Portland Area CHAP Certification Board

Portland Area CHAP Certification Board (PACCB)

The Portland Area Community Health Aide Program Certification Board (PACCB) sets standards for the community health aide program and certifies individuals as community health aides and practitioners, dental health aides (including primary dental health aides, dental health aide hygienists, expanded function dental health aides, and dental health aide therapists), and behavioral health aides and practitioners. Each of these individuals is subject to specific requirements and engages in a specific scope of practice set forth in these Standards, which may also be referred to as the Portland Area Standards and Procedures (PASP). For historical reasons, these various health aides are often referred to generically as “community health aides” or Tribal Community Health Providers.”