Authority and scope
Check the license and concern
Arizona has three distinct routes: the Medical Board regulates MDs, the Osteopathic Board regulates DOs, and the Regulatory Board of Physician Assistants regulates PAs. Choose by the individual's credential, including when a PA works with a physician.
Supporting guidance: Arizona Medical Board ↗Arizona Regulatory Board of Physician Assistants ↗Arizona Osteopathic Board: filing a complaint ↗
Choose the right licensing authority
MD: Medical Board forms
Medical doctors; select MD Complaint. Linked form could not be read.
Open this official route ↗DO: Osteopathic Board complaints
Osteopathic physicians; readable instructions and paper form.
Open this official route ↗PA: Physician Assistant Board forms
Physician assistants; select Complaint Form. Linked form could not be read.
Open this official route ↗Checked steps and filing details to confirm
- For DOs, use the online option on the official complaint page or its downloadable written form. Provide a chronological account, practitioner and patient details, other treating providers, witnesses, and supporting copies; retain originals.
- Sign the DO paper form and email it to questions@azdo.gov, fax it to 480-657-7715, or mail it to 1740 West Adams Street, Suite 2410, Phoenix, AZ 85007. Online complaints must be completed in one session.
- For MDs and PAs, the official form indices identify separate complaint packets, but their linked files were inaccessible. Obtain current submission, signature, and release instructions directly from the relevant board before filing.
Supporting guidance: Arizona Medical Board: forms index ↗Arizona PA Board: forms index ↗Arizona Osteopathic Board: filing a complaint ↗Arizona Osteopathic Board: complaint form ↗
What this route may not provide
For DOs, the complaint form addresses violations of the osteopathic practice law and permits a patient to request reimbursement of fees if qualifying unprofessional conduct warrants discipline. This is not a promise of payment. MD and PA remedies were not verified; ask the appropriate board.
Supporting guidance: Arizona Osteopathic Board: complaint form ↗
Do not guess about confidentiality
The DO form requests a name and signature and says the complaint is provided to the physician. Confidential investigative records are not a guarantee of anonymity. Anonymous-filing rules for all three boards were not established by this check.
Supporting guidance: Arizona Osteopathic Board: complaint form ↗
Confirm timing with the credential-specific board
A filing deadline and reliable completion estimate were not established for these three routes. Ask the appropriate board promptly; do not apply another profession's rules or assume a complaint preserves a court deadline.
What may happen after filing
The DO form confirms that the physician receives the complaint to respond. Detailed current investigation stages for all three boards were not verified.
Supporting guidance: Arizona Osteopathic Board: complaint form ↗
Prepare a reviewable submission
State the concern you want reviewed, give a short chronology and factual consequences, and explain your request. Keep supporting records and follow the receiving authority’s instructions before attaching or sending them.
Sources and scope
Arizona Medical Board: forms index ↗
Official index identifies the MD complaint packet; packet contents were inaccessible.
Source checked: September 19, 2026
Arizona PA Board: forms index ↗
Official index identifies the separate PA complaint packet; packet contents were inaccessible.
Source checked: September 19, 2026
Arizona Regulatory Board of Physician Assistants ↗
Licensing and regulatory jurisdiction over PAs.
Source checked: September 19, 2026
Arizona Medical Board ↗
Medical Board's allopathic-physician regulatory mission.
Source checked: September 19, 2026
Arizona Osteopathic Board: filing a complaint ↗
DO jurisdiction, online/paper options, preparation and confidentiality.
Source checked: September 19, 2026
Arizona Osteopathic Board: complaint form ↗
Written complaint, signature, response disclosure, reimbursement request and submission contacts.
Source checked: September 19, 2026
Latest guide source check: September 19, 2026. Individual sources retain their own check dates. This records a review of the linked material, not a decision about your case. No clinical or legal reviewer is identified for this guide. Confirm current instructions with the receiving authority.