(A) An
applicant
for
community health worker certification by endorsement shall satisfy the
following:
(1) Submit a completed "Certified
Community Health Worker by Endorsement Application," and the certification
application fee required by sections
4723.08 and
4723.88 and Chapter 4796. of the
Revised Code;
(2) Submit to a
criminal records check completed by the bureau of criminal identification and
investigation;
(3) The applicant
has not surrendered or had revoked a license, out-of-state occupational
license, or government certification because of negligence or intentional
misconduct related to the applicant's practice as a community health
worker;
(4) The applicant has not
been convicted of, found guilty pursuant to a judicial finding of, or plead
guilty to a criminal offense for which a licensing authority may deny an
application for a license or government certification or that would otherwise
disqualify the applicant for the license or government certification under the
applicable law of this state governing the profession, occupation, or
occupational activity for which the applicant is applying;
(5) Submit any other documentation required
by the board.
(B)
Pursuant to section
4796.03 of the Revised Code, the
board shall issue a
community health worker certificate in accordance with
Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an
applicant if the
applicant holds a
substantially similar out-of-state occupational license to engage in practice
as a
community health worker, or, holds a government certification to engage in
practice as a
community health worker from one of the uniformed services or
from a state that does not issue a license for practice as a
community health
worker, if the
applicant:
(1) Has held the
license or government certification for at least one year immediately preceding
the date the application is submitted to the board;
(2) Has been actively engaged in practice as
a community health worker for at least one of the five years immediately
preceing
preceding the date the application is submitted to the
board;
(3) Is in good standing in
all jurisdictions in which the applicant holds the license or government
certification; and
(4) Was required
to satisfy minimum education, training, or experience requirements or pass an
examination to receive the license or government certification.
The applicant shall have verification of licensure or
government certification to practice as a community health worker submitted
directly to the board from the issuing state or uniformed services. The
applicant shall also have verification of having been actively engaged in
practice as a community health worker for at least one of the past five years
submitted directly to the board by the employer or employer designee for whom
the applicant practiced as a community health worker.
(C) Pursuant to section
4796.04 of the Revised Code, the
board shall issue a
community health worker certificate in accordance with
Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an
applicant who has held a private
certification as a
community health worker in a state that does not issue an
occupational license or governmental certification to practice as a
community
health worker, if the
applicant:
(1) Held the
private certification for at least two years immediately preceding the date the
application is submitted;
(2) Has
been actively engaged in practice as a community health worker in a state that
does not issue an occupational license or government certification to practice
as a community health worker, for at least two of the five years immediately
preceding the date the application is submitted; and
(3) Is in good standing with the private
organization that issued the private certification.
The applicant shall have verification of private certification
as a community health worker submitted directly to the board by the private
organization that issued the certification. The applicant shall also have
verification of having been actively engaged in practice as a community health
worker for at least two of the past five years, submitted directly to the board
by the employer or employer designee for whom the applicant practiced as a
community health worker.
(D) Pursuant to section
4796.05 of the Revised Code, the
board shall issue a
community health worker certificate in accordance with
Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an
applicant who, for at least three of
the five years immediately preceding the date the application is submitted to
the
board, has been actively engaged in practice as a
community health worker,
in either:
(1) A state that does not issue an
occupational license or government certificate to practice as a community
health worker, or
(2) Service of
the uniformed services.
The applicant shall have verification of having been actively
engaged in practice as a community health worker for at least three of the past
five years submitted directly to the board by the employer or employer designee
or the uniformed services for whom the applicant practiced as a community
health worker.
(E) The board may propose to deny
certification by endorsement pursuant to an adjudication conducted in
accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
(F) If an applicant for certification by
endorsement as a community health worker fails to meet the requirements for
certification within one year from the date the application is received, or the
application remains incomplete for one year, the application shall be
considered void and the fee forfeited. The application shall state the
circumstances under which forfeiture may occur.
