Arizona Revised Statutes Title 32 - Professions And Occupations

Chapter 1 ARCHITECTS, ASSAYERS, ENGINEERS, GEOLOGISTS, HOME INSPECTORS, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS AND SURVEYORS
Article 1 Board of Technical Registration

Article 2 Registration and Certification

Article 3 Regulatory Provisions

  • § 32-141 Firm Registration
    A. A firm shall not engage in the practice of any board regulated profession or occupation unless the firm is registered with the board...
  • § 32-142 Public Works
    A. Drawings, plans, specifications, estimates and construction observation for public works of the state or a political subdivision thereof involving architecture, engineering, assaying, geology,...
  • § 32-143 Exceptions
    An architect, geologist, engineer or landscape architect registered under this chapter may engage in practice in another category regulated pursuant to this chapter only...
  • § 32-144 Exemptions And Limitations
    A. Professions and occupations regulated by the board may be practiced without compliance with the requirements of this chapter by: 1. An officer or...
  • § 32-145 Violations; Classification
    Any person who commits any of the following acts is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor: 1. Practices, offers to practice or by any...
  • § 32-146 Malpractice Claim Review
    A. On the filing of a complaint in any malpractice action the plaintiff's attorney shall forward a copy of the complaint to the board...
  • § 32-147 Board Reports; Immunity
    Any person may report to the board any information the person may have which appears to show grounds for disciplinary action under the provisions...
  • § 32-148 Refusal To Obey A Subpoena; Contempt
    A person who refuses to obey a subpoena issued by the board shall be certified by the board to the superior court in the...
  • § 32-149 Transcript Copies; Cost
    The board shall provide copies of the written transcript of a hearing conducted under the authority of this chapter and all evidence submitted to...
  • § 32-150 Failure To Comply With Board Orders; Penalty
    Failure to comply with any final order of the board, including an order of censure or probation, is cause for suspension or revocation of...
  • § 32-151 Certify; Certification
    The use of the word " certify" or " certification" by a person or firm that is registered or certified by the board is...
  • § 32-152 As Built Plans; Definition
    A. If a person or firm that is registered or certified by the board is required to provide as built plans for improvements or...

Chapter 3 BARBERS
Article 1 Board of Barbers

Article 2 Licensure

Article 3 Regulation

Chapter 5 COSMETOLOGY
Article 1 General Provisions

  • § 32-501 Definitions
    In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. " Aesthetician" means a person who is licensed to practice skin care pursuant to this...
  • § 32-502 Board Of Cosmetology; Appointment; Qualifications; Terms
    A. A board of cosmetology is established consisting of the following seven members who are appointed by the governor: 1. Two cosmetologists who have...
  • § 32-503 Organization; Meetings; Personnel; Compensation
    A. The board shall annually elect a chairman, vice-chairman and secretary-treasurer from among its membership. B. The board shall hold at least one regular...
  • § 32-504 Powers And Duties
    A. The board shall: 1. Adopt rules that are necessary and proper for the administration of this chapter, including sanitary and safety requirements for...
  • § 32-505 Board Of Cosmetology Fund
    A. The board of cosmetology fund is established. Except as provided in subsection C of this section, before the end of each calendar month,...
  • § 32-506 Nonapplicability Of Chapter
    This chapter does not apply to the following persons while in the proper discharge of their professional duties: 1. Practices for the treatment of...
  • § 32-507 Fees
    A. The board shall establish and collect fees not to exceed the following: 1. Written examination, one hundred dollars. 2. Practical examination, one hundred...

