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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".11" citation="COMAR 10.09.89.11" title_num="10" subtitle_num="09" chapter_num="89" heading="Covered Services — Expressive and Experiential Behavioral Services.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Expressive and experiential behavioral services:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>May be provided to an individual or group;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Provide sensory modalities to participants to assist in achieving POC objectives; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Include:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Art behavioral services;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Dance behavioral services;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Equine-assisted behavioral services;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Horticultural behavioral services;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Music behavioral services; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Drama behavioral services.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Qualification to Provide Expressive and Experiential Behavioral Services.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>To provide expressive and experiential behavioral services, an individual shall have:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A bachelor's or master's degree from an accredited college or university; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Current registration in the applicable association as outlined in §E(5) of this regulation;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Association Registration.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Art Behavioral Services. To provide art behavioral services, an individual shall be currently registered as a registered art therapist by:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The Art Therapy Credentials Board in the American Art Therapy Association; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>A comparable association with equivalent requirements.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>For Dance Behavioral Services. To provide dance behavioral services, an individual shall be currently registered as a dance therapist registered, or an academy of dance therapists registered in:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The American Dance Therapy Association; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>A comparable association with equivalent requirements.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>For Equine-Assisted Behavioral Services. To provide equine-assisted behavioral services, an individual shall be currently certified by:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association (EAGALA) to provide services under the EAGALA model;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International (PATHI); or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>A comparable association with certification requirements at least equivalent to EAGALA or PATHI.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>For Horticultural Behavioral Services. To provide horticultural behavioral services, an individual shall be currently registered as a horticultural therapist registered in:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The American Horticultural Therapy Association; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>A comparable association with equivalent requirements.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>For Music Behavioral Services. To provide music behavioral services, an individual shall be currently registered as a music therapist-board certified by:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The Certification Board for Music Therapists, Inc; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>A comparable association with equivalent requirements.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>For Drama Behavioral Services. To provide psychodrama/drama behavioral services, an individual shall be currently registered as a registered drama therapist or a board certified trainer in:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The National Association for Drama Therapy; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>A comparable association with equivalent requirements.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>