Section R13-2-203. Issuance of Agency License

A.      The Department shall notify an applicant when an agency license is ready for issuance. The applicant has 90 days from the date of notification to:

1.        Pay applicable license fees;

2.        Provide a complete and accurate two-year surety bond; and

3.        For those agencies that will have employees, provide a certificate of worker’s compensation insurance.

B.       If the applicant does not provide the required information within 90 days, the Department shall deny the application and all fees shall be forfeited.

C.      An applicant for an agency license or renewal may request to pick up the license at the Department’s office in Phoenix. If no request is made, the Department shall send the license to the mailing address of the applicant.

D.      Each agency license shall contain the name and physical address of the licensed business and the number of the license. The issue date on the license is the date the two-year surety bond starts, which is not to be earlier than the date of notifica- tion under subsection (A). The license expires two years after issuance.

E.       The licensee shall post the license in a conspicuous place in the principal business office.

F.       A licensee shall not assign or transfer the license.

G.      A licensee shall notify the Department in writing within 15 business days of any change of address of the principal office.

H.      If a licensee wishes to surrender the license before the expira- tion date, the Department shall not refund the license fee or any part of the license fee.

Historical Note

New Section made by final rulemaking at 10 A.A.R.

5190, effective February 5, 2005 (Supp. 04-4).