Arizona Laws 32-1526. Licenses; certificates; issuance; renewal; failure to renew
A. The board shall issue licenses and certificates to applicants who are qualified under this chapter. The board shall only issue licenses under this chapter on the vote of a majority of the full board. Subject to review by the board at its next board meeting, the executive director may issue temporary licenses pursuant to Section 32-1522.01, license renewals and certificates to qualified applicants.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 32-1526
- Active license: means a current valid license to practice naturopathic medicine. See Arizona Laws 32-1501
- Board: means the naturopathic physicians medical 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.
- General supervision: means that the physician is available for consultation regarding procedures that the physician has authorized and for which the physician remains responsible. See Arizona Laws 32-1501
- 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.
- Naturopathic medicine: means medicine as taught in approved schools of naturopathic medicine and in clinical, internship, preceptorship and postdoctoral training programs approved by the board and practiced by a recipient of a degree of doctor of naturopathic medicine licensed pursuant to this chapter. See Arizona Laws 32-1501
- Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Physician: means a doctor of naturopathic medicine who is licensed pursuant to this chapter. See Arizona Laws 32-1501
- Practice of naturopathic medicine: means a medical system of diagnosing and treating diseases, injuries, ailments, infirmities and other conditions of the human mind and body, including by natural means, drugless methods, drugs, nonsurgical methods, devices, physical, electrical, hygienic and sanitary measures and all forms of physical agents and modalities. See Arizona Laws 32-1501
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
B. Except as provided in section 32-4301, a license or certificate issued by the board expires unless renewed each year.
C. Each physician who holds an active license to practice naturopathic medicine in this state shall renew the license on or before January 1 of each year by supplying the executive director with information the board determines is necessary and payment of the annual renewal fee prescribed in section 32-1527.
D. A person who holds a certificate issued by the board shall renew the certificate on or before July 1 of each year by supplying the executive director with information the board determines is necessary and payment of the annual fee prescribed in section 32-1527.
E. A licensee or certificate holder whose license or certificate is current and who is not currently the subject of a probationary order or licensure suspension by the board may request, at any time, and shall be granted cancellation of the license or certificate.
F. A person who fails to renew a license or certificate by the due date shall pay a late renewal fee as prescribed in section 32-1527. Except as provided in section 32-4301, a license or certificate automatically expires if not renewed within sixty days after the due date.
G. The board may reinstate a license or certificate on payment of all renewal and penalty fees as prescribed in section 32-1527 and, if requested by the board, presentation of evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant for reinstatement of an expired license is professionally able to engage or assist in the practice of naturopathic medicine and still possesses the professional knowledge required. If an applicant for reinstatement of an expired license has not been licensed and actively practicing in a jurisdiction of the United States or Canada in the three years immediately preceding the application, the board may issue a limited license that requires a period of general supervision by another licensed naturopathic physician not to exceed one year.
H. After a hearing, the board may refuse to reinstate a license or certificate for any grounds prescribed in section 32-1551.
I. The board and the executive director may prorate initial annual fees when a new application is approved by dividing the annual amount by twelve and multiplying the results by the number of months remaining until the next annual renewal date.