The Department announced a Final Rule focused primarily on updating the salary and compensation levels needed for Executive, Administrative and Professional workers to be exempt. For more information, see http://www.dol.gov/whd/overtime/final2016/. Wage and Hour Division (WHD)
Duties. A behavioral health technician is expected to understand and implement individual treatment plans, record patient behavior and provide a safe, supportive environment for the patients. Technicians may provide and record patient medications and assisting in daily activities.
BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE Behavioral Medicine is a clinical psychology subspecialty. It integrates advances from a variety of health care fields and disciplines to provide evaluation and treatment of presenting problems which have medical, behavioral and psychological elements.he treatment philosophy of behavioral medicine assumes the presence of a physical problem that can be influenced by behavioral and psychological factors. Treatment seeks to identify, control and limit the potentially negative influence these factors can have on a patientâs physical/medical problem.