Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 449 - Medical and Other Related Facilities
COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER POOLS
Section 449.39587 - Training and evaluation of community health workers
Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 449.39587
Current through September 16, 2024
1. Each community health worker employed or retained pursuant to a contract by a community health worker pool shall:
(a)
Obtain a working knowledge of the provisions of this chapter which govern the
licensing of community health worker pools before providing the services of a
community health worker to the clients of the community health worker pool. The
community health worker pool must provide a copy of those provisions to a
community health worker before the community health worker may provide the
services of a community health worker to the clients of the community health
worker pool.
(b) Participate in and
complete a training program before independently providing the services of a
community health worker to the clients of the community health worker pool. The
training program must include an opportunity for the community health worker to
receive on-the-job instruction provided to clients of the community health
worker pool, as long as the administrator of the community health worker pool
or the administrator's designee provides supervision during this instruction to
determine whether the community health worker is able to provide the services
of a community health worker successfully and independently to the
client.
(c) Receive training:
(1) In the written documentation of:
(I) The services provided by the community
health worker to the clients of the community health worker pool; and
(II) Verification of time records.
(2) In the core competencies,
roles, values, scope of practice and ethics of a community health worker that
are consistent with guidelines of the American Public Health Association or an
equivalent association approved by the Division.
(3) In the rights of clients, including,
without limitation, training in methods to protect client confidentiality
pursuant to state and federal regulations.
(4) Related to outreach, community education,
informal counseling, social support, advocacy and improvement of the social
determinants of health.
(5) Related
to communication skills, including, without limitation, active listening,
problem solving, conflict resolution and techniques for communicating through
alternative modes with persons with communication or sensory
impairments.
2. Each community health worker of a community health worker pool must:
(a) Be
evaluated and determined to be competent by the community health worker pool in
the required areas of training set forth in paragraph (c) of subsection
1.
(b) Have evidence of successful
completion of a training program that includes the areas of training set forth
in paragraph (c) of subsection 1 which precedes the date on which the community
health worker first begins providing the services of a community health worker
to a client.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R133-15, eff. 12-19-2017
NRS 449.0302
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