2016 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 36 - Public Health and Safety
§ 36-2171 Definitions

36-2171. Definitions

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. " Advance practice provider" means a physician assistant as defined in section 32-2501 or a registered nurse practitioner as defined in section 32-1601.

2. " Behavioral health provider" means a physician who is a board-certified or board-eligible psychiatrist, a psychologist, a physician assistant or a registered nurse practitioner who is certified to practice as a behavioral health specialist or a person who is licensed pursuant to title 32 as a clinical social worker, professional counselor or marriage and family therapist.

3. " Department" means the department of health services.

4. " Pharmacist" has the same meaning prescribed in section 32-1901.

5. " Rural" means either of the following:

(a) A county with a population of less than four hundred thousand persons according to the most recent United States decennial census.

(b) A census county division with less than fifty thousand persons in a county with a population of four hundred thousand or more persons according to the most recent United States decennial census.