Illinois Compiled Statutes 410 ILCS 67/5-10 – Community health worker training
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(a) Community health workers shall be provided with multi-tiered academic and community-based training opportunities that lead to the mastery of community health worker core competencies.
(b) For academic-based training programs, the Department of Public Health shall collaborate with the Illinois State Board of Education, the Illinois Community College Board, and the Illinois Board of Higher Education to adopt a process to certify academic-based training programs that students can attend to obtain individual community health worker certification. Certified training programs shall reflect the approved core competencies and roles for community health workers.
(c) For community-based training programs, the Department of Public Health shall collaborate with a statewide association representing community health workers to adopt a process to certify community-based programs that students can attend to obtain individual community health worker certification.
(d) Community health workers may need to undergo additional training, including, but not limited to, asthma, diabetes, maternal child health, behavioral health, and social determinants of health training. Multi-tiered training approaches shall provide opportunities that build on each other and prepare community health workers for career pathways both within the community health worker profession and within allied professions.
(b) For academic-based training programs, the Department of Public Health shall collaborate with the Illinois State Board of Education, the Illinois Community College Board, and the Illinois Board of Higher Education to adopt a process to certify academic-based training programs that students can attend to obtain individual community health worker certification. Certified training programs shall reflect the approved core competencies and roles for community health workers.
Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 410 ILCS 67/5-10
- individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.36
- State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
(c) For community-based training programs, the Department of Public Health shall collaborate with a statewide association representing community health workers to adopt a process to certify community-based programs that students can attend to obtain individual community health worker certification.
(d) Community health workers may need to undergo additional training, including, but not limited to, asthma, diabetes, maternal child health, behavioral health, and social determinants of health training. Multi-tiered training approaches shall provide opportunities that build on each other and prepare community health workers for career pathways both within the community health worker profession and within allied professions.