§ 36-421 Construction or modification of a health care institution
§ 36-422 Application for license; notification of proposed change in status; joint licenses; definitions
§ 36-422.01 Health care institutions; termination of operation; medical records; civil penalties; definition
§ 36-423 Hemodialysis technicians; minimum requirements; definition
§ 36-424 Inspections; suspension or revocation of license; report to board of examiners of nursing care institution administrators and assisted living facility managers
§ 36-425 Inspections; issuance of license; posting requirements; provisional license; denial of license
§ 36-425.01 Home health agencies; licensure; definition
§ 36-425.02 Nursing care institutions; quality rating; issuance of license
§ 36-425.03 Children’s behavioral health programs; personnel; fingerprinting requirements; exemptions; definitions
§ 36-425.04 Hospice service agencies; policies and procedures; controlled substances
§ 36-425.05 Intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities; licensure
§ 36-425.06 Secure behavioral health residential facilities; license; annual report; definition
§ 36-425.07 Nursing-supported group homes; licensure
§ 36-425.08 Behavioral health residential facilities; outpatient clinics; children; respite; exemptions; requirements
§ 36-425.09 Hospital price transparency; verification; annual report; exception
§ 36-426 Hospital providers of extended care services
§ 36-427 Suspension or revocation; intermediate sanctions
§ 36-428 Hearings by the director
§ 36-429 Removal of licensee; temporary management continued operation
§ 36-430 Unlicensed operation prohibited; injunction
§ 36-431 Violation; classification
§ 36-431.01 Violations; civil penalties
§ 36-431.02 Nursing care institution resident protection revolving fund; use; nonreversion
§ 36-432 Urgent care centers; posting requirements
§ 36-433 Receipt of report and complaint; investigation
§ 36-434 Outdoor behavioral health care programs; licensing requirements; inspections
§ 36-434.01 Outpatient surgical centers; hospitals; surgical smoke evacuation systems; definitions

Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 36 > Chapter 4 > Article 2 - License Provisions

  • Accredited health care institution: means a health care institution, other than a hospital, that is currently accredited by a nationally recognized accreditation organization. See Arizona Laws 36-401
  • Accredited hospital: means a hospital that is currently accredited by a nationally recognized organization on hospital accreditation. See Arizona Laws 36-401
  • Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Adult behavioral health therapeutic home: means a residence for individuals who are at least eighteen years of age, have behavioral health issues and need behavioral health services that does all of the following for those individuals:

    (a) Provides room and board. See Arizona Laws 36-401

  • 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.
  • 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
  • Assisted living facility: means a residential care institution, including an adult foster care home, that provides or contracts to provide supervisory care services, personal care services or directed care services on a continuous basis. See Arizona Laws 36-401
  • Behavioral health services: means services that pertain to mental health and substance use disorders and that are either:

    (a) Performed by or under the supervision of a professional who is licensed pursuant to title 32 and whose scope of practice allows the professional to provide these services. See Arizona Laws 36-401

  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Construction: means building, erecting, fabricating or installing a health care institution. See Arizona Laws 36-401
  • Continuous: means available at all times without cessation, break or interruption. See Arizona Laws 36-401
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Controlling person: means a person who:

    (a) Through ownership, has the power to vote at least ten percent of the outstanding voting securities. See Arizona Laws 36-401

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Department: means the department of health services. See Arizona Laws 36-401
  • Direct owner: means a person that has an ownership or control interest in a health care institution totaling fifty-one percent or more. See Arizona Laws 36-401
  • Direction: means authoritative policy or procedural guidance to accomplish a function or activity. See Arizona Laws 36-401
  • Director: means the director of the department. See Arizona Laws 36-401
  • 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.
  • Facilities: means buildings that are used by a health care institution for providing any of the types of services as defined in this chapter. See Arizona Laws 36-401
  • Governing authority: means the individual, agency, partners, group or corporation, whether appointed, elected or otherwise designated, in which the ultimate responsibility and authority for the conduct of the health care institution are vested. See Arizona Laws 36-401
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Health care institution: means every place, institution, building or agency, whether organized for profit or not, that provides facilities with medical services, nursing services, behavioral health services, health screening services, other health-related services, supervisory care services, personal care services or directed care services and includes home health agencies as defined in section 36-151, outdoor behavioral health care programs and hospice service agencies. See Arizona Laws 36-401
  • Health-related services: means services, other than medical, that pertain to general supervision, protective, preventive and personal care services, supervisory care services or directed care services. See Arizona Laws 36-401
  • Hospice: means a hospice service agency or the provision of hospice services in an inpatient facility. See Arizona Laws 36-401
  • including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Licensed capacity: means the total number of persons for whom the health care institution is authorized by the department to provide services as required pursuant to this chapter if the person is expected to stay in the health care institution for more than twenty-four hours. See Arizona Laws 36-401
  • Medical services: means the services that pertain to medical care and that are performed at the direction of a physician on behalf of patients by physicians, dentists, nurses and other professional and technical personnel. See Arizona Laws 36-401
  • Modification: means the substantial improvement, enlargement, reduction or alteration of or other change in a health care institution. See Arizona Laws 36-401
  • Nonproprietary institution: means any health care institution that is organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes, no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual, or that is operated by the state or any political subdivision of the state. See Arizona Laws 36-401
  • Nursing care institution: means a health care institution that provides inpatient beds or resident beds and nursing services to persons who need continuous nursing services but who do not require hospital care or direct daily care from a physician. See Arizona Laws 36-401
  • Nursing services: means those services that pertain to the curative, restorative and preventive aspects of nursing care and that are performed at the direction of a physician by or under the supervision of a registered nurse licensed in this state. See Arizona Laws 36-401
  • Nursing-supported group home: means a health care institution that is a community residential setting as defined in section 36-551 for not more than six persons with developmental disabilities, that is operated by a service provider under contract with the department of economic security and that provides room and board, daily habilitation and continuous nursing support and intervention. See Arizona Laws 36-401
  • Outdoor behavioral health care program: means an agency that provides behavioral health services in an outdoor environment as an alternative to behavioral health services that are provided in a health care institution with facilities. See Arizona Laws 36-401
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Physician: means any person who is licensed pursuant to Title 32, Chapter 13 or 17. See Arizona Laws 36-401
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Plea agreement: An arrangement between the prosecutor, the defense attorney, and the defendant in which the defendant agrees to plead guilty in exchange for special considerations. Source:
  • Population: means the population according to the most recent United States decennial census. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Substantial compliance: means that the nature or number of violations revealed by any type of inspection or investigation of a health care institution does not pose a direct risk to the life, health or safety of patients or residents. See Arizona Laws 36-401
  • Supervision: means directly overseeing and inspecting the act of accomplishing a function or activity. See Arizona Laws 36-401
  • Temporary license: means a license that is issued by the department to operate a class or subclass of a health care institution at a specific location and that is valid until an initial licensing inspection. See Arizona Laws 36-401
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215