The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

1. (1) Administrator--The department employee designated as the administrator of regulatory activities authorized by the Health and Safety Code, Chapter 48.
2. (2) Applicant--A promotor(a) or community health worker who applies to the Department of State Health Services for a certificate of competence, a sponsoring institution or training program who applies to the department to offer training or an instructor who applies to the department to train promotores(as) or community health workers.
3. (3) HHSC--The Texas Health and Human Services Commission.
4. (4) Certificate of Competence--Promotor(a) or community health worker certificates issued by the Department of State Health Services.
5. (5) Committee--The Promotor(a) or Community Health Worker Training and Certification Advisory Committee established by §146.2 of this title.
6. (6) Department--The Department of State Health Services.
7. (7) Health--The extent to which an individual or group is able to realize aspirations and satisfy needs, and to change or cope with the environment. Health is a resource for everyday life, not the objective of living; it is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources as well as physical capabilities. This definition is from the World Health Organization, "Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, 1986," and is available at http://www.who.dk/AboutWHO/Policy/20010827_2.
8. (8) Instructor--An individual approved by the department to provide instruction and training in public health education to promotores(as) or community health workers in an educational setting.
9. (9) Instructor certification--An authorization to train or instruct promotores(as) or community health workers in public health education services.
10. (10) "Promotor(a)" or "Community Health Worker"--A person who, with or without compensation: provides cultural mediation between communities and health and human service systems; informal counseling and social support; and culturally and linguistically appropriate health education; advocates for individual and community health needs; assures people get the health services they need; builds individual and community capacity; or provides referral and follow-up services.
11. (11) Sponsoring institution or training program--An approved educational, community health, training program or other program or facility that offers or intends to offer promotor(a) or community health worker training or instructor preparation.
12. (12) Sponsoring institution or training program certification--An authorization to offer promotor(a) or community health worker training or instructor preparation.

Source Note:The provisions of this §146.1 adopted to be effective July 20, 2000, 25 TexReg 6708; amended to be effective December 1, 2003, 28 TexReg 10226; amended to be effective January 17, 2006, 31 TexReg 289.