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 R4-6-902 - Appeal Process for Licensure Renewal Ineligibility

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

2. A licensee who wishes to appeal the finding of ineligibility for licensure renewal shall submit a written request for an informal review meeting to the Board within 30 days after the notice of ineligibility is served. If an informal review meeting is not requested within the time provided, the Board shall deny licensure renewal and close the licensee's file 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 Board shall schedule the informal review meeting and provide at least 30-days' notice to the licensee. At the informal review meeting, the Board shall allow the licensee to present additional information regarding the licensee's qualifications for renewal.

4. When the informal review meeting is complete, the Board shall make a second finding whether the licensee meets renewal requirements. The Board shall send written notice of this second finding to the licensee with an explanation of the basis for the finding.

5. If the Board again finds the licensee is ineligible for licensure renewal, a licensee 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 Board shall deny licensure renewal and close the licensee's file 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 renewal.

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

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