A.R.S. § 36-405(A) requires the Department to adopt rules to establish minimum standards and requirements for the licensing of health care institutions necessary to assure public health, safety, and welfare. The rules in Arizona Administrative Code (A.A.C.) Title 9, Chapter 10 specify requirements for health care institutions, with requirements affecting more than one class/subclass of health care institution located in Article 1 and requirements specific to a class or subclass of health care institution in other Articles in the Chapter.
Laws 2017, Ch. 122 eliminated renewal licensure for health care institutions and stated that a health care institution license remains valid unless subsequently suspended or revoked by the Department or the health care institution fails to pay a licensing fee by a specified due date. Laws 2017, Ch. 122 also required the Department to establish rules regarding the payment of licensing fees and modified information and documentation required to be submitted as part of a licensing application. Laws 2017, Ch. 134 required the Department to develop rules related to recidivism reduction staff in adult residential care institutions.
In this rulemaking, the Department revised the rules in 9 A.A.C. 10 to comply with Laws 2017, Ch. 122. As part of the rulemaking, the Department made other changes to rules in 9 A.A.C. 10 described in five-year-review reports approved by the Governor’s Regulatory Review Council, including the addition of requirements related to recidivism reduction. The new rules are effective on October 1, 2019.