Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 36 > Chapter 6 > Article 7.2 - Doulas

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Department: means the department of health services. See Arizona Laws 36-766
• Director: means the director of the department. See Arizona Laws 36-766
• Doula: means a trained nonmedical professional who may provide continuous physical, emotional and informational support to families before, during and after childbirth for a period of one year after birth or in the case of loss and who may serve as a liaison between the birth parents and medical and social services staff to improve the quality of medical, social and behavioral outcomes. See Arizona Laws 36-766
• 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.
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• 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: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Practice as a state-certified doula: means a state-certified doula who provides services in accordance with the core competencies specified by this article and the rules adopted pursuant to this article. See Arizona Laws 36-766
• Process: means a citation, writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• State-certified doula: means a doula to whom the department has issued a certificate to practice as a state-certified doula in this state. See Arizona Laws 36-766