§ 1616l. — Community Health Aide Program for Alaska.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC1616l]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 18--INDIAN HEALTH CARE
SUBCHAPTER I--INDIAN HEALTH PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL
Sec. 1616l. Community Health Aide Program for Alaska
(a) Maintenance of Program
Under the authority of section 13 of this title, the Secretary shall
maintain a Community Health Aide Program in Alaska under which the
Service--
(1) provides for the training of Alaska Natives as health aides
or community health practitioners;
(2) uses such aides or practitioners in the provision of health
care, health promotion, and disease prevention services to Alaska
Natives living in villages in rural Alaska; and
(3) provides for the establishment of teleconferencing capacity
in health clinics located in or near such villages for use by
community health aides or community health practitioners.
(b) Training; curriculum; Certification Board
The Secretary, acting through the Community Health Aide Program of
the Service, shall--
(1) using trainers accredited by the Program, provide a high
standard of training to community health aides and community health
practitioners to ensure that such aides and practitioners provide
quality health care, health promotion, and disease prevention
services to the villages served by the Program;
(2) in order to provide such training, develop a curriculum
that--
(A) combines education in the theory of health care with
supervised practical experience in the provision of health care;
(B) provides instruction and practical experience in the
provision of acute care, emergency care, health promotion,
disease prevention, and the efficient and effective management
of clinic pharmacies, supplies, equipment, and facilities; and
(C) promotes the achievement of the health status objectives
specified in section 1602(b) of this title;
(3) establish and maintain a Community Health Aide Certification
Board to certify as community health aides or community health
practitioners individuals who have successfully completed the
training described in paragraph (1) or can demonstrate equivalent
experience;
(4) develop and maintain a system which identifies the needs of
community health aides and community health practitioners for
continuing education in the provision of health care, including the
areas described in paragraph (2)(B), and develop programs that meet
the needs for such continuing education;
(5) develop and maintain a system that provides close
supervision of community health aides and community health
practitioners; and
(6) develop a system under which the work of community health
aides and community health practitioners is reviewed and evaluated
to assure the provision of quality health care, health promotion,
and disease prevention services.
(Pub. L. 94-437, title I, Sec. 119, as added Pub. L. 102-573, title I,
Sec. 111, Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4539.)
