Certification of community health workers -- Continuing education for recertification -- College course credit
KRS 309.462
in effect309.462. Certification of community health workers -- Continuing education for recertification -- College course credit
(1) Effective January 1, 2023, no person shall represent himself or herself as a community health worker unless he or she is certified as such in accordance with the provisions of KRS 309.460 to 309.464.
(2) In order to be eligible to apply for community health worker certification, an individual shall:
(a) Be a legal United States resident;
(b) 1. Be a resident of Kentucky; or 2. Be employed as a community health worker in the state of Kentucky;
(c) Be at least eighteen (18) years of age; and
(d) 1. Complete a competency-based community health worker training and mentorship program offered by an organization approved by the department to provide community health worker training and mentorship; or 2. Meet requirements established by the department through the promulgation of administrative regulations, in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A, for certification based on relevant and verifiable past community health worker related work experience.
(3) Community health worker certifications shall be renewed annually and shall expire on October 31 of the year following the date of certification or recertification.
(4) In order to be eligible for recertification, a certified community health worker shall annually complete continuing education, as required by the department through the promulgation of administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A, related to the core competencies of community health work provided by an organization approved by the department to provide continuing education for certified community health workers. Administrative regulations promulgated pursuant to this subsection shall include requirements for continuing education related to oral health care, infant and maternal health care, and geriatric health care.
(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, an individual shall be eligible to earn college course credit for training, mentorship, and continuing education completed pursuant to subsections (2) and (4) of this section.
Effective: July 14, 2022
History: Created 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 86, sec. 3, effective July 14, 2022.
Source: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (legislature.ky.gov)URL: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=52721Fetched: 10/20/2026