Chapter A1 – Article 20. Definitions

Sec. A1.20.010. Definitions.

In these Standards and Procedures:

1. “AANHS” means Alaska Area Native Health Service.
2. “Active certificate” means a certificate that is valid from the effective date through the date of expiration, unless something occurs that requires a Surrender of a Certificate.
3. “ADTEP” means Alaska Dental Therapy Educational Program.
4. “ARC” means Academic Review Committee.
5. “ART” means atraumatic restorative treatment.
6. “Atraumatic restorative treatment” means a maximally preventive and minimally invasive approach to stop further progression of dental caries. It involves the removal of soft, completely demineralized carious tooth tissues with hand instruments, and is followed by restoration of the cavity with an adhesive dental material that simultaneously seals the remaining tooth structure that remains at risk.
7. “Behavioral health aide” means a behavioral health aide I, II, and III, except when the level is specified.
8. “Behavioral health professional” means a person who:
   1. has at least a master’s degree in psychology, social work, counseling, marriage and family therapy, substance abuse or addiction, nursing with a psychiatric mental health specialty, or a related field; and
   2. satisfies the requirements of section B2.10.100(a)(2) [supervision of BHA/Ps; clinical oversight; qualifications].
9. “BHA” means behavioral health aide or the behavioral health aide workforce.
10. “BHAM” means the Behavioral Health Aide Manual, or its successor if approved by this Board.
11. “BHA/P” means behavioral health aide or behavioral health practitioner.
12. “BHP” means behavioral health practitioner.
13. “BHARC” means Behavioral Health Academic Review Committee.
14. “BLS” means Basic Life Support certification, which must include certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (“CPR”) techniques based upon training equivalent to that required for completion of a CPR course certified by the American Heart Association or American Red Cross.
15. “Board” means the Community Health Aide Program Certification Board.
16. “CHA” means community health aide.
17. “CHAM” means the Alaska Community Health Aide/Practitioner Manual, 2006 Edition, as revised, or its successor if approved by this Board.
18. “CHAP” means the program, including community health aides, dental health aides, and behavioral health aides.
19. “CHAPCB” means Community Health Aide Program Certification Board.
20. “CHA/P” means community health aide or community health practitioner.
21. “CHA/P Curriculum” means the Community Health Aide Basic Training Curriculum, 1993, revised as of May 1997, unless other revisions are adopted in which case “CHA/P Curriculum” will incorporate those revisions.
22. “CHP” means community health practitioner.
23. “Community health aide” means a community health aide I, II, III, and IV, except when the level is specified.
24. “Contact hour” means no less than 50 minutes of instructional or clinical time, provided that:
    1. a course, seminar, or workshop offered or approved by an organization from which educational or continuing education requirements may be obtained will be accepted for the number of continuing education credits designated by the organization offering it; and
    2. academic credit will be converted to contact hours, as follows:
       1. one semester academic credit equals 15 contact hours; and
       2. one quarter academic credit equals 10 contact hours.
    3. “DARC” means Dental Academic Review Committee.
    4. “Dental health aide” means primary dental health aides I and II, dental health aide hygienists, expanded function dental health aides I and II, dental health aide therapists, and dental health aide therapist practitioner, except as used in chapter D-2 [standards for dental health aides] regarding requirements for special classes of dental health aides.
    5. “Dental hygienist” means a person licensed as a dental hygienist in Alaska under AS 08.32.010 or a dental hygienist in the employ of the federal government in the discharge of official duties who is a dental hygienist licensed in one of the states or territories of the United States.
    6. “Dentist” means a person licensed as a dentist in Alaska or a dentist in the employ of the federal government in the discharge of official duties who is licensed in one of the states or territories of the United States.
    7. “DHA” means dental health aide.
    8. “DHA Advanced Dental Procedures” means the curriculum set forth in section D2.20.200 [PDHA II: education, preceptorship and skillsets].
    9. “DHA Core Curriculum” means the curriculum set forth in section D2.20.100 [PDHA I: education and preceptorship].
    10. “DHA Curriculum” means a curriculum for training dental health aides approved by the Board set forth in section D4.20.100 [training curriculum].
    11. “DHAH” means dental health aide hygienist.
    12. “DHAT” means dental health aide therapist.
    13. “DHATP” means dental health aide therapist practitioner.
    14. “EFDHA” means expanded function dental health aide.
    15. “eLearning” means formal instruction where students and instructors are separated by geography, time or both for the majority of the instructional period.
    16. “EMT” means Emergency Medical Technician.
    17. “ETT” means Emergency Trauma Technician.
    18. “Inactive” means the health aide no longer meets the requirements for an active certification.
    19. “ISDEAA” means the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, Pub. L. 93-638, as amended, 25 U.S.C. § 450 et seq.
    20. “Lapsed” means a certificate which has expired.
    21. “Licensed behavioral health clinician” means a person who:
        1. is a medical doctor who has completed a postgraduate residency or is Board certified in psychiatry;
        2. is a registered nurse who has completed a master’s degree with a psychiatric mental health specialty; or
        3. has completed either a doctorate or master’s degree in psychology, social work, counseling, marriage and family therapy, substance abuse or addiction, or a related field; and
        4. under which the person is authorized to diagnose disorders contained within the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; and
        5. is fully or provisionally licensed in the State of Alaska or is in the employ of the federal government and is fully or provisionally licensed in one of the states or territories of the United States; and
        6. satisfies the requirements of section B2.10.100(a)(2) [supervision of BHA/Ps; clinical oversight; qualifications].
    22. “PDHA” means primary dental health aide.
    23. “RAC” means Review and Approval Committee.
    24. “Re-entry” means a BHA, CHA, or DHA returning to clinical practice after an extended clinical absence.
    25. “Satisfactory performance” means the behavioral health aide or practitioner, community health aide or practitioner, or dental health aide, can do the skill using the CHAM or other materials for reference without other assistance. “Satisfactory performance” is measured by having the behavioral health aide or practitioner, community health aide or practitioner, or dental health aide, demonstrate the skill with sufficient expertise to meet the standard of care in a daily work situation.
    26. “Session” means a basic training course offered by a CHA/P Training Center providing a curriculum approved by the Board.