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Article 1 General Provisions 36-2171 – 36-2175

Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 36 > Chapter 21 - Medically Underserved Areas

  • Advance practice provider: means a physician assistant as defined in section 32-2501 or a registered nurse practitioner as defined in section 32-1601. See Arizona Laws 36-2171
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Behavioral health provider: means a physician who is a board-certified or board-eligible psychiatrist, a psychologist, a physician assistant or a registered nurse practitioner who is certified to practice as a behavioral health specialist or a person who is licensed pursuant to title 32 as a clinical social worker, professional counselor or marriage and family therapist. See Arizona Laws 36-2171
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Department: means the police department. See Arizona Laws 9-911
  • Department: means the department of health services. See Arizona Laws 36-2171
  • Federal poverty guidelines: means the poverty guidelines as updated annually in the federal register by the United States department of health and human services. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Fund: means the police pension fund. See Arizona Laws 9-911
  • including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Population: means the population according to the most recent United States decennial census. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Rural: means either of the following:

    (a) A county with a population of less than four hundred thousand persons according to the most recent United States decennial census. See Arizona Laws 36-2171

  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215