Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 272 CMR - CERTIFICATION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, BOARD OF › Title 272 CMR 5.00 - COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS › Section 5.02 - Approval Requirement, Approval Status and Publication

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(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).