Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 38, September 20, 2024
A. The overall time-frame described in A.R.S.
§
41-1072(2)
for each type of approval granted by the
Board is set forth in Table 1. The applicant and the Executive Director of the
Board may agree in writing to extend the substantive review and overall
time-frame. The substantive review time-frame may not be extended by more than
25% of the overall time-frame.
B.
The administrative completeness review time-frame described in A.R.S. §
41-1072(1)
for each type of approval granted by the
Board is set forth in Table 1.
1. The
administrative completeness review time-frame begins:
a. For approval to take a dispensing optician
examination or for an optical establishment license, when the Board receives an
application packet.
b. For approval
or denial of a license by examination when the applicant takes the dispensing
optician examination.
c. For a
license by comity, when the Board receives an application packet.
2. If the application packet is
incomplete, the Board shall send to the applicant a written notice specifying
the missing document or incomplete information. The administrative completeness
review time-frame and the overall time-frame are suspended from the postmark
date of the notice until the date the Board receives a complete application
packet from the applicant.
3. If an
application packet is complete, the Board shall send a written notice of
administrative completeness to the applicant.
4. If the Board grants a license or approval
during the time provided to assess administrative completeness, the Board shall
not issue a separate written notice of administrative completeness.
C. The substantive review
time-frame described in A.R.S. §
41-1072(3)
is set forth in Table 1 and begins on the
postmark date of the notice of administrative completeness.
1. During the substantive review time-frame,
the Board may make one comprehensive written request for additional information
or documentation. The time-frame for the Board to complete the substantive
review is suspended from the postmark date of the comprehensive written request
for additional information or documentation until the Board receives the
additional information or documentation.
2. The Board shall send a written notice
approving the applicant to take an examination or granting a license to an
applicant who meets the qualifications in A.R.S. §§
32-1681
through
32-1684
and
32-1687.
3. The Board shall send a written notice of
denial to an applicant who fails to meet the qualifications in A.R.S.
§§
32-1681
through
32-1684
and
32-1687.
D. The Board shall consider an
application withdrawn if within 360 days from the application submission date
the applicant fails to:
1. Supply the missing
information under subsection (B)(2) or (C)(1); or
2. Take the dispensing optician
examination.
E. An
applicant who does not want an application withdrawn may request a denial in
writing within 360 days from the application submission date.
F. If a time-frame's last day falls on a
Saturday, Sunday, or an official state holiday, the next business day shall be
considered the time-frame's last day.