Article 2 Cosmetologists, Aestheticians and Nail Technicians

Article 3 Instructors

Article 4 Salons

Article 5 Schools

Article 6 Regulation

Chapter 6 CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
Article 1 Board of Accountancy

Article 2 Certification and Registration

Article 3 Regulation of Certified Public Accountants

Chapter 7 PODIATRY
Article 1 Board of Podiatry Examiners

  • § 32-801 Definitions
    In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. " Board" means state board of podiatry examiners. 2. " Electrical treatment" means the use...
  • § 32-802 Board Of Podiatry Examiners; Compensation
    A. There shall be a state board of podiatry examiners which shall consist of five members appointed by the governor. Each member shall be...
  • § 32-803 Organization; Meetings
    A. The board shall annually elect from its membership a president and a secretary at the annual meeting which shall be held in January....
  • § 32-804 Rule Making Powers
    The board may adopt rules and regulations consistent with and necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
  • § 32-805 Secretary Of Board; Duties
    A. The secretary of the board shall receive compensation as determined pursuant to section 38-611. B. The secretary shall: 1. Have charge of receipt...
  • § 32-806 Podiatry Fund
    A. At the end of each calendar month, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, the secretary shall deposit ten per cent of all monies...

Article 2 Licensing

Article 3 Regulation of Podiatrists

Article 4 Dispensing of Drugs and Devices

Chapter 8 CHIROPRACTIC
Article 1 Board of Chiropractic Examiners

Article 2 Licensing and Regulation

Chapter 9 COLLECTION AGENCIES
Article 1 Administration

  • § 32-1001 Definitions
    In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. " Claim" means an obligation for the payment of money or its equivalent and a...
  • § 32-1004 Exemptions
    A. The following persons are exempt from the provisions of this chapter when engaged in the regular course of their respective businesses but shall...

Article 2 Licensing

Article 3 Regulation

Chapter 10 CONTRACTORS
Article 1 Registrar of Contractors

Article 2 Licensing

Article 2.1 Residential Contractors' Recovery Fund

Article 3 Regulation

Article 4 Qualification of Solar Contractors

Article 5 General Remodeling and Repair Contractors

Chapter 11 DENTISTRY
Article 1 Dental Board

Article 2 Licensing

Article 3 Regulation

Article 4 Licensing and Regulation of Dental Hygienists

Article 5 Certification and Regulation of Denturists

Article 6 Dispensing of Drugs and Devices

Article 7 Rehabilitation

Article 8 Mobile Dental Facilities and Portable Dental Units

Chapter 12 FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS
Article 1 Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers

Article 2 Licensing and Registration

Article 3 Regulation and Enforcement

Article 3.1 Funeral Practices

Article 4 Licensing and Regulation of Funeral Establishments

Article 5 Prearranged Funeral Agreements

Article 6 Cremation

Chapter 13 MEDICINE AND SURGERY
Article 1 Arizona Medical Board

Article 2 Licensing

Article 3 Regulation

Article 4 Emergency Aid

Article 5 Transfusions

  • § 32-1481 Limitation Of Liability
    A. No physician, surgeon, hospital or person who assists a physician, surgeon or hospital in obtaining, preparing, injecting or transfusing blood or its components...
  • § 32-1482 Reporting Of Hepatitis Cases
    The director of the department of health services for the purposes of reducing the transmission of hepatitis by injection or transfusion of blood and...
  • § 32-1483 Notification To Donors
    Pursuant to rules promulgated by the director of the department of health services, all federally registered blood banks, blood centers and plasma centers in...

Article 6 Dispensing of Drugs and Devices

Chapter 14 NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE
Article 1 Naturopathic Physicians Medical Board

Article 2 Licensing

Article 3 Regulation

Article 4 Dispensing of Natural Substances and Devices

Chapter 15 NURSING
Article 1 Board of Nursing

Article 2 Licensing and Certification

Article 3 Regulation

Chapter 15 DISPENSING OPTICIANS
Article 1 Administration

Article 2 Licensing

Article 3 Regulation

Chapter 16 OPTOMETRY
Article 1 General Provisions

Article 2 Licensing

Article 3 Regulation

Article 4 Referral

Article 5 Dispensers of Contact Lenses

Chapter 17 OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS
Article 1 Board of Osteopathic Examiners in Medicine and Surgery

