32-1804
.
Executive director; compensation; duties
A. The board shall appoint an executive director who is not a member
of the board. The executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the
board and shall receive compensation as determined pursuant to section 38-611
to be paid from the board fund.
B. The executive director
OR THAT PERSON'S DESIGNEE
shall:
1. Serve as administrative assistant to the board
AND MANAGE THE BOARD'S OFFICES
.
2. Collect all monies due and payable to the board.
3. Pay to the state treasurer any monies received by the board.
4. Prepare bills for authorized expenditures of the board and obtain warrants from the department of administration for payment of bills certified
by a board member.
4. PAY ALL BILLS FOR AUTHORIZED BOARD EXPENDITURES.
5. Administer oaths.
6. Act as custodian of the board's seal, books, records, minutes and
proceedings.
7. Employ special consultants or other agents to make investigations,
gather information, review complaints, review malpractice claims, suits and
settlements, prepare reports and perform other duties the executive director
determines are necessary to enforce this chapter. Compensation for special
consultants or agents may be determined on an hourly, daily or case basis but
shall not exceed one hundred fifty dollars per day.
8. Employ
, EVALUATE, DISMISS, DISCIPLINE AND DIRECT PROFESSIONAL, CLERICAL, TECHNICAL, INVESTIGATIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE
permanent or temporary personnel necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The
personnel
are eligible to receive compensation pursuant to section 38-611.
9. Issue licenses
,
and
registrations
, PERMITS, LICENSE RENEWAL EXTENSIONS AND EXEMPTIONS
to applicants who meet the requirements of this chapter.
10. Enter into contracts pursuant to title 41, chapter 23 for goods and
services that are necessary to carry out board policies and directives.
11. PREPARE MINUTES, RECORDS, REPORTS, REGISTRIES, DIRECTORIES, BOOKS AND NEWSLETTERS AND RECORDS OF ALL BOARD TRANSACTIONS AND ORDERS.
12. PREPARE A BIANNUAL BUDGET.
13. AS DIRECTED BY THE BOARD, PREPARE AND SUBMIT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
CHANGES TO THIS CHAPTER FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE LEGISLATURE.
14. INITIATE AN INVESTIGATION IF EVIDENCE APPEARS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT
A PHYSICIAN MAY BE ENGAGED IN UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OR MAY BE MEDICALLY
INCOMPETENT OR PHYSICALLY UNABLE TO SAFELY PRACTICE MEDICINE.
15. ISSUE SUBPOENAS IF NECESSARY TO COMPEL THE ATTENDANCE AND TESTIMONY
OF A WITNESS AND THE PRODUCTION OF EVIDENCE.
16. AS DIRECTED BY THE BOARD, PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL IN PREPARING AND EXECUTING DISCIPLINARY ORDERS, REHABILITATION ORDERS
AND NOTICES OF HEARINGS.
17. EXECUTE BOARD DIRECTIVES.
18. REPRESENT THE BOARD WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, OTHER STATES AND
JURISDICTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, THIS STATE, POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF
THIS STATE, THE NEWS MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC.
11.
19.
Perform any other duty required by the board.
Sec. 4. Section 32-1822, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
32-1822
.
Qualifications of applicant; application; fees
A. An applicant for licensure shall:
1. Be a citizen of the United States or a resident alien.
2. Be a graduate of a board approved school of osteopathic medicine.
3. Submit to the board the following:
(a)
THE APPLICANT'S FULL NAME AND ALL ALIASES AND OTHER NAMES EVER USED, CURRENT ADDRESS, SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH.
(b)
A RECENT PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED BY THE APPLICANT.
(c)
THE ORIGINALS OF ALL DOCUMENTS AND CREDENTIALS REQUIRED BY THE BOARD OR NOTARIZED PHOTOCOPIES OR OTHER VERIFICATION ACCEPTABLE TO THE BOARD
OF THESE DOCUMENTS AND CREDENTIALS.
