New Mexico § 61-9A-13 Professional art therapist; requirements for licensure

New Mexico Statutes

§ 61-9A-13 — Professional art therapist; requirements for licensure

New Mexico § 61-9A-13

Ch. 61Professional and Occupational Licenses

Art. 9ACounseling and Therapy

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 61-9A-13 (2026).

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(Repealed effective July 1, 2028.) 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: A. has reached the age of twenty-one; B. demonstrates professional competency by passing an examination as prescribed by the board; 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; D. meets the art therapy core curriculum as defined by rule; E. has completed a minimum of two years post-graduate professional exper

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(Repealed effective July 1, 2028.) 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: A. has reached the age of twenty-one; B. demonstrates professional competency by passing an examination as prescribed by the board; 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; D. meets the art therapy core curriculum as defined by rule; 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 F. observes the code of ethics.