Arizona 57th Legislature - Second Regular Session Status: Passed Senate 1 R cosponsors

SB 1616 — business entities; licensees; exemptions

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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 57th Legislature - Second Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Plain-language change summary

The recent changes to Senate Bill 1616 include the addition of the section title "business entities; licensees; exemptions," which clarifies the focus of the bill. However, the original reference title has been removed, suggesting a shift in how the bill is presented or categorized. These adjustments may help streamline the bill's purpose, making it clearer to readers and lawmakers how it addresses the licensing and exemption status of various business entities. This matters because clearer language can improve understanding and compliance among those affected by the legislation.

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Fifty-seventh Legislature Judiciary Second Regular Session S.B.
Senate Engrossed business entities;
1616 PROPOSED HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO S.B.
licensees;
1616 (Reference to Senate engrossed bill) Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert:
exemptions State of Arizona Senate Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session SENATE BILL 1616 AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS 32-1213, 32-1231 AND 32-1237, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES;
" Section 1.
RELATING TO THE STATE BOARD OF DENTAL EXAMINERS.
Section 13-2927, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
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13-2927.
1616 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Unlawful feeding of wildlife;
Section 1.
classification A.
Section 32-1213, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
A person commits unlawful feeding of wildlife by intentionally, knowingly or recklessly feeding, attracting or otherwise enticing wildlife into an area, except for:
32-1213.
Business entities;
registration;
renewal;
civil penalty;
exceptions A.
A business entity may not offer dental services pursuant to this chapter unless:
Persons lawfully taking or holding wildlife pursuant to title 17 or pursuant to rules or orders of the Arizona game and fish commission.
The business entity is registered with the board pursuant to this section.
Public employees or authorized agents acting within the scope of their authority for public safety or for wildlife management purposes.
The services are conducted by a licensee pursuant to this chapter.
B.
The business entity must file a registration application on a form provided by the board.
The application must include:
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A description of the business entity's services offered to the public.
2.
The name of any dentist who is authorized to provide and who is responsible for providing the dental services offered at each office.
Normal agricultural or livestock operational practices.
The names and addresses of the officers and directors of the business entity.
Tree squirrels or birds EXCEPT PIGEONS.
The name of the business entity's custodian of records.
B.
5.
This section applies in a county with a population of more than two hundred eighty thousand persons.
A registration fee prescribed by the board in rule.
Unlawful feeding of wildlife is a petty offense.
A business entity must file a separate registration application and pay a fee for each branch office in this state.
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D.
A registration expires three years after the date the board issues the registration.
A business entity that wishes to renew a registration must submit an application for renewal as prescribed by the board on a triennial basis on a form provided by the board before the expiration date.
A business entity that fails to renew the registration before the expiration date is subject to a late fee as prescribed by the board by rule.
The board may stagger the dates for renewal applications.
E.
The business entity must notify the board in writing within thirty days after any change:
1.
In the business entity's name, address or telephone number.
Title 13, chapter 29, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 13-2927.01, to read:
In the officers or directors of the business entity.
13-2927.01.
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Unlawful feeding of pigeons;
In the name of any dentist who is authorized to provide and who is responsible for providing the dental services in any facility.
penalties;
4.
classification;
IN the name of the business entity's custodian of records who will accept subpoenas and respond to patient records requests.
definitions A.
F.
IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR A PERSON TO FEED PIGEONS.
The business entity shall establish a written protocol for the secure storage, transfer and access of the dental records of the business entity's patients.
B.
This protocol must include, at a minimum, procedures for:
THIS SECTION DOES NOT:
APPLY TO A PERSON WHO KEEPS PIGEONS IN AN ENCLOSURE:
Notifying patients of the future locations of their records if the business entity terminates or sells the practice.
(a) THAT IS NOT LOCATED IN THE FRONT YARD AREA OF THE PROPERTY ON WHICH THE PIGEONS ARE KEPT.
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(b) THAT HAS AT LEAST ONE SQUARE FOOT OF FLOOR SPACE FOR EACH MATURE PIGEON THAT IS KEPT OR HOUSED IN THE ENCLOSURE.
