Members of the list: Art therapy legislation is pending in Kentucky. I've been in touch with the KY OT Association and we plan to address it, but I'm curious about your thoughts on the language in this bill as we will likely see it in other states. If this language is exclusive to art therapists, could it limit OT practice in Kentucky?
House Bill 73 defines the practice of art therapy as "the integrated use of psychotherapeutic principles, visual art media and the creative process in the assessment, treatment, and remediation of psychosocial, emotional, cognitive, physical, and developmental disorders in children, adolescents, adults, families, and groups..." (link to full text: http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/09RS/HB73.htm click on bill number on this page for WORD document) Chuck Willmarth AOTA State Affairs -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
