PREFILED JAN 09 2026
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REFERENCE TITLE: health boards; evaluations; notice |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session 2026
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SB 1124 |
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Introduced by Senator Werner: Representative Gress
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AN ACT
Amending title 32, chapter 32, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 32-3230.03; relating to health professionals.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 32, chapter 32, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 32-3230.03, to read:
32-3230.03. Evaluations; notice; hearing; results; reimbursement
A. At least fourteen days before a health profession regulatory board meets to vote to require a psychological, psychiatric or physical evaluation of a health professional, the health profession regulatory board shall provide a notice to the health professional that includes a summary of the action or complaint that prompted the health profession regulatory board to consider requiring the evaluation.
B. The health professional may provide a written response to the notice required by subsection a of this section. The health profession regulatory board shall consider any written response by the health professional when determining whether to require a psychological, psychiatric or physical evaluation. The health professional has the right to appear at a hearing and testify before the health profession regulatory board regarding the matter that is the subject of the notice required by subsection a of this section.
C. If the health profession regulatory board votes to require a psychological, psychiatric or physical evaluation of a health professional, the health profession regulatory board shall provide the health professional with a copy of the completed evaluation. If the health profession regulatory board does not take any disciplinary or nondisciplinary action as a result of the evaluation, the health profession regulatory board shall reimburse the health professional for any costs the health professional incurred in obtaining the evaluation.