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(c) THAT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF CITY OR TOWN ZONING AND BUILDING CODES.
Disposing of unclaimed dental records.
(d) IN WHICH THE PERSON FEEDS AND WATERS THE PIGEONS WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE ENCLOSURE AND DOES NOT PROVIDE FOOD AND WATER FOR PIGEONS OUTSIDE OF THE ENCLOSURE.
3.
(e) THAT IS KEPT IN SUCH CONDITION THAT NO SMELL OR ODOR ARISES FROM THE ENCLOSURE TO THE INJURY, ANNOYANCE OR INCONVENIENCE OF A REASONABLE PERSON OF ORDINARY SENSITIVITIES.
The timely response to requests by patients for copies of their records.
G.
The business entity must notify the board within thirty days after the dissolution of any registered business entity or the closing or relocation of any facility and must disclose to the board the business entity's procedure by which its patients may obtain their records.
H.
The board may do any of the following pursuant to its disciplinary procedures if a business entity violates the board's statutes or rules:
1.
Refuse to issue a registration.
PROHIBIT A PERSON FROM FEEDING OTHER BIRDS USING PRACTICES OR DEVICES THAT ARE DESIGNED TO PREVENT PIGEONS FROM OBTAINING FOOD.
Suspend or revoke a registration.
PROHIBIT A PERSON FROM FEEDING PIGEONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH A GOVERNMENT-APPROVED PLAN FOR WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT.
Impose a civil penalty of not more than $2,000 for each violation.
House Amendments to S.B.
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Enter a decree of censure.
A PERSON MAY BRING A PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION TO ENFORCE THIS SECTION.
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D.
Issue an order prescribing a period and terms of probation that are best adapted to protect the public welfare and that may include a requirement for restitution to a patient for a violation of this chapter or rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.
A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS SECTION:
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Issue a letter of concern if a business entity's actions may cause the board to take disciplinary action.
I.
The board shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, civil penalties collected pursuant to this section in the state general fund.
J.
This section does not apply to:
FOR A FIRST VIOLATION, IS SUBJECT TO A WARNING.
A sole proprietorship or partnership that consists exclusively of dentists who are licensed pursuant to this chapter.
FOR A SECOND VIOLATION, IS SUBJECT TO THE IMPOSITION OF A CIVIL PENALTY OF $100.
Any of the following entities licensed under title 20:
(a) A service corporation.
(b) An insurer authorized to transact disability insurance.
(c) A prepaid dental plan organization that does not provide directly for prepaid dental services.
(d) A health care services organization that does not provide directly for dental services.
FOR A THIRD OR SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION, IS GUILTY OF A PETTY OFFENSE.
A professional corporation or professional limited liability company, the shares of which are exclusively owned by dentists who are licensed pursuant to this chapter and that is formed to engage in the practice of dentistry pursuant to title 10, chapter 20 or title 29 relating to professional limited liability companies.
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4.
FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
A facility regulated by the federal government or a state, district or territory of the United States.
5.
An administrator or executor of the estate of a deceased dentist or a person who is legally authorized to act for a dentist who has been adjudicated to be mentally incompetent for not more than one year after - 2 - S.B.
1616 the date the board receives notice of the dentist's death or incapacitation pursuant to section 32-1270.
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A RECOGNIZED DENTAL SCHOOL, RECOGNIZED DENTAL THERAPY SCHOOL OR RECOGNIZED DENTAL HYGIENE SCHOOL.
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A facility that offers dental services to the public by persons licensed under this chapter shall be registered by the board unless the facility is any of the following:
"FEED" MEANS TO KNOWINGLY PROVIDE FOOD.
Owned by a dentist who is licensed pursuant to this chapter.
"FOOD" INCLUDES GRAINS, SEEDS, GREENS, BREAD, BREADCRUMBS, FISHMEAL, WASTE FOOD, FOOD SCRAPS OR OTHER FEED OR NUTRITIVE SUBSTANCES INCLUDING GARBAGE THAT IS NOT PROPERLY DISPOSED OF OR CONTAINED.