(a)
(d) Affidavits from three physicians and surgeons who are in active practice and who can attest to the applicant's fitness to practice
medicine and surgery as an osteopathic physician and surgeon and submit to
any other investigation deemed necessary by the board.
(b)
(e) A diploma conferring the degree of doctor of osteopathy or doctor of osteopathic medicine that was issued by a board approved school of
medicine that at the time it issued the degree met the requirements
prescribed by the American osteopathic association for that year. If the
applicant cannot find the diploma the applicant shall submit proof
satisfactory to the board that the applicant received a degree that meets
these requirements.
(c)
(f) Proof that the applicant has served a board approved internship of at least one year or an approved residency or the equivalent
as determined by the board.
(d)
(g) A verified application, upon forms furnished by the board, stating, in addition to other information requested, that the applicant is
the person named in the diploma, that the applicant obtained the diploma
without fraud or misrepresentation and that the applicant's license to
practice medicine and surgery as an osteopathic physician and surgeon has
never been revoked, suspended or denied by any regulatory jurisdiction within
the United States or in any other country.
4. Successfully pass an examination approved by the board or possess
a currently active and unrestricted license to practice as an osteopathic physician and surgeon issued under the authority of any state, district or
territory that has standards that are comparable to those prescribed in this
chapter.
5. Submit with the application the application fee prescribed in
section 32-1826 and pay the prescribed license fee to the board at the time
the license is issued. All fees shall be paid by certified check, by money
order or by cash.
6. Receive a score of at least seventy-five per cent on an
examination prescribed by the board that covers this chapter and board rules.
B. The board may require an applicant to submit to a personal
interview, a physical examination or a mental evaluation or any combination
of these at a reasonable time and place as prescribed by the board if the
board determines that this is necessary to provide the board adequate
information regarding the applicant's ability to meet the licensure
requirements of this chapter. An interview may include medical knowledge
questions and other matters that are relevant to licensure.
C. The board may deny a license for any unprofessional conduct
THAT WOULD CONSTITUTE GROUNDS FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER AND
AS DETERMINED BY A COMPETENT DOMESTIC OR FOREIGN JURISDICTION
.
D. The board may issue a license that is contingent on the applicant
entering into a stipulated order that may include a period of probation or
a restriction on the licensee's practice.
E. The executive director may issue licenses to applicants who meet
the requirements of this section.
F. A person who has had his license revoked
OR DENIED
may apply for licensure two years after the revocation
OR DENIAL
.
Sec. 5. Section 32-1825, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
32-1825
.
Renewal of licenses; continuing medical education; failure to renew; penalty; reinstatement; waiver of
continuing medical education
A. Each licensee shall renew the license before January 1 every
two years
YEAR
. At least sixty days before that date the executive director shall notify each licensee whose license is up for renewal of this
requirement. The executive director shall send this notification by first
class mail to the licensee at the address the licensee last provided to the
executive director.
B. The licensee shall furnish to the executive director a statement
of having attended
, within each of the two calendar years
prior to the renewal date, educational programs, approved by the board, totaling at least
twenty clock hours and shall pay to the board the prescribed annual renewal
fee
for each year
. The executive director shall then issue a renewal receipt to the licensee. The board may require a licensee to submit documentation
of continuing medical education.
C. The board shall not renew the license of a licensee who does not
fully document the licensee's compliance with the continuing education
requirements of subsection
A
B
of this section unless that person receives a waiver of those requirements. The board may waive the continuing education
requirements of subsection
A
B
of this section for a particular twelve month period if it is satisfied that the licensee's noncompliance was due to the
licensee's disability, military service or absence from the United States or
to other circumstances beyond the control of the licensee. If a licensee
fails to attend the required number of clock hours for reasons other than
those specified in this subsection, the board may grant an extension
of time of not to exceed one hundred twenty days
UNTIL MAY 1 OF THAT YEAR
for the licensee to comply.
