Arizona Laws 32-1524. Application; deficiencies in application; interview; withdrawal; release of information
A. Each applicant for licensure or certification shall file a verified completed application in the form and style required and supplied by the board and accompanied by the appropriate application fee prescribed in section 32-1527. The filing of an application grants the board the authority to obtain information from any licensing board or agency in any state, district, territory or county of the United States or another country, from the Arizona criminal justice information system in the department of public safety and from the federal bureau of investigation. The fingerprints submitted shall be used to obtain a state and federal criminal records check pursuant to section 41-1750 and Public Law 92-544. The department of public safety is authorized to exchange this fingerprint data with the federal bureau of investigation.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 32-1524
- Board: means the naturopathic physicians medical board. See Arizona Laws 32-1501
- Completed application: means that the applicant paid the required fees and supplied all documents and information as requested by the board and in a manner acceptable to the board. See Arizona Laws 32-1501
- 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.
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- internship: means that the program in which the training occurred or is being conducted has been approved for internship training for physicians or for graduates of a school of naturopathic medicine by the board or was approved or accredited by an educational or professional association recognized by the board or by another state's or country's licensing agency recognized by the board. See Arizona Laws 32-1501
- preceptorship: means that the program in which the training occurred or is being conducted has been approved for preceptorship training for physicians or for graduates of a school of naturopathic medicine by the board or was approved or accredited by an educational or professional association recognized by the board or by another state's or country's licensing agency recognized by the board. See Arizona Laws 32-1501
- Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215
B. The application shall require the applicant to submit evidence, credentials and other proof necessary to satisfy the board that the applicant meets the requirements of a completed application.
C. The application shall contain the oath of the applicant that:
1. All information contained in the application and evidence submitted with it are true and correct.
2. The credentials submitted were not procured by fraud or misrepresentation or any mistake of which the applicant is aware.
3. The applicant is the lawful holder of the credentials.
D. All applications submitted to the board and any attendant evidence, credentials or other proof submitted with an application are the property of the board and part of the permanent record of the board and shall not be returned to a withdrawing applicant.
E. The board shall promptly inform an applicant, in writing, of the deficiencies, if any, in the application that prevent it from being considered by the board as a completed application.
F. The board may interview the applicant to determine whether the application is sufficient or whether the applicant otherwise qualifies for licensure or for a certificate.
G. Applications are considered withdrawn on the occurrence of any of the following:
1. The request of the applicant.
2. Failure of the applicant to appear for an interview with the board except for good cause.
3. Failure of the applicant to submit a completed application within one year after the date of the mailing by the board of a statement to the applicant of the deficiencies in the application under subsection E of this section.
4. Failure of the applicant to show, within one year after the interview provided for in subsection F of this section, that the completed application is true and correct.
H. Applicants for a license or for a certificate to engage in a preceptorship training program or an internship training program shall submit a fingerprint card in the manner required by the board.