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Arizona · Medical

Arizona Medical Board; Arizona Board of Osteopathic Examiners; Arizona Regulatory Board of Physician Assistants

DO instructions checked; MD and PA filing details limited. Some filing instructions were checked, but complete instructions for every listed credential have not been verified. Read the limits for your route.

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

Submission

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 ↗

Limits

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 ↗

Anonymity

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 ↗

Complaint timing

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.

Process

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 ↗

Evidence

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

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.

A state authority is one checkpoint—not the entire accountability system.

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