CHAPTER 118Music therapist certification standards and requirementsH.F. 285AN ACT relating to professional standards for the certification or designation of music therapists and providing penalties.Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: Section 1. NEW SECTION. 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. Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 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.Approved May 20, 2021
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