My OLERE Questions and Answers 2023

My OLERE Questions and Answers 2023 means the Licensed Professional Counselors Act, 59 O.S. §§ 1901 et seq., as amended. ACT means Article I and/or Article II of the Administrative Procedures Act, 75 O.S. §§ 250 et seq. " "Administrative Procedures Act" ("APA" means a person who has made a formal application with the Board. Applicant 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. " Approved LPC Supervisor "Supervisor" means the State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure. Board 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. "Complainant" Makes the Complainant Committee 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 "Licensure Committee" consists of two LPC Board members, the Executive Director, and may include other appropriate individuals as determined by the Committee. "OAC" means the Oklahoma Administrative Code. 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 On-site supervisor 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 Dual Relationship 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 Direct Client Contact Hours ] Any officer of a corporation Employee Any individual who, under the usual common law rules applicable in determining the employer-employee relationship, has the status of Employee means the Supervisor and the Candidate shall be in the physical presence of the other during individual or group supervision. Face-to-face supervision 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. Forensic services means a written statement of alleged violation(s) of the Act and/or Rules which is filed by the Assistant Attorney General Formal Complaint "Full time" means at least _______ hours of on-the-job experience per week. 20 "Group supervision" means an assemblage of ___ to ___ Candidates. 2;6 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. It is designed to deliver education to learners who are not in the direct physical presence of the educator. Home-study or technology-assisted distance learning means a person holding a current license issued pursuant to the provision of the Professional Counselor Licensure Act. Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) means a person whose application for licensure has been accepted and who is under supervision for licensure as provided in 59 O.S. Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate (Candidate) means a written or oral statement of complaint from any person alleging possible violation(s) of the Act and/or Rules. "Request for Inquiry" ("RFI") means the person against whom an Individual Proceeding is initiated. Respondent means the personnel of the Board Staff refers to supervision that occurs through video teleconferencing, over secure internet connections, wherein a Supervisor and a Candidate are in separate physical locations. Technology-assisted supervision LPCs shall maintain verifiable, accurate and truthful records necessary for rendering professional services to their clients for at least ______ years beyond termination of services 5 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 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. 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 LPCs shall not knowingly enter into a dual relationship(s) and shall take any necessary precautions to ____________ a dual relationship from occurring Prevent 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. Sexual conduct with current clients is prohibited LPCs shall not undertake to provide counseling to any person with whom the LPC has had any prior sexual conduct, 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 _______ years. 5 Invasion of privacy-LPCs shall not make inquiry into persons or matters that are not reasonably calculated to assist or benefit the counseling process. No person may engage in the private or independent practice of professional counseling work or open a facility with the intent of providing private or independent counseling practice unless that person: (1) is licensed under this Act as a Licensed Professional Counselor; and, (2) has met all requirements of OAC Section 86:10-11-5 of the LPC Regulations and all other requirements under the Act rules; and (3) has continued to meet all continuing education requirements set forth in Subchapter 17 of this Chapter. If LPCs determine that they are unable to be of professional assistance to a client, the LPC shall not enter a counseling relationship LPCs shall refer clients to appropriate sources when indicated. If the client declines the suggested referral, the LPC shall terminate the relationship LPCs shall not abandon or neglect current clients in treatment without making reasonable arrangements for the continuation of such treatment When an LPC becomes cognizant of a disability or other condition that may impede, undermine or otherwise interfere with the LPC's duty of responsibility to the current client, including a suspension of the LPC's license or any other situation or condition described in subchapter 3 of these rules, the LPC shall promptly notify the client in writing of the presence or existence of the disability or condition and take reasonable steps to timely terminate the therapeutic relationship It shall be _______________ ______________for an LPC to plead guilty to or no contest to or be convicted of a state or federal statute if the violation directly relates to the duties and responsibilities of the counselor or if the violation involves moral turpitude. unprofessional conduct