Ariz. Admin. Code § 6-5-7501
The following definitions apply in this Article.
1. "Adverse action" means:
a. Denial, suspension, or revocation of a child care provider's certification, an adoption agency license, or a foster home license; and
b. Exclusion from the child care resource and referral system described in A.R.S. § 41-1967.
2. "Administration" means the Department organizational unit responsible for taking adverse action which is the subject of an appeal. "Administration" includes the Division of Children, Youth, and Families and the Child Care Administration.
3. "Adoption agency" has the meaning ascribed to "agency" in A.R.S. § 8-101(2).
4. "Appeals Board" means the Department's independent, quasi-judicial, administrative appellate body, established under A.R.S. § 23-672, and authorized to review administrative decisions issued by hearing officers as prescribed in A.R.S. § 41-1992(D).
5. "Appellant" means a person who seeks a hearing with the Office of Appeals to challenge adverse action taken by the Department.
6. "Child Care Administration" means the administrative unit within the Department which is responsible for certification and supervision of family child care home providers and administration of the Child Care Resource and Referral System.
7. "Child Care Resource and Referral System," which is sometimes referred to as "CCR&R," means the child care provider information system which the Department administers under A.R.S. § 41-1967.
8. "Department" means the Arizona Department of Economic Security.
9. "Division of Children, Youth, and Families" means the administrative unit in the Department responsible for licensing foster homes and adoption agencies.
10. "Family child care home provider" has the meaning prescribed in R6-5-5201(29).
11. "Foster parent" has the meaning prescribed in A.R.S. § 8-501(A)(5).
12. "Hearing officer" means an individual appointed by the Department Director under A.R.S. § 41-1992(A) to conduct hearings when an appellant challenges adverse action.
13. "Licensee" means a person:
a. Applying for a license as, or currently licensed as, a foster parent or an adoption agency;
b. Applying for certification as, or certified as, a family child care home provider; or
c. Listed on the Child Care Resource and Referral System.
14. "Office of Appeals" means the Department's independent, quasi-judicial, administrative hearing body which includes hearing officers appointed under A.R.S. § 41-1992(A).
15. "Person" means a natural person, partnership, joint venture, company, corporation, firm, association, society, or institution.
Ariz. Admin. Code § R6-5-7501