D. Unless the board grants an extension pursuant to subsection C of
this section, a licensee who fails to renew the license before February 1
shall pay a penalty fee in addition to the prescribed renewal fee. Failure
to renew a license on or before April 1 results in expiration of the license
except as provided in section 32-3202. A person who practices osteopathic
medicine after that time is in violation of this chapter. A person whose
license expires may reapply for a license pursuant to this chapter.
Sec. 6. Section 32-1826, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
32-1826
.
Fees; penalty
A. The board shall by a formal vote at its annual January meeting
establish fees of not to exceed the following:
1. For an application to practice osteopathic medicine, three hundred
dollars.
2. For issuance of a license, one hundred dollars.
3. For renewal of a license, three hundred dollars per year.
4. For locum tenens registration, two hundred dollars.
5. FOR ISSUANCE OF A DUPLICATE LICENSE, FIFTY DOLLARS.
6. FOR ANNUAL REGISTRATION OF AN APPROVED INTERNSHIP, RESIDENCY,
CLINICAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM OR SHORT-TERM RESIDENCY PROGRAM, FIFTY DOLLARS.
7. FOR AN ANNUAL TEACHING LICENSE AT AN APPROVED SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
OR AT AN APPROVED TEACHING HOSPITAL'S ACCREDITED GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION
PROGRAM, THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
8. FOR A FIVE DAY EDUCATIONAL TEACHING PERMIT AT AN APPROVED SCHOOL
OF MEDICINE OR AT AN APPROVED TEACHING HOSPITAL'S ACCREDITED GRADUATE MEDICAL
EDUCATION PROGRAM, ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
9. FOR THE SALE OF THOSE COPIES OF THE ANNUAL OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL
DIRECTORY THAT ARE NOT DISTRIBUTED FREE OF CHARGE, THIRTY DOLLARS.
10. FOR THE SALE OF COMPUTERIZED TAPES OR DISKETTES THAT DO NOT REQUIRE
PROGRAMMING, ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
11. FOR INITIAL AND ANNUAL REGISTRATION TO DISPENSE DRUGS AND DEVICES,
TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS.
B. The board shall charge a one hundred fifty dollar penalty fee for late renewal of a license.
C. The board may charge additional fees for services the board
determines are necessary and appropriate to carry out the provisions of this
chapter. These fees shall not exceed the actual cost of providing the
services.
Sec. 7. Title 32, chapter 17, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is
amended by adding sections 32-1828, 32-1829 and 32-1830, to read:
32-1828
.
Education teaching permits
A. THE DEAN OF A BOARD APPROVED SCHOOL OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE OR THE CHAIRMAN OF A TEACHING HOSPITAL'S ACCREDITED GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION
PROGRAM MAY INVITE A DOCTOR OF OSTEOPATHY WHO IS NOT LICENSED IN THIS STATE
TO DEMONSTRATE AND PERFORM MEDICAL PROCEDURES AND SURGICAL TECHNIQUES FOR THE
SOLE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS, INTERNS,
RESIDENTS, FELLOWS AND DOCTORS OF OSTEOPATHY IN THIS STATE.
B. THE CHAIRMAN OR DEAN OF THE INVITING INSTITUTION SHALL PROVIDE TO
THE BOARD EVIDENCE THAT AN APPLICANT FOR AN EDUCATIONAL PERMIT HAS
MALPRACTICE INSURANCE IN AN AMOUNT THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THAT
INSTITUTION
AND THAT THE APPLICANT ACCEPTS ALL RESPONSIBILITY AND LIABILITY FOR THE PROCEDURES THE APPLICANT PERFORMS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE APPLICANT'S
PERMIT.
C. IN A LETTER TO THE BOARD, THE CHAIRMAN OR DEAN OF THE INVITING
INSTITUTION SHALL OUTLINE THE PROCEDURES AND TECHNIQUES THAT THE DOCTOR OF
MEDICINE WILL PERFORM OR DEMONSTRATE AND THE DATES THAT THIS ACTIVITY WILL
OCCUR. THE LETTER SHALL ALSO INCLUDE A SUMMARY OF THE DOCTOR OF OSTEOPATHY'S
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND AND SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE FEE
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER.
