Ducey wants nursing home oversight board axed after failures May 4, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has vetoed routine legislation that would have allowed the board that oversees licenses and certifications for managers of nursing homes and assisted living facilities to operate for eight more years, saying instead that the board should be eliminated. The Republican governor cited an investigation by the Arizona Republic into lax oversight by the Board of Examiners of Nursing Care Institution Administrators and Assisted Living Facility Managers when he issued the veto Monday evening. “It’s time for accountability and new leadership to supervise these facilities," Ducey said in a letter to legislative leaders explaining his veto. "Our seniors — these are our grandmothers and grandfathers — deserve nothing less.”