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Arizona · Nursing

Arizona State Board of Nursing

Complaint instructions checked against the linked sources, with limitations and known conflicts. Confirm that the authority covers your concern.

Authority and scope

Check the professional and concern

The Board says it investigates alleged violations of the Nurse Practice Act and Board rules concerning nursing education, licensure, and practice. Its current homepage identifies RN and LPN licenses, advanced practice credentials including nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurse midwives and nurse anesthetists, and CNA, LNA, CMA and licensed health aide credentials. Identify the actual credential when asking about a complaint. These pages do not establish that every concern involving a hospital, employer, billing office, or other health profession belongs to this Board.

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Submission

How the official source says to file

  • Open the Board's Complaints page and follow Submit a Complaint to its boardsofnursing.org complaint portal. The same link is also identified for self-reporting.
  • Detailed portal fields and document requirements could not be read during this check. Ask the Board at 602-771-7800 for assistance or an accessible filing method if the portal does not load. No alternative mail, fax, or email filing route was verified.

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Limits

What this route may not provide

The available complaint page establishes a professional-regulation complaint route. It does not establish authority to award compensation, damages, or refunds. Ask the Board where to direct a financial dispute; do not assume that a licensing complaint resolves it.

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Anonymity

Do not guess about confidentiality

Whether an anonymous report is accepted was not established. Confidentiality rules were also not established. Ask the Board separately whether you may omit your identity and what information may be given to the nurse or made public.

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Complaint timing

Filing and processing periods were not established.

The current complaint page supplies no filing cutoff. Its complaint, investigation, and Board FAQ sections are marked under construction. Ask the Board promptly about your incident dates; the absence of a published period here is not a statement that no deadline exists.

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Process

What may happen after filing

The Board confirms authority to investigate qualifying allegations, but the detailed screening and disposition process could not be established from the current complaint page.

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Evidence

Prepare a reviewable submission

State the concern you want reviewed, then add a short chronology, best supporting records, factual consequences, and a specific request for review.

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Sources and scope

Some agency-linked forms and destinations could not be read. Source-check dates apply to the material listed below; they do not establish that every linked portal was inspected or a complaint submitted.

Arizona Board complaints

Investigative authority, official complaint portal link, self-reporting and FAQ construction notices

Source checked: September 19, 2026

Source check: September 19, 2026. 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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