Arizona Administrative Code
Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 6 - Board Of Behavioral Health Examiners
Article 9 - APPEAL OF LICENSURE OR LICENSURE RENEWAL INELIGIBILITY
Section R4-6-901 - Appeal Process for Licensure Ineligibility

1. The ARC shall send a written notice of the finding of ineligibility to the applicant with an explanation of the basis for the finding.

2. An applicant who wishes to appeal the finding of ineligibility shall submit a written request for an informal review meeting to the ARC within 30 days after the notice of ineligibility is served. If an informal review meeting is not requested within the time provided, the ARC shall recommend to the Board that licensure be denied and the licensee's file be closed with no recourse to appeal.

3. If a request for an informal review meeting is received within the 30 days provided under subsection (B)(2), the ARC shall schedule the informal review meeting and provide at least 30-days' notice to the applicant. At the informal review meeting, the ARC shall allow the applicant to present additional information regarding the applicant's qualifications for licensure.

4. When the review is complete, the ARC shall make a second finding whether the applicant is eligible for licensure. The ARC shall send written notice of this second finding to the applicant with an explanation of the basis for the finding.

5. If the ARC again finds the applicant is ineligible for licensure, an applicant who wishes to appeal the second finding of ineligibility shall submit a written request to the Board for a formal administrative hearing under the Administrative Procedure Act. A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6, Article 10, within 30 days after the second notice of ineligibility is served. The Board shall either refer the request for a formal administrative hearing to the Office of Administrative Hearings or schedule the formal administrative hearing before the Board. If a formal administrative hearing is not requested within 30 days, the ARC shall recommend to the Board that licensure be denied and the applicant's file be closed with no recourse to appeal.

6. If the formal administrative hearing is held before the Office of Administrative Hearings, the Board shall review the findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendation and issue an order either to grant or deny licensure.

7. If the formal administrative hearing is held before the Board, the Board shall issue the findings of fact and conclusions of law and shall issue an order either to grant or deny licensure.

8. The Board shall send the applicant a copy of the final findings of fact, conclusions of law, and order. An applicant who is denied licensure following a formal administrative hearing is required to exhaust the applicant's administrative remedies as described in R4-6-1002 before seeking judicial review of the Board's final administrative decision.