Ariz. Admin. Code § 4-33-101
The definitions in A.R.S. § 36-446 apply to this Chapter. Additionally, in this Chapter, unless otherwise specified:
"Accredited" means approved by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, or Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
"ACHCA" means the American College of Health Care Administrators.
"Administrator" has the meaning prescribed at A.R.S. § 36-446 and means an individual licensed under this Chapter.
"Administrator in training" or "AIT" means an individual who is taking an AIT program to be licensed as an administrator for a nursing care institution.
"AIT program" means a training that the Board approves after determining that the training meets the standards at R4-33-302.
"Applicant" means an individual who applies to the Board to be licensed as an administrator of a nursing care institution, to be certified as a manager of an assisted living facility, or for approval of a continuing education.
"Application package" means the forms, documents, and fees that the Board requires an applicant to submit or have submitted on the applicant's behalf.
"Arizona examination" means a measure of an applicant's knowledge of Arizona statutes and rules regarding nursing care institution administration or assisted living facility management.
"Biennial period" means:
For an administrator, the period until 30 days after the licensee's birthday in an even-numbered year; and
For a manager, the period until 30 days after the certificate holder's birthday in an odd-numbered year.
"Contact hour" means an hour during which an administrator or manager is physically present at a continuing education or a manager is physically present at a required initial training.
"Continuing education" means a planned educational course or program that the Board approves under R4-33-502.
"Good standing" means an individual licensed by the state is not subject to any disciplinary action or consent order, and not currently under investigation for alleged unprofessional conduct.
"Health care institution" means every place, institution, building or agency, whether organized for profit or not, that provides facilities with medical services, nursing services, behavioral health services, health screening services, other health-related services, supervisory care services, personal care services or directed care services and includes home health agencies as defined in A.R.S. § 36-151, outdoor behavioral health care programs and hospice services agencies. A.R.S. § 36-401.
"Manager" means an assisted living facility manager, as defined at A.R.S. § 36-446, who is certified under this Chapter.
"NAB" means the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards.
"Party" has the same meaning as prescribed in A.R.S. § 41-1001.
"Preceptor" means a practicing nursing care institution administrator who helps to develop a new professional in the field of long-term care administration by tutoring the new professional.
"Qualified instructor" means a person who meets one or more of the following criteria:
A registered nurse, licensed under A.R.S. Title 32, Chapter 15;
An instructor employed by an accredited college or university, or health care institution to teach a health-care related course; or
A person or entity that has sufficient education and training to be qualified to teach a health-care related course.
"Work experience in a health-related field" means employment in a health care institution or in the professional fields of medicine, nursing, social work, gerontology, or other closely related field.
Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-33-101