309.131 Kentucky Board of Licensure for Professional Art Therapists

(1) There is hereby created the Kentucky Board of Licensure for Professional Art Therapists that shall be attached to the Department of Professional Licensing in the Public Protection Cabinet for administrative purposes. The board shall consist of five (5) members who are United States citizens and have been Kentucky residents for at least five (5) years prior to their appointment. The board membership shall be determined as follows: (a) Four (4) members shall be professional art therapists who are licensed pursuant to KRS 309.133, and shall have engaged in art therapy practice for at least five (5) years. These members shall not hold any elected or appointed office in any professional organization of art therapy or closely related field during their tenure on the board; and (b) One (1) member shall represent the public. The public member shall not have been licensed or have practiced as a professional art therapist, nor have any significant financial interest, either direct or indirect, in the profession of art therapy

(2) All members of the board shall be appointed by the Governor for staggered terms of four (4) years

(3) The four (4) professional members shall be appointed from a list of eight (8) names submitted by the board of directors of the Kentucky Art Therapy Association, Inc., and the one (1) public member shall be a citizen at large

Each member shall hold office until a successor is appointed. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments. No board member shall serve more than two (2) consecutive terms

(4) Each board candidate shall be licensed as an art therapist prior to nomination and shall be actively engaged in the practicing or teaching of art therapy, except for the one (1) public member

(5) Members of the board shall receive no compensation, perquisite, or allowance

(6) The board shall elect annually from its membership a chairman, secretary, and other officers as necessary to carry out its duties

(7) The board shall meet at least two (2) times each year. Additional meetings may be called by the chairman, upon the written request of at least two (2) members of the board. A simple majority of the board members shall constitute a quorum of the board

Effective:April 11, 2017 History: Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 178, sec. 20, effective April 11, 2017. -- Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 1666, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 48, sec. 3, effective June 25, 2009. -- Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 337, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1994

Legislative Research Commission Note (6/25/2009). 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 48, sec

12, provides: "Any person who is certified as a professional art therapist on the effective date of this Act 6/25/2009 shall automatically be licensed on the effective date of this Act 6/25/2009 and shall be issued a copy of the license at the time his or her certificate was next scheduled to be renewed if at that time the person complies with the provisions of Section 6 of this Act KRS 309.1335 and has not been the subject of disciplinary action under Sections 8 KRS 309.137 and 10 KRS 309.1375 of this Act."