OLERE (OKLAHOMA LEGAL AND
ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES EXAM)
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
VERIFIED.
Dual relationship - ANS a familial, social, financial, business, professional, close personal,
sexual or other non-therapeutic 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.
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;
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, (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.
Forensic services - ANS 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.
LPCs who provide counseling services for a client shall only provide fact witness testimony,
which may include diagnostic impressions, treatment plans and other factual clinical
information ordinarily included in a treatment file. Fact witness testimony by LPCs shall not
include opinions or
recommendations pertaining to matter subject to a decision by the Court, in forensic matters
involving that client, unless otherwise required by law or court order.
Fact witness testimony means evidentiary statements that are limited to direct observations
made by the LPCs and LPC Candidates and shall not include conclusions, opinions or
recommendations.
Full time - ANS at least twenty (20) hours of on-the-job
experience per week.
Home-study or technology-assisted distance learning - ANS 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. Home-study or technology-assisted distance learning is designed to deliver education
to learners who are not in the direct physical presence of the educator.
Request for Inquiry (RFI) - ANS a written or oral statement of complaint from any person
alleging possible violation(s) of the Act and/or Rules.
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ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES EXAM)
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
VERIFIED.
Dual relationship - ANS a familial, social, financial, business, professional, close personal,
sexual or other non-therapeutic 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.
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;
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, (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.
Forensic services - ANS 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.
LPCs who provide counseling services for a client shall only provide fact witness testimony,
which may include diagnostic impressions, treatment plans and other factual clinical
information ordinarily included in a treatment file. Fact witness testimony by LPCs shall not
include opinions or
recommendations pertaining to matter subject to a decision by the Court, in forensic matters
involving that client, unless otherwise required by law or court order.
Fact witness testimony means evidentiary statements that are limited to direct observations
made by the LPCs and LPC Candidates and shall not include conclusions, opinions or
recommendations.
Full time - ANS at least twenty (20) hours of on-the-job
experience per week.
Home-study or technology-assisted distance learning - ANS 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. Home-study or technology-assisted distance learning is designed to deliver education
to learners who are not in the direct physical presence of the educator.
Request for Inquiry (RFI) - ANS a written or oral statement of complaint from any person
alleging possible violation(s) of the Act and/or Rules.
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