Regulated by the federal government or a state, district or territory of the United States.
"PIGEON" MEANS ANY BIRD OF THE FAMILY COLUMBIDAE AND SPECIES COLUMBA LIVIA, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE ROCK DOVE, HOMING PIGEON OR CARRIER PIGEON." Amend title to conform QUANG H.
A RECOGNIZED DENTAL SCHOOL, RECOGNIZED DENTAL THERAPY SCHOOL OR RECOGNIZED DENTAL HYGIENE SCHOOL.
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Except for issues relating to insurance coding and billing that require the name, signature and license number of the dentist providing treatment, this section does not:
1.
Authorize a licensee in the course of providing dental services for a business entity registered pursuant to this section to disregard or interfere with a policy or practice established by the business entity for the operation and management of the business.
2.
Authorize a business entity registered pursuant to this section to establish or enforce a business policy or practice that may interfere with the clinical judgment of the licensee in providing dental services for the business entity or may compromise a licensee's ability to comply with this chapter.
M.
The board shall adopt rules that provide a method for the board to receive the assistance and advice of business entities licensed pursuant to this chapter in all matters relating to the regulation of business entities.
N.
An individual currently holding a surrendered or revoked license to practice dentistry or dental hygiene in any state or jurisdiction in the United States may not have a majority ownership interest in the business entity registered pursuant to this section.
Revocation and surrender of licensure shall be limited to disciplinary actions resulting in loss of license or surrender of license instead of disciplinary action.
Dentists or dental hygienists affected by this subsection shall have one year after the surrender or revocation to divest themselves of their ownership interest.
This subsection does not apply to publicly held companies.
For the purposes of this subsection, "majority ownership interest" means an ownership interest greater than fifty percent.
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2.
Section 32-1231, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
32-1231.
Persons not required to be licensed;
board jurisdiction A.
This chapter does not prohibit:
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A dentist, dental therapist or dental hygienist who is officially employed in the service of the United States from practicing dentistry in the dentist's, dental therapist's or dental hygienist's official capacity, within the scope of that person's authority, on persons who are enlisted in, directly connected with or under the immediate control of some branch of service of the United States.
2.
A person, whether or not licensed by this state, from practicing dental therapy either:
(a) In the discharge of official duties on behalf of the United States government, including the United States department of veterans affairs, the United States public health service and the Indian health service.
(b) While employed by tribal health programs authorized pursuant to Public Law 93-638 or urban Indian health programs.
3.
An intern or student of dentistry, dental therapy or dental hygiene from operating PRACTICING in the clinical departments or laboratories of a recognized dental school, recognized dental therapy school, recognized dental hygiene school or hospital under the supervision of a dentist.
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An unlicensed person from performing for a licensed dentist merely mechanical work on inert matter not within the oral cavity in the construction, making, alteration or repairing of any artificial dental substitute or any dental restorative or corrective appliance, if the casts or impressions for that work have been furnished by a licensed dentist and the work is directly supervised by the dentist for whom done or under a written authorization signed by the dentist, but the burden of proving that written authorization or direct supervision is on the person charged with having violated this provision.
5.
A clinician who is not licensed in this state from giving demonstrations, before bona fide dental societies, study clubs and groups of professional students, that are free to the persons on whom made.
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The state director of dental public health from performing the director's administrative duties as prescribed by law.
7.
A dentist or dental hygienist to whom a restricted permit has been issued from practicing dentistry or dental hygiene in this state as provided in sections 32-1237 and 32-1292.
8.
A dentist, dental therapist or dental hygienist from practicing for educational purposes on behalf IN THE CLINICAL DEPARTMENTS OR LABORATORIES of a recognized dental school, recognized dental therapy school or recognized dental hygiene school.
9.
A dentist who holds an active and unrestricted license in another state, territory or possession of the United States from practicing for educational purposes in connection with recognized continuing dental education.
