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Arizona Revised Statutes - Title 36 Public Health and Safety - Chapter 5.1 State Department of Developmental Disabilities

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  • 36-551 - Definitions
    In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Adaptive behavior" means the effectiveness or degree to which the individual meets the standards of personal...
  • 36-551.01 - Developmentally disabled persons; rights guaranteed
    A. A developmentally disabled person in this state shall not be denied as the result of the developmental disability the rights, benefits, and privileges guaranteed...
  • 36-552 - Developmental disabilities function; expenditure limitation
    A. The department shall function as the developmental disabilities authority for the state of Arizona. B. No provisions of this chapter shall be construed to...
  • 36-553 - Developmental disabilities advisory council; membership; duties
    A. The developmental disabilities advisory council is established consisting of the following members: 1. One parent or guardian of a child who is under the...
  • 36-554 - Powers and duties of director
    A. The director shall: 1. Be responsible for developing and annually revising a statewide plan and initiating statewide programs and service for the developmentally disabled...
  • 36-555 - Coordination of programs by department with special education programs
    A. The department may conduct jointly, directly or indirectly, with a school district the placement evaluation of a developmentally disabled person who has applied for...
  • 36-556 - Coordination with division of behavioral health; duties of department
    The department shall coordinate with the division of behavioral health in the department of health services in: 1. The development of specialized programs for developmentally...
  • 36-557 - Community developmental disability services; service providers
    A. The department may use state and federal funds appropriated or otherwise available to it for this purpose to assist in the establishment and maintenance...
  • 36-558 - Establishment and maintenance of programs and services; definition
    A. In addition to the Arizona training program facilities at Randolph and Tucson, the director shall establish and maintain a state owned and operated service...
  • 36-558.01 - Operation, support and supervision of foster homes; duties of department
    A. The department shall operate directly or support and supervise child developmental foster homes and foster homes licensed pursuant to title 8, chapter 5, article...
  • 36-558.02 - State operated service center
    The state operated service center shall provide temporary residential care and space for child and adult services. Residential care includes respite services, crisis intervention and...
  • 36-559 - Eligibility for developmental disabilities programs, services and facilities
    A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, a person with a developmental disability is eligible to apply for developmental disabilities programs, services...
  • 36-560 - Admission
    36-560. Admission A. Persons shall be admitted to developmental disabilities programs or services operated by or supported by the department only pursuant to the procedures...
  • 36-561 - Prohibiting certain treatment or drugs; use of aversive stimuli
    A. No psychosurgery, insulin shock or electroshock treatment or experimental drugs shall be administered by the department to any client, nor shall the department license,...
  • 36-562 - Schedule of financial contribution; review of payment order
    A. Money for the support of a person with a developmental disability in a residential program operated or supported by the department, except for children...
  • 36-563 - Review and appeal; hearing
    A. This section governs the review and appeal procedure for decisions relating to the admission, evaluation, assignment to programs and services, care and treatment, discharge...
  • 36-564 - Guardianship
    A. Guardians for clients acting under the provisions of this chapter shall be appointed pursuant to title 14, chapter 5, articles 1, 2, 3 and...
  • 36-565 - Periodic evaluations of developmentally disabled persons
    A. Evaluations of the client's placement shall be made at six-month intervals after a developmentally disabled client has been enrolled in a developmental disabilities program...
  • 36-566 - Request for termination from a state facility, program or service
    A. Upon written request from the responsible person for termination of the client from a developmental disabilities program or service operated directly or indirectly by...
  • 36-567 - Music therapists; minimum qualifications; definition
    A. The division shall require qualifications for persons who provide music therapy services through a contract to persons with developmental disabilities. At a minimum these...
  • 36-568.01 - Confidentiality of records
    A. All information obtained and records prepared in the course of providing any services under this chapter to clients shall be confidential and privileged matter....
  • 36-568.02 - Confidentiality of health information
    A. If a health plan, a health care provider licensed or certified pursuant to title 32 or title XIX of the social security act or...
  • 36-569 - Prohibitions; violations; classification
    A. Improper, abusive treatment or neglect of a developmentally disabled person is prohibited. For the purposes of this section: 1. "Abusive treatment" means: (a) Physical...
