Arizona Laws 15-534.04. Reciprocal discipline; definition
A. A final adjudication or judgment in another jurisdiction that a certificated or noncertificated person has engaged in immoral or unprofessional conduct shall be treated as immoral or unprofessional conduct for the purposes of any disciplinary proceeding conducted against that person in this state.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 15-534.04
- 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.
- person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association or public or private organization of any kind. See Arizona Laws 15-101
- Process: means a citation, writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Uphold: The decision of an appellate court not to reverse a lower court decision.
B. An applicant for certification who has been disciplined in another jurisdiction for immoral or unprofessional conduct shall successfully complete the disciplinary process in that jurisdiction before that person may apply for certification in this state.
C. After receiving notification that a person’s educator certificate has been revoked in another jurisdiction, the state board of education may revoke all certificates issued in this state to that person in a manner that is consistent with the terms of revocation in the other jurisdiction, unless that person requests a hearing pursuant to Title 41, Chapter 6, Article 6. After conducting a hearing requested pursuant to this subsection, the state board of education shall determine whether to uphold the revocation or to decline the revocation.
D. For the purposes of this section, "noncertificated person" has the same meaning prescribed in section 15-505.