New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner
Subchapter B - Regulation of Professions
Part 79 - Regulation of Individual Professions
Subpart 79-11 - Creative Arts Therapy
Section 79-11.2 - Professional licensing examination
Universal Citation: 8 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 79-11.2
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
(a) Each candidate for licensure as a creative arts therapist shall pass one of the following examinations:
(1) an examination that is offered by an
organization determined by the department to have satisfactory administrative
and psychometric procedures in place to offer the licensing examination, and
that the department determines adequately tests creative arts therapy
proficiency at the master's degree level and adequately measures the
candidate's knowledge concerning practice of creative arts therapy, as defined
in subdivision (1) of section
8404 of the
Education Law; or
(2) a scored
assessment of case narratives, which shall meet the following requirements:
(i) the case narratives shall be submitted to
the department in a form prescribed by the department;
(ii) the case narratives shall describe the
assessment and treatment in two cases. The narratives shall demonstrate the
relationships among the presenting problems, the background material, a
formulation of case dynamics, an assessment statement, the treatment process,
application of creative arts theory appropriate to the case and the
qualifications of the applicant, the treatment outcomes and supervisory issues;
and
(iii) the case narratives shall
be scored by the State Board for Mental Health Practitioners. Failing
examinations may be revised and resubmitted only once.
(b) Requirements for admission to examination for licensure as a creative arts therapist. To be admitted to the licensing examination, the candidate shall be required to:
(1) file an application for licensure with
the department;
(2) pay the fee for
initial licensure and the fee for the first registration period, as prescribed
in section
8404
(3)(g) of the Education Law; and
(3) present satisfactory evidence of having
met the education requirement for licensure as a creative arts therapist, as
prescribed in section
79-11.1 of this Subpart, including
receipt of the degree.
(c) Passing score. The passing score for the examination for licensure as creative arts therapist shall be determined by the State Board for Mental Health Practitioners.
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