  • 36-571 - Developmental disabilities fund; disbursement; federal monies
    A. The developmental disabilities fund is established consisting of appropriations and other monies for use for developmental disabilities. The department shall receive and disburse monies...
  • 36-572 - Developmentally disabled client services trust fund; donation account
    A. A developmentally disabled client services trust fund is established. B. The fund consists of the proceeds of the sale or lease of the real...
  • 36-574 - Children's autism services; contract
    A. Subject to legislative appropriation, in addition to any existing autism services, the department may provide children's autism services through the division of developmental disabilities...
  • 36-581 - Definitions
    In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Developmental disability" means autism, cerebral palsy, epilepsy or cognitive disability. 2. "Residential facility" means a home...
  • 36-582 - Residential facilities; zoning; notice; appeal
    A. Unrelated persons living together notwithstanding, a residential facility which serves six or fewer persons shall be considered a residential use of property for the...
  • 36-591 - Adult developmental homes; child developmental foster homes; secure facilities; licensing; applicability
    A. An adult developmental home, child developmental foster home or secure facility shall be licensed pursuant to this article. B. Group homes, except for those...
  • 36-592 - Adult developmental homes; child developmental foster homes; secure facilities; license application; investigation and operation
    A. An applicant for an adult developmental home, child developmental foster home or secure facility license shall submit an application on a form prescribed by...
  • 36-593 - Adult developmental homes; child developmental foster homes; secure facilities; provisional licenses
    A. The department may issue a provisional license to an applicant or licensee who is temporarily unable to conform to standards of care established by...
  • 36-594 - Denial, suspension or revocation of license
    The department may deny, suspend or revoke a license pursuant to title 41, chapter 6, article 6 for any one or a combination of the...
  • 36-594.01 - Fingerprinting of contract providers and home and community based service providers
    A. The following persons shall be fingerprinted pursuant to section 41-1758.07: 1. A person who is paid or who volunteers to work in a facility...
  • 36-594.02 - Fingerprinting of adult developmental home licensees and child developmental foster home licensees
    A person who applies for a license for an adult developmental home or a child developmental foster home shall have a valid fingerprint clearance card...
  • 36-595 - Programmatic and contractual monitoring; deemed status
    A. The department of economic security shall perform programmatic and contractual monitoring of the services it provides or for which it contracts. B. The department...
  • 36-595.01 - Access to facilities
    A group home shall allow the following to inspect the facility at reasonable times: 1. Parents and guardians of facility residents. 2. Members of the...
  • 36-595.02 - Investigation of complaints
    The department shall receive reports of complaints about services provided by the department and may refer those reports to licensing, contracting or program authorities, or...
  • 36-595.03 - Secure facilities; annual review; definition
    A. The division of developmental disabilities in the department shall annually evaluate the need for a secure facility. The evaluation shall identify those persons who...
  • 36-596 - Coordination of benefits; third party payments; definition
    A. The department of economic security shall establish a benefit recovery program for state funded services to persons who receive services pursuant to this chapter...
  • 36-596.01 - Liens; perfection; recording; assignment; notice of lien; compromise
    A. The department is entitled to a lien for the charges for hospital or medical care and treatment paid by the department on behalf of...
  • 36-596.51 - Definitions
    In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Assistant director" means the assistant director of the division of developmental disabilities. 2. "Community supports" means...
  • 36-596.52 - Family support program; administration
    A. The division shall administer a family support program subject to funding appropriated by the legislature or otherwise available for this purpose. The division shall...
  • 36-596.53 - Payor of last resort
    A. The division and all districts and local agencies that operate family support programs or administer programs authorized under the social security act shall assist...
  • 36-596.54 - Family support vouchers and subsidies
    A. The division may provide family support vouchers for services provided pursuant to chapter 29, article 2 of this title if those services are provided...
  • 36-596.55 - Community based services
    A. The family support program may assist with other community based resources in developing community based services by establishing a program of grants to districts...
  • 36-596.56 - Eligibility; program plans; burial arrangements
    A. A person who is eligible for services pursuant to section 36-559 is also eligible to receive services under this article if that person is...
  • 36-596.57 - Admission; legislative appropriation; exception
    Admission into any developmental disabilities family support program or service which is operated or supported by the department shall be subject to the availability of...
  • Last modified: February 20, 2012