Community health worker certification requirements.

33-03-38-04. Community health worker certification requirements. An applicant for community health worker certification shall file an application on forms provided by the department showing to the department's satisfaction that the applicant has satisfied all the requirements of North Dakota Century Code chapter 43-66 and under this chapter, including: 1. The applicant shall successfully complete one of the following: a. Community health worker training program approved by the department and internship. An applicant's training program must include the following components and the associated competencies identified in section 33-03-38-03: (1) Understanding the scope; (2) How to find local health systems and resources; (3) Coaching and reinforcing health education; (4) Confidentiality, mandatory reporting, conflict of interest, and ethical practice; (5) Working with a care team under a care plan and service documentation; (6) Motivational interviewing, active listening, trauma informed care, and knowledge of cultural practices in the community; (7) Health promotion and disease prevention; and (8) An internship of two hundred hours or more. The internship may include supervised work or be exclusively supervised work. 2 b. Community health representative training by the Indian health service to provide community-based and medically guided health care, which may include traditional native concepts. c. Functioning within the scope of practice of a community health worker under supervision. (1) The supervised work experience must: (a) Equal or exceed one thousand hours; and (b) Have occurred within three years prior to the date of application. (2) The applicant's supervisor shall provide a letter of recommendation attesting to the applicant's knowledge and abilities while functioning within the scope of practice of a community health worker. 2. The applicant shall be eighteen years of age or older. 3. The applicant shall submit the required initial certification fee of thirty dollars. 4. The application must be accompanied by the documents, affidavits, and certificates necessary to establish that the applicant has satisfied the requirements of this chapter. History: Effective October 1, 2025. General Authority: NDCC 43-66-03 Law Implemented: NDCC 43-66-03