D. THE INVITING INSTITUTIONS SHALL SUBMIT THE FEES AND DOCUMENTS
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION NO LATER THAN TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE
SCHEDULED ACTIVITY.
E. THE BOARD THROUGH ITS STAFF SHALL ISSUE AN EDUCATIONAL TEACHING
PERMIT FOR NOT MORE THAN FIVE DAYS FOR EACH APPROVED ACTIVITY.
32-1829
.
Training permits; short-term permits
A. THE BOARD SHALL GRANT A ONE YEAR RENEWABLE TRAINING PERMIT TO A PERSON PARTICIPATING IN A TEACHING HOSPITAL'S ACCREDITED INTERNSHIP,
RESIDENCY OR CLINICAL FELLOWSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM TO ALLOW THAT PERSON TO
FUNCTION ONLY IN THE SUPERVISED SETTING OF THAT PROGRAM. BEFORE THE BOARD
ISSUES THE PERMIT THE PERSON SHALL COMPLY WITH THE APPLICABLE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ARTICLE AND PAY THE FEE PRESCRIBED IN THIS CHAPTER.
B. IF A PERSON WHO IS PARTICIPATING IN A TEACHING HOSPITAL'S
ACCREDITED INTERNSHIP, RESIDENCY OR CLINICAL FELLOWSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM MUST
REPEAT OR MAKE UP TIME IN THE PROGRAM DUE TO RESIDENT PROGRESSION OR FOR
OTHER REASONS, THE BOARD MAY GRANT THAT PERSON A TRAINING PERMIT IF REQUESTED TO DO SO BY THE PROGRAM'S DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL EDUCATION OR A PERSON WHO HOLDS
AN EQUIVALENT POSITION. THE PERMIT LIMITS THE PERMITTEE TO PRACTICING ONLY
IN THE SUPERVISED SETTING OF THAT PROGRAM.
C. THE BOARD SHALL GRANT A TRAINING PERMIT TO A PERSON WHO IS NOT
LICENSED IN THIS STATE AND WHO IS PARTICIPATING IN A SHORT-TERM TRAINING
PROGRAM OF FOUR MONTHS OR LESS CONDUCTED IN AN APPROVED SCHOOL OF OSTEOPATHIC
MEDICINE OR A HOSPITAL THAT HAS AN ACCREDITED HOSPITAL INTERNSHIP, RESIDENCY
OR CLINICAL FELLOWSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM IN THIS STATE FOR THE PURPOSE OF
CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION. BEFORE THE BOARD ISSUES THE PERMIT THE PERSON
SHALL COMPLY WITH THE APPLICABLE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ARTICLE
AND PAY THE FEE PRESCRIBED IN THIS CHAPTER.
D. A PERMITTEE IS SUBJECT TO THE DISCIPLINARY PROVISIONS OF THIS
CHAPTER.
32-1830
.
Training permits; approved schools
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MAY GRANT A ONE YEAR TRAINING PERMIT TO A PERSON WHO:
1. PARTICIPATES IN A PROGRAM AT AN APPROVED SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OR A
HOSPITAL THAT HAS AN APPROVED HOSPITAL INTERNSHIP, RESIDENCY OR CLINICAL
FELLOWSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM IF THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO EXCHANGE
TECHNICAL AND EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION.
2. PAYS THE FEE AS PRESCRIBED IN THIS ARTICLE.
3. SUBMITS A WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM THE DEAN OF THE APPROVED SCHOOL
OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE OR FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF A TEACHING HOSPITAL'S
ACCREDITED GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM THAT:
(a)
INCLUDES A REQUEST FOR THE PERMIT AND DESCRIBES THE PURPOSE OF THE EXCHANGE PROGRAM.
(b)
SPECIFIES THAT THE HOST INSTITUTION SHALL PROVIDE LIABILITY COVERAGE.
