In addition to the definitions in A.R.S. §§
32-1501 through
32-1581, the following definitions
apply to this Chapter unless otherwise specified:
1. "Administrative completeness review" means
the Board's process for determining that an applicant has provided, or caused
to be provided, all of the application packet information and documentation
required by statute or rule for an application for a license or a
certificate.
2. "Applicant" means a
person requesting from the Board an initial, temporary, or renewal license or
certificate.
3. "Approved Specialty
College or Program" means a post- doctoral training program that awards a
medical specialist certificate, and is certified by a Specialty Board of
Examiners, The American Association of Naturopathic Physicians ("AANP") or
another professional association or, another state's licensing agency, and
which is recognized by the Board.
4. "Chief medical officer" means a physician
who is responsible for a clinical, preceptorship, internship, or postdoctoral
training program's compliance with state and federal laws, rules, and
regulations.
5. "Continuing medical
education" or "CME" means courses, seminars, lectures, programs, conferences,
and workshops related to subjects listed in A.R.S. § 32- 1525(B), that are
offered or sanctioned by one of the organizations referenced in
R4-18-205(B).
6. "Device" means the same as in
A.R.S. § 32-1581(H)(1) .
7.6. "Endorsement" means
the procedure for granting a license in this state to an applicant who is
currently licensed to practice naturopathic medicine by another state,
district, or territory of the United States or by a foreign country that
requires a written examination substantially equivalent to the written
examination provided for in A.R.S. §
32-1525.
8.7.
"Facility" means a health care institution as defined in A.R.S. §
36-401, office or clinic
maintained by a health care institution or by an individual licensed under
A.R.S. Title 32, Chapter 13, 14, 17, or 29, office or public health clinic
maintained by a state or county, office or clinic operated by a qualifying
community health center under A.R.S. §
36-2907.06, or an office or clinic
operated by a corporation, association, partnership, or company authorized to
do business in Arizona under A.R.S. Title 10.
9.8. "Informed consent"
means a document, signed by a patient or the patient's legal guardian, which
contains the information in
R4-18-802(A)(1), (A)(2), and (A)(3).
10.9.
"Institutional review board" means a group of persons that is approved
according to guidelines of the United States Department of Health and Human
Services, Office for Human Research Protection, which reviews investigational
or experimental protocols and approves their use on animals or humans for the
purposes of protecting the subjects of the investigational or experimental
protocol from undue harm and assures that the research and its review is
carried out according to guidelines of the United States Department of Health
and Human Services, Office for Human Research Protection.
11.10.
"Internship" means clinical and didactic training by a doctor of naturopathic
medicine certified by the Board according to A.R.S. §
32-1561.
12.11.
"License" means a document issued by the Board that authorizes the individual
to whom it is issued to practice naturopathic medicine.
13. "Medical student" means
naturopathic medical student defined in A.R.S. § 32-1501(24) .
14.12. "Medication" means
the same as drug defined in A.R.S. §
32-1501(15) or
natural substance defined in A.R.S. § 32- 1501(23).
15.13.
"National board" means any of the following:
a. The Federation of State Medical Licensing
Boards,
b. The National Board of
Chiropractic Examiners,
c. The
National Board of Medical Examiners,
d. The National Board of Osteopathic
Examiners, or
e. The North American
Board of Naturopathic Examiners.
16.14. "Procedure" means
an activity directed at or performed on an individual for improving health,
treating disease or injury, or making a diagnosis.
17.15. "Protocol" means an
explicit detailed plan of an experimental medical procedure or test that is
approved by an institutional review board.
18.16. "Resident physician
in training" means a person who holds a degree of doctor of naturopathic
medicine and is certified by the Board to diagnose and treat patients under
supervision in an internship, preceptorship, or a post doctoral training
program.
19.17. "Substantive
review" means the Board's process for determining whether an applicant for
licensure, certification, or approval meets the requirements of A.R.S. Title
32, Chapter 14 and this Chapter.
20.18. "Verified" means a
notarized form dated, and signed by the applicant, affirming the information
provided in the application, including any accompanying documents submitted by
or on behalf of the applicant, is true and complete.
