(Effective January 1, 2025)
PDFWAC 246-821-100
BHSS required education.
To be eligible for certification as a behavioral health support specialist, an applicant shall:
(1) Graduate from a bachelor's degree program.
(2) Successfully complete a BHSS educational program approved by the department, which must be included as part of a:
(a) Bachelor degree program;
(b) Post-baccalaureate continuing education program; or
(c) Registered apprenticeship program.
(3) Successfully complete at least the following amount of instruction in a behavioral health curriculum:
(a) Forty-five quarter college credits;
(b) Thirty semester college credits; or
(c) Four hundred fifty hours of apprenticeship related/supplemental instruction.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.227.020, chapter 18.227 RCW, and 2023 c 270. WSR 24-21-083, s 246-821-100, filed 10/16/24, effective 1/1/25.]