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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="13-3704" title_number="13" title_name="Miscellaneous Health Care Programs" subtitle_number="37" subtitle_name="Community Health Workers">
  <text>After seeking input from the Maryland Department of Labor, the Maryland Higher Education Commission, the Maryland Rural Health Association, the Maryland Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the Maryland State Dental Association, community and hospital employers of community health workers, and institutions of postsecondary education with programs in nursing, social work, and dietetics, the Advisory Committee shall advise the Department on:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>Community health worker training programs, including tiers of training;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>Fees for the issuance and renewal of certificates and other services;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>Grandfathering provisions;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>Criteria for the denial of a certification application, reprimand of a certificate holder, placing a certificate holder on probation, or suspension or revocation of a certificate;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <text>Hearing procedures before the Department takes any disciplinary action listed under item (4) of this section;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="6">
    <text>Appeal procedures for a person aggrieved by a decision of the Department;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="7">
    <text>Criteria for the reinstatement of a suspended or revoked certificate;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="8">
    <text>Penalties for violations of this subtitle; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="9">
    <text>The appropriate term of a certificate and renewal procedures.</text>
  </level>
</section>
