1. 7: The Oklahoma Licensed Professional Counselors Advisory Board consists of
members.
2. State Commissioner of Health with the advice and consent of the State Board of Health: The
Oklahoma LPC Advisory board members are appointed by
.
3. 5: of the members of the board are Licensed Professional Counselors.
4. 2: of the members of the board are lay persons.
5. 4: Licensed Professional Counselors Advisory Board members are appointed for a year term.
6. 30: Vacancies occurring in the Advisory Board shall be filled for the UN-expired term by
appointment of the Commissioner with the advice and consent of the Board from a list of qualified
candidates submitted within days of such vacancy.
7. 3: Advisory Board members shall be ineligible for reappointment for a period of
following completion of their term.
8. 4: The Advisory Board shall hold at least regular meetings each year.
9. 4: members of the Advisory Board shall constitute a quorum.
10.A chair, a vice-chair, and a secretary.: The advisory Board shall elect annu- ally the following
officers:
11.60: An applicant for a license to practice as a licensed professional counselor shall have:
1. Successfully completed at least graduate semester hours (ninety (90)
graduate quarter hours) of counseling-related course work.
12.1: The applicant shall have no less than year of supervised full-time
experience in counseling
13.2: The Commissioner shall preserve answers to any examination, and the applicant's
performance on each section, as part the records of the Department for a period of years
following the date of the examination.
14.24: Each initial license issued pursuant to the Licensed Professional Coun- selors Act shall
expire months from the date of issuance unless revoked
15.criminal acts or violation of any law.: No information shall be treated as privileged and there
shall be no privileges created by the Licensed Professional Counselors Act as to any information
acquired by the person licensed pursuant to the Licensed Professional Counselors Act when such
information pertains to
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16.civil, criminal or disciplinary action: If the licensed professional counselor
is a party to a arising from such therapy, in which case any waiver of the
privilege accorded by this section shall be limited to that action.
17.100: Any person who practices counseling (without license), upon conviction thereof, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by imposition of a
fine of not less than nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each
offense and in addition may be imprisoned for a term not to exceed six (6) months
in the county jail or by both such fine and imprisonment.
18. 1. Been convicted of a felony;
2. Been convicted of a misdemeanor determined to be such a nature as to render the person
convicted unfit to practice counseling;
3. Engaged in fraud or deceit in connection with services rendered or in establishing needed
qualifications to the provisions of the act;
4. Knowingly aided or abetted a person not licensed pursuant to these provisions in
representing himself as a
licensed professional counselor in this state;
5. Engaged in unprofessional conduct as defined by the rules established by the Board;
6. Engaging in negligence or wrongful actions in the performance of his duties; or
7. Misrepresented any information required in obtaining a license.: The De- partment, may deny,
revoke suspend or place on probation any license or specialty designation issued pursuant to the
provisions of the Licensed Professional Coun- selors Act to a licensed professional counselor, if the
person has
19.15: If the Department determines that a felony conviction of an applicant renders the convicted
applicant unfit to practice counseling, the Commissioner shall provide notice and opportunity to the
applicant, by certified mail at the last known address, for an administrative hearing to contest such
determination before the Department may deny the application. The request shall be made by the
applicant within days of receipt of the notice.
20.10,000: The maximum administrative penalty shall not exceed $ .
21.federal, state, or local governmental agencies: All licensed professional counselors, except
those employed by , shall, prior to the performance of service,
furnish the client with a copy of the Statement of Professional Disclosure as promulgated by rule of
the State Board of Health. A current copy shall be on file with the State Department of Health at all
times.
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