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2022 Utah Code
Title 26 - Utah Health Code
Chapter 71 - Community Health Worker Certification
Section 105 - Qualifications for certification.
Universal Citation: UT Code § 26-71-105 (2022)
Effective 5/4/2022
26-71-105. Qualifications for certification.
Enacted by Chapter 279, 2022 General Session
Technically renumbered for proper placement in Title 26, Chapter 71.
26-71-105. Qualifications for certification.
- (1) The department shall issue a certification described in Section 26-71-104 to a community health worker if the community health worker has:
- (a) completed core-skill training administered by:
- (i) the department;
- (ii) a state professional association that:
- (A) is associated with the community health worker profession; and
- (B) is aligned with a national community health worker professional association; or
- (iii) an entity designated by a state professional association described in Subsection (1)(a)(ii);
- (b) completed training regarding basic medical confidentiality requirements, including the confidentiality requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-191, 110 Stat. 1936, as amended;
- (c) completed an application as designed by the department with a signed statement agreeing to abide by national standards of practice and ethics for community health workers; and
- (d) paid a fee established by the department under Section 63J-1-504.
- (a) completed core-skill training administered by:
- (2) A community health worker with at least 4,000 hours of experience as a community health worker is exempt from the core-skill training requirement described in Subsection (1)(a).
Enacted by Chapter 279, 2022 General Session
Technically renumbered for proper placement in Title 26, Chapter 71.
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