Ohio Admin. Code 4757-24-01 - Qualifications for a license as a licensed professional music therapist

(A) To be eligible for a license to practice music therapy under this chapter, an applicant shall meet all of the following requirements:

(1) Be at least eighteen years of age.

(2) Have successfully completed an academic program with a bachelor's or higher degree in music therapy approved by the American music therapy association or its successor organization.

(3) Have passed the examination for board certification by the certification board for music therapists or its successor organization or obtained certification as a music therapist by that board on January 1, 1985.

(4) Be currently certified as a music therapist by the certification board for music therapists or its successor organization.

(5) Have successfully completed a minimum of one thousand two hundred hours of clinical training, with at least one hundred eighty hours in pre-internship experience and at least nine hundred hours in internship experience, if the internship is approved by the American music therapy association or its successor organization, an academic institution, or both.

(B) Within sixty days after receiving the information described in this rule and receipt of proof of compliance with section 4757.101 of the Revised Code, the appropriate professional standards committee of the board shall issue a license to practice as a music therapist as required under paragraph (A) of this rule.

(C) This rule does not apply to members of other professions licensed, certified, or registered by this state while performing services within the recognized scope, standards, and ethics of their respective professions.

Notes

Ohio Admin. Code 4757-24-01

Effective: 7/1/2024
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 07/01/2029
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4757.10, 4757.24
Rule Amplifies: 4757.24