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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 10.58.17.05" title_num="10" subtitle_num="58" chapter_num="17" heading="Licensure Eligibility: Out-of-State Applicants.">
  <text>An applicant licensed as an art therapist or its equivalent, as established by the Board, in another state, territory, or jurisdiction is eligible for licensure if the applicant:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Provides:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A completed Board-approved application;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Verification that the applicant has:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A copy of a current license from each state, territory, or jurisdiction in which the applicant has been licensed, registered, or otherwise authorized to practice art therapy;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Documentation, satisfactory to the Board, that the applicant is currently licensed in good standing to practice art therapy in another state, territory, or jurisdiction;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>No history of disciplinary action, past or pending, in a state, territory, or jurisdiction in which the applicant holds a license to practice art therapy; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Not committed any act or omission that would be grounds for discipline or denial of licensure under Health Occupations Article, §17-509, Annotated Code of Maryland;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>An official transcript from the educational institution which awarded the master’s or doctoral degree;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Verification from employers, supervisors, or colleagues after the awarding of the graduate degree, that the applicant has practiced clinical professional art therapy for:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Not less than 2 years; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A minimum of 2,000 hours; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>For an applicant with a master’s degree consisting of less than 60 graduate semester credit hours:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Documentation, satisfactory to the Board, of not less than 2 years and minimum of 2,000 hours after the awarding of the graduate degree; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Documentation showing completion of a minimum of 3 graduate semester credit hours covering each of the following primary topics or content areas:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional disorders;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Appraisal;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Professional, legal, and ethical responsibilities; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Current certification from a national accrediting body approved by the Board;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Pays all applicable fees set forth in COMAR 10.58.02;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Achieves a passing score on:</text>
    <paragraph num="(a)">
      <text>A national certification exam approved by the Board; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(b)">
      <text>An examination of:</text>
      <paragraph num="(i)">
        <text>Health Occupations Article, Title 17, Annotated Code of Maryland; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(ii)">
        <text>COMAR 10.58;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Submits to a criminal background check;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Is of good moral character; and</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Complies with:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Health Occupations Article, Title 17, Annotated Code of Maryland; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The code of ethics as set forth in COMAR 10.58.03.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>