36-103.01. Governmental units succeeded; statutory references to succeeded governmental units
A. The department succeeds to the authority, powers, duties and responsibilities of the following:
1. State department of health.
2. Arizona health planning authority.
3. Crippled children's services.
4. Arizona state hospital.
5. Anatomy board.
B. In the Arizona Revised Statutes, references to the agencies and departments listed in subsection A of this section shall be deemed to be references to the department of health services or its appropriate organizational units.
C. In the Arizona Revised Statutes, references to the state board of health, when used in the context of and in connection with the adoption of rules, the appellate or original review of administrative decisions, or the approval of decisions by department officers, shall be references to the director of the department of health services. In all other places, references to the state board of health shall be references to the department of health services.
D. In this title, and in the Arizona Revised Statutes, references to the commissioner of health shall be references to the director of the department of health services.