Section 4723.87 - Community health worker training programs(A) A person or government entity seeking to operate a training program that prepares individuals to become certified community health workers shall submit an application to the board of nursing on forms the board shall prescribe and furnish. The applicant shall include all information the board requires to process the application. The application shall be accompanied by the fee established in rules adopted under section 4723.87 of the Revised Code. The board shall review all applications received. E xcept as provided in division (B) of this section, if an applicant meets the standards for approval established in the board's rules adopted under section 4723.88 of the Revised Code, the board shall approve the program.
(B)(1) The board shall deny approval of the program if an applicant submits or causes to be submitted to the board false, misleading, or deceptive statements, information, or documentation in the process of applying for approval of the program.(2) The board may deny approval if the program is controlled by a person who controls or has controlled a program that had its approval withdrawn, revoked, suspended, or restricted by the board or a board of another jurisdiction that is a member of the national council of state boards of nursing. As used in division (B)(2) of this section, "control" means any of the following: (i) Holding fifty per cent or more of the program's outstanding voting securities or membership interest;(ii) In the case of a program that is not incorporated, having the right to fifty per cent or more of the program's profits or in the event of a dissolution, fifty per cent or more of the program's assets;(iii) In the case of a program that is a for-profit or not-for-profit corporation, having the contractual authority presently to designate fifty per cent or more of the program's directors;(iv) In the case of a program that is a trust, having the contractual authority presently to designate fifty per cent or more of the program's trustees;(v) Having the authority to direct the program's management, policies, or investments.(3) If the board proposes to deny approval of a program, it shall do so pursuant to an adjudication conducted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.(C) The board's approval of a training program expires biennially and may be renewed in accordance with the schedule and procedures established by the board in rules adopted under section 4723.88 of the Revised Code.(D) If an approved community health worker training program ceases to meet the standards for approval, the board shall withdraw its approval of the program, refuse to renew its approval of the program, or place the program on provisional approval. In withdrawing or refusing to renew its approval, the board shall act in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. In placing a program on provisional approval, the board shall specify the period of time during which the provisional approval is valid. Prior to or at the end of the period, the board shall reconsider whether the program meets the standards for approval. If the program meets the standards for approval, the board shall reinstate its full approval of the program or renew its approval of the program. If the program does not meet the standards for approval, the board shall proceed by withdrawing or refusing to renew its approval of the program.(E) When an action taken by the board is required to be taken pursuant to an adjudication conducted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the board may, in lieu of an adjudication hearing, enter into a consent agreement to resolve the matter. A consent agreement, when ratified by a vote of a quorum of the board, constitutes the findings and order of the board with respect to the matter addressed in the agreement. If the board refuses to ratify a consent agreement, the admissions and findings contained in the agreement are of no effect. In any instance in which the board is required under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to give notice to a program of an opportunity for a hearing and the program does not make a timely request for a hearing in accordance with section 119.07 of the Revised Code, the board is not required to hold a hearing, but may adopt, by a vote of a quorum, a final order that contains the board's findings.
When the board denies, withdraws, or refuses to renew approval of a program, the board may specify that its action is permanent. A program subject to a permanent action taken by the board is forever ineligible for approval and the board shall not accept an application for the program's reinstatement or approval.
Amended by 131st General Assembly, HB 216,§1, eff. 4/6/2017.Amended by 129th General Assembly, HB 303, §1, eff. 3/20/2013.Effective Date: 09-26-2003 .