Plain English Breakdown
The official bill status indicates it passed both chambers, but no specific effective date is provided in the source material.
HB2564: Rules for Health Professional Board Websites
This law limits how long certain records stay on health professional board websites and requires boards to tell the public they can request other records directly.
What This Bill Does
- Requires that dismissed complaints do not appear on a regulatory board's website, though they remain available through official record requests.
- Limits the time that disciplinary actions against licensees stay visible on a board's website to no more than five years.
- Sets a limit of five years for displaying final nondisciplinary orders or actions on a board's website.
- Prohibits letters of concern and advisory letters from appearing on websites, while keeping them available upon request under existing public records laws.
- Mandates that boards with websites must post a statement explaining how the public can contact them to get additional records like dismissed complaints.
Who It Names or Affects
- Health profession regulatory boards in Arizona
- Licensees and certificate holders regulated by these boards
Terms To Know
- Dismissed complaint
- A situation where a board decides not to issue any disciplinary or nondisciplinary order against a person.
- Disciplinary action
- An official penalty issued by the board against a licensee that must be posted for no more than five years.
- Nondisciplinary order
- A final decision from the board that is not considered a formal punishment but still affects the record and may be posted for up to five years.
Limits and Unknowns
- The law does not change how boards must handle public meeting minutes or notices.
- Pending complaints and investigations cannot be shared with the public under this rule.
- This text describes changes to website rules but does not list specific effective dates for when these new limits begin.