2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 309 - MISCELLANEOUS OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS 309.1305 Application of statutes -- Construction of chapter -- Misuse of title or status prohibited.
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309.1305 Application of statutes -- Construction of chapter -- Misuse of title
or status prohibited.
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No person shall use the title licensed professional art therapist or licensed
professional art therapist associate or use "LPAT" or "LPATA" or a title or
letters that are substantially the same, or hold himself or herself out as having
this status unless he or she is licensed by the board.
No person shall engage in the practice of art therapy unless he or she is
licensed under KRS 309.130 to 309.1399.
KRS 309.130 to 309.1399 shall not apply to persons licensed, certified, or
registered under any other provision of the Kentucky Revised Statutes,
including but not limited to physicians, physical therapists, occupational
therapists, social workers, psychologists, and nurses, or students within
accredited training programs of these professions. Nothing in KRS 309.130 to
309.1399 shall be construed to limit, interfere with, or restrict the practice,
descriptions of services, or manner in which these persons hold themselves out
to the public.
Nothing in KRS 309.130 to 309.1399 shall be construed to alter, amend, or
interfere with the practice of employment counseling, job placement
counseling, or school counseling.
Nothing in KRS 309.130 to 309.1399 shall be construed to apply to the
activities and services of a student intern or trainee in art therapy who is
pursuing a program of studies in art therapy at an accredited institution of
higher learning if the activities are performed under the supervision of a
licensed art therapist and constitute a part of the supervised program of study
and if the person is designated as an art therapist intern or student in training.
Effective:June 25, 2013
History: Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 80, sec. 2, effective June 25, 2013. -Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 48, sec. 2, effective June 25, 2009. -- Created 1994
Ky. Acts ch. 337, sec. 9, effective July 15, 1994.
Legislative Research Commission Note (6/25/2009). 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 48, sec.
12, provides: "Any person who is certified as a professional art therapist on the
effective date of this Act [6/25/2009] shall automatically be licensed on the
effective date of this Act [6/25/2009] and shall be issued a copy of the license at
the time his or her certificate was next scheduled to be renewed if at that time
the person complies with the provisions of Section 6 of this Act [KRS 309.1335]
and has not been the subject of disciplinary action under Sections 8 [KRS
309.137] and 10 [KRS 309.1375] of this Act."
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