A. The division shall require qualifications for persons who provide music therapy services through a contract to persons with developmental disabilities. At a minimum these qualifications shall require current certification by a national certification board for music therapists. The division shall identify the services provided by music therapists who meet these qualifications as music therapy.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 36-567

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Division: means the division of developmental disabilities in the department of economic security. See Arizona Laws 36-551
  • Habilitation: means the process by which a person is assisted to acquire and maintain those life skills that enable the person to cope more effectively with personal and environmental demands and to raise the level of the person's physical, mental and social efficiency. See Arizona Laws 36-551
  • Individual program plan: means a written statement of services to be provided to a person with developmental disabilities, including habilitation goals and objectives, that is developed following initial placement evaluation and revised after periodic evaluations. See Arizona Laws 36-551

B. For the purposes of this section, "music therapy" means implementing habilitation goals through clinical and evidence-based music therapy interventions to accomplish individualized goals and the services that are consistent with the overall individual program plan established by the planning team.

 

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