Maryland State Law Test for Counselors Study Guide
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Course
Maryland State Law
Institution
Maryland State Law
Alcohol & Drug Counseling - Answer- Assisting an individual, family, or group through the client counselor relationship to develop understanding of intrapersonal and interpresonal substance abuse problems.
Appraisal - Answer- Selecting, administering, scoring, and interpreting instruments design...
Maryland State Law Test for Counselors Study Guide
Alcohol & Drug Counseling - Answer- Assisting an individual, family, or group through the client counselor relationship to develop understanding of intrapersonal and interpresonal substance abuse problems.
Appraisal - Answer- Selecting, administering, scoring, and interpreting instruments designed to assess an individual's aptitudes, attitudes, abilities, achievements, interests,
and personal characteristics
Board - Answer- The State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists
Certificate - Answer- Certificate issued by the Board to practice professional counseling
Certified Professional Counselor - Answer- Professional Counselor who is certified by the board
Counseling - Answer- Assisting an individual, family, or group through the client counselor relationship to develop an understanding of intrapersonal and interpersonal problems, define goals, make decisions, to plan a course of action reflecting the needs, interests, and abilities
Fund - Answer- The State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists Fund
License - Answer- Unless the context requires otherwise, one of six types of these are issued by the Board authorizing an individual to practice
What are the 6 types of licenses? - Answer- Clinical Alcohol & Drug Counseling Clinical Marriage & Family Therapy Clinical Professional Counseling Graduate Alcohol & Drug Counseling
Graduate Marriage & Family Therapy Graduate Professional Counselor
What does it mean to practice clinical counseling? - Answer- means to engage professionally and for compensation
What does it mean to practice graduate counseling? - Answer- to practice clinically under the supervision of a licensed clinical provider while fulfilling the requirements for supervised experience.
Legislative Findings - Answer- The General Assembly finds that the profession of counseling and therapy profoundly affects the lives and health of the people of this state. How many members are on the board? - Answer- 13 members
What is the breakdown of the board members? - Answer- 5 Licensed Clinical Professional Counselors
3 Licensed Clinical Marriage & Family Therapists 3 Licensed Clinical Alcohol & Drug Counselors 2 Consumer Members
Qualifications for Consumer Members - Answer- Must be a member of general public May not have been a certified or licensed counselor
May not have anyone in household as a certified or licensed counselor May not participate in a commercial or professional field related to counseling May not have any financial investments with any board members
How many years does each board member serve? - Answer- 4 years
Process for vacancies in the board - Answer- Governor shall fill within 60 days
Removal process from the board - Answer- Governor may remove any member for incompetency, misconduct or neglect of duty. Secretary may recommend that the Governor remove a member who has been absent for 2 successive meetings without adequate reason
Powers & Duties of the Board - Answer- Maintain a registry of all licensed & certified members Submit annual report Code of Ethics Establish CEU's Adopt an official seal Create committees to advise on special issues
What two things must the board do to take action? - Answer- Discusses the proposed action with a board member who is licensed The licensed board member votes either in the affirmative or negative on a proposed action
How many days should the board wait before notifying the Board of Examiners of Psychologists of any complaint? - Answer- 60 days
When is it ok to practice without a license? - Answer- If one is a student working under the supervision of a licensed mental health care provider while pursuing a course of study
Supervised Clinical Experience - Answer- Applicant shall have completed not less than 3 years with a minimum of 2000 hours of supervised experience.
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