N.J. Admin. Code § 13:34D-2.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 13:34D-2.2 - Educational requirements for licensure: professional art therapist

(a) An applicant for licensure shall hold a master's degree in art therapy, or a closely related field with specialization in art therapy, from either an American Art Therapy Association (AATA)-approved or Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP)-accredited art therapy education program, from a regionally accredited educational institution of higher education; 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 or she has completed course work content and training substantially equivalent to that required for a master's degree in art therapy from a regionally accredited educational institution of higher education.

(b) An applicant for licensure with a master's degree in art therapy or a closely related field with specialization in art therapy, shall complete a minimum of:

1. Sixty graduate credit-hours from either an AATA-approved or CAAHEP-accredited art therapy education program, from a regionally accredited educational institution of higher education; and

2. Four thousand five hundred hours of supervised experience, consistent with the provisions of N.J.A.C. 13:34D-2.5, of which a minimum of 3,500 hours shall be completed after the award of the master's degree.

(c) An applicant for licensure with a doctoral degree in a field closely related to art therapy without specialization in art therapy, shall complete a minimum of:

1. Ninety graduate credit-hours in that closely related field;

2. Thirty graduate credit-hours in a post-graduate art therapy program from a regionally accredited educational institution of higher education; and

3. Three thousand hours of supervised experience in art therapy, consistent with the provisions of N.J.A.C. 13:34D-2.5, of which a minimum of 1,000 hours shall be completed after the award of the master's degree.

(d) An applicant for licensure with a master's degree in a field closely related to art therapy without specialization in art therapy, shall complete a minimum of:

1. Sixty graduate credit-hours in that closely related field;

2. Thirty graduate credit-hours in a post-graduate art therapy program, which satisfies the course work set forth in (e) below, from a regionally accredited educational institution of higher education; and

3. Four thousand five hundred hours of supervised experience in art therapy consistent with the provisions of N.J.A.C. 13:34D-2.5, of which a minimum of 3,500 hours shall be completed after the award of the master's degree.

(e) An applicant for licensure shall satisfy the following required areas of graduate course work in art therapy from a regionally accredited educational institution of higher education:

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.

(f) The Committee shall not base its determination as to whether it will recognize an educational institution's program solely on the failure of any professional organization of art therapists to accredit the program.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:34D-2.2

Adopted by 51 N.J.R. 1674(a), effective 11/18/2019