ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session
	Senate:  HHS 6-0-1-0 | 3^rd Read 28-1-1-0 House:  RA DP 7-0-0-0

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SB1333: database; health professionals; license revocations

Sponsor: Senator Shamp, LD 29

House Engrossed

Overview

By July 1, 2024, requires the Department of Health Services (DHS) to create and maintain on its website an online searchable database containing pertinent information regarding health professionals who have had a professional license or certification revoked in the preceding five years.

History

A health profession regulatory board is any board in Arizona that regulates one or more health professions.  A health professional is a person who is licensed or certified in podiatry, chiropractics, dentistry, medicine and surgery, naturopathic medicine, nursing, dispensing opticians, optometry, osteopathic physicians and surgeons, pharmacy, board of physical therapy, psychologists, veterinarians, physician assistants, radiologic technologists, homeopathic physicians, behavioral health physicians, occupational therapy, respiratory care, acupuncture, athletic trainers and massage therapy (A.R.S. 32-3201.)  A health professional also includes nursing care institution administrators, assisted living facilities managers, practitioners in midwifery, hearing aid dispensers, audiologists and speech pathologists (A.R.S. Title 36.) 

When a formal complaint against a licensed or certified individual is filed with the appropriate regulatory entity, that entity gathers pertinent information, investigates and decides the case outcome on each complaint. Based on the facts at hand for each complaint, an individual's license or certification may be suspended or revoked if unprofessional conduct or other violations are substantiated.  

Provisions

1. Requires each health profession regulatory board to report to DHS the following:

a) the revocation of licenses or certifications; and

b) all revocations of licenses and certifications for the five years beginning July 1, 2019 to July 1, 2024.  (Sec. 1)

2. Prescribes, by July 1, 2024, that information be included in an online searchable database that is available on the DHS website as follows:

a) names of health professionals who have had a license or certification revoked during the preceding five years;

b) date of the revocation; and

c) names of health profession regulatory boards that revoked the license or certification. (Sec. 1)

3. Instructs DHS to inform all health profession regulatory boards of the information that must be reported to DHS for inclusion in the database.  (Sec. 1)

4. Extends the date that the Board of Examiners of Nursing Care Institution Administrators and Assisted Living Facility Managers must begin to require applicants to submit a full set of fingerprints for a state and federal criminal history records check for an initial nursing care institution administrator license or assisted living facility manager certificate to July 1, 2024. (Sec. 2)

5. Defines health profession regulatory board and health professional.  (Sec. 1)

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