Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 18 - NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS MEDICAL BOARD › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R4-18-101 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In addition to the definitions in A.R.S. §§
									32-1501
				  through
				  32-1581,
				  the following definitions apply to this Chapter unless otherwise
				  specified:
1. "Administrative
				completeness review" means the Board's process for determining that an
				applicant has provided, or caused to be provided, all of the application packet
				information and documentation required by statute or rule for an application
				for a license or a certificate.
2.
				"Applicant" means a person requesting from the Board an initial, temporary, or
				renewal license or certificate.
3.
				"Approved Specialty College or Program" means a postdoctoral training program
				that awards a medical specialist certificate, and is certified by a Specialty
				Board of Examiners, The American Association of Naturopathic Physicians
				("AANP") or another professional association or, another state's licensing
				agency, and which is recognized by the Board.
4.
				"Chief medical officer" means a physician who is responsible for a clinical,
				preceptorship, internship, or postdoctoral training program's compliance with
				state and federal laws, rules, and regulations.
5. "Continuing medical education" means
				courses, seminars, lectures, programs, conferences, and workshops related to
				subjects listed in A.R.S. §
									32-1525(B),
				that are offered or sanctioned by one of the organizations referenced in
				R4-18-205(B).
6. "Device" means the same as in A.R.S.
				§
									32-1581(H)(1).
7. "Endorsement" means the procedure for
				granting a license in this state to an applicant who is currently licensed to
				practice naturopathic medicine by another state, district, or territory of the
				United States or by a foreign country that requires a written examination
				substantially equivalent to the written examination provided for in A.R.S.
				§
									32-1525.
8. "Facility" means a health care institution
				as defined in A.R.S. §
									36-401,
				office or clinic maintained by a health care institution or by an individual
				licensed under A.R.S. Title 32, Chapter 13, 14, 17, or 29, office or public
				health clinic maintained by a state or county, office or clinic operated by a
				qualifying community health center under A.R.S. §
									36-2907.06,
				or an office or clinic operated by a corporation, association, partnership, or
				company authorized to do business in Arizona under A.R.S. Title 10.
9. "Informed consent" means a document,
				signed by a patient or the patient's legal guardian, which contains the
				information in
				R4-18-802(A)(1),
				(A)(2), and (A)(3).
10. "Institutional review board" means a
				group of persons that is approved according to guidelines of the United States
				Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Human Research Protection,
				which reviews investigational or experimental protocols and approves their use
				on animals or humans for the purposes of protecting the subjects of the
				investigational or experimental protocol from undue harm and assures that the
				research and its review is carried out according to guidelines of the United
				States Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Human Research
				Protection.
11. "Internship" means
				clinical and didactic training by a doctor of naturopathic medicine certified
				by the Board according to A.R.S. §
									32-1561.
12. "License" means a document issued by the
				Board that authorizes the individual to whom it is issued to practice
				naturopathic medicine.
13. "Medical
				student" means naturopathic medical student defined in A.R.S. §
									32-1501(24).
14. "Medication" means the same as drug
				defined in A.R.S. §
									32-1501(15)
				 or natural substance defined in A.R.S.
				§
									32-1501(23).
15. "National board" means any of the
				following:
a. The Federation of State Medical
				Licensing Boards,
b. The National
				Board of Chiropractic Examiners,
c.
				The National Board of Medical Examiners,
d. The National Board of Osteopathic
				Examiners, or
e. The North American
				Board of Naturopathic Examiners.