A. An applicant for a podiatry license shall file with the state board of podiatry examiners an application that is accompanied by the required fee on a form prescribed and furnished by the board. The application shall contain evidence of the applicant’s necessary qualifications as the board requires and shall be signed and sworn to by the applicant.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 32-822

  • Board: means the state board of podiatry examiners. See Arizona Laws 32-801
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • License: means a license to practice podiatry. See Arizona Laws 32-801
  • Podiatry: is synonymous with chiropody and means diagnosing or medically, surgically, mechanically, manipulatively or electrically treating ailments of the human foot and leg but not amputating the leg or entire foot or administering an anesthetic other than local. See Arizona Laws 32-801
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215

B. An applicant for a license pursuant to section 32-827 shall file with the board an application for a license pursuant to section 32-827 that is accompanied by the required fee on a form prescribed and furnished by the board. The application shall contain evidence of the applicant’s necessary qualifications as the board requires and shall be signed and sworn to by the applicant.

C. Each application submitted pursuant to this section shall contain the oath of the applicant that:

1. All of the information contained in the application and accompanying evidence or other credentials submitted is true and correct.

2. The credentials submitted with the application were procured without fraud or misrepresentation or any mistake of which the applicant is aware and that the applicant is the lawful holder of the credentials.

3. The applicant has read and understands the board’s statutes and rules.

D. All applications, completed or otherwise, together with all attendant evidence, credentials and other proof submitted with the applications are the property of the board.

E. The board shall inform an applicant, promptly and in writing, of any deficiency existing in the application for licensure under this article that prevents the application from being processed.

F. An applicant who disagrees with the board’s denial of a license shall be granted a hearing on request before the board at its next regular meeting. At any hearing granted pursuant to this subsection, the burden of proof is on the applicant to demonstrate that the alleged deficiencies that are the basis of the denial do not exist.