A dentist who practices under this paragraph:
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1616 (a) May not receive compensation for dental services provided in connection with recognized continuing dental education.
(b) Is subject to the jurisdiction and discipline of the board to the same extent as dentists who are licensed in this state.
(c) May not provide any dental care or services in this state to a person who is either:
(i) Physically unable to safely receive the dental care or services.
(ii) Not mentally competent to knowingly and voluntarily consent to the dental care or services.
(d) Shall file a restricted permit application on a form approved by the board with the provider of the recognized continuing dental education before providing any dental care or services in this state.
The provider of the recognized continuing dental education shall retain the dentist's restricted permit application for a period of at least five years.
B.
THE BOARD HAS NO JURISDICTION OR AUTHORITY OVER ANY PERSON, WHETHER OR NOT LICENSED BY THIS STATE, WHO IS ACTING WITHIN THE SCOPE OF SUBSECTION A, PARAGRAPH 3 OR 8 OF THIS SECTION, EXCEPT THAT A LICENSEE IS SUBJECT TO BOARD JURISDICTION FOR VIOLATING SECTION 32-1263, SUBSECTION A, PARAGRAPH 2 AND IS REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH SECTION 32-3208.
Sec.
3.
Section 32-1237, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
32-1237.
Restricted permit A.
A person may apply for a restricted permit if the applicant demonstrates to the board's satisfaction that the applicant:
1.
Has a pending contract with a recognized charitable dental clinic or organization or will be practicing for educational purposes in connection with and while enrolled in recognized continuing dental education that offers dental services without compensation or at a rate that only reimburses the clinic for dental supplies and overhead costs and the applicant will receive no compensation for dental services provided at the clinic or organization or in connection with the recognized continuing dental education.
2.
Has a license to practice dentistry issued by another state or territory of the United States or the District of Columbia.
3.
Has been actively engaged in one or more of the following for at least three years immediately preceding the application:
(a) The practice of dentistry.
(b) An approved dental residency training program.
(c) Postgraduate training deemed by the board equivalent to an approved dental residency training program.
4.
Is competent and proficient to practice dentistry.
5.
Meets the requirements of section 32-1232, subsection A, other than the requirement to meet section 32-1233.
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For the purposes of meeting the requirements of subsection A of this section, the provider of the recognized continuing dental education, before the commencement of the recognized continuing dental education, shall notify the board of the restricted permit applicants the provider has accepted that WHO meet the requirements of section 32-1231, SUBSECTION A, paragraph 9.
The board shall acknowledge receipt of the notification within five business days after the later of receiving either:
1.
The notification.
2.
A copy of the applicants' valid fingerprint clearance cards.
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Passed 29 Yea · 1 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 13000
Republican 16100
Total 29100
% of votes cast 97%3%0%0%
How each member voted (30)
Member Party Vote
Analise Ortiz Democrat Yea
Brian Fernandez Democrat Yea
Catherine Miranda Democrat Yea
Denise “Mitzi” Epstein Democrat Yea
Eva Diaz Democrat Yea
Flavio Bravo Democrat Yea
Kiana Sears Democrat Yea
Lauren Kuby Democrat Yea
Lela Alston Democrat Yea
Priya Sundareshan Democrat Yea
Rosanna Gabaldón Democrat Yea
Sally Ann Gonzales Democrat Yea
Theresa Hatathlie Democrat Yea
Carine Werner Republican Yea
David C. Farnsworth Republican Yea
David Gowan Republican Yea
Frank Carroll Republican Yea
Hildy Angius Republican Yea
J.D. Mesnard Republican Yea
Jake Hoffman Republican Nay
Janae Shamp Republican Yea
John Kavanagh Republican Yea
Kevin Payne Republican Yea
Mark Finchem Republican Yea
Shawnna Bolick Republican Yea
Thomas "T.J." Shope Republican Yea
Timothy "Tim" Dunn Republican Yea
Venden "Vince" Leach Republican Yea
Warren Petersen Republican Yea
Wendy Rogers Republican Yea

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