🏥 Long-Term Care / Assisted Living / Group Home · Arizona

Arizona: medical director for a long-term care / assisted living / group home

Whether Arizona requires a physician medical director for a long-term care / assisted living / group home, the qualifications, duties and the rule it comes from.

Medical directorMedical director required
Title in the ruleMedical Director
Research date2026-09-03

Qualifications

A physician responsible for the coordination of medical services provided to residents.

Duties the rule assigns

  • Ensure each resident has an attending physician
  • Ensure an attending physician (or a designated alternate) is available 24 hours a day
  • Ensure a resident receives a physical examination at least once every 12 months after admission
  • Ensure influenza and pneumonia vaccination is offered to each resident at least once every 12 months, absent an applicable exemption

Notes

Confirmed for licensed nursing care institutions specifically (Ariz. Admin. Code R9-10-413, Article 4). Arizona's separate assisted living facility rules (Article 8) were only confirmed to require medical/nursing/behavioral-health services be provided 'under the direction of' the appropriate licensed professional — no distinct 'Medical Director' title was confirmed there, so don't assume this extends to a standalone assisted living facility or group home.

Sources (1)

Every agreement Arizona names · Long-Term Care / Assisted Living / Group Home in other states