N.J. Admin. Code § 13:34D-2.8

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

Section 13:34D-2.8 - Credit towards licensure for education, training, and experience received while serving as a member of the Armed Forces: associate art therapist

(a) An applicant who has served in the Armed Forces of the United States (Armed Forces) and who does not meet all of the training, education, and experience requirements for licensure under N.J.A.C. 13:34D-2.3 and 2.4 may apply to the Committee for recognition of the applicant's training, education, or experience received while serving as a member of the Armed Forces, which the Committee shall consider, together with any training, education, and experience obtained outside of the Armed Forces, for determining substantial equivalence to the training, education, and experience required for licensure.

(b) The Committee shall issue a license to the applicant, if the applicant presents evidence to the Committee that:

1. The applicant has been honorably discharged from active military service;

2. The relevant training, experience, and education the applicant has received in the military, together with any training, education, and experience obtained outside the Armed Forces, is substantially equivalent in scope and character to the training, experience, and education required for licensure under N.J.A.C. 13:34D-2.4.

i. An applicant seeking credit for military training and experience shall submit to the Board the applicant's Verification of Military Experience and Training (VMET) Document, DD Form 2586.

ii. An applicant seeking credit for education courses and/or training completed while in the military, who does not hold a master's degree in art therapy or in 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, which provides the training and course work described at N.J.A.C. 13:34D-2.4, shall submit to the Committee a Joint Services Transcript of his or her education and/or training for a determination that the education courses and/or training completed are substantially equivalent in level, scope, and intent to the educational requirements described and required for licensure under N.J.A.C. 13:34D-2.4. For the purpose of determining substantial equivalence of the applicant's military education and/or training, the Committee shall consider only those courses relevant to the practice of art therapy that have been evaluated by the American Council on Education for substantial equivalence to civilian postsecondary curricula.

iii. An applicant seeking credit for education courses completed while in the military who does not hold a master's degree or doctoral degree in a closely related field to art therapy, which includes the course work required at N.J.A.C. 13:34D-2.4, shall submit to the Board a Joint Services Transcript of his or her education, for a determination that the education courses completed are substantially equivalent in level, scope, and intent to a post graduate degree or a program of training and course work, as described and required for licensure under N.J.A.C. 13:34D-2.4. For the purpose of determining substantial equivalence of the applicant's military education and/or training, the Committee shall consider only those courses relevant to the practice of art therapy that have been evaluated by the American Council on Education for substantial equivalence to civilian postsecondary curricula; and

3. The applicant complies with all other requirements for licensure as an associate art therapist including successful completion of the Art Therapy Credentials Board Examination administered by the Art Therapy Credentials Board or its successor as set forth at N.J.A.C. 13:34D-2.3, and completion of the online New Jersey Art Therapy Jurisprudence Orientation taken within six months of the date of application.

(c) It is the applicant's responsibility to provide timely and complete evidence of the education, training, and experience gained in the military for review and consideration.

(d) If the applicant's military training, education, and experience, or a portion thereof, is not deemed to be substantially equivalent to that required for licensure, the Committee shall credit whatever portion of the military training, education, or experience that is substantially equivalent towards meeting the requirements under N.J.A.C. 13:34D-2.3 and 2.4 for the issuance of the license.

(e) Satisfactory evidence of such education, training, and experience shall be assessed on a case-by-case basis.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:34D-2.8

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