NOTICE OF AGENCY
SUBSTANTIVE POLICY STATEMENT #5

The Arizona Board of Medical Examiners
9545 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258

1. Title of the guidance document or subject of the substantive policy statement and the guidance document number or substantive policy statement number by which the document or policy statement is referenced:

Approval of Residency Permits Where There is Evidence of Failure to Register.
(SPS #5)

2. Date of the application of the guidance documents or the date the substantive policy statement was issued and the effective date of the document or policy statement if different from the publication or issuance date:

Originally Published July 1995; Revised May 1999.

3. Summary of the contents of the guidance document or the substantive policy statement:

The Board authorizes its staff to approve residency permits in which documentation has been obtained which demonstrates that failure to appropriately register a resident was an administrative oversight by the requesting entity, i.e. the training program.

4. A statement as to whether the guidance document or substantive policy statement is a new document or statement or a revision.

Revision

5. The name, address and telephone number of the person to whom questions and comments about the guidance document or substantive policy statement may be directed:

Licensing and Renewal Administrator
Arizona Board of Medical Examiners
9545 East Doubletree Ranch Road
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 (480) 551-2700

6. Information about where a person may obtain a copy of the guidance document or the substantive policy statement and the costs for obtaining the document or policy statement:

Available from the Board of Medical Examiners.
Twenty-five cents per page copying cost.

The below came from the July 1995 Board minutes:

Because of an administrative oversight a Doctor was not properly registered at Maricopa County Medical Center's residency program.

Following review of all pertinent records the Board approved the Doctor's application for an Arizona medical license. Ms. Hugunin questioned whether the Board wished to be informed when similar situations occur with other applicants.

Following discussion the Board decided it does not need to review applications where information is obtained indicating that because of an administrative error an applicant was not properly registered in a residency program.