New Mexico Register / Volume XXXIV,
Issue 1 / January 18, 2023
This is an amendment to
16.27.7 NMAC, Sections 2, 10, 13 and 14, effective 1/18/2023.
16.27.7.2 SCOPE: All
individuals applying for licensure by examination as professional art
therapists.
[16.27.7.2 NMAC - Rp,
16.27.7.2 NMAC, 11/30/2021; A, 1/18/2023]
16.27.7.10 APPLICANTS
FOR LICENSURE BY EXAMINATION: 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. Professional entry into art therapy requires a
masters or doctoral degree in art therapy, counseling
or counseling related field. Individuals holding a master’s degree in a related
field may enter the art therapy profession by completing 48 graduate semester
hours or 72 quarter hours in the art therapy core curriculum.
D. Experience requirements:
(1) a minimum of two years postgraduate
professional art therapy experience;
(2) evidence of having participated in a
total of 3000 hours of postgraduate clinical client contact and 100 hours of
appropriate face-to-face postgraduate supervision; [700] 1000
clinical client contact hours may be from the applicant’s internship or
practicum.
E. Application fee of $75.00 as
provided for in [Part 17 of 16.27 NMAC] 16.27.17
NMAC.
F. Is of good moral character with conduct
consistent with the code of ethics.
[16.27.7.10 NMAC - Rp,
16.27.7.10 NMAC, 11/30/2021; A, 1/18/2023]
16.27.7.13 DOCUMENTATION
REQUIRED FOR LICENSURE BY EXAMINATION:
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 48
semester hours or 72 quarter hours which includes the required clinical core
curriculum. Applicants who have just graduated with an appropriate degree
field, and whose degrees have not yet been conferred by their university, may
submit the following documentation in while awaiting official transcripts to
become available:
(a) A verification
letter from a university official verifying
[(1)] (i)
their
degree program;
[(2)] (ii) that
all courses have been completed and they have earned passing grades;
[(3)] (iii) their degrees will be conferred by the university;
and
(b) A receipt
verifying that they have ordered their transcripts to be sent to the board
office once their degree is conferred.
(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 3000 client contact
hours and 100 hours of appropriate face-to-face supervision.
(4) Attachment F, listing only specific
graduate coursework. The board may
request syllabi as needed to clarify course content.
(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 as provided
for in 16.27.17 NMAC.
[16.27.7.13 NMAC - Rp,
16.27.7.13 NMAC, 11/30/2021; A, 1/18/2023]
16.27.7.14 [LICENSURE
BY CREDENTIALS:
A. A completed application as specified
in 16.27.3.8 NMAC.
B. Verification (attachment A) that the
applicant holds and has held a current independent license for two 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 two years.
D. Holds masters or doctoral degree in
counseling or a counseling-related field from an accredited institution.
E. Application fee of $75.00 as
provided for in 16.27.17 NMAC.
F. Applicants who do not meet the
licensure by reciprocity must meet the current licensure requirements.] [RESERVED]
[16.27.7.14 NMAC - Rp,
16.27.7.14 NMAC, 11/30/2021; Repealed,
1/18/2023]