{"data":{"id":"us-az/a.r.s.-36-450.02","jurisdiction":"us-az","citation":"A.R.S. § 36-450.02","heading":"Nonretaliatory policy; definition","body":"A. Each health care institution that is licensed pursuant to this chapter shall adopt a policy that prohibits retaliatory action against a health professional who in good faith:\n\n1. Makes a report to the health care institution pursuant to the requirements of section 36-450.01.\n\n2. Having provided the health care institution a reasonable opportunity to address the report, provides information to a private health care accreditation organization or governmental entity concerning the activity, policy or practice that was the subject of the report.\n\nB. A third-party contractor of a health care institution may not take retaliatory action as proscribed in this section.\n\nC. This section does not prohibit a health care institution that is licensed pursuant to this chapter from taking action against a health professional for a purpose that is not related to a report filed pursuant to section 36-450.01.\n\nD. Except as provided in section 23-1501, subsection A, paragraph 3, subdivisions (a) and (c), this section shall be enforced only through the provisions of this chapter.\n\nE. There is a rebuttable presumption that any termination or other adverse action that occurs more than six months after the date of a report made pursuant to either subsection A, paragraph 1 or 2 of this section is not a retaliatory action.\n\nF. For the purposes of this section, \"third-party contractor\" means an entity that contracts with a health care institution to provide health care services in the health care institution by contracting or hiring health professionals.","path":["Title 36 Public Health and Safety"],"source_url":"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/36/00450-02.htm","current_through":"2026-09-04","vintage":"2026-08-09","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:49:56Z","sha256":"1c94344ef95dfad836b9641a191cfe5b9801f5d2ab3b67e11f28886453b86b99","source_id":"us-az","stale":true,"prev":"us-az/a.r.s.-36-450.01","next":"us-az/a.r.s.-36-451"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}