- Apply online
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Beginning in summer 2025.
Getting started
Online Application Instructions
Online application instructions are on our website.
Once you have completed the process, you will find your pending credential number on Provider Credential Search. Refer to this credential number any time you contact the Department of Health or submit paperwork.
- Apply on paper
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The following forms are required for completing the application process. Please download and print forms.
- Renewal requirements
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Music therapists must renew their license every two years on or before their birthday practitioner's birthday as provided in chapter 246-12 WAC.
Fee Schedule
- See fee information below
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- Application and registration - $300
- Renewal - $680
- Late renewal penalty - $170
- Expired registration reissuue - $170
- Duplicate registration - $10
- Verification of registration - $25
Fees submitted with applications for initial credentialing, examinations, renewal, and other fees associated with the licensing and regulation of the profession are non-refundable, per WAC 246-12-340.
Process for Approving/Denying Applications
We finish the final review for approval after a credentialing specialist verifies that the application is fully complete and complies with requirements in chapter 18.233 RCW and chapter 246-837 WAC. We complete background checks and make sure applicants have submitted required fees. Credentialing supervisors and lead workers have the authority to approve routine applications. The disciplining authority may conduct further review if the credentialing supervisor can't verify that the applicant meets all requirements. We'll formally notify applicants of a denial. Those applicants may request a hearing to appeal the decision.