(1)
Program Approval
Requirement. In order to qualify for certification pursuant to 272
CMR 4.02(1), an applicant must have successfully completed a Community Health
Worker Education and Training Program that has been approved by the Board
pursuant to 272 CMR 5.00.
(2)
Approval Status. The Board shall assign an approval
status to all Community Health Worker Education and Training Programs
recognized in accordance with 272 CMR 5.04. The Board shall send notice to the
program administrator of the assigned approval status and status effective
date.
(a)
Pending
Application. This status may be applied to all programs for which
the Board has received a fully completed and signed application form for full
approval. Pending application status shall apply from the effective date until
either the date that the Board assigns a different status in accordance with
272 CMR 5.02(2)(a), or the date the application expires, whichever occurs
sooner. Upon the expiration of an incomplete application for a program with
pending application status, the status shall be updated to pending
application-application expired. A program with pending application status does
not qualify as a Board approved Community Health Worker Education and Training
Program that satisfies the certification requirement at 272 CMR 4.02(3)(a), nor
does a program with pending application-application expired status.
(b)
Full Approval.
This status may be applied to a program if the Board determines, after
evaluation in accordance with 272 CMR 5.04(1), that the program meets all
minimum standards for full approval as specified in 272 CMR 5.03. Full approval
status may be of unlimited duration and shall apply from the effective date
until the effective date that the Board assigns a different status in
accordance with a program with full approval status qualifies as a Board
approved Community Health Worker Education and Training Program that would
satisfy the certification requirement at 272 CMR 4.02(l)(a).
(c)
Approval Denied.
This status may be applied to a program in any of the circumstances specified
in 272 CMR 5.04(2). A program with approval denied status does not qualify as a
Board approved Community Health Worker Education and Training Program that
satisfies the certification requirement at 272 CMR 4.02(l)(a).
(d)
Approval with
Warning. This status may be applied to a previously approved
program if the Board determines, after review of the Annual Report submitted in
accordance with 272 CMR 5.04(5), that the program does not meet one or more of
the minimum standards for full approval as specified in 272 CMR 5.03. This
status may also be applied to a previously approved program if the Board
determines that the program has failed to submit a fully complete and signed
Annual Report, without cause and without the Board's deferral pursuant to 272
CMR 5.04(3)(b). Approval with warning status shall be of a duration determined
by the Board, but may not exceed one year in duration. A program with approval
with warning status qualifies as a Board approved Community Health Worker
Education and Training Program that would satisfy the certification requirement
at 272 CMR 4.02(l)(a).
(e)
Approval Withdrawn. This status may be applied to a
program in any of the circumstances specified in 272 CMR 5.05. The Board's
notice shall include, in addition to the status and status effective date, that
a program with approval withdrawn status does not qualify as a board approved
Community Health Worker Education and Training Program that satisfies the
certification requirement at 272 CMR 4.02(l)(a).
(3) The Board shall maintain and publish a
list of all Community Health Worker Education and Training Programs that have
submitted an application pursuant to 272 CMR 5.04(1) and shall specify the
approval status that the Board assigned to the program and the status effective
date.