Title IV of the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (the “Act”), 8 U.S.C § 1621, provides that, with certain exceptions, only United States citizens, United States non-citizen nationals, non-exempt “qualified aliens” (and sometimes only particular categories of qualified aliens), nonimmigrants, and certain aliens paroled into the United States are eligible to receive state or local public benefits. With certain exceptions, a professional license and commercial license issued by a State agency is a State public benefit.

Arizona Revised Statutes § 1-501 requires, in general, that a person applying for a license must submit documentation to the licensing agency that satisfactorily demonstrates that the applicant is lawfully present in the United States.

Other Arizona Licenses:

• Locum Tenens Registration


• Postgraduate Training Permit


• Pro Bono Registration


• Teaching License


• Dispensing Application  Note: You only need to register if you are dispensing medications (other than samples) from your office. "Dispensing" means keeping a supply of drugs and devices at your office and filling the prescription at your office--in effect, running a pharmacy within your practice. If you only write prescriptions for patients to fill elsewhere, you do NOT need to register.