WAC 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.