Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-16-209 - Clinical Fellowship Supervisors

A. For each type of license or approval issued by the Department under this Article, Table 2.1 specifies the overall time-frame described in A.R.S. § 41-1072(2) .

1. An applicant and the Department may agree in writing to extend the substantive review time-frame and the overall time-frame.

2. The extension of the substantive review time-frame and the overall time-frame may not exceed 25% of the overall time-frame.

B. For each type of license or approval issued by the Department under this Article, Table 2.1 specifies the administrative completeness review time-frame described in A.R.S. § 41-1072(1), which begins on the date the Department receives an application packet.

1. The administrative completeness review time-frame begins:

a. The date the Department receives an application packet required in this Article, or

b. The date the Department receives a request for continuing education course approval according to R9-16-208 .

2. Except as provided in subsection (B)(3), the Department shall provide a written notice of administrative completeness or a notice of deficiencies to an applicant within the administrative completeness review time-frame.

a. If a license application packet or request for continuing education course approval is not complete, the notice of deficiencies listing each deficiency and the information or documentation needed to complete the license application packet or request for continuing education course approval.

b. A notice of deficiencies suspends the administrative completeness review time-frame and the overall time-frame from the date of the notice until the date the Department receives the missing information or documentation.

c. If the applicant does not submit to the Department all the information or documentation listed in the notice of deficiencies within 30 calendar days after the date of the notice of deficiencies, the Department shall consider the license application packet or request for continuing education course approval withdrawn.

3. If the Department issues a license or approval during the administrative completeness review time-frame, the Department shall not issue a separate written notice of administrative completeness.

C. For each type of license or approval issued by the Department under this Article, Table 2.1 specifies the substantive review time-frame described in A.R.S. § 41-1072(3), which begins on the date the Department sends a written notice of administrative completeness.

1. Within the substantive review time-frame, the Department shall provide a written notice to the applicant that the Department approved or denied the license or continuing education course approval.

2. During the substantive review time-frame:

a. The Department may make one comprehensive written request for additional information or documentation; and

b. If the Department and the applicant agree in writing to allow one or more supplemental requests for additional information or documentation, the Department may make the number of supplemental requests agreed to between the Department and the applicant.

3. A comprehensive written request or a supplemental request for additional information or documentation suspends the substantive review time-frame and the overall time-frame from the date of the request until the date the Department receives all the information or documentation requested.

4. If the applicant does not submit to the Department all the information or documentation listed in a comprehensive written request or supplemental request for additional information or documentation within 30 calendar days after the date of the request, the Department shall deny the license or approval.

D. After receiving the written notice of approval in an applicant for a regular license or a temporary license shall send the required license fee to the Department. If the applicant does not submit the license fee within 30 calendar days after the date the Department sends the written notice of approval to the applicant, the Department shall consider the application withdrawn.

E. The Department shall issue a regular license or a temporary license:

1. Within five calendar days after receiving the license fee, and

2. From the date of issue, the license is valid for:

a. Two years, if a regular license, and

b. Twelve months, if a temporary license.

F. An applicant who is denied a license may appeal the denial according to A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6, Article 10.

In addition to complying with the requirements in A.R.S. § 36-1905, a clinical fellowship supervisor shall complete a minimum of 36 supervisory activities throughout an individual's clinical fellowship that include:

1. A minimum of 18 on-site observations,

2. No more than six on-site observations in a 24-hour period, and

3. A minimum of 18 monitoring activities.

Notes

Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-16-209

Adopted by final rulemaking at 5 A.A.R. 4359, effective October 28, 1999 (Supp. 99-4). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 20 A.A.R. 1998, effective 7/1/2014. Adopted by final expedited rulemaking at 26 A.A.R. 816, effective 4/8/2020.