The board shall issue a license as a professional art therapist to a person who files a completed application accompanied by the required fees and who submits satisfactory evidence that the applicant:

1. A. has reached the age of twenty-one;
2. B. demonstrates professional competency by passing an examination as prescribed by the board;
3. C. holds a master's 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 graduate semester hours or seventy-two quarter hours in the art therapy core curriculum;
4. D. meets the art therapy core curriculum as defined by rule;
5. E. has completed a minimum of two years post-graduate professional experience, three thousand client contact hours and one hundred hours of post-graduate experience under appropriate supervision. Seven hundred clinical client contact hours may be from the applicant's internship or practicum program beyond the requirements in Subsection C of this subsection. Supervision shall be under a New Mexico-licensed professional art therapist or certified board therapist for at least fifty percent of the working hours; and
6. F. observes the code of ethics.

History: Laws 1993, ch. 49, § 13; 1999, ch. 161, § 12; 2003, ch. 422, § 13; 2005, ch. 210, § 12; 2007, ch. 166, § 2; 2021, ch. 93, § 11.

ANNOTATIONS

Delayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-9A-30 NMSA 1978.

The 2021 amendment, effective June 18, 2021, revised the qualifications for an applicant for licensure as a professional art therapist; redesignated former Paragraphs A(1) through A(6) as Subsections A through F, respectively; in Subsection E, after "post-graduate", deleted "face-to-face", and after "requirements in", changed "Paragraph (3)" to "Subsection C"; in Subsection F, deleted "is of good moral character with conduct consistent with" and added "observes"; and deleted former Subsection B, which related to applicants meeting the art therapy core curriculum.

The 2007 amendment, effective June 15, 2007, eliminated educational and experience qualifications and added new qualifications in Paragraphs (3) through (5) of Subsection A.

The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, changed "either" to "one of the following" in Subsection A(3); changed "regionally accredited institution" to "accredited institution" in Subsections A(3)(a) and (c); added a master's degree in counseling in Subsections A(3)(b) and (c); and added Subsection B to provide that effective July 1, 2005, applicants must meet the art therapy core curriculum, as defined by rule.

The 2003 amendment, effective June 20, 2003, in Paragraph C(1), inserted "from a regionally accredited institution or nationally approved art therapy program", substituted "seven hundred hours" for "six hundred hours"; in Paragraph C(2), inserted "as defined by rule", substituted "twenty-four semester hours" for "twenty-one semester hours" and "seven hundred hours" for "six hundred hours"; added Paragraph C(3); and rewrote Subsection D.

The 1999 amendment, effective July 1, 1999, substituted "six hundred" for "seven hundred" in Subsection C(1) and C(2); deleted "satisfactorily" preceding "passing" in Subsection B, deleted "The board may, on a case-by-case basis, approve applicants who hold a master's degree or a doctoral degree from non-accredited institutions" in Subsection C(1); substituted "shall" for "must" and "licensed or American art therapy association-certified" for "registered" in Subsection D; and added Subsection E.