Nebraska Revised Statutes Chapter 38. Health Occupations and Professions § 38-2140. Art therapist; certification; qualifications

(i) Has a master's or doctoral degree in art therapy from an approved educational program or a master's degree in a related mental health field and graduate-level course work determined by the board to be equivalent in didactic content and supervised clinical experience to an approved educational program in art therapy; and

(ii) Has had at least three thousand hours of experience in art therapy supervised by a qualified supervisor following receipt of such graduate degree and at least one-half of such hours were supervised by a certified art therapist acting as the qualified supervisor. The three thousand hours of experience shall include at least one thousand five hundred hours of direct client contact, and at least one-half of such hours shall be supervised by a certified art therapist acting as the qualified supervisor. The direct-client-contact hours shall include at least one hundred hours of supervisor-supervisee-contact hours supervised by a qualified supervisor, with supervision provided at least one hour per week or two hours every two weeks, and at least one-half of such hours shall be supervised by a certified art therapist acting as the qualified supervisor; and