2019 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 36 - Public Health and Safety
§ 36-3294; Version 2 Registration

36-3294. Registration

(L19, Ch. 314, sec. 6. Eff. 1/1/21)

A. The qualifying health information exchange organization shall establish a process to allow persons to submit documents described in section 36-3292 to the health care directives registry. The qualifying health information exchange organization shall adopt industry standard safeguards to ensure the security, privacy and integrity of the documents submitted to and maintained in the health care directives registry.

B. The qualifying health information exchange organization is not required to review a document to ensure that it complies with the particular statutory requirements applicable to the document.

C. The qualifying health information exchange organization shall provide a person who submitted the document to the health care directives registry with a viewable record of the information entered into the registry and allow the person to submit corrected information.

D. The qualifying health information exchange organization shall activate the entry of a submitted document into the health care directives registry only after receiving confirmation that the information submitted is correct.

E. The qualifying health information exchange organization shall establish a process to allow persons who submit documents to the health care directives registry to review, retrieve, revoke and replace the documents.

F. The qualifying health information exchange organization shall establish a process for removing or distinguishing documents that have been revoked or replaced by more recent documents.

G. The entry of a document pursuant to this article does not:

1. Affect the validity of the document.

2. Relate to the accuracy of information contained in the document.

3. Create a presumption regarding the validity of the document or the accuracy of information contained in the document.