Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 38, September 20, 2024
A.
For an original license, renewal license, or reinstated license as an athletic
trainer the time-frames required by A.R.S. §
41-1072 et
seq. are:
1. Overall time-frame: 120
days
2. Administrative completeness
review time-frame: 60 days
3.
Substantive review time-frame: 60 days
B. An administratively complete application
for licensure consists of all the information and documents listed in:
1. R4-49-202 for an original athletic
training license,
2.
R4-49-203 for
renewal of an athletic training license, and
3.
R4-49-204
for reinstatement of an athletic training license.
C. The administrative completeness review
time-frame, as described in A.R.S. §
41-1072(1)
and listed in subsection (A)(2), begins on
the date the Board receives an application.
1. If the application is not administratively
complete when received, the Board shall send a notice of deficiency to the
applicant. The deficiency notice shall state the documents and information
needed to complete the application.
2. The applicant shall submit to the Board
the missing documents and information within 120 days from the date of the
deficiency notice. The time-frame for the Board to finish the administrative
completeness review is suspended from the date of the deficiency notice until
the date the Board receives the missing documents and information.
3. If the applicant fails to provide the
missing documents and information within the 120 days provided, the Board shall
close the applicant's file. An applicant whose file is closed and who wants to
be licensed shall apply again under
R4-49-202,
R4-49-203, or
R4-49-204.
4. When the application
is administratively complete, the Board shall send a written notice of
administrative completeness to the applicant.
D. The substantive review time-frame, as
described in A.R.S. §
41-1072(3)
and listed in subsection (A)(3), begins on
the 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
but the Board may make supplemental requests for additional information by
written agreement with the applicant.
2. The applicant shall submit to the Board
the additional information identified in the request for additional information
within 60 days from the date of the request for additional information. The
time-frame for the Board to finish the substantive review of the application is
suspended from the date of the request for additional information until the
Board receives the additional information.
3. Unless an applicant requests that the
Board deny a license within the 60-day period in subsection (D)(2), the Board
shall close the file of an applicant who fails to submit the additional
information within the 60 days provided. An applicant whose file is closed and
who wants to be licensed shall apply again under
R4-49-202,
R4-49-203, or
R4-49-204.
4. When the substantive
review is complete, the Board shall inform the applicant in writing of its
decision to grant or deny a license to the applicant.
a. The Board shall deny a license if it
determines that the applicant does not meet all substantive criteria for
licensure required by statute and rule.
b. The Board shall grant a license if it
determines that the applicant meets all substantive criteria for licensure
required by statute and rule.
c. If
the Board denies a license, the applicant may, within 30 days of service of the
notice of denial, make a written request for a hearing to review the Board's
decision. The hearing shall be conducted under A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6,
Article 10.
d. In a hearing
conducted on a denial of a license, the applicant has the burden of
proof.