Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(1)
Content. Continuing education activities must focus on
one of the following topics:
(a) the scope of
practice for Certified Community Health Workers, as specified in
272 CMR
3.00: Privileges, Scope of Practice and
Responsibilities of a Certified Community Health Worker;
(b) one or more of the ten core competencies
specified in
272
CMR 5.04(2)(a);
(c) special health topics; or
(d) M.G.L., c. 112, §§ 259 through
262, 272 CMR, or any rule, advisory or policy adopted by the Board.
(2)
Board Approved
Continuing Education Providers. To satisfy the renewal requirement
at 272 CMR
7.02(1), continuing
education activities must be offered or sponsored by, or cosponsored with, one
of the following:
(a) A Community Health
Worker Education and Training Program with full approval status at the time the
continuing education activity takes place;
(b) A Community Health Worker Education and
Training Program approval with warning status at the time that the continuing
education activity takes place, provided that the Board has specified in its
notice pursuant to
272
CMR 5.05(7)(a):
Failure to Submit Annual Report that its continuing education
activities have been approved to satisfy the continuing education requirements
at 272 CMR 7.02;
(c) A continuing education provider that has
obtained the Board's approval to offer a specific continuing education activity
pursuant to
272
CMR 7.03(3); or
(d) A continuing education provider that has
been approved by the Board as identified on a list that the Board shall
maintain and publish.
(3)
Any person or entity that seeks the Board's approval of a continuing education
activity may submit an application on a form specified by the Board for that
purpose. The Board may, at its discretion and upon receipt of a fully completed
and signed application form, review the proposed continuing education activity.
Upon completion of its review, which may be conducted in consultation with the
Office of Community Health Workers within the Department of Public Health, the
Board shall provide a written response specifying whether the Board grants or
denies approval. The Board may deny approval on the following grounds:
(a) The Board is not satisfied that the
continuing education activity offers instruction sufficiently focused on any of
the topics specified in
272
CMR 7.03;
(b) The Board is not satisfied that the
instructor(s) for the continuing education activity possess the knowledge,
skills or competence to effectively instruct Certified Community Health Workers
on the proposed topic; or
(c) The
Board is not satisfied that the outline, materials and information that form
the basis of the continuing education activity accurately reflect the subject
matter of the proposed topic.
