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HB2687 • 2026

medical board; case reviews

HB2687 - medical board; case reviews

Healthcare Labor
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Ralph Heap
Last action
2026-01-21
Official status
House second read
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill text does not specify an effective date, only that it passed the legislature and reached final enrollment as of January 21, 2026.

HB2687: Medical Board Case Reviews

This law allows the Arizona Medical Board to review medical cases where a patient died or faced life-threatening complications, but it cannot use these reviews to directly punish doctors licensed by other boards.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows the public to ask the board to review cases involving death or serious harm during treatment.
  • Requires the full board to vote before starting any case review.
  • Lets other health professional boards send their records and findings to the medical board for study.
  • Sends reports of unprofessional conduct back to the specific board that licenses the doctor involved.
  • Reports errors in regulation by other boards to state leaders if future harm is possible.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Arizona Medical Board
  • Other health profession regulatory boards
  • Health professionals licensed in Arizona
  • Patients or the public who request a review

Terms To Know

Arizona Medical Board
The state group that oversees doctors and medical care standards.
Health profession regulatory board
Any state agency responsible for licensing a specific type of health worker, such as nurses or dentists.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The medical board cannot use these reviews to discipline doctors who are not licensed by them.
  • These reviews do not count as official investigations for deciding if someone keeps their license.
  • Reports sent to state leaders must remove any personal information that identifies the patient.

Bill History

  1. 2026-01-21 House

    House second read

  2. 2026-01-20 House

    House Rules: None

  3. 2026-01-20 House

    House Health & Human Services: None

  4. 2026-01-20 House

    House first read

Official Summary Text

HB2687 - medical board; case reviews

Current Bill Text

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REFERENCE TITLE:
medical board; case reviews

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2687

Introduced by

Representative
Heap

AN
ACT

Amending title 32, chapter 13, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 32-1409; relating to the
ARizona medical board.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1. Title 32, chapter 13, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 32-1409, to read:

START_STATUTE
32-1409.

Board review; medical care cases; health professionals;
definitions

A. The board may conduct a review of
medical care cases that involve a patient who experienced a life-threatening
complication or death while being treated by any health professional.� The
board shall accept requests from the public to review a person's medical care
case that resulted in a life-threatening complication or death while
being treated by a health professional.

B. Before initiating a review, the
executive director of the board shall provide a summary of the medical care
case review request to the board. The board shall vote to determine
whether a review should be initiated.

C. If a majority of the Arizona
medical board votes to conduct a review of the medical care case in question,
the health profession regulatory board responsible for licensing the health
professional involved in the medical care case shall be notified and shall
transmit all materials, findings and conclusions, if applicable, to the Arizona
medical board for review by the Arizona medical board and its staff.� The
Arizona medical board shall accept materials from the public, including
records, testimony and findings, to assist in the review of the medical care
case.

D. If the Arizona medical board
review determines that the health professional engaged in unprofessional
conduct or provided incompetent medical care that resulted in a person's life-threatening
complication or death, the Arizona medical board shall transmit that finding to
the health profession regulatory board responsible for regulating the health
professional whose actions are the subject of the review.� The Arizona medical
board shall transmit all materials, findings, testimony and conclusions
regarding the health professional and may provide regulatory recommendation to
the health profession regulatory board.�

E. If the Arizona medical board
review determines that the health professional's health profession regulatory
board has erred in its investigation or has not undertaken proper regulation of
the health professional and that this lack of regulation could result in future
harm for patients, the Arizona medical board shall transmit these findings to
the health profession regulatory board in question and shall submit a summary
of conclusions that does not include any personal identifying information of
the patient to the chairpersons of the house of representatives and senate
health and human services committees, or their successor committees, and the
governor.

F. This section does not authorize
the board to discipline other health professionals that are not licensed and
regulated by the board.�

G. A board review is not an
investigation for licensure purposes.

H. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Health professional"
has the same meaning prescribed in section 32-3201.

2. "Health profession regulatory
board" has the same meaning prescribed in section 32-3201.

END_STATUTE