Approval Requirement, Approval Status and Publication

(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(1)(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(1)(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(1)(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(1)(a). (Mass. Register #1377 11/2/18) (3) The Board shall maintain and publish a list of all Community Health Worker Education and Training Programs that have submitted an application pursuant to 272 CMR 5.04(1) and shall specify the approval status that the Board assigned to the program and the status effective date.