NOTICE OF AGENCY
SUBSTANTIVE POLICY STATEMENT #6
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:
Public Disclosure Policy. (SPS #6)
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:
Approved and Effective on January 28, 1999, Revised June 2000.
3. Summary of the contents of the guidance document or the substantive
policy statement:
This policy aids BOMEX in establishing fair, lawful and easily
understood access points for the public when the agency is contacted
for licensing or disciplinary information. Additionally, this policy
specifies which categories of information the Board will disclose
and which will be kept confidential pursuant to statutory requirements.
Lastly, this policy identifies which pieces of licensing and disciplinary
information will be disclosed through the various means available
to consumers.
3. A statement as to whether the guidance document or substantive
policy statement is a new document or statement or a revision.
New Statement
4. 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:
Public Information Coordinator
Arizona Board of Medical Examiners
9545 East Doubletree Ranch Road Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
(480) 551-2700
5. 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.
DISCLOSURE OF AGENCY INFORMATION
The Board of Medical Examiners (Board) seeks to facilitate access
to information. The Board is committed to protecting the public's
health, safety and welfare by providing the information consumers
need to make informed decisions about their health care providers.
Our goal is to establish fair, lawful and easily understood access
points for the public when the agency is contacted for licensing or
disciplinary information. Currently, Board staff receive requests
for information via fax, postal mail, telephone, in-person or on the
website.
To aid us in reaching our goal, the proceeding table illustrate the
enacted public disclosure policies the full Board approved. The table
(General Disclosure Status of Agency Information) illustrates which
categories of information the Board will disclose and which will be
kept confidential.
Table 1:
General Disclosure Status of Agency Information Type of Information
Disclosable?
|
Type of Information
|
Disclosable?
|
| License File Information |
Yes
|
| Board Disciplinary Orders |
Yes
|
| Open Investigations |
Yes
|
| Transcripts of Board Meetings, Informal Interviews |
Yes
|
| Letters of Concern |
Yes
|
| Nature of Board Findings |
Yes
|
| Dismissals |
Yes
|
| Agency Summary Statistics |
Yes
|
| Confidential Investigative/Compliance Reports/Documents/Material |
No
|
| Confidential Patient Charts/Medical Records |
No
|