(c)
PROVIDES PROOF THAT A DOCTOR OF MEDICINE WILL SERVE AS THE PRECEPTOR OF THE HOST INSTITUTION AND PROVIDE APPROPRIATE SUPERVISION OF THE
PARTICIPANT.
(d)
STATES THAT THE HOST INSTITUTION HAS ADVISED THE PARTICIPANT THAT THE PARTICIPANT MAY SERVE AS A MEMBER OF AN ORGANIZED MEDICAL TEAM BUT SHALL
NOT PRACTICE MEDICINE INDEPENDENTLY AND THAT THIS TRAINING DOES NOT ACCRUE
TOWARD POSTGRADUATE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE.
Sec. 8. Section 32-1854, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
32-1854
.
Definition of unprofessional conduct
"Unprofessional conduct" includes the following acts, whether occurring
in this state or elsewhere:
1. Wilfully betraying a professional secret or wilfully violating a
privileged communication except as either of these may otherwise be required
by law. This paragraph does not prevent members of the board from exchanging
information with the licensing and disciplinary boards of other states, territories or districts of the United States or with foreign countries or
with osteopathic medical organizations located in this state or in any state,
district or territory of this country or in any foreign country.
2. Committing a felony, whether or not involving moral turpitude, or
a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude. In either case conviction by any
court of competent jurisdiction is conclusive evidence of the commission.
3. Practicing medicine while under the influence of alcohol, narcotic
or hypnotic drugs or any substance that impairs or may impair the licensee's
ability to safely and skillfully practice medicine.
4. Being diagnosed by a physician licensed under this chapter or
chapter 13 of this title or a psychologist licensed under chapter 19.1 of
this title as excessively or illegally using alcohol or a controlled
substance.
5. Prescribing, dispensing or administering controlled substances or
prescription only drugs for other than accepted therapeutic purposes.
6. Engaging in the practice of medicine in a manner that harms or may
harm a patient or that the board determines falls below the community
standard.
7. Impersonating another physician.
8. Acting or assuming to act as a member of the board if this is not
true.
9. Procuring or attempting to procure a license to practice
osteopathic medicine by fraud or misrepresentation.
10. Having professional connection with or lending one's name to an
illegal practitioner of osteopathic medicine or any of the other healing
arts.
11. Representing that a manifestly incurable disease, injury, ailment
or infirmity can be permanently cured or that a curable disease, injury,
ailment or infirmity can be cured within a stated time, if this is not true.
12. Failing to reasonably disclose and inform the patient or the
patient's representative of the method, device or instrumentality the
licensee uses to treat the patient's disease, injury, ailment or infirmity.
13. Refusing to divulge to the board upon demand the means, method,
device or instrumentality used in the treatment of a disease, injury, ailment
or infirmity.
14. Charging a fee for services not rendered or dividing a professional
fee for patient referrals.
15. Knowingly making any false or fraudulent statement, written or
oral, in connection with the practice of medicine except as the same may be
necessary for accepted therapeutic purposes.
16. Advertising in a false, deceptive or misleading manner.
17. Representing or holding oneself out as being an osteopathic medical
specialist if the physician has not satisfied the applicable requirements of
this chapter or board rules.
18. The refusal, revocation or suspension of a license by any other
state, territory, district or country, unless it can be shown that this
occurred for reasons that did not relate to the person's ability to safely
and skillfully practice osteopathic medicine or to any act of unprofessional
conduct as provided in this section.
19. Any conduct or practice contrary to recognized standards of ethics
of the osteopathic medical profession.
20. Violating or attempting to violate, directly or indirectly, or
assisting in or abetting the violation of or conspiring to violate any of the
provisions of this chapter.
21. Failing or refusing to maintain adequate records on a patient.
22. Using controlled substances or prescription-only drugs unless they
are provided by a medical practitioner, as defined in section 32-1901, as
part of a lawful course of treatment.
23. Prescribing controlled substances to members of one's immediate
family unless there is no other physician available within fifty miles to
treat a member of the family and an emergency exists.
