A. Orders of the tuberculosis control officer or local health officer issued pursuant to this article and procedures prescribed by this article are exempt from Title 41, Chapter 6 and Title 12, Chapter 7, Article 6.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 36-736

  • Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Examination: means conducting tests that include Mantoux tuberculin skin tests, laboratory examination and x-rays as recommended by any of the following:

    (a) The tuberculosis control officer. See Arizona Laws 36-711

  • Isolation: means the physical separation of afflicted persons from others in order to limit the transmission of active tuberculosis. See Arizona Laws 36-711
  • Local health officer: means the health officer and other persons who are designated by the local health officer. See Arizona Laws 36-711
  • Monitoring: means a program of supervision designed to monitor the health and activities of an afflicted person. See Arizona Laws 36-711
  • Quarantine: means the restriction of activities of persons who have been exposed to an afflicted person. See Arizona Laws 36-711
  • Treatment: means medication or medical therapy prescribed by a licensed physician to cure a person of active tuberculosis. See Arizona Laws 36-711
  • Tuberculosis control officer: means a person appointed by the director to be the chief tuberculosis control officer for tuberculosis control in this state and other persons who are designated by the control officer. See Arizona Laws 36-711

B. An order of the superior court that imposes, denies, modifies, amends or rescinds court ordered examination, treatment, monitoring, isolation or quarantine pursuant to this article may be reviewed at the request of any party in interest by appeal to the court of appeals as prescribed in the Arizona rules of civil procedure or by special action. The court may give scheduling preference to this appeal or special action.