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In Arizona,
the State does not require non-medical home care
business organizations to be licensed through
the State. That means there is no regulatory
body or government agency in Arizona that
oversees or regulates the delivery of
non-medical home care services to consumers.
An effort to introduce legislation to regulate
the non-medical home care industry in Arizona
was shot down at the Sunrise phase by a
Legislative Committee on December 9, 2010.
The prospects of any regulation for our industry
looks dismal for the next several years because
of Arizona's anti-regulatory Legislature. This
atmosphere creates all the more need for the
AzNHA.
In Arizona anyone can open and operate a
non-medical home care company. We believe the
lack of licensure by the state creates an
industry that has no standards of service, no
over-sight, and no criterion of business ethics.
The results are a variety of non-medical home
care business organizations that deliver their
services in a varied manner, exercising a
diverse business ethic delivering those
services. As a result of the differences in
service delivery and business ethic, the
consumer has been, and continues to be,
vulnerable and the industry's integrity suffers.
The Arizona Non-Medical Home Care
Association's focus is to establish and enhance
the credibility of non-medical home care
provider businesses for consumers by requiring
Members of the Association to adhere to the
Association's strict standards and code of
business ethics. These credentialing standards
are available on this Web site for consumers and
providers alike. The Association maintains that
its standards and ethics are a common sense
approach founded on principles of consumer
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