A. A license from the Board issued to a
private degree-granting institution authorizes the institution to operate and
grant degrees.
B. A license from
the Board issued to a private vocational institution authorizes the institution
to operate and offer a vocational program.
C. If a private degree-granting or private
vocational institution is accredited, the Board shall issue a regular license
to the institution if the institution meets the standards in
R4-39-103.
D. If a private degree-granting or private
vocational institution is non-accredited, the Board shall issue a conditional
license to the institution if the institution meets the standards in
R4-39-104
or
R4-39-106,
as applicable. The institution may operate under a conditional license for only
one year.
1. At the end of one year, the
conditional license of a non-accredited, private, vocational institution
becomes, upon approval by the Board, a regular license if the institution meets
the standards in
R4-39-105.
2. At the end of one year, the conditional
license of a non-accredited, private, degree-granting institution becomes, upon
approval by the Board, a provisional license if the institution meets the
standards in
R4-39-107.
E. A non-accredited, private, degree-granting
institution may continue to operate with a provisional license if the
institution continues to meet the standards in
R4-39-107.
C.
F. All
licenses issued by the Board are effective for 12 months from the date of
issuance. To continue to operate a private vocational institution or private
degree-granting institution, a licensee shall annually renew the license under
R4-39-105 or R4-39-107, as applicable.
D.
The Board shall issue the following licenses to private,
vocational institutions:
1. An original license of an
accredited, private, vocational institution is a regular license to operate
vocational programs.
2.
A license renewal of an accredited, private,
vocational institution is a regular license to continue to operate vocational
programs.
3.
An original license of a new, non-accredited,
private, vocational institution is a one-year conditional license to operate
vocational programs.
4.
A license renewal of a non-accredited, private,
vocational institution is a regular license to continue to operate vocational
programs.
E.
The Board shall issue the following licenses to
private, degree-granting institutions:
1.
An original license of an accredited, private,
degree-granting institution is a regular license to operate degree programs or
grant degrees.
2.
A license renewal of an accredited, private,
degree-granting institution is a regular license to continue to operate degree
programs or grant degrees.
3.
An original license of a new, non-accredited,
private, degree-granting institution that complies with the provisions of
R4-39-106
is a conditional license to operate degree programs or grant
degrees.
4.
A license renewal of a non-accredited, private,
degree-granting institution that complies with the provisions of
R4-39-107
is a provisional license to continue to operate degree programs or grant
degrees.
F.
G. For the purpose of
A.R.S. §
41-1073,
the Board establishes the following licensing time frames:
1. For a conditional or regular license
application to operate a vocational institution or a regular license
application to operate a degree-granting institution:
a. Administrative completeness review time
frame: 135 days;
b. Substantive
review time frame: 45 days;
c.
Overall time frame: 180 days.
2. For a conditional or provisional license
application to operate a degree-granting institution:
a. Administrative completeness review time
frame: 150 days;
b. Substantive
review time frame: 90 days;
c.
Overall time frame: 240 days.
3. For a license renewal application to
continue to operate a vocational or degree-granting institution or for a
supplemental license application:
a.
Administrative completeness review time frame: 60 days;
b. Substantive review time frame: 45
days;
c. Overall time frame: 105
days.
G.
H. Within the time
specified in subsection (G), the Board shall finish an administrative
completeness review.
1. If the application is
complete, the Board shall notify the applicant that the application is complete
and that the administrative completeness review is finished. The substantive
review will begin on the date the notice is served.
2. If the application is incomplete, the
Board shall send the applicant a notice that specifies what information is
missing and other deficiencies found in the application. The administrative
completeness review time frame is suspended from the date the notice is served
until the applicant provides the Board with the missing information and
corrects all deficiencies.
a. An applicant
with an incomplete application shall submit the missing information and correct
the deficiencies within 60 days after receiving the notice.
b. If the applicant cannot comply with the
60-day deadline in subsection (H)(2)(a), the applicant may request an extension
of no more than 30 days by submitting a written request to the Board that
documents the reasons the applicant is unable to meet the 60-day deadline and
is postmarked or delivered before the deadline specified in subsection
(H)(2)(a).
c. The Board shall grant
the request for an extension of the 60-day deadline if the Board determines
that the extension will enable the applicant to submit all missing information
and correct all deficiencies. The Board shall grant only one extension of the
60-day deadline specified in subsection (H)(2)(a).
d. If the applicant responds to the notice
provided under subsection (H)(2) by providing some of the missing information
and correcting some of deficiencies but the Board determines the application is
still incomplete, the Board shall send the applicant a second notice that
specifies what information is missing and other deficiencies found in the
application and provide the applicant with 60 days in which to complete the
application. The Board shall not grant an extension of the 60-day deadline
provided with a second deficiency notice.
e. If the applicant fails to submit all
missing information or correct all deficiencies within the 60-day deadline
provided under subsection (H)(2)(d), the Board shall close the application. An
applicant whose application is closed and later wishes to be licensed shall
submit a new application and pay the fee required under
R4-39-201.
d.
f.
When the Board receives the missing information and the deficiencies are
corrected, the Board shall notify the applicant that the administrative
completeness review is finished. The substantive review will begin on the date
the notice is served.
e. If the revised application
containing all missing information and correcting all deficiencies is not
submitted within the 60-day deadline or the time permitted by an extension, the
Board shall close the application. An applicant whose application is closed and
who later wishes to seek licensure, shall apply a new.
H.
I. Within the time
specified in subsection (G), the Board shall complete a substantive review of
the application, which may include onsite verification.
1.
If the Board finds that the applicant meets all
requirements defined in statute and rule, the Board shall grant the
license.
2.
If the Board finds that the applicant fails to meet
all requirements defined in statute and rule, the Board shall deny the
license.
3.
1. If the Board finds deficiencies during the
substantive review of the application, the Board shall issue a comprehensive
written request for additional information and the deadline for submitting the
additional information. The time frame for substantive review of an application
is suspended from the date the comprehensive written request for additional
information is served until the information is received.
2. When the applicant and Board agree in
writing, the Board may make supplemental requests for information.
4.
3.
When the applicant and Board agree in writing, the Board shall grant extensions
of the substantive review time frame consistent with A.R.S. §
41-1075(B).
5.
4. If
the applicant fails to submit the additional information by the deadline , the
Board shall close the application. An applicant whose application is closed and
who later wishes to be licensed, shall submit a new
application.
J. At the
end of the substantive review, the Board shall decide whether to grant a
license to the applicant.
1. If the Board
finds that the applicant meets all requirements defined in statute and rule,
the Board shall grant a license.
2.
If the Board finds that the applicant fails to meet all requirements defined in
statute and rule, the Board shall deny a license.
3. If the Board denies a license, the Board
shall send the applicant a notice of denial that specifies why a license was
denied and describes the applicant's right to request a hearing regarding the
denial.
