2015 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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