Behavioral Health Technician:   An individual who meets the applicable requirements in A.A.C. R9-20-204 and:

a. Has a master’s degree or bachelor’s degree in a field related to behavioral health;
b. Is a registered nurse;
c. Is a physician assistant who is not working as a medical practitioner;
d. Has a bachelor’s degree and at least one year of full-time behavioral health work experience;
e. Has an associate’s degree and at least two years of full time behavioral health work experience;
f. Has a high school diploma or high school equivalency diploma and:
  i. 18 credit hours of post-high school education in a field related to behavioral health completed no more than four years before the date the individual begins providing behavioral health services and two years of full-time behavioral health work experience; or
  ii. Four years of full-time behavioral health work experience; or
g. Is licensed as a practical nurse, according to A.R.S. Title 32, Chapter 15, with at least two years of full-time behavioral health work experience.