NOTICE OF AGENCY
SUBSTANTIVE POLICY STATEMENT #15

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 Deny Licenses. (SPS #15)

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 deny licenses if applicants do not meet the requirements of law.

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.

Limited Denial of Licenses

STATUTUORY REFERENCE:

1422 (E) … to deny licenses if applicants do not meet the requirements of this section

CIRCUMSTANCES OF USE:

For the E.D. to deny licenses when an applicant fails to meet the basic requirements for licensure,

— the Licensing Administrator (in consultation with the Investigative Staff, including Medical Consultants, if necessary) concurs, after reviewing the evidence submitted related to the basic licensure requirements, that the applicant does not qualify for licensure, and

Subsequent to denying a license,

— the E.D. shall report to the Board at each bimonthly Board meeting a list of the individuals whose licenses were denied during the prior period. This list will appear in the Executive Director's report.