Tex. Occupations Code § 503.303
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 503.303, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 503.303. SPECIALIZATION IN ART THERAPY.
Official statutory text
(a) A person qualifies for a license as a professional counselor with a specialization in art therapy if the person:
(1) meets the requirements for a license under Section 503.302;
(2) holds:
(A) a master's or doctoral degree in art therapy that includes at least 700 hours of supervised practicum from an accredited institution; or
(B) a master's degree in a counseling-related field if the person has completed at least:
(i) 21 semester hours of sequential course work in the history, theory, and practice of art therapy; and
(ii) 700 hours of supervised practicum from an accredited institution;
(3) completes the following postgraduate experience in addition to the requirements of Subdivision (2) under the supervision of a licensed professional counselor with a specialization in art therapy:
(A) at least 1,000 client contact hours, if the applicant holds a degree described by Subdivision (2)(A); or
(B) at least 2,000 client contact hours, if the applicant holds a degree described by Subdivision (2)(B); and
(4) demonstrates successful completion of the national Certification Examination in Art Therapy of the Art Therapy Credentials Board.
(b) The executive council shall accept an individual course from an art therapy program accredited through the American Art Therapy Association as satisfying the education requirements under Section 503.302(a)(3) if at least 75 percent of the course content is substantially equivalent to the content of a course required by executive council rule.
(c) Repealed by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 561, Sec. 25(4), eff. September 1, 2005.
(1) meets the requirements for a license under Section 503.302;
(2) holds:
(A) a master's or doctoral degree in art therapy that includes at least 700 hours of supervised practicum from an accredited institution; or
(B) a master's degree in a counseling-related field if the person has completed at least:
(i) 21 semester hours of sequential course work in the history, theory, and practice of art therapy; and
(ii) 700 hours of supervised practicum from an accredited institution;
(3) completes the following postgraduate experience in addition to the requirements of Subdivision (2) under the supervision of a licensed professional counselor with a specialization in art therapy:
(A) at least 1,000 client contact hours, if the applicant holds a degree described by Subdivision (2)(A); or
(B) at least 2,000 client contact hours, if the applicant holds a degree described by Subdivision (2)(B); and
(4) demonstrates successful completion of the national Certification Examination in Art Therapy of the Art Therapy Credentials Board.
(b) The executive council shall accept an individual course from an art therapy program accredited through the American Art Therapy Association as satisfying the education requirements under Section 503.302(a)(3) if at least 75 percent of the course content is substantially equivalent to the content of a course required by executive council rule.
(c) Repealed by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 561, Sec. 25(4), eff. September 1, 2005.
Status: repealed · Read it on the official government site
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