Article 2 Licensing

Article 3 Regulation

Article 4 Dispensing of Drugs and Devices

Chapter 18 PHARMACY
Article 1 Board of Pharmacy

Article 2 Licensure and Permits

Article 3 Regulation

Article 3.1 Regulation of Full Service Wholesale Permittees

Article 4 Enforcement of Chapter; Penalties

Chapter 19 BOARD OF PHYSICAL THERAPY
Article 1 General Provisions

Article 2 Licensure and Examination

Article 3 Regulation of Physical Therapy

Chapter 19 PSYCHOLOGISTS
Article 1 Board of Psychologist Examiners

Article 2 Licensure

Article 3 Regulation

Article 4 Behavior Analysts

Chapter 20 REAL ESTATE
Article 1 Real Estate Department

Article 2 Licensing

Article 3 Regulation

Article 3.1 Property Management

Article 4 Sale of Subdivided Lands

Article 5 Real Estate Recovery Fund

Article 6 Organization and Regulation of Cemeteries

Article 7 Sale of Unsubdivided Lands

Article 9 Real Estate Timeshares

Article 10 Membership Camping

Chapter 21 VETERINARIANS
Article 1 Administration

Article 2 Licensing

Article 3 Regulation

Article 4 Certification of Veterinary Technicians

Article 5 Emergency Aid

  • § 32-2261 Emergency Aid; Nonliability
    Any person licensed or certified pursuant to this chapter who gratuitously and in good faith gives emergency treatment to a sick or injured animal...

Article 6 Registration of Veterinary Medical Premises

Article 7 Dispensing of Drugs and Devices

Article 8 Licensure of Animal Crematories

Chapter 22 STRUCTURAL PEST MANAGEMENT REGULATION
Article 1 General Provisions

Article 2 Certification, Registration and Licensure

Article 3 Regulation

Article 4 Wood-Destroying Organisms

Chapter 23 PROFESSIONAL DRIVER TRAINING SCHOOLS
Article 1 Administration

  • § 32-2351 Definitions
    In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. " Agent" means any person who, for compensation, enrolls or attempts to enroll residents of...
  • § 32-2352 Enforcement; Contract With Private Entity
    A. The director, subject to title 41, chapter 6, shall adopt such rules concerning the administration and enforcement of this chapter as are necessary...
  • § 32-2353 Exemptions
    This chapter does not apply to any person who gives driver training lessons without charge, to employers maintaining driver training schools without charge for...

Article 2 Licensing

Article 3 Regulation

Chapter 24 PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS
Article 1 General Provisions

Article 2 Agency Licenses

Article 3 Registration Certificates

Article 4 Regulation

Chapter 25 PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS
Article 1 General Provisions

Article 2 Licensure

Article 3 Scope of Practice and Approval of Employment

Article 4 Regulation

Chapter 26 SECURITY GUARDS
Article 1 General Provisions

Article 2 Agency Licensing

Article 3 Registration Certificates

Article 4 Regulation

Chapter 28 RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGISTS
Article 1 Administration

Article 2 Certification

Article 3 Regulation

Article 4 Mammography

Chapter 29 HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS
Article 1 Board of Homeopathic and Integrated Medicine Examiners

Article 2 Licensing

Article 3 Regulation

Article 4 Dispensing of Drugs and Devices

Chapter 30 PRIVATE POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
Article 1 General Provisions

Article 2 Licensure

Article 3 Regulation

Article 4 Student Tuition Recovery Fund

  • § 32-3071 Definitions
    In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. " Assessment" means the amount a private postsecondary education institution is required to pay to...
  • § 32-3072 Student Tuition Recovery Fund
    A. The student tuition recovery fund is established and shall be administered by the board. A person injured by a private postsecondary education institution...
  • § 32-3073 Powers And Duties Of Board Over Fund
    A. The board shall: 1. Administer the student tuition recovery fund. 2. Receive claims against the fund from persons injured and provide students' educational...
  • § 32-3074 Deposit Of Assessments
    A. The assessments and student record request fees received by the board for deposit in the fund shall be held in trust to carry...
  • § 32-3075 Statute Of Limitations; Recovery From Fund; Eligibility
    A. A claim against the fund shall not be commenced later than one year after the private postsecondary education institution has ceased operations. The...
  • § 32-3076 Subrogation
    The state has the right of subrogation to the extent of payments made from the fund including the right to collect from a letter...
  • § 32-3077 Violation; Penalties
    A. The board may suspend the license of an institution which is required to pay the assessment to the student tuition recovery fund and...