24. Prescribing, dispensing or administering schedule II controlled
substances as defined in section 36-2513 including amphetamines and similar
schedule II sympathomimetic drugs in the treatment of exogenous obesity for
a period in excess of thirty days in any one year.
25. Nontherapeutic use of injectable amphetamines.
26. Violating a formal order, probation or a stipulation issued by the
board under this chapter.
27. Charging or collecting an inappropriate fee. This paragraph does
not apply to a fee which is fixed in a written contract between the physician
and the patient and entered into before treatment begins.
28. Using experimental forms of therapy without adequate informed
patient consent or without conforming to generally accepted criteria and
complying with federal and state statutes and regulations governing
experimental therapies.
29. Failing to make patient medical records in the physician's
possession promptly available to a physician assistant, a nurse practitioner,
a person licensed pursuant to this chapter or a podiatrist, chiropractor,
naturopathic physician,
a
physician
licensed under chapter 13,
or homeopathic physician licensed under chapter 7, 8, 13, 14 or 29 of this title
on receipt of proper authorization to do so from the patient, a minor
patient's parent, the patient's legal guardian or the patient's authorized
representative or failing to comply with title 12, chapter 13, article 7.1.
30. Failing to allow properly authorized board personnel to have, on
demand, access to any documents, reports or records maintained by the
physician relating to his medical practice or medically related activities
pursuant to section 32-1855.01.
31. Signing a blank, undated or predated prescription form.
32. Obtaining a fee by fraud, deceit or misrepresentation.
33. Falsely claiming attendance at continuing medical education
programs to meet license renewal requirements.
34. Failing to report to the board an osteopathic physician and surgeon
who is or may be guilty of unprofessional conduct or is or may be mentally
or physically unable safely to engage in the practice of medicine.
35. Referring a patient to a diagnostic or treatment facility or
prescribing goods and services without disclosing that the physician has a
direct pecuniary interest in the facility, goods or services to which the
patient has been referred or prescribed. This paragraph does not apply to
a referral by one physician to another physician within a group of physicians
practicing together.
36. Lack of or inappropriate direction, collaboration or supervision
of a licensed, certified or registered health care provider or office
personnel employed by or assigned to the physician in the medical care of
patients.
37. Violating a federal law, a state law or a rule applicable to the
practice of medicine.
38. Prescribing or dispensing controlled substances or
prescription-only medications without maintaining adequate and appropriate
patient records.
39. Failing to dispense drugs and devices in compliance with article
4 of this chapter.
40. Any conduct or practice that endangers a patient's or the public's
health or may reasonably be expected to do so.
41. Any conduct or practice that impairs the licensee's ability to
safely and skillfully practice medicine or that may reasonably be expected
to do so.
42. With the exception of heavy metal poisoning, using chelation
therapy in the treatment of arteriosclerosis or as any other form of therapy
without adequate informed patient consent and without conforming to generally
accepted experimental criteria, including protocols, detailed records,
periodic analysis of results and periodic review by a medical peer review
committee.
43. Prescribing, dispensing or administering anabolic-androgenic
steroids to a person for other than therapeutic purposes.
44. Sexual intimacies with a patient.
45. Fetal experiments conducted in violation of section 36-2302.
46. Conduct that the board determines constitutes gross negligence,
repeated negligence or negligence that results in harm or death of a patient.
47. CONDUCT IN THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE WHICH EVIDENCES MORAL UNFITNESS TO PRACTICE MEDICINE.
48. WILLFULLY HARASSING, ABUSING OR INTIMIDATING A PATIENT EITHER
PHYSICALLY OR VERBALLY.
Sec. 9.
Requirements for enactment
Pursuant to article IX, section 22, Constitution of Arizona, this act
is effective only on the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the
members of each house of the legislature and is effective immediately on the
signature of the governor or, if the governor vetoes this act, on the
subsequent affirmative vote of at least three-fourths of the members of each
house of the legislature.
APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR MAY 29, 1998.
FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE JUNE 2, 1998.
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