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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 18. Professional And Occupational Licensing
Agency 140. Board of Social Work
Chapter 30. Regulations Governing the Practice of Music Therapy
12/8/2025

18VAC140-30-30.  Requirements for licensure as a music therapist.

A. Every applicant for licensure shall submit to the board:

1. A completed application;

2. The application processing fee and initial licensure fee as prescribed in 18VAC140-30-20;

3. Evidence of current, active certification in good standing as an MT-BC granted by the CBMT or its successor organization, as approved by the board;

4. Verification of any other mental health or health professional license, registration, or certificate ever held in Virginia or another jurisdiction; and

5. A current report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Practitioner Data Bank.

B. An applicant shall have no unresolved disciplinary action against a mental health or health professional license, certificate, or registration held in Virginia or in another United States jurisdiction. The board will consider history of disciplinary action on a case-by-case basis.

Statutory Authority

§§ 54.1-2400 and 54.1-3709.2 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 42, Issue 4, eff. December 1, 2025.

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