A. The board may petition the superior court for an order to enjoin the following:

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 32-2091.11

  • Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Behavior analysis: means the design, implementation and evaluation of systematic environmental modifications by a behavior analyst to produce socially significant improvements in human behavior based on the principles of behavior identified through the experimental analysis of behavior. See Arizona Laws 32-2091
  • Board: means the state board of psychologist examiners. See Arizona Laws 32-2061
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215

1. A person who is not licensed pursuant to this article from practicing behavior analysis.

2. The activities of a licensee that are an immediate threat to the public.

3. Criminal activities.

B. If the board seeks an injunction to stop the unlicensed practice of behavior analysis, it is sufficient to charge that the respondent on a certain day in a specific county engaged in the practice of behavior analysis without a license and without being exempt from the licensure requirements of this article. It is not necessary to show specific damages or injury.

C. The issuance of an injunction does not limit the board’s authority to take other action against a licensee pursuant to this article.