The Arizona Revised Statutes have been updated to include the revised sections from the 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session. Please note that the next update of this compilation will not take place until after the conclusion of the 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session, which convenes in January 2024.
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A. Each health care institution that is licensed pursuant to this chapter shall adopt a policy that prohibits retaliatory action against a health professional who in good faith:
1. Makes a report to the health care institution pursuant to the requirements of section 36-450.01.
2. Having provided the health care institution a reasonable opportunity to address the report, provides information to a private health care accreditation organization or governmental entity concerning the activity, policy or practice that was the subject of the report.
B. A third-party contractor of a health care institution may not take retaliatory action as proscribed in this section.
C. This section does not prohibit a health care institution that is licensed pursuant to this chapter from taking action against a health professional for a purpose that is not related to a report filed pursuant to section 36-450.01.
D. Except as provided in section 23-1501, subsection A, paragraph 3, subdivisions (a) and (c), this section shall be enforced only through the provisions of this chapter.
E. There is a rebuttable presumption that any termination or other adverse action that occurs more than six months after the date of a report made pursuant to either subsection A, paragraph 1 or 2 of this section is not a retaliatory action.
F. For the purposes of this section, "third-party contractor" means an entity that contracts with a health care institution to provide health care services in the health care institution by contracting or hiring health professionals.