A.
The Department may, as applicable:
1.
Deny, revoke, or suspend an audiologist or
speech-language pathologist's license under A.R.S. § 36-1934
;
2.
Request an injunction under A.R.S. § 36-1937 ;
or
3.
Assess a civil money penalty under A.R.S. §
36-1939 .
B.
In determining which disciplinary action specified
in subsection (A) is appropriate, the Department shall
consider:
1.
The type of violation,
2.
The severity of the violation,
3.
The danger to the public health and
safety,
4.
The number of violations,
5.
The number of clients affected by the
violations,
6.
The degree of harm to the consumer,
7.
A pattern of noncompliance, and
8.
Any mitigating or aggravating
circumstances.
C.
A licensee may appeal a disciplinary action taken by
the Department according to A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6, Article 10.
D.
The Department shall notify a licensee's employer
within five calendar days after the Department initiates a disciplinary action
against a licensee.
A. For
each type of license 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 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).
1. The administrative completeness review
time-frame begins the date the Department receives an application required in
this Article.
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 is not complete,
the notice of deficiencies listing each deficiency and the information or
documentation needed to complete the application.
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
application withdrawn.
3.
If the Department issues a license 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 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.
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, the Department may make supplemental requests for additional
information or documentation.
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. 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.
E. An
applicant who is denied a license may appeal the denial according to A.R.S.
Title 41, Chapter 6, Article 10.
