{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-45-8b-60","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 45:8B-60","heading":"Eligibility for licensure as professional art therapist.","body":"10.\tTo be eligible to be licensed as a professional art therapist, an applicant shall fulfill the following requirements:\na.\tIs at least 18 years of age;\nb.\tIs of good moral character;\nc.\tHolds a master's degree in art therapy, or a clearly related field with specialization in art therapy, as determined by the committee, from an accredited educational institution that is approved by the committee; or a master's degree or doctoral degree in a field closely related to art therapy without specialization in art therapy and demonstrates to the committee that he has completed course work content and training substantially equivalent to that required for a master's degree in art therapy from an accredited educational institution that is approved by the committee.\n(1)\tIn the case of an applicant holding a master's degree in art therapy or a clearly related field with specialization in art therapy, the applicant shall have completed:\n(a)\tA minimum of 60 graduate credit hours from any accredited educational institution that is approved by the committee; and\n(b)\tNot less than 4,500 hours of supervised experience approved by the committee, a minimum of 3,500 hours of which shall have been completed after the award of the master's degree.\n(2)\tIn the case of an applicant holding a doctoral degree in a field closely related to art therapy without specialization in art therapy, the applicant shall have completed:\n(a)\tA minimum of 90 graduate credit hours in that closely related field;\n(b)\tA minimum of 30 graduate credit hours in a post-graduate art therapy program approved by the committee; and\n(c)\tNot less than 3,000 hours of supervised experience in art therapy approved by the committee.  The committee shall establish criteria for determining the specifications as to what constitutes supervised art therapy experience.  An applicant may eliminate 1,000 hours of the required supervised art therapy experience by substituting 30 graduate credit hours beyond the master's degree if those graduate credit hours are clearly related to art therapy, as determined by the committee.  In no case, however, may the applicant have less than 1,000 hours of supervised professional art therapy experience after the granting of the master's degree.\n(3)\tIn the case of an applicant holding a master's degree in a field closely related to art therapy without specialization in art therapy, the applicant shall have completed:\n(a)\tA minimum of 60 graduate credit hours in that closely related field;\n(b)\tA minimum of 30 graduate credit hours in a post-graduate art therapy program approved by the committee; and\n(c)\tNot less than 4,500 hours of supervised experience in art therapy approved by the committee, a minimum of 3,500 hours of which shall have been completed after the award of the master's degree.  The committee shall establish criteria for determining the specifications as to what constitutes supervised art therapy experience;\nThe completed graduate course work in art therapy from an accredited college or university program that is approved by the committee shall include training in:\n(1)\tThe art therapy profession;\n(2)\tTheory and practice of art therapy;\n(3)\tHuman growth and developmental dynamics in art;\n(4)\tApplication of art therapy with people in different treatment settings;\n(5)\tArt therapy appraisal, diagnosis and assessment;\n(6)\tEthical and legal issues of art therapy practice;\n(7)\tMatters of cultural and social diversity bearing on the practice of art therapy;\n(8)\tStandards of good art therapy practice; and\n(9)\tGroup art therapy; and\nd.\tHas passed the Art Therapy Credentials Board Examination.\nL.2015, c.199, s.10.","path":["TITLE 45 PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"9d11b04dc4d67531868b62434f19c654217c90ad668f9346711d04fb5ec13d94","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-45-8b-59","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-45-8b-61"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}