TITLE 16 OCCUPATIONAL
AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
CHAPTER 27 COUNSELORS
AND THERAPISTS
PART 7 REQUIREMENTS
FOR LICENSURE AS A PROFESSIONAL ART THERAPIST (LPAT)
16.27.7.1 ISSUING
AGENCY: Regulation and Licensing Department
Counseling and Therapy Practice Board
[16.27.7.1 NMAC - Rp 16 NMAC
27.6.1, 6-15-01]
16.27.7.2 SCOPE: All
individuals applying for licensure as professional art therapists.
[16.27.7.2 NMAC - Rp 16 NMAC
27.6.2, 6-15-01]
16.27.7.3 STATUTORY
AUTHORITY: These parts are promulgated pursuant to the
Counselor and Therapist Practice Act, Section 61-9A-3, 5, 13, and 15, NMSA
1978.
[16.27.7.3 NMAC - Rp 16 NMAC
27.6.3, 6-15-01]
16.27.7.4 DURATION: Permanent
[16.27.7.4 NMAC - Rp 16 NMAC
27.6.4, 6-15-01]
16.27.7.5 EFFECTIVE
DATE:
June 15, 2001 unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.
[16.27.7.5 NMAC - Rp 16 NMAC
27.6.5, 6-15-01]
16.27.7.6 OBJECTIVE: The objective
of Part 7 is to state the minimum requirements for licensure as a professional
art therapist and to list the documentation required for application.
[16.27.7.6 NMAC - Rp 16 NMAC
27.6.6, 6-15-01]
16.27.7.7 DEFINITIONS: [Reserved]
16.27.7.8 APPROPRIATE
SUPERVISION:
A. Supervision
must be provided by a licensed professional clinical mental health counselor
(LPCC), licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT), licensed art therapist
(LPAT), licensed psychologist, licensed psychiatrist, or licensed independent
social worker (LISW). Appropriate
supervisors must have education and experience in art therapy.
B. It
is the responsibility of the individual seeking supervision to assure the
supervision is acceptable for the level of licensure.
[16.27.7.9 NMAC - Rp 16 NMAC
27.1.7.5, 6-15-01; A, 7-1-04; A, 2-10-06; A, 1-15-07]
16.27.7.9
[Reserved]
16.27.7.10 APPLICANTS
FOR LICENSURE: AS A PROFESSIONAL ART
THERAPIST (LPAT) MUST POSSESS THE FOLLOWING QUALIFICATIONS AND PROVIDE THE
REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION WITH THE APPLICATION: A licensed professional art
therapist (LPAT) must possess the following qualifications and provide the required
documentation with the application:
A. Age
requirement. Be at least 21 years of
age.
B. Applicant
must sign a statement provided in the application indicating the applicant has
read the code of ethics and agrees to be bound and governed by the code of
ethics.
C. Education
requirements. Holds a masters or doctoral degree in art therapy, counseling or
counseling related field from an accredited institution or nationally approved
art therapy program with a total of no less than forty eight (48) graduate
semester hours or seventy-two (72) quarter hours in the art therapy core
curriculum as defined in 16.27.7.11 NMAC:
D. Experience
requirements:
(1) a minimum of two years postgraduate
professional art therapy experience;
(2) evidence of having participated in a total
of three thousand (3,000) hours of postgraduate clinical client contact and one
hundred (100) hours of appropriate face-to-face postgraduate supervision; seven
hundred (700) clinical client contact hours may be from the applicant’s
internship or practicum.
E. Application
fee of $75.00.
F. Is
of good moral character with conduct consistent with the code of ethics.
[16.27.7.10 NMAC - Rp 16 NMAC
27.6.8, 6-15-01; A, 7-1-04; A, 2-10-06; A, 1-15-07; A, 11-19-07]
16.27.7.11 ART
THERAPY CORE CURRICULUM: Means a curriculum for training art
therapists that includes a minimum of forty-eight (48) semester graduate hours
or seventy-two (72) quarter hours of graduate level coursework and consists of
the following areas of graduate studies.
A. History
of art therapy: A minimum of 3 semester
hours or 4 quarter hours of graduate coursework. Course content deals with origins, historical
development, and major theoretical trends in art therapy.
B. Theories
of art therapy: A minimum of 3 semester
hours or 4 quarter hours of graduate coursework. Included in the course content are
differentiation of art therapy from other mental health and educational
professions, major theories, and practical applications.
C. Techniques
in art therapy: A minimum of 3 semester
hours or 4 quarter hours of graduate coursework which explores various art
therapy techniques and interventions.
The coursework may examine art therapy processes and approaches
appropriate for different diagnostic and presenting problems based on the DSM
IV criteria and/or art based assessments.
