A.
The Department may, as applicable:
1.
Deny, revoke, or suspend an speech-language
pathologist assistant 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 public health and
safety,
4.
The number of violations,
5.
The number of clients affected by the
violations,
6.
The degree of harm to a client,
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.
A. For each type of license issued by
the Department under this Article, Table 5.1 specifies the overall time-frame
described in A.R.S. §
41-1072(2).
1. An applicant or licensee 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 5.1 specifies the administrative
completeness review time-frame described in A.R.S. §
41-1072(1).
1. The administrative completeness review
time-frame begins on the date the Department receives an application and
required documentation 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 an application or
required documentation is not complete, the notice of deficiencies shall list
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 documents or information.
c. If the applicant does not submit to the
Department all 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shall consider the application withdrawn.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 5.1 specifies the substantive
review time-frame described in A.R.S. §
41-1072(3), which
begins on the date of the notice of administrative completeness.
1. Within the substantive review time-frame,
the Department shall provide a written notice to the applicant that the
Department issued or denied the license.
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 documents and
information 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.
D. An applicant who is denied a
license may appeal the denial according to A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6, Article
10.
