Ariz. Admin. Code § R3-8-107 - Licensing Time-frames

A. Overall time-frame. The PMD shall issue or deny a license within the overall time-frames listed in Table 1. The overall time-frame, which is the total number of days provided for both the administrative completeness and substantive review time-frames, begins when the PMD receives an application.

B. Administrative completeness review time-frame.

1. During the administrative completeness review time-frame, the PMD shall notify the applicant in writing whether the application is complete or incomplete. If the application is incomplete, the PMD shall specify in the notice what information is missing. If the PMD does not provide notice to the applicant within the administrative completeness review time-frame, the PMD shall deem the application complete.

2. An applicant with an incomplete license application shall supply the missing information within the completion request period listed in Table 1. The administrative completeness review and overall time-frames are suspended from the postmark date of the notice of missing information until the date the PMD receives the information.

3. If an applicant fails to submit the missing information before expiration of the completion request period, the PMD shall consider the application withdrawn and close the file. An applicant whose file is closed may apply for a license by submitting a new application and application fee.

C. Substantive review time-frame.

1. The substantive review time-frame listed in Table 1 begins when an application is administratively complete or at the end of the administrative completeness review time-frame in Table 1, whichever occurs first. If the PMD determines during the substantive review that additional information is needed, the PMD shall send the applicant a comprehensive written request for additional information.

2. Both the substantive review and overall time-frames are suspended from the date of the PMD request until the date that the PMD receives the additional information. The applicant shall submit the additional information within the additional information period listed in Table 1.

3. If the applicant fails to provide the additional information within the additional information period in Table 1, the PMD shall consider the application withdrawn and close the application. An applicant whose file is closed may apply for a license by submitting a new application and application fee.

D. Within the overall time-frame listed in Table 1, the PMD shall:

1. Deny a license or approval to an applicant if the PMD determines that the applicant does not meet all the substantive criteria required by the PMD's statutes and this Chapter; or

2. Grant a license or approval to an applicant if the PMD determines that the applicant meets all the substantive criteria required by the PMD's statutes and this Chapter.

E. If the PMD denies a license or approval under subsection (D)(1), the PMD shall provide a written notice of denial to the applicant that explains:

1. The reason for the denial, with citations to supporting statutes or rules;

2. The applicant's right to seek a fair hearing to challenge the denial; and

3. The time for appealing the denial.

Notes

Ariz. Admin. Code § R3-8-107

Adopted by exempt rulemaking at 23 A.A.R. 1949, effective 8/9/2017. Amended by final rulemaking at 29 A.A.R. 757, effective 3/10/2023.