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Filing a complaint against an AZ physician or assistant

Filing a complaint against an Arizona physician or a physician's assistant will not affect your legal rights in any manner whatsoever. We recommend that you file a complaint no matter what you decide to do with your potential medical malpractice case. When you file a complaint, you place the general public on notice of potential problems with the physician or physician's assistant.

Unfortunately most medical malpractice is never pursued through litigation and thus goes unreported. If the patient or the patient's family does not file a complaint with the Arizona Medical Board, then there is the potential that malpractice will occur with another patient. The better informed we are as medical consumers, the better care we will ultimately receive. Please take the time to report medical errors to the Arizona Medical Board.

You may now file a complaint against a physician or physician's assistant online at AZMD.gov. On the home page of the Arizona Medical Board, click on "Consumer Center," then "File a Complaint Online." You will be taken to the "Complaint Process-Home Page." There you need to click on "Enter New Complaint" before you begin entering your information. After you have completed the complaint, your case will be assigned a number. Retain this number. This will allow you to check the status of your complaint online.