D. Application
of art therapy with different populations in a variety of treatment
settings: A minimum of 3 semester hours
or 4 quarter hours of graduate coursework which examines the therapeutic
relationship in working with various client populations using art therapy. The coursework may examine individual, group,
conjoint, and family art therapy as it applies to child, adolescent, and adult
populations.
E. Art
therapy assessment: A minimum of 3
semester hours or 4 quarter hours of graduate coursework which introduces
clinical diagnostic profiles and criteria as it applies to the art image.
F. Ethical
and legal issues of art therapy practice:
A minimum of 3 semester hours or 4 quarter hours of graduate coursework
which explores the philosophical origins and clinical application of
professional ethics.
G. Standards
of practice in art therapy: A minimum of
3 semester hours or 4 quarter hours of graduate coursework designed to review
art therapy practice procedures and case consultation. The coursework may include therapeutic
processes, legal considerations, licensure requirements, self care, and case
collaborations.
H. Cultural
diversity issues relevant to art therapy practice: A minimum of 3 semester hours or 4 quarter
hours of graduate coursework which studies the practice of art therapy in the
context of cultural diversity. Content
includes assessment, therapeutic strategies, and creative interventions
appropriate for different cultural populations.
I. Thesis
or written and oral comps.
J. Related
core curriculum: The remaining graduate
coursework includes psychopathology and diagnostics, human growth and
development, group dynamics, research, and studio art to satisfy the 45-hour
requirement.
[16.27.7.11 NMAC - N,
6-15-01; A, 1-15-07; A, 11-19-07]
16.27.7.12 EXAMINATION: Applicants
must demonstrate professional competency by passing the art therapy credentials
board certification examination (ATCBE).
[16.27.7.12 NMAC - Rp 16 NMAC
27.6.9, 6-15-01; A, 2-10-06]
16.27.7.13 DOCUMENTATION
REQUIRED FOR LICENSURE:
A. A
completed application as specified in 16.27.3.8 NMAC.
B. Proof
of education and experience:
(1) The applicant is required to submit an
official transcript in a sealed envelope from each institution contributing to
the applicant's master or doctoral degree a total of no less than forty-eight
(48) semester hours or seventy two (72) quarter hours which includes the required
48 clinical core curriculum.
(2) A statement from each supervisor in a
sealed envelope on a form provided by the board (attachment B) verifying the
applicant's supervised experience and setting forth the nature and extent of
such supervision must be submitted with the application; the statement shall
verify that the applicant's performance was in accordance with adequate
counseling and therapy standards of practice; if a supervisor's statement is
not available, the applicant may submit documentation explaining why the
supervisor's statement is not available and sworn affidavits from other
individuals verifying that supervision took place and describing the nature and
the extent of the supervision.
(3) Documentation of three thousand (3000)
client contact hours and one hundred (100) hours of appropriate face-to-face
supervision.
(4) Attachment E, listing only specific
graduate coursework. A course syllabus
and actual course catalogue descriptions for all courses must be included
(applies only to applicants who hold counseling or counseling related field
degree).
(5) Documentation of the applicant's
licensure, registration or certification status must be submitted on
application attachment form A, which must be sent directly to the board by the
jurisdiction in which the applicant is licensed, certified, or registered.
(6) Application fee of $75.00.
[16.27.7.13 NMAC - Rp 16 NMAC
27.6.10, 6-15-01; A, 7-1-04; A, 2-10-06; A, 1-15-07; A, 11-19-07]
16.27.7.14 LICENSURE
BY RECIPROCITY:
A. Submit
a completed application per 16.27.3.8 NMAC.
B. Verification
(attachment A) that the applicant holds and has held a current license for five
years issued by the appropriate examining board under the law of any other
state or territory of the United States, the District of Columbia or any
foreign nation.
C. Verification
that the applicant is in good standing with no disciplinary action pending or
brought against the applicant within the past five years.
D. Holds
masters or doctoral degree in counseling or a counseling-related field from an
accredited institution.
E. Application
fee of $75.00.
F. Applicants
who do not meet the licensure by reciprocity must meet the current licensure
requirements.
[16.27.7.14 NMAC - Rp 16 NMAC
27.9.8&9, 6-15-01; A, 7-1-04; A, 2-10-06; A, 1-15-07]
HISTORY OF 16.27.7 NMAC:
Pre-NMAC History: The material in this part was
derived from that previously filed with the State Records Center and Archives
under:
Rule 6, Requirements for
Licensure as a Professional Art Therapist, 3-24-94
Rule 6, Requirements for
Licensure as a Professional Art Therapist, 3-20-95
History of Repealed Material:
16 NMAC 27.6, Requirements
for Licensure as a Professional Art Therapist - Repealed 6-15-01
16 NMAC 27.9, Licensure by
Credentials - Repealed 6-15-01