OKLAHOMA LEGAL AND ETHICAL
RESPONSIBILITIES EXAM 2026 EXAM PREP
◉ "Administrative Procedures Act" ("APA"). Answer: means Article I
and/or Article II of the Administrative Procedures Act, 75 O.S. §§
250 et seq
◉ "Applicant". Answer: means a person who has made a formal
application with the Board.
◉ "Approved LPC Supervisor" ("Supervisor"). Answer: means an
individual who meets the qualifications to become an approved
supervisor and is approved by the Board pursuant to Section 86:10-
11-4 of this Chapter.
◉ "Board". Answer: means the State Board of Behavioral Health
Licensure.
◉ "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.
◉ "Direct Client Contact Hours". Answer: means the performance of
therapeutic or clinical functions that includes diagnosis, assessment
and treatment of mental, emotional and behavioral disorders based
primarily on verbal communications and intervention with, and in
the presence of, one or more clients.
◉ "Employee". Answer: means in accordance with 26 U.S.C. § 3121
(d): (A) Any officer of a corporation; or (B) Any individual who,
under the usual common law rules applicable in determining the
employer-employee relationship, has the status of employee.
◉ "Face-to-face supervision". Answer: means the Supervisor and the
Candidate shall be in the physical presence of the other during
individual or group supervision.
◉ "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.
◉ "Counseling". Answer: means the application of mental health and
developmental principles in order to: a. facilitate human
development and adjustment throughout the life span, b. prevent,
diagnose or treat mental, emotional or behavioral disorders or
associated distress which interfere with mental health, c. conduct
assessments or diagnoses for the purpose of establishing treatment
goals and objectives, and d. plan, implement or evaluate treatment
plans using counseling treatment interventions;
◉ "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.
◉ "Home-study" or "technology-assisted distance learning". Answer:
means the delivery of graduate coursework or continuing education
, through mailed correspondence or other distance learning
technologies, which focuses on using synchronous or asynchronous
instructional delivery methods.
◉ "Licensed Professional Counselor" ("LPC"). Answer: means a
person holding a current license issued pursuant to the provision of
the Professional Counselor Licensure Act.
◉ "Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate" ("Candidate").
Answer: means a person whose application for licensure has been
accepted and who is under supervision for licensure as provided in
59 O.S. §1906.
◉ "Licensure Committee". Answer: means two LPC Board members,
the Executive Director, and may include other appropriate
individuals as determined by the Committee.
◉ "OAC". Answer: means the Oklahoma Administrative Code.
◉ "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
RESPONSIBILITIES EXAM 2026 EXAM PREP
◉ "Administrative Procedures Act" ("APA"). Answer: means Article I
and/or Article II of the Administrative Procedures Act, 75 O.S. §§
250 et seq
◉ "Applicant". Answer: means a person who has made a formal
application with the Board.
◉ "Approved LPC Supervisor" ("Supervisor"). Answer: means an
individual who meets the qualifications to become an approved
supervisor and is approved by the Board pursuant to Section 86:10-
11-4 of this Chapter.
◉ "Board". Answer: means the State Board of Behavioral Health
Licensure.
◉ "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.
◉ "Direct Client Contact Hours". Answer: means the performance of
therapeutic or clinical functions that includes diagnosis, assessment
and treatment of mental, emotional and behavioral disorders based
primarily on verbal communications and intervention with, and in
the presence of, one or more clients.
◉ "Employee". Answer: means in accordance with 26 U.S.C. § 3121
(d): (A) Any officer of a corporation; or (B) Any individual who,
under the usual common law rules applicable in determining the
employer-employee relationship, has the status of employee.
◉ "Face-to-face supervision". Answer: means the Supervisor and the
Candidate shall be in the physical presence of the other during
individual or group supervision.
◉ "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.
◉ "Counseling". Answer: means the application of mental health and
developmental principles in order to: a. facilitate human
development and adjustment throughout the life span, b. prevent,
diagnose or treat mental, emotional or behavioral disorders or
associated distress which interfere with mental health, c. conduct
assessments or diagnoses for the purpose of establishing treatment
goals and objectives, and d. plan, implement or evaluate treatment
plans using counseling treatment interventions;
◉ "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.
◉ "Home-study" or "technology-assisted distance learning". Answer:
means the delivery of graduate coursework or continuing education
, through mailed correspondence or other distance learning
technologies, which focuses on using synchronous or asynchronous
instructional delivery methods.
◉ "Licensed Professional Counselor" ("LPC"). Answer: means a
person holding a current license issued pursuant to the provision of
the Professional Counselor Licensure Act.
◉ "Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate" ("Candidate").
Answer: means a person whose application for licensure has been
accepted and who is under supervision for licensure as provided in
59 O.S. §1906.
◉ "Licensure Committee". Answer: means two LPC Board members,
the Executive Director, and may include other appropriate
individuals as determined by the Committee.
◉ "OAC". Answer: means the Oklahoma Administrative Code.
◉ "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
