‘Community health worker’ means a natural person who:

Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 449.0027

  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039

1.  Lives in or otherwise has a connection to the community in which he or she provides services.

2.  Is trained by a provider of health care to provide certain services which do not require the community health worker to be licensed.

3.  Provides services at the direction of a facility for the dependent, medical facility or provider of health care which may include, without limitation, outreach and the coordination of health care.