{"data":{"id":"us-nm/61-9a-13","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"61-9A-13","heading":"Professional art therapist; requirements for licensure. (Repealed effective July 1, 2028.)","body":"The board shall issue a license as a professional art therapist to a person who files a completed application accompanied by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:\nA. has reached the age of twenty-one;\nB. demonstrates professional competency by passing an examination as prescribed by the board;\nC. 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;\nD. meets the art therapy core curriculum as defined by rule;\nE. 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\nF. observes the code of ethics.","path":["Chapter 61 - Professional and Occupational Licenses","ARTICLE 9A Counseling and Therapy"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18564/index.do","current_through":"2026-05-20","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:20Z","sha256":"38e3ebb9f80288b78a9972d83b5cc05acf8da51b93021c5cf8e273c63727f597","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/61-9a-12.1","next":"us-nm/61-9a-14"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}