2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 163 - Mental Health Practitioners › 8404 - Creative Arts Therapy.

§  8404.  Creative  arts  therapy.  1.  Definition  of the practice of
creative arts therapy. The practice of the profession of  creative  arts
therapy is defined as:
(a)  the  assessment, evaluation, and the therapeutic intervention and
treatment, which may be  either  primary,  parallel  or  adjunctive,  of
mental,  emotional,  developmental  and behavioral disorders through the
use of the arts as approved by the department; and
(b) the use of assessment instruments and mental health counseling and
psychotherapy to identify, evaluate and treat dysfunctions and disorders
for purposes of providing appropriate creative arts therapy services.
2. Practice of creative arts therapy and use of the  titles  "creative
arts  therapist"  and  "licensed creative arts therapist". Only a person
licensed or exempt under  this  article  shall  practice  creative  arts
therapy  or  use  the  title  "creative  arts  therapist". Only a person
licensed under this article shall use the title "licensed creative  arts
therapist"  or any other designation tending to imply that the person is
licensed to practice creative arts therapy.
3. Requirements for a professional license. To qualify for  a  license
as  a "licensed creative arts therapist", an applicant shall fulfill the
following requirements:
(a) Application: File an application with the department;
(b) Education: Have received an education,  including  a  master's  or
higher  degree in creative arts therapy from a program registered by the
department or  determined  by  the  department  to  be  the  substantial
equivalent  thereof,  in accordance with the commissioner's regulations.
The graduate coursework shall  include,  but  not  be  limited  to,  the
following areas:
(i) human growth and development;
(ii) theories in therapy;
(iii) group dynamics;
(iv) assessment and appraisal of individuals and groups;
(v) research and program evaluation;
(vi) professional orientation and ethics;
(vii) foundations of creative arts therapy and psychopathology; and
(viii) clinical instruction;
(c)  Experience:  Have  completed  at  least  fifteen hundred hours of
postmaster's  supervised  experience  in  one  or  more  creative   arts
therapies  satisfactory  to  the  department  and in accordance with the
commissioner's  regulations.  Satisfactory  experience  obtained  in  an
entity  operating  under  a  waiver issued by the department pursuant to
section sixty-five hundred three-a of this title may be accepted by  the
department,  notwithstanding that such experience may have been obtained
prior to the effective date of such section sixty-five  hundred  three-a
and/or prior to the entity having obtained a waiver. The department may,
for  good  cause shown, accept satisfactory experience that was obtained
in a setting that would have been eligible for a waiver  but  which  has
not  obtained  a  waiver  from  the  department  or  experience that was
obtained  in  good  faith  by  the  applicant  under  the  belief   that
appropriate authorization had been obtained for the experience, provided
that  such  experience  meets  all  other  requirements  for  acceptable
experience;
(d)  Examination:  Pass  an  examination  in  creative  arts   therapy
satisfactory to the department and in accordance with the commissioner's
regulations;
(e) Age: Be at least twenty-one years of age;
(f)  Character:  Be  of  good  moral  character  as  determined by the
department; and
(g) Fees: Pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars for an initial
license and a fee of one hundred  seventy  dollars  for  each  triennial
registration period.