness or physical disability
A. The purposes of the information and referral service for children who have a chronic illness or physical disability as prescribed pursuant to this article are to:
1. Establish a roster of agencies providing medical,  educational,  financial,  social and transportation services to children who have a chronic illness or physical disability.
2. Develop or use an existing statewide information and referral service that provides information on services for children who have a chronic illness or physical disability.
B. This section does not require any person or public or private agency or other entity to participate in the information and referral service.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-271 - Definitions

36-271.
Definitions
In this article,  unless the context otherwise requires:
1. " Department"  means the department of health services.
2. " Disease"  means a condition or disorder that causes the human body to deviate from its normal or healthy state and that has no known general cure or adequate medically accepted treatment.
3. " Medically accepted treatment"  means a methodology or protocol recognized by the American medical association,  the American college of surgeons or the national cancer institute or taught by an approved school of medicine as defined in section 32-1401 as a treatment that results in the restoration of the human body to a normal or healthy state.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-272 - Biomedical research

36-272.
Biomedical research
The department shall advance research in this state relating to:
1. The causes,  epidemiology and diagnosis of diseases.
2. The formulation of cures for diseases.
3. The development of medically accepted treatment and prevention of diseases,  including the discovery and development of new drugs.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-273 - Powers and duties

36-273.
Powers and duties
A. The department may:
1. Use monies in the disease control research fund established by section 36-274 to contract with individuals,  organizations,  corporations and institutions,  public or private,  in this state for any projects or services that the department determines may advance research into the causes,  the epidemiology and diagnosis,  the formulation of cures,  the medically accepted treatment or the prevention of diseases,  including new drug discovery and development,  and for acquired immune deficiency syndrome reporting and surveillance. Public monies in the disease control research fund shall not be used for capital construction projects.
2. Enter into research and development agreements,  royalty agreements,  development agreements,  licensing agreements and profit sharing agreements concerning the research,  development and production of new products developed or to be developed through department-funded research.
3. Accept or receive monies from any source,  including restricted or unrestricted gifts and contributions from individuals,  foundations,  corporations and other organizations and institutions.
4. Obtain expert services to assist in evaluating requests and proposals.
5. Request cooperation from any state agency for the purposes of this article.
6. Provide information and technical assistance to other jurisdictions and agencies.
7. Subject to title 41,  chapter 4,  article 4,  employ personnel needed to carry out the duties of this article.
B. The department shall:
1. Review and evaluate proposals or requests for projects or services.
2. Establish a mechanism to review the contracts awarded to ensure that the monies are used in accordance with the proposals approved by the department.
3. Prepare and submit a report on or before January 15 of each year to the governor,  the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives that describes the projects or services proposed to the department pursuant to this article,  the projects or services for which the department has awarded a contract and the amount of monies necessary for each proposal,  the cost of each proposal for which a contract was awarded,  the names and addresses of the recipients of each contract and the purpose for which each contract was made. The department shall provide a copy of this report to the secretary of state.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-274 - Disease control research fund; lapsing; investment

36-274.
Disease control research fund;  lapsing;  investment
A. The disease control research fund is established consisting of monies received from the state lottery fund pursuant to section 5-572,  subsection D,  monies appropriated by the legislature and any gifts,  contributions or other monies received by the department from any source to carry out the purposes of this article,  except monies from the health research fund established by section 36-275. The department shall administer the disease control research fund.
B. The department may expend monies in the disease control research fund for projects or services pursuant to section 36-273 and for expenses incurred by the department in carrying out the purposes of this article,  including filing applications and maintaining patents.
C. As a condition of each contract for cancer research projects or services,  the department shall require that the recipient shall not use fund monies for any purpose,  including any administrative or building purposes,  other than the specific cancer research grant project contract.
D. Monies in the disease control research fund are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations.
E. On notice from the department,  the state treasurer shall invest and divest monies in the disease control research 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 › § 36-275 - Health research fund

36-275.
Health research fund
A. The health research fund is established. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary,  the department shall deposit,  pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147,  all monies it administers pursuant to section 36-773 into the health research fund. The department shall administer the fund.
B. Except as provided by section 36-276,  the department shall only expend monies in the health research fund for research on the prevention and treatment of tobacco related disease and addiction and research into the causes,  epidemiology and diagnosis of diseases,  the formulation of cures,  the medically accepted treatment or the prevention of diseases including new drug discovery and development,  and may include behavioral studies and attitude assessments,  and for expenses incurred by the department in carrying out the purposes described in section 36-773.
C. Monies in the health research fund are exempt from section 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 36 - Public Health and Safety › § 36-302 - System of vital records; powers and duties of the state registrar

36-302.
System of vital records;  powers and duties of the state registrar
A. The director of the department is the state registrar of vital records.
B. The state registrar of vital records shall:
1. Adopt rules to implement a statewide system of vital records pursuant to this chapter using the recommendations of the federal agency responsible for national vital statistics as guidelines subject to modification by the state registrar.
2. Administer and enforce this chapter and the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter and provide for the efficient administration of a statewide system of vital records.
3. Organize,  operate and maintain the only system of vital records in this state.
4. Direct and supervise the creation and registration of vital records,  electronically and physically,  and be the custodian of vital records.
5. Establish registration districts throughout this state.
6. Appoint,  direct and remove local registrars.
7. Prescribe and distribute forms required pursuant to this chapter and rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.
8. Prepare and issue copies of vital records.
9. Provide a means for the public to request a copy of a vital record and grant or deny the request according to criteria prescribed by rules adopted pursuant to this chapter. These rules shall include eligibility criteria,  proof of identity requirements and payment requirements to obtain the requested vital record.
10. Pursuant to section 16-165,  transmit each month to the county recorder a record of the death of each resident of the county recorder's county who is at least sixteen years of age.
11. Determine acceptability and completeness of a certificate,  evidentiary document or form submitted to the state registrar.
12. Investigate violations of this chapter and rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.
13. Report violations of this chapter and rules adopted pursuant to this chapter to the county attorney in the registration district in which the violation occurs or to the attorney general.
C. The state registrar may:
1. Appoint,  in writing,  one or more persons to serve as assistant state registrars with any or all powers and duties vested in the state registrar.
2. Appoint,  direct and remove a deputy local registrar.
3. Inspect a registration district's certificates,  evidentiary documents,  forms or other information related to the system of vital records.
4. Establish quality control procedures that include on-site inspections and review of evidentiary documents,  forms and other information used in the creation of vital records.
5. Consolidate or subdivide registration districts.