health professionals; website; time limitation

HB2564 - health professionals; website; time limitation

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Patty Contreras, Junelle Cavero, Quantá Crews, Sarah Liguori, Stephanie Simacek, Stephanie Stahl Hamilton, Betty J Villegas
Last action: 2026-01-21
Official status: House second read
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Health Professionals; Website Time Limit

This bill changes how long certain information about health professionals can stay on a board's website.

What This Bill Does

Limits the time that disciplinary actions against health professionals are shown on a board's website to five years.
Does not allow letters of concern or advisory letters to be posted on the website, but they can be requested from the board.
Requires boards with websites to tell people how to get more information about dismissed complaints and nondisciplinary actions by contacting the board directly.

Who It Names or Affects

Health profession regulatory boards in Arizona
People looking for information on health professionals

Terms To Know

disciplinary actions: Actions taken by a board against someone who has broken rules.
nondisciplinary actions: Letters or notices given to health professionals that are not disciplinary actions but may still be important.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify what happens if a board does not follow these rules.
It is unclear how this will affect public access to information about health professionals beyond the website requirements.

Bill History

2026-01-21 House
House second read
2026-01-20 House
House Rules: None
2026-01-20 House
House Health & Human Services: None
2026-01-20 House
House first read

Official Summary Text

HB2564 - health professionals; website; time limitation

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health professionals; website; time limitation

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2564

Introduced by

Representatives
Contreras P: Cavero, Crews, Liguori, Simacek, Stahl Hamilton, Villegas

AN
ACT

amending
section 32-3214, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to health
professionals.

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

Section 1. Section 32-3214, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

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32-3214.

Board actions; public access to records; website; exception

A. If a health profession regulatory board dismisses
a complaint, the record of that complaint is available to that
health
profession
regulatory board and the public pursuant to section 39-121
but may not appear on the
Health profession regulatory
board's
website. For the purposes of this subsection, "dismisses a
complaint" means that a
health profession regulatory
board
does not issue a disciplinary or nondisciplinary order or action against a
licensee or certificate holder. A pending complaint or investigation
may not be disclosed to the public.

B. All disciplinary actions against a licensee or
certificate holder shall be available on the health profession regulatory
board's website
for not more than five years
.� If a health
profession regulatory board issues a final nondisciplinary order or action, the

record of the
final nondisciplinary order or action shall
be made available on the
health profession regulatory
board's
website
for not more than five years
. Letters of concern
and advisory letters may not be made available on the website but a copy of
such letters are available to the public pursuant to section 39-121 and
shall be provided to any person on request.

C. If a health profession regulatory board maintains
a website, the
health profession regulatory
board must
display on its website a statement that a person may obtain additional public
records related to any licensee or certificate holder, including dismissed
complaints and nondisciplinary actions and orders, by contacting the
health profession regulatory
board directly.

D. This section does not prohibit a health
profession regulatory board from conducting its authorized duties in a public
meeting.

E. Subsections A and B of this section do not apply
to meeting minutes and notices kept by the
health profession
regulatory
board in accordance with the public meeting requirements of
title 38, chapter 3, article 3.1.
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