NOTICE OF AGENCY
SUBSTANTIVE POLICY STATEMENT #8

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 Allowing The Executive Director To Require Evaluations And Investigational Interviews. (SPS #8)

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 require evaluations or investigational interviews which assist in information gathering.

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.

Interim Evaluations and Investigational Interviews

STATUTUORY REFERENCE:

1451 (C) …shall require any combination of mental, physical or oral or written medical competency examinations and conduct necessary investigations including investigational interviews between representatives of the board and the doctor to fully inform itself with respect to any information filed with the board under subsection A of this section. These examinations may include biological fluid testing.

CIRCUMSTANCES OF USE:

For the E.D. to require evaluations of investigational interviews which assist in information gathering,

(a) The Supervising Medical Consultant recommends, after reviewing the allegations and investigator's summary, that such mental, physical, oral, or written medical competency examinations be conducted, or
(b) either the Investigation Supervisor or Supervising Medical Consultant, after reviewing the allegations and relevant facts at hand, recommends conducting an investigational interview.

Subsequent to requiring such evaluations or interviews,

— the E.D. shall report to the Board at each bimonthly Board meeting a statistical summary of the numbers and types of evaluations completed during the prior period for Board information. This Summary will appear in the Executive Director's report.