14. For 360 days after the date procedures are established by the committee for applying for licensure under section 10 of P.L.2015, c.199 (C.45:8B-60), any person may qualify as a licensed professional art therapist, upon application for licensure and payment of the appropriate fee, provided the applicant furnishes satisfactory evidence to the committee that he has either:
a. completed a minimum of 45 graduate credit hours, which includes a master's degree or doctorate from a regionally accredited institution of higher education, in subject matter that is primarily art therapy in content; and has completed not less than five years of experience in the practice of art therapy; or
b. completed a minimum of 45 graduate semester hours, which includes a master's degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education; and has passed the Art Therapy Credentials Board Examination.