OLERE – UPDATED 2024 Questions and Answers

OLERE – UPDATED 2024 Questions and Answers OLERE – UPDATED 2024 Questions and Answers "Administrative Procedures Act" ("APA") - Answer- means Article I and/or Article II of the Administrative Procedures Act, 75 O.S. §§ 250 et seq. "Complainant" - Answer- means any person who files a Request for Inquiry against a LPC, Candidate, or a person who delivers licensed professional counseling services without a license. "Complaint Committee" - Answer- means one Board member who is a LPC, the Executive Director, the Assistant Attorney General and may include other appropriate individuals as determined by the Committee. "Dual relationship" - Answer- means a familial, social, financial, business, professional, close personal, sexual or other nontherapeutic relationship with a client, or engaging in any activity with another person THAT INTERFERES OR CONFLICTS WITH the LPC's or LPC Candidate's PROFESSIONAL OBLIGATION to a client. "Forensic services" - Answer- means the application of knowledge, training and experience from the mental health field to the establishment of facts and/or the establishment of evidence in a court of law or ordered by a court of law. Formal Complaint - Answer- means a written statement of alleged violation(s) of the Act and/or Rules which is filed by the Assistant Attorney General. The Formal Complaint schedules an Individual Proceeding before the Board in accordance with 75 O.S. §309. "Full time" - Answer- means at least twenty (20) hours of on-the-job experience per week. "Group supervision" - Answer- means an assemblage of two (2) to six (6) Candidates. "On-site supervisor" - Answer- means a person who may not be an approved LPC supervisor but is licensed by the state of Oklahoma as a Licensed Marital and Family Therapist, Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Behavioral Practitioner, Psychologist, Clinical Social Worker, Psychiatrist, or Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor employed by the agency employing the LPC Candidate whose assigned job duties include acting as the immediate supervisor to the LPC Candidate and who is available to the candidate at all times when counseling services are being rendered by the LPC Candidate. "Request for Inquiry" ("RFI") - Answer- means a written or oral statement of complaint from any person alleging possible violation(s) of the Act and/or Rules. "Respondent" - Answer- means the person against whom an Individual Proceeding is initiated. Requirement of records - Answer- LPCs shall maintain verifiable, accurate and truthful records necessary for rendering professional services to their clients for LEAST FIVE (5) YEARS beyond termination of services. LPCs employed at an institution or facility that has a published records retention policy that is equal to the retention required by this subsection will be deemed to be in compliance with this subsection. Confidentiality. - Answer- LPCs shall maintain the confidentiality of any information received from any person or source about a client, unless authorized in writing by the client or otherwise authorized or required by law or court order. Confidentiality of records - Answer- LPCs shall be responsible for complying with the applicable state and federal regulations in regard to the security, safety and confidentiality of any counseling record they create, maintain, transfer, or destroy whether the record is written, taped, computerized, or stored in any other medium. Client access. - Answer- LPCs shall provide the client with a copy of the client's record in accordance with state and federal laws. In situations involving multiple clients, access to records is limited to those parts of records that do not include confidential information related to another client. Providing counseling to persons of prior association. - Answer- LPCs shall not undertake to provide counseling to any person with whom the LPC has had any prior sexual contactconduct, as defined by the Board. or LPCs shall not undertake to provide counseling to any person with whom the LPC has had familial, any prior social, financial, business, professional, close personal, or other nontherapeutic relationship with a client, or engage in any activity with another person that interferes or conflicts with the LPCs professional obligation to a client within the previous FIVE (5) YEARS. Dual relationships. - Answer- LPCs shall not knowingly enter into a dual relationship(s) and shall take any necessary precautions to prevent a dual relationship from occurring. When the LPC reasonably suspects that he or she has inadvertently entered into a dual relationship the LPC shall record that fact in the records of the affected client(s) and take reasonable steps to eliminate the source or agent creating or causing the dual relationship. If the dual relationship cannot be prevented or eliminated and the LPC cannot readily refer the client to another counselor or other professional, the LPC shall complete one or more of the following measures as necessary to prevent the exploitation of the client and/or the impairment of the LPC's professional judgment: (1) Fully disclose the circumstances of the dual relationship to the client and secure the client's written consent to continue providing counseling; (2) Consult with the other professional(s) to understand the potential impairment to the LPC's professional judgment and the risk of harm to the client of continuing the dual relationship.