Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-18-101 - Definitions
In addition to the definitions in A.R.S. §§ 32-1501 through 32-1581, the following definitions apply to this Chapter unless otherwise specified:
1. "Administrative
completeness review" means the Board's process for determining that an
applicant has provided, or caused to be provided, all of the application packet
information and documentation required by statute or rule for an application
for a license or a certificate.
2.
"Applicant" means a person requesting from the Board an initial, temporary, or
renewal license or certificate.
3.
"Approved Specialty College or Program" means a postdoctoral training program
that awards a medical specialist certificate, and is certified by a Specialty
Board of Examiners, The American Association of Naturopathic Physicians
("AANP") or another professional association or, another state's licensing
agency, and which is recognized by the Board.
a.
The Council on Naturopathic Medical
Education,
b.
The American Association of Naturopathic Physicians,
or
c.
The Arizona Naturopathic Medical
Association.
4.
"Chief medical officer" means a physician who is responsible for a clinical,
preceptorship, internship, or postdoctoral training program's compliance with
state and federal laws, rules, and regulations.
5. "Continuing medical education" means
courses, seminars, lectures, programs, conferences, and workshops related to
subjects listed in A.R.S. §
32-1525(B),
that are offered or sanctioned by one of the organizations referenced in
R4-18-205(B).
6. "Device" means the same as in A.R.S.
§
32-1581(H)(1).
7. "Endorsement" means the procedure for
granting a license in this state to an applicant who is currently licensed to
practice naturopathic medicine by another state, district, or territory of the
United States or by a foreign country that requires a written examination
substantially equivalent to the written examination provided for in A.R.S.
§
32-1525.
8. "Facility" means a health care institution
as defined in A.R.S. §
36-401,
office or clinic maintained by a health care institution or by an individual
licensed under A.R.S. Title 32, Chapter 13, 14, 17, or 29, office or public
health clinic maintained by a state or county, office or clinic operated by a
qualifying community health center under A.R.S. §
36-2907.06,
or an office or clinic operated by a corporation, association, partnership, or
company authorized to do business in Arizona under A.R.S. Title 10.
9. "Informed consent" means a document,
signed by a patient or the patient's legal guardian, which contains the
information in
R4-18-802(A)(1),
(A)(2), and (A)(3).
10. "Institutional review board" means a
group of persons that is approved according to guidelines of the United States
Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Human Research Protection,
which reviews investigational or experimental protocols and approves their use
on animals or humans for the purposes of protecting the subjects of the
investigational or experimental protocol from undue harm and assures that the
research and its review is carried out according to guidelines of the United
States Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Human Research
Protection.
11. "Internship" means
clinical and didactic training by a doctor of naturopathic medicine certified
by the Board according to A.R.S. §
32-1561.
12. "License" means a document issued by the
Board that authorizes the individual to whom it is issued to practice
naturopathic medicine.
13. "Medical
student" means naturopathic medical student defined in A.R.S. §
32-1501(24).
14. "Medication" means the same as drug
defined in A.R.S. §
32-1501(15)
or natural substance defined in A.R.S.
§
32-1501(23).
15. "National board" means any of the
following:
a. The Federation of State Medical
Licensing Boards,
b. The National
Board of Chiropractic Examiners,
c.
The National Board of Medical Examiners,
d. The National Board of Osteopathic
Examiners, or
e. The North American
Board of Naturopathic Examiners.
16. "Procedure" means an activity directed at
or performed on an individual for improving health, treating disease or injury,
or making a diagnosis.
17.
"Protocol" means an explicit detailed plan of an experimental medical procedure
or test that is approved by an institutional review board.
18. "Resident physician in training" means a
person who holds a degree of doctor of naturopathic medicine and is certified
by the Board to diagnose and treat patients under supervision in an internship,
preceptorship, or a post doctoral training program.
19. "Substantive review" means the Board's
process for determining whether an applicant for licensure, certification, or
approval meets the requirements of A.R.S. Title 32, Chapter 14 and this
Chapter.
20. "Verified" means a
notarized form dated, and signed by the applicant, affirming the information
provided in the application, including any accompanying documents submitted by
or on behalf of the applicant, is true and complete.
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