A.
OLR shall review an application and render a licensing decision within required
time-frames.
B. Within 30 days of
receiving an application, OLR shall conduct an administrative completeness
review to determine whether all required documentation and information has been
submitted. Within the 30-day administrative review time-frame:
1. If the application is complete, OLR shall
immediately move the application forward for a substantive review; or
2. If the application is incomplete, OLR
shall issue a Notice of Incomplete Application to the applicant and the
licensing agency containing a list of items and information needed to complete
the application.
a. The applicant shall have
30 days to supply the missing items or information to OLR via the licensing
agency.
b. The time-frame for the
administrative completeness review shall be suspended from the date OLR issues
the Notice of Incomplete Application to the date that OLR receives the missing
item or information.
c. If the
applicant does not supply the requested items or information within 30 days of
receiving the Notice of Incomplete Application, OLR may close the file. Once
closed, the applicant may reapply for licensure, except as prohibited by
R21-6-414.
d. If the applicant
supplies the required items and information via the licensing agency to OLR
within 30 days, OLR shall conduct a substantive review of the
application.
C. Within the 30 days following the
administrative completeness review of an application, and if the application is
complete, OLR shall complete a substantive review to evaluate the applicant's
fitness for licensure. Within the 30- day substantive review time-frame, OLR:
1. May request that the applicant or
licensing agency provide additional information if needed to evaluate the
suitability of the applicant for licensure.
a. The applicant and the licensing agency
shall have an additional 21 days to provide the information to OLR.
b. The time-frame for the substantive review
shall be suspended from the date OLR requests additional information to the
date OLR receives the information.
2. Shall make the licensing decision, as
described under
R21-6-406, and take a licensing action, as described under
R21-6-414.
D. Within an
overall time-frame of 60 days upon receipt of a complete application, OLR
shall:
1. Complete an administrative review of
an application,
2. Complete a
substantive review of an applicant's fitness, and
3. Notify the applicant and the licensing
agency of the decision to grant or deny a license.
E. The same time-frames used for initial
licensure shall also apply to renewing and amending a license:
1. OLR shall complete the administrative
completeness review within a maximum of 30 days from receipt of the
application.
2. OLR shall complete
the substantive review of a complete application within a maximum of 30 days
following the administrative completeness review.
3. OLR shall review the application and
notify the applicant and licensing agency of the licensing decision within a
maximum of 60 days, not including suspended timeframes, from receipt of the
application.
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Process
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Responsible Party
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Time-frame for Completion
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Completion of training and assembly of the
application
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Applicant and licensing agency
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Not regulated: typically two-four months
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Administrative completeness review
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OLR
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Maximum of 30 days
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Respond to the notification of incompleteness
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Applicant and licensing agency
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Maximum of 30 days (time-frame is suspended)
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Substantive review
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OLR
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Maximum of 30 days
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Respond to request for additional information to
evaluate fitness
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Applicant and licensing agency
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Maximum of 21 days (time-frame is suspended)
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Overall time-frame for a licensing decision
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OLR
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Maximum of 60 days
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Notes
Ariz. Admin. Code §
R21-6-407
New
section made by exempt rulemaking at
21
A.A.R. 3480, effective
1/24/2016.
