Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-19-809 - Nursing Assistant Licensure and Medication Assistant Certificate Renewal
A. An
applicant for renewal of a LNA license or a CMA certificate shall:
1. Submit a verified application to the Board
on a form furnished by the Board that provides all of the following information
about the applicant:
a. Full legal name,
address of record including county of residence, e-mail address and telephone
number;
b. Marital status and
ethnicity at the applicant's discretion;
c. Current health care employer including
name, address, telephone number, dates of employment and type of
setting;
d. If the applicant fails
to meet the practice requirements in subsections (A)(2) for nursing assistant
or (A)(3) for medication assistant renewal, documentation that the applicant
has completed a Board-approved training program for the licensure or
certification sought and passed both the written and manual skills portions of
the competency examination within the past two years;
e. Responses to questions that address the
applicant's background:
i. Any investigation
or disciplinary action by a nursing regulatory agency or nursing assistant
regulatory agency in the United States or its territories not previously
disclosed by the applicant to the Board;
ii. Felony conviction or conviction of
undesignated offense and date of absolute discharge of sentence since licensed,
certified or last renewed, and
iii.
Unprofessional conduct committed by the applicant as defined in A.R.S. §
32-1601
since the time of last renewal and not previously disclosed by the applicant to
the Board;
iv. Any disciplinary
action or investigation related to the applicant's nursing or nursing assistant
license or medication assistant certificate, nursing assistant certificate or
registry listing by any other state regulatory agency since issuance of the
license or certificate, or since last renewal and not previously disclosed to
the Board.
v. Explanation and
supporting documentation for each affirmative answer to questions regarding the
applicant's background;
f. For LNA renewal, employment as a nursing
assistant, performing nursing assistant tasks for an employer or the
applicant's performance of nursing assistant activities as part of a nursing or
allied health program for a minimum of 160 hours every two years since the last
license or certificate was issued, or
g. For CMA renewal, employment as a
medication assistant for a minimum of 160 hours within the last 2 years, and h.
Pay applicable fees according to A.R.S. §
32-1643 and
R4-19-808.
B. An applicant's
license or certificate expires every two years on the last day of the
applicant's birth month. If an applicant fails to timely renew the license or
certificate, the applicant shall;
1. Not work
or practice as an LNA or CMA until the Board issues a renewal license or
certificate; and
2. Pay any late
fee imposed by the Board.
C. If an applicant's license or certificate
was, or is currently, revoked, surrendered, denied, suspended or placed on
probation in another jurisdiction, the applicant is not eligible to renew or
reactivate the applicant's Arizona license or certificate until a review or
investigation has been completed and a decision made by the Board.
D. The Board may renew an LNA license and CMA
certificate of an applicant who meets the criteria established in statute and
this Article. An applicant who is denied renewal of a license or certificate
may request a hearing by filing a written request with the Board within 30 days
of service of the Board's order denying renewal of the license or certificate.
Hearings shall be conducted in accordance with A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6,
Article 10 and 4 A.A.C. 19, Article 6 of this Chapter.
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