§ 17-53-103 — Definitions

As used in this chapter: (1) "Certified health education specialist" or "CHES" means a person certified by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc., and concurrently certified under this chapter to engage in the practice of health education in this state; (2) "Certified professional health educator" or "CPHE" means a person certified under this chapter to engage in the practice of health education in this state; (3) "Degree" means a baccalaureate or postbaccalaureate degree from a United States college or university that was accredited at the time the degree was conferred; (4) "Health educator" means a person engaged in the practice of health education; (5) "Practice of health education" means the integration and application of principles derived from the sciences of biology and physiology, psychology, sociology, and other behavioral sciences and education to enable people, as individuals and as members of social structures, to voluntarily make decisions, modify behaviors, and change social conditions in ways which are health enhancing in any of the following ways: (A) Assessing individual and community needs for health education; (B) Planning effective health education programs; (C) Implementing health education programs; (D) Evaluating the effectiveness of health education programs; (E) Coordinating health education services; (F) Providing resources to health education programs and practices; and (G) Communicating health and health education needs, concerns, and resources; and (6) "Provisionally certified health educator" means a person provisionally certified under this chapter to engage in the practice of health education in this state.

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2017, No. 540,§ 21, eff. 8/1/2017. Acts 1997, No. 1237, § 3.