Rule 4.22 - Confidentiality of Files(A) Pursuant to A.R.S. § 36-509, the Clerk of the Court or court staff must limit access to mental health files and must disclose only the following information: (1) That a mental health file exists for any named individual;(2) The number of that file;(3) Any scheduled hearing date; and(4) The time and place of the hearing and the name of the judicial officer assigned to preside at that hearing.(B) The court docket shall list the docket number only, which must remain public.(C) Access to the contents of a mental health file must not be allowed except in compliance with A.R.S. § 36-509.(D) If the Clerk of the Court or court staff is uncertain whether a person requesting information or access is entitled to the same under A.R.S. § 36-509, the person must be referred to the Presiding Judge of the Probate Division.(E) Transfer to the State Hospital. If the Department of Health Services does not admit a person court ordered to the Arizona State Hospital within 20 days after the entry of the court order for transfer, the county attorney's office must file written notice thereof with the Court with a copy to the judicial officer who presided over the hearing. The judicial officer may set a hearing to determine the status of the patient's admission to the Arizona State Hospital and whether alternatives to admission to the Arizona State Hospital exist at that time. The Court may designate the hearing as either evidentiary or non-evidentiary.L. R. Prac. Sup. Ct. 4.22
Added effective 7/1/2018.