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Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) A person shall not use the title “certified professional music therapist,” or “certified music therapist,” or use any abbreviation to indicate that the person is certified as a professional music therapist in this state unless the person holds a certificate issued by the advisory committee under this part.
(b) Subsection (a) does not prohibit:
(1) A person who is licensed, certified, or regulated under the laws of this state in another profession or occupation, including physicians, psychologists, psychoanalysts, registered nurses, marriage and family therapists, social workers, occupational therapists, professional or rehabilitation counselors, speech-language pathologists or audiologists, or personnel supervised by a licensed professional from performing work, including the use of music, that is incidental to the practice of the person's licensed, certified, or regulated profession or occupation, if the person does not represent their self as a music therapist;
(2) A person whose training and national certification attests to the person's preparation and ability to practice their certified profession or occupation, if the person does not represent their self as a music therapist;
(3) A practice of music therapy as an integral part of a program of study for students enrolled in an accredited music therapy program, if the student does not represent their self as a music therapist;
(4) A person who practices music therapy under the supervision of a certified professional music therapist, if the person does not represent their self as a music therapist; or
(5) The use of music intervention in a non-clinical, non-therapeutic manner by persons who do not represent themselves as music therapists or through a program that is not represented to be a music therapy program, including the Tennessee person-centered music program administered by the Tennessee commission on aging and disability, created by § 71-2-104.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Tennessee Code Title 63. Professions of the Healing Arts § 63-11-608 - last updated January 02, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tn/title-63-professions-of-the-healing-arts/tn-code-sect-63-11-608/
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