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.
What Are the Types of Behavioral Health Providers? Psychiatrists (M.D. or D.O) are medical doctors with training in behavioral health. They can diagnose behavioral health conditions and prescribe treatment, both medication and psychotherapy. Psychiatrists can also provide psychotherapy. Psychiatrists gain licensure to practice psychiatry in individual states.