(a) In general.- In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) Cultural and linguistic competency.- "Cultural and linguistic competency" means cultural and linguistic abilities that can be incorporated into therapeutic and medical evaluation and treatment, including:
(1) Direct communication in the patient's primary language;
(2) Understanding and applying the roles that culture, ethnicity, and race play in diagnosis, treatment, and clinical care; and
(3) Awareness of how the attitudes, values, and beliefs of health care providers and patients influence and impact professional and patient relations.
(c) Health care provider.- "Health care provider" includes a physician, nurse, dentist, social worker, psychologist, or other allied health professional.
(d) Program.- "Program" means the Cultural and Linguistic Health Care Provider Competency Program.
(a) In general.- In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) Cultural and linguistic competency.- "Cultural and linguistic competency" means cultural and linguistic abilities that can be incorporated into therapeutic and medical evaluation and treatment, including:
(1) Direct communication in the patient's primary language;
(2) Understanding and applying the roles that culture, ethnicity, and race play in diagnosis, treatment, and clinical care; and
(3) Awareness of how the attitudes, values, and beliefs of health care providers and patients influence and impact professional and patient relations.
(c) Health care provider.- "Health care provider" includes a physician, nurse, dentist, social worker, psychologist, or other allied health professional.
(d) Program.- "Program" means the Cultural and Linguistic Health Care Provider Competency Program.
(a) In general.- In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) Cultural and linguistic competency.- "Cultural and linguistic competency" means cultural and linguistic abilities that can be incorporated into therapeutic and medical evaluation and treatment, including:
(1) Direct communication in the patient's primary language;
(2) Understanding and applying the roles that culture, ethnicity, and race play in diagnosis, treatment, and clinical care; and
(3) Awareness of how the attitudes, values, and beliefs of health care providers and patients influence and impact professional and patient relations.
(c) Health care provider.- "Health care provider" includes a physician, nurse, dentist, social worker, psychologist, or other allied health professional.
(d) Program.- "Program" means the Cultural and Linguistic Health Care Provider Competency Program.
