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309.130 Definitions for KRS 309.130 to 309.1399.
As used in KRS 309.130 to 309.1399, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Board" means the Kentucky Board of Licensure for Professional Art
Therapists;
(2) "Licensed professional art therapist" means a person who has completed a
master's or doctoral degree program in art therapy, or an equivalent course of
study, from an accredited educational institution, has completed all of the
requirements set out in this chapter, and has been issued a license by the
board for the independent practice of art therapy;
(3) "Licensed professional art therapist associate" means a person who has:
(a) Completed a master's or doctoral degree program in art therapy, or an
equivalent course of study, from an accredited educational institution; and
(b) Been issued a license by the board to practice art therapy under an
approved clinical supervisor authorized by the board;
(4) "License holder" means a licensed professional art therapist or a licensed
professional art therapist associate licensed under the provisions of KRS
309.130 to 309.1399;
(5) "The practice of professional art therapy" means the integrated use of
psychotherapeutic principles, visual art media, and the creative process in the
assessment, treatment, and remediation of psychosocial, emotional, cognitive,
physical, and developmental disorders in children, adolescents, adults,
families, and groups. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to authorize
any licensed professional art therapist to administer or interpret psychological
tests in accordance with KRS Chapter 319; and
(6) "Accredited institution" means a university or college accredited by a
nationally-recognized accrediting agency of institutions of higher education, or
an institution or clinical program approved by the American Art Therapy
Association, Inc.
Effective:June 25, 2013
History: Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 80, sec. 1, effective June 25, 2013. -Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 48, sec. 1, effective June 25, 2009. -- Created 1994
Ky. Acts ch. 337, sec. 1, 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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