Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-38-112 - Peer Review

A. A licensee using an experimental form of diagnosis and treatment such as vaccine therapy for cancer without affiliation with a recognized research institution, institutional review board, or peer review committee may request or the Board may require review of the procedure by the Board or a Board-appointed peer review committee.

B. In conducting the review, the Board or Board-appointed peer review committee shall examine protocols, recordkeeping, analyses of results, and informed patient consent forms and procedures. Based on the review, the Board shall determine the licensee's compliance with generally accepted homeopathic experimental criteria under A.R.S. § 32-2933(27).

C. As used in A.R.S. § 32-2933(27), "periodic review by a peer review committee" means peer review for compliance with any form of experimental medicine occurs at a minimum of five-year intervals through a recognized research institution, institutional review board, or a peer review committee. The chairperson of a Board-appointed peer review committee shall be appointed by the Board president and approved by the Board.

D. During a review of a licensee's use of experimental forms of diagnosis and treatment or at any other time the Board deems appropriate, the licensee shall submit informed patient consent forms and protocols and other records indicating the licensee's compliance with generally accepted experimental criteria designated in A.R.S. § 32-2933(27).

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Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-38-112

Adopted effective June 3, 1988 (Supp. 88-2). Amended by final rulemaking at 11 A.A.R. 2008, effective July 2, 2005 (Supp. 05-2). Section repealed; new R4-38-112 renumbered from R4-38-111 by final rulemaking at 17 A.A.R. 1980, effective November 12, 2011 (Supp. 11-3).