Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-3-102 - Time-frames
A. The overall
time-frame described in A.R.S. §
41-1072
for each type of approval granted by the Department under this Chapter is set
forth in Table 1.1. The applicant and the Department may agree in writing to
extend the substantive review time-frame and the overall time-frame. An
extension of the substantive review time-frame and the overall time-frame may
not exceed 25% of the overall time-frame.
B. The administrative completeness review
time-frame described in A.R.S. §
41-1072
for each type of approval granted by the Department under this Chapter is set
forth in Table 1.1 and begins on the date that the Department receives an
application.
1. The Department shall send a
notice of administrative completeness or deficiencies to the applicant within
the administrative completeness review time-frame.
a. A notice of deficiencies shall list each
deficiency and the information or items needed to complete the
application.
b. The administrative
completeness review time-frame and the overall time-frame are suspended from
the date that the notice of deficiencies is sent until the date that the
Department receives all of the missing information or items from the
applicant.
c. If an applicant fails
to submit to the Department all of the information or items listed in the
notice of deficiencies within 180 calendar days after the date that the
Department sent the notice of deficiencies, the Department shall consider the
application withdrawn.
2. If the Department issues a certificate or
other approval to the applicant during the administrative completeness review
time-frame, the Department shall not issue a separate written notice of
administrative completeness.
C. The substantive review time-frame
described in A.R.S. §
41-1072 is
set forth in Table 1 and begins on the date of the notice of administrative
completeness.
1. As part of the substantive
review for an application for a certificate, the Department shall conduct an
inspection that may require more than one visit to the child care group home or
premises.
2. As part of the
substantive review for a request for approval of a change affecting a
certificate that requires a change in the use of physical space at a child care
group home, the Department shall conduct an inspection that may require more
than one visit to the child care group home.
3. The Department shall send a certificate or
a written notice of approval or denial of a certificate or other request for
approval to an applicant within the substantive review time-frame.
4. During the substantive review time-frame,
the Department may make one comprehensive written request for additional
information, unless the Department and the applicant have agreed in writing to
allow the Department to submit supplemental requests for information.
a. If the Department determines that an
applicant, a child care group home, or the premises are not in substantial
compliance with A.R.S. Title 36, Chapter 7.1, Article 4 and this Chapter, the
Department shall send a comprehensive written request for additional
information that includes a written statement of deficiencies stating each
statute and rule upon which noncompliance is based.
b. An applicant shall submit to the
Department all of the information requested in a comprehensive written request
for additional information or a supplemental request for information,
including, if applicable, documentation of the corrections required in a
statement of deficiencies, within 30 calendar days after the date of the
comprehensive written request for additional information or the supplemental
request for information.
c. The
substantive review time-frame and the overall time-frame are suspended from the
date that the Department sends a comprehensive written request for additional
information or a supplemental request for information until the date that the
Department receives all of the information requested, including, if applicable,
documentation of corrections required in a statement of deficiencies.
d. If an applicant fails to submit to the
Department all of the information requested in a comprehensive written request
for additional information or a supplemental request for information,
including, if applicable, documentation of corrections required in a statement
of deficiencies, within the time prescribed in subsection (C)(4)(b), the
Department shall deny the application.
5. The Department shall issue a certificate
or approval if the Department determines that the applicant and the child care
group home or premises are in substantial compliance with A.R.S. Title 36,
Chapter 7.1, Article 4 and this Chapter, and the applicant submits
documentation of corrections, which is acceptable to the Department, for any
deficiencies.
6. If the Department
denies a certificate or approval, the Department shall send to the applicant a
written notice of denial setting forth the reasons for denial and all other
information required by A.R.S. §
41-1076.
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