Section R9-10-111. Enforcement Actions

A.      If the Department determines that an applicant or licensee is violating applicable statutes and rules and the violation poses a direct risk to the life, health, or safety of a patient, the Depart- ment may:

1.        Issue a provisional license to the applicant or licensee under A.R.S. § 36-425,

2.        Assess a civil penalty under A.R.S. § 36-431.01,

3.        Impose an intermediate sanction under A.R.S. § 36-427,

4.        Remove a licensee and appoint another person to con- tinue operation of the health care institution pending fur- ther action under A.R.S. § 36-429,

5.        Suspend or revoke a license under A.R.S. § 36-427 and R9-10-111,

6.        Deny a license under A.R.S. § 36-425 and R9-10-111, or

7.        Issue an injunction under A.R.S. § 36-430.

B.       In determining which action in subsection (A) is appropriate, the Department shall consider the direct risk to the life, health, or safety of a patient in the health care institution based on:

1.        Repeated violations of statutes or rules,

2.        Pattern of violations,

3.        Types of violation,

4.        Severity of violation, and

5.        Number of violations.

Historical Note

Amended effective February 4, 1981 (Supp. 81-1). Sec- tion repealed; new Section made by final rulemaking at 8

A.A.R. 3559, effective August 1, 2002 (Supp. 02-3). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 19 A.A.R. 2015, effective October 1, 2013 (Supp. 13-2). Amended by

exempt rulemaking at 20 A.A.R. 97, effective January 1, 2014 (Supp. 13-4). Section R9-10-111 renumbered to Section R9-10-112; new Section R9-10-111 renumbered from R9-10-110 and amended by exempt rulemaking at 20 A.A.R. 1409, pursuant to Laws 2013, Ch. 10, § 13;

effective July 1, 2014 (Supp. 14-2).