HB2034 • 2026

license exemption; basic first aid

HB2034 - license exemption; basic first aid

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Lisa Fink
Last action: 2026-01-13
Official status: House second read
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official text does not specify an effective date for this bill; it shows a prefiled date of December 2025 and last action in January 2026.

HB2034: License Exemption for Basic First Aid

This bill creates an exemption from medical licensing requirements for people who provide basic first aid in good faith without payment, provided they obtain consent from the injured person or their guardian.

What This Bill Does

Exempts individuals from state medical licensing when providing basic first aid to an injured person if done in good faith and without compensation.
Requires the helper to get consent from the injured person before giving assistance, unless the person is under fifteen years old.
Mandates that helpers obtain consent from a parent or legal guardian if the injured person is under fifteen years of age.
Defines basic first aid as cleaning minor cuts, scrapes, or scratches; treating minor burns; applying bandages and dressings; and providing fluids for heat stress.
Allows the use of antiseptics, topical ointments, creams, or analgesics during these procedures.
Permits helpers to provide nonprescription pain-relieving medication only if requested by the patient.

Who It Names or Affects

People who provide basic first aid in Arizona without receiving payment.
Injured persons under fifteen years of age and their parents or legal guardians, regarding consent requirements.
Law enforcement agencies, which must be notified if a helper determines the injured person is under fifteen years old.

Terms To Know

Basic first aid: Simple medical help including cleaning minor cuts or scrapes, treating minor burns, applying bandages, providing fluids for heat stress, and using antiseptics or creams. It also includes giving nonprescription pain medicine if asked.
Good faith: Acting with honest intentions without trying to trick anyone.

Limits and Unknowns

The exemption only applies when the helper does not receive any money or payment for their help.
Helpers must stop if they cannot get consent from the injured person or, in the case of a child under fifteen, from that child's parent or guardian.

Bill History

2026-01-13 House
House second read
2026-01-12 House
House Rules: None
2026-01-12 House
House Health & Human Services: None
2026-01-12 House
House first read

Official Summary Text

HB2034 - license exemption; basic first aid

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HB2034 - 572R - I Ver

PREFILED��� DEC 02 2025

REFERENCE TITLE:
license exemption; basic first aid

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2034

Introduced by

Representative
Fink

AN
ACT

amending
section 32-1421, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the Arizona
medical board.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 32-1421, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

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32-1421.

Exemptions from licensing requirements; definition

A. This article does not apply to any person while
engaged in:

1. The provision of medical assistance in case of an
emergency.

2. The administration of family remedies
,
including the sale of vitamins, health foods or health food
supplements or any other natural remedies, except drugs or medicines for which
an authorized prescription is required by law.

3. The practice of religion, treatment by prayer or
the laying on of hands as a religious rite or ordinance.

4. The practice of any of the healing arts of and by
Indian tribes in this state.

5. The lawful practice of any of the healing arts to
the extent authorized by a license issued by this state.

6. Activities or functions that do not require the
exercise of a doctor of medicine's judgment for their performance,
that
are not in violation of the laws of this state and
that
are usually or customarily delegated by a doctor of
medicine under the
doctor's
doctor of
medicine's
direction or supervision or
that
are
performed in accordance with the approval of a committee of physicians in a
licensed health care institution.

7. The official duties of a medical officer in the
armed forces of the United States, the United States department of veterans
affairs or the United States public health service
,
or
their successor agencies, if the duties are restricted to federal lands.

8. Any act, task or function competently performed
by a physician assistant in the proper performance of the physician assistant's
duties.

9. The emergency harvesting of donor organs by a
doctor of medicine or team of doctors of medicine licensed to practice medicine
in another state or country for use in another state or country.

10. Providing basic first aid in good
faith and without compensation to an injured person
if
THE person ADMINISTERING THE BASIC FIRST AID OBTAINS THE INJURED PERsON'S
CONSENT BEFORE RENDERING ASSISTANCE.� iF THE INJURED PERSON IS under fifteen
years of age, CONSENT MUST BE OBTAINED FROM A PARENT OR LEGAL
GUARDIAN. If the person administering the basic first aid determines
that the injured person is under fifteen years of age, the person must notify
law enforcement of the injured person's condition.

B. This article does not apply to:

1. A doctor of medicine residing in another
jurisdiction who is authorized to practice medicine in that jurisdiction, if
the doctor engages in actual single or infrequent consultation with a doctor of
medicine
who is
licensed in this state and if the
consultation regards a specific patient or patients.

2. A doctor of medicine who is licensed to practice
in another jurisdiction if the doctor engages in the practice of medicine that
is limited to patients with whom the doctor has an already established doctor-patient
relationship and who reside outside this jurisdiction when both the doctor and
the patient are physically in this state for not more than sixty consecutive
days. For the purposes of this paragraph, "patient" means
a person who is not a resident of this state and who is an athlete or a professional
entertainer.

C. For the purposes of this section,
"basic first aid":

1. Means any of the following:

(
a
) Cleaning
minor cuts, scrapes or scratches.

(
b
) Treating a
minor burn.

(
c
) Applying
bandages and dressings.

(
d
) Providing
fluids to relieve heat stress.

2. Includes administering
antiseptics or topical ointments, creams or analgesics
and, if requested, providing nonprescription pain-relieving
medication for the purpose of treating the ailments specified in paragraph 1 of
this subsection.
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