Section 449.39587 - Training and evaluation of community health workers1. 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.Nev. Admin. Code § 449.39587
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R133-15, eff. 12-19-2017