NOTICE OF AGENCY
SUBSTANTIVE POLICY STATEMENT #10

The Arizona Board of Medical Examiners
9545 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258

1. Title of the guidance document or subject of the substantive policy statement and the guidance document number or substantive policy statement number by which the document or policy statement is referenced:

Guidelines For Delegating Authority To The Executive Director To Grant Uncontested Requests For Inactive Status And Cancellation Of A License. (SPS #10)

2. Date of the application of the guidance documents or the date the substantive policy statement was issued and the effective date of the document or policy statement if different from the publication or issuance date:

Adopted by the Board July 28, 1999, Originally Published August 27, 1999.

3. Summary of the contents of the guidance document or the substantive policy statement:

Guidelines describing the circumstances of use for the Executive Director to grant uncontested requests for inactive status and cancellation of a license pursuant to A.R.S. Sections 32-1431 and 32-1433.

4. A statement as to whether the guidance document or substantive policy statement is a new document or statement or a revision.

New Statement

5. The name, address and telephone number of the person to whom questions and comments about the guidance document or substantive policy statement may be directed:

Deputy Director, Arizona Board of Medical Examiners
9545 East Doubletree Ranch Road Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
(480) 551-2700

6. Information about where a person may obtain a copy of the guidance document or the substantive policy statement and the costs for obtaining the document or policy statement:

Available from the Board of Medical Examiners.
Twenty-five cents per page copying cost.

Uncontested Requests for Inactive Status and Cancellation of License

STATUTUORY REFERENCE:

1405 (C) 26 … grant uncontested requests for inactive status and cancellation of a license pursuant to sections 32-1431 and 32-1433.

CIRCUMSTANCES OF USE:

The use of the term uncontested here signifies that the licensee requesting inactive status or cancellation has met the requirements of A.R.S §32-1431 or 32-1433, respectively. One of these requirements is that the licensee has no pending complaints.

The E.D. shall grant such requests only in uncontested circumstances, and shall subsequently provide the Board at each bimonthly meeting with a list of the individuals who were granted inactive or cancelled license status. This list will appear in the Executive Director's report.