45:8B-60 Eligibility for licensure as professional art therapist.

10. To be eligible to be licensed as a professional art therapist, an applicant shall fulfill the following requirements:

a. Is at least 18 years of age;

b. Is of good moral character;

c. Holds a master's degree in art therapy, or a clearly related field with specialization in art therapy, as determined by the committee, from an accredited educational institution that is approved by the committee; or a master's degree or doctoral degree in a field closely related to art therapy without specialization in art therapy and demonstrates to the committee that he has completed course work content and training substantially equivalent to that required for a master's degree in art therapy from an accredited educational institution that is approved by the committee.

(1) In the case of an applicant holding a master's degree in art therapy or a clearly related field with specialization in art therapy, the applicant shall have completed:

(a) A minimum of 60 graduate credit hours from any accredited educational institution that is approved by the committee; and

(b) Not less than 4,500 hours of supervised experience approved by the committee, a minimum of 3,500 hours of which shall have been completed after the award of the master's degree.

(2) In the case of an applicant holding a doctoral degree in a field closely related to art therapy without specialization in art therapy, the applicant shall have completed:

(a) A minimum of 90 graduate credit hours in that closely related field;

(b) A minimum of 30 graduate credit hours in a post-graduate art therapy program approved by the committee; and

(c) Not less than 3,000 hours of supervised experience in art therapy approved by the committee. The committee shall establish criteria for determining the specifications as to what constitutes supervised art therapy experience. An applicant may eliminate 1,000 hours of the required supervised art therapy experience by substituting 30 graduate credit hours beyond the master's degree if those graduate credit hours are clearly related to art therapy, as determined by the committee. In no case, however, may the applicant have less than 1,000 hours of supervised professional art therapy experience after the granting of the master's degree.

(3) In the case of an applicant holding a master's degree in a field closely related to art therapy without specialization in art therapy, the applicant shall have completed:

(a) A minimum of 60 graduate credit hours in that closely related field;

(b) A minimum of 30 graduate credit hours in a post-graduate art therapy program approved by the committee; and

(c) Not less than 4,500 hours of supervised experience in art therapy approved by the committee, a minimum of 3,500 hours of which shall have been completed after the award of the master's degree. The committee shall establish criteria for determining the specifications as to what constitutes supervised art therapy experience;

The completed graduate course work in art therapy from an accredited college or university program that is approved by the committee shall include training in:

(1) The art therapy profession;

(2) Theory and practice of art therapy;

(3) Human growth and developmental dynamics in art;

(4) Application of art therapy with people in different treatment settings;

(5) Art therapy appraisal, diagnosis and assessment;

(6) Ethical and legal issues of art therapy practice;

(7) Matters of cultural and social diversity bearing on the practice of art therapy;

(8) Standards of good art therapy practice; and

(9) Group art therapy; and

d. Has passed the Art Therapy Credentials Board Examination.

L.2015, c.199, s.10.