1. (1) An applicant for initial licensure as an LABA shall complete a minimum of 135 classroom hours of instruction in specific behavior analysis topics from a recognized educational institution in compliance with WAC 246-805-210. Topics must include the following content areas and the minimum number of hours specified:

   1. (a) Ten hours of ethical considerations;
   2. (b) Forty hours of definitions and characteristics and principles, processes, and concepts;
   3. (c) Twenty hours of experimental evaluation of interventions, measurement of behavior, and displaying and interpreting behavioral data;
   4. (d) Twenty-five hours of behavioral assessment and selecting intervention outcomes and strategies; and
   5. (e) Forty hours of behavior change procedures and systems support.
2. (2) Classroom hours under this section may be taken in addition to the applicant's bachelor's degree program if the hours are part of an accepted course sequence.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.122.050, 18.380.050, 18.380.110, 43.70.110, 43.70.250, 2020 c 76, and 2021 c 276. WSR 24-11-103, § 246-805-220, filed 5/17/24, effective 6/17/24. Statutory Authority: Chapter 18.380 RCW, RCW 18.122.050 and 43.70.250. WSR 17-08-018, § 246-805-220, filed 3/27/17, effective 4/27/17.]