Chapter 31 REGULATION OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS
Article 1 General Provisions

Chapter 32 HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
Article 1 General Provisions

Article 2 Cosmetic Laser and Injection Procedures

  • § 32-3231 Definitions
    In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. " Administer" means the direct application, dispensing or furnishing a prescription medication or a prescription-only...
  • § 32-3232 Supervision
    Only a health professional, who has prescribing authority and who is acting within the health professional's scope of practice, may administer or supervise another...
  • § 32-3233 Lasers; Ipl Devices; Authorized Use; Authorized Supervision
    A. A health professional may register, operate and use a laser or IPL device registered with the agency or administer drugs or devices for...
  • § 32-3234 Laser Safety Fund
    The laser safety fund is established consisting of fees collected by the agency pursuant to sections 32-516 and 32-3233. The agency shall administer the...

Chapter 33 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
Article 1 Board of Behavioral Health Examiners

Article 2 Academic Review Committees

Article 3 Licensure

Article 4 Regulation

Article 5 Social Work

Article 6 Counseling

Article 7 Marriage and Family Therapy

Article 8 Substance Abuse Counseling

Chapter 34 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
Article 1 Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners

Article 2 Licensure

Article 3 Regulation of Occupational Therapists

Chapter 35 RESPIRATORY CARE
Article 1 General Provisions

Article 2 Licensure

Article 3 Regulation

Chapter 36 REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL
Article 1 General Provisions

Article 2 Registration, Licensure and Certification

Article 3 Regulation

Article 4 Property Tax Agents

  • § 32-3651 Definitions
    In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. " Analysis" means the review of a property valuation or legal classification established by a...
  • § 32-3652 Registration; Renewal; Fees
    A. An individual who wishes to act as a property tax agent shall apply for registration by submitting to the board a completed application...
  • § 32-3653 Property Tax Agent Conduct
    A property tax agent: 1. Shall not knowingly misrepresent any information or act in a fraudulent manner. 2. Shall not prepare documents or provide...
  • § 32-3654 Disciplinary Actions
    A. On the complaint of any person or on its own motion, the board shall investigate any suspected violation of this article by a...
  • § 32-3655 Rules
    The board may adopt rules for the purpose of administering this article.
  • § 32-3656 Confidential Records
    Except as otherwise provided by law, all documents associated with a complaint pursuant to this article are confidential until the complaint is resolved.

