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REFERENCE TITLE: database; health professionals; license revocations |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session 2023
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SB 1333 |
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Introduced by Senator Shamp: Representative Smith
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An Act
amending title 36, chapter 1, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 36-149; relating to the department of health services.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 36, chapter 1, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 36-149, to read:
36-149. Searchable online database; health profession regulatory boards; license and certification revocations; definitions
A. Each health profession regulatory board shall report to the department:
1. The revocation of a health professional's license or certification.
2. All license and certification revocations that have occurred beginning july 1, 2019 through July 1, 2024.
B. On or before July 1, 2024, the department shall create a searchable online database that is posted on the department's public website that contains, at a minimum, the names of the health professionals who have had a license or certification revoked in the preceding five years, the date of the revocation and the HEALTH profession regulatory board that revoked the license or certification. The department shall inform the health profession regulatory boards of the information that is required to be reported to the department for the database.
C. For the purposes of this section, "health profession regulatory board" and "health professional" have the same meanings prescribed in section 32-3201.