CHAPTER 154G
MUSIC THERAPY

Referred to in §147.76

  
     
154G.1  Definitions.
  As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
  1.  “Music therapist” means a person who holds an active music therapist board-certified credential granted by the certification board for music therapists.
  2.  “Music therapy” means the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals for people of all ages and ability levels within a therapeutic relationship by a music therapist.
2021 Acts, ch 118, §1

     
154G.2  Practice or use of title.
  1.  A person shall not profess to be a music therapist or board-certified music therapist or use the initials “MT-BC” or any other words, letters, abbreviations, or insignia indicating or implying that the person is a music therapist unless the person holds and maintains the music therapist board-certified credential granted by the certification board for music therapists.
  2.  This chapter does not prohibit a person from using music in the performance of the person’s profession or occupation if the person does not represent that the person is a music therapist.
  3.  A person who recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally violates this section is guilty of a simple misdemeanor.
2021 Acts, ch 118, §2