Article 5 Appraisal Management Companies

  • § 32-3661 Definitions
    In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. " Appraisal" means the act or process of developing an opinion of the value of...
  • § 32-3662 Registration
    A. A person shall not directly or indirectly engage or attempt to engage in business as an appraisal management company, directly or indirectly perform...
  • § 32-3663 Exemptions
    This article does not apply to: 1. A department or unit within a financial institution that is subject to direct regulation by an agency...
  • § 32-3664 Registration Forms
    An applicant for initial and renewal registration as an appraisal management company shall submit to the board an application on a form prescribed by...
  • § 32-3665 Expiration Of Registration
    An initial registration granted by the board pursuant to this article is valid for one year from the date on which it is issued....
  • § 32-3666 Consent To Service Of Process
    Each entity applying for registration as an appraisal management company shall complete and execute an irrevocable consent to service of process form as prescribed...
  • § 32-3667 Fee; Bond
    A. The board shall establish the fee for appraisal management company registration by rule. B. The appraisal management company is required to show proof...
  • § 32-3668 Owner Requirements
    A. An appraisal management company applying for registration may not be owned by a person or have any principal of the company who has...
  • § 32-3669 Controlling Person
    A. Each appraisal management company applying to the board for registration in this state shall designate one controlling person that will be the main...
  • § 32-3670 Employee Requirements
    Any employee of an appraisal management company, or any person working on behalf of an appraisal management company, who has the responsibility of selecting...
  • § 32-3671 Agreements With Independent Appraisers; Limitations
    An appraisal management company registered in this state pursuant to this article may not enter into contracts or agreements with an independent appraiser for...
  • § 32-3672 Certification On Renewal
    A. Each appraisal management company seeking to be registered in this state shall certify to the board on renewal on a form prescribed by...
  • § 32-3673 Disclosure Of Fees
    A. The appraisal management company shall not prohibit the appraiser from reporting in the appraisal report the fee paid to the appraiser. B. The...
  • § 32-3674 Appraiser Independence; Prohibitions
    A. Any employee, director, officer or agent of an appraisal management company registered pursuant to this article shall not influence or attempt to influence...
  • § 32-3675 Payment
    Except in cases of breach of contract or substandard performance of services, each appraisal management company shall make payment to an independent appraiser for...
  • § 32-3676 Appraisal Reports; Alteration; Use
    An appraisal management company shall not: 1. Alter, modify, revise or otherwise change a completed appraisal report submitted by an independent appraiser, including removing...
  • § 32-3677 Adjudication Of Disputes
    A. Except within the first sixty days after an independent appraiser is first added to the appraiser panel of an appraisal management company, an...
  • § 32-3678 Enforcement
    The board may censure an appraisal management company, conditionally or unconditionally suspend or revoke any registration issued under this article or impose civil penalties...
  • § 32-3679 Disciplinary Hearings
    A. The board may conduct disciplinary proceedings in accordance with title 41, chapter 6, article 10. B. Before censuring any registrant, or suspending or...
  • § 32-3680 Rule Making Authority
    The board shall adopt rules that are reasonably necessary to implement, administer and enforce this article, including rules for obtaining copies of appraisals and...

Chapter 37 CHILD SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS
Article 1 General Provisions

Chapter 38 PRIVACY RIGHTS
Article 1 General Provisions

Chapter 39 ACUPUNCTURE
Article 1 Acupuncture Board of Examiners

Article 2 Licensure

Article 3 Regulation

Chapter 40 BOARD OF CERTIFIED REPORTERS
Article 1 General Provisions

  • § 32-4001 Scope Of Chapter
    This chapter applies to persons, entities or courts that use stenographic or voice writing means of recording but does not apply to other means...
  • § 32-4002 Definitions
    In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. " Board" means the board of certified reporters. 2. " Certification" means a standard certificate...
  • § 32-4003 Reporter Certification; Violation
    A. A person shall not report proceedings in any court in this state and shall not report depositions in this state for use in...
  • § 32-4004 Board Of Certified Reporters
    A. The board of certified reporters is established consisting of the following members: 1. The chief justice of the supreme court or the chief...
  • § 32-4005 Program Administration; Duties
    A. The supreme court shall: 1. Administer the reporter certification program. 2. Adopt rules. 3. Establish and collect fees, costs and penalties that are...
  • § 32-4006 Enforcement And Disciplinary Procedures
    A. On its own motion or on receipt of a complaint, the board shall investigate, prosecute and adjudicate alleged violations of this chapter, as...
  • § 32-4007 Certified Reporters Fund; Report
    A. The certified reporters fund is established consisting of fees, costs and penalties collected pursuant to sections 32-4005, 32-4006 and 32-4008 and monies appropriated...
  • § 32-4008 Fees
    The supreme court shall set and collect the following fees to carry out this chapter: 1. Examination fees. 2. Certificate application fees. 3. Certificate...

Article 2 Certification

Article 3 Regulation

Chapter 41 ATHLETIC TRAINERS
Article 1 General Provisions

Article 2 Licensure

Article 3 Regulation

Chapter 42 MASSAGE THERAPY
Article 1 General Provisions

Article 2 Licensure

Article 3 Regulation

Chapter 43 LICENSE, CERTIFICATE OR REGISTRATION RENEWALS FOR MILITARY MEMBERS
Article 1 General Provisions

Chapter 44 REGULATION OF NONHEALTH PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Article 1 General Provisions

Chapter 45 REGULATION OF OUT-OF-STATE BUSINESSES AND OUT-OF-STATE EMPLOYEES DURING A DISASTER
Article 1 General Provisions

Last modified: October 13, 2016