• Principal Standard (Standard 1)
• Governance, Leadership and Workforce (Standards 2 through 4)
• Communication and Language Assistance (Standards 5 through 8)
• Engagement, Continuous Improvement and Accountability
(Standards 9 through 15) - Answersnational CLAS (culturally & linguistically appropriate services) in
Health and Health Care are intended
to advance health equity, improve quality and help eliminate health
care disparities by establishing a blueprint for individuals and health
care organizations to implement culturally and linguistically appropriate
services. these are divided as:
principal standard- standard 1 - AnswersProvide effective, equitable, understandable and respectful
quality care and services that are responsive to diverse cultural health beliefs and practices, preferred
languages, health literacy and other
communication needs
standards 2,3,4 - Answersgovernance, leadership, workforce
standard 2 - AnswersAdvance and sustain organizational governance and leadership
that promotes CLAS and health equity through policy, practices
and allocated resources.
standard 3 - AnswersRecruit, promote and support a culturally and linguistically diverse
governance, leadership and workforce that are responsive to the
population in the service area
standard 4 - AnswersEducate and train governance, leadership and workforce in
culturally and linguistically appropriate policies and practices on
an ongoing basis.
standard 5,6,7,8 - Answerscommunication and language assistance
standard 5 - AnswersOffer language assistance to individuals who have limited English