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REFERENCE TITLE: board certification; disclosure requirements |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025
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SB 1607 |
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Introduced by Senators Fernandez: Bolick, Gowan, Kavanagh
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An Act
amending section 32-3213, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to health professionals.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 32-3213, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
32-3213. Health professionals; disclosure; prohibition; unprofessional conduct; definition
A. An advertisement for health care services that includes a health professional's name shall identify the title and type of license the health professional holds and under which the health professional is practicing.
B. A health professional and the health professional's staff, employer or representative may not represent to the public that the health professional is board certified unless the health professional's certification is current and the public is provided the full name of the certifying agency, organization or entity.
B. C. A health professional who violates this section commits an act of unprofessional conduct.
C. D. For the purposes of this section, "advertisement":
1. Includes billboards, brochures, pamphlets, radio and television scripts, electronic media, printed telephone directories, telephone and direct mail solicitations and any other means of promotion intended to directly or indirectly induce any person to enter into an agreement for services with the health professional. Advertisement
2. Does not include materials that provide information about network providers and that are created by an entity regulated under title 20.