Facebook Twitter LinkedIn February 8, 2023 As the counseling compact continues to expand, more and more art therapists are going to be impacted both as licensed counselors and as art therapists seeking licensure in states where a unique art therapy license doesn’t...
July 14, 2021 The regulatory structure of art therapists in Texas has recently undergone significant changes, both to the board with authority over the rulemaking process and to the rules themselves, including how art therapy is defined. The AATA submitted...
July 1, 2021 On June 26, 2021, Ohio representatives C. Allison Russo and Jamie Callender introduced House Bill 359 to license and regulate art therapists and music therapists. Five additional cosponsors have signed on to the legislation which would create separate...
May 6, 2021 | Paige Scheinberg, ATR-BC & Catherine Harris, ATR-BC, TN Art Therapy Association Governmental Affairs Committee Co-Chairs “We did it, y’all! We passed the Senate and the House… and, now, the Governor has signed our bill. We now have an Art...
April 22, 2021 We are thrilled to announce that Governor Bill Lee signed SB 101 on April 20, 2021, officially enacting the Professional Art Therapist License in Tennessee! The law will take effect July 1st, 2021. AATA congrats the Tennessee Art Therapy...
April 8, 2021 We are thrilled to announce that the Tennessee House of Representatives passed the art therapy licensure bill (HB 183) on April 5, 2021, by a 81 to 7 vote! The bill, having passed the Senate in March, was delivered to Governor Bill Lee on April 7th....
