PREFILED    JAN 11 2010

REFERENCE TITLE: urgent care centers; inspections

State of Arizona House of Representatives Forty-ninth Legislature Second Regular Session 2010

HB 2124

Introduced by Representative Barto

 

AN ACT

 

Amending section 36-432, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to health care institutions' licensure provisions.`

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Section 36-432, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE36-432.  Urgent care centers; posting requirements; inspections; third‑party vendors

A.  If a physician who is licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 13 or 17 is not on site during working hours at a freestanding urgent care center, as a condition of licensure, the center must post a conspicuous sign stating this fact.  The center must post this sign in the center's patient waiting room in full view of the patients.

B.  The director of the department shall establish a list of third‑party vendors that are qualified to inspect freestanding urgent care centers as a condition of initial licensure or licensure renewal.  An urgent care center must notify the department when the center submits its application for initial licensure or licensure renewal if it will use a specific third‑party vendor from the department's list for required inspections.  An urgent care center that uses a third‑party vendor must pay the vendor's inspection fee in addition to the department's licensure fee. END_STATUTE