Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-26-417 - Licensing Time Frames
A. For the purpose
of A.R.S. §
41-1073, the Board establishes the
following time frames:
1. Initial license.
a. Overall time frame: 120 days,
b. Administrative completeness review time
frame: 30 days, and
c. Substantive
review time frame: 90 days;
2. Renewal license.
a. Overall time frame: 150 days,
b. Administrative completeness review time
frame: 60 days, and
c. Substantive
review time frame: 90 days; and
3. Initial registration as an out-of-state
health care provider of telehealth services.
a. Overall time frame: 120 days,
b. Administrative completeness review time
frame: 30 days, and
c. Substantive
review time frame: 90 days.
B. An applicant and the Executive Director of
the Board may agree in writing to extend the substantive review and overall
time frames by no more than 25 percent of the overall time frame.
C. The administrative completeness review
time frame begins when the Board receives the application materials required
under R4-26-403,
R4-26-408(C) and
(D), or as prescribed under A.R.S. §
36-3606. During the administrative
completeness review time frame, the Board shall notify the applicant that the
application is either complete or incomplete. If the application is incomplete,
the Board shall specify in the notice what information is missing.
D. An applicant whose application is
incomplete shall submit the missing information to the Board within 240 days
for an initial license. Both the administrative completeness review and overall
time frames are suspended from the date of the Board's notice under subsection
(C) until the Board receives all of the missing information.
E. Upon receipt of all missing information,
the Board shall notify the applicant that the application is complete. The
Board shall not send a separate notice of completeness if the Board grants or
denies a license within the administrative completeness review time frame
listed in subsection (A)(1)(b) or (A)(2)(b).
F. The substantive review time frame begins
on the date of the Board's notice of administrative completeness.
G. If the Board determines during the
substantive review that additional information is needed, the Board shall send
the applicant a comprehensive written request for additional
information.
H. An applicant who
receives a request under subsection (G) shall submit the additional information
to the Board within 240 days. Both the substantive review and overall time
frames are suspended from the date of the Board's request until the Board
receives the additional information.
I. An applicant may receive a 30-day
extension of the time provided under subsection (D) or (H) by providing written
notice to the Board before the time expires. If an applicant fails to submit to
the Board the missing or additional information within the time provided under
subsection (D) or (H) or the time as extended, the Board shall close the
applicant's file. To receive further consideration, a person whose file is
closed shall re-apply.
J. Within
the overall time frame listed in subsection (A), the Board shall:
1. Grant a license if the Board determines
that the applicant meets all criteria required by statute and this Article;
or
2. Deny a license if the Board
determines that the applicant does not meet all criteria required by statute
and this Article.
K. If the Board
grants a license under subsection (J)(1), the Board shall send the applicant a
notice explaining that the Board shall issue the license only after the
applicant pays the license issuance fee specified under
R4-26-402 and pro-rated as
prescribed under A.R.S. §
32-2091.07(A).
1. The reason for denial, with
citations to supporting statutes or rules;
2. The applicant's right to appeal the denial
by filing an appeal under A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6, Article 10;
3. The time for appealing the denial;
and
4. The applicant's right to
request an informal settlement conference.
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