OLERE -Oklahoma Legal and Ethical
Responsibilities Exam 2023
Dual relationship - - 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;
(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 - - 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 - - at least twenty (20) hours of on-the-job
experience per week.
-Home-study or technology-assisted distance learning - - 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) - - a written or oral statement of complaint from any person
alleging possible violation(s) of the Act and/or Rules.
-Testing and assessment - - LPCs shall know the limits of their competence and shall
therefore perform only those testing and assessment services for which they have
received training and supervision in the administration, scoring and interpretation
processes associated with the provisions of such services. LPCs shall be responsible for
receiving training on testing and assessment instruments that have been revised or
updated. LPCs shall be familiar with related standardization, proper application,
copyright restrictions and security demands of any
Responsibilities Exam 2023
Dual relationship - - 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;
(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 - - 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 - - at least twenty (20) hours of on-the-job
experience per week.
-Home-study or technology-assisted distance learning - - 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) - - a written or oral statement of complaint from any person
alleging possible violation(s) of the Act and/or Rules.
-Testing and assessment - - LPCs shall know the limits of their competence and shall
therefore perform only those testing and assessment services for which they have
received training and supervision in the administration, scoring and interpretation
processes associated with the provisions of such services. LPCs shall be responsible for
receiving training on testing and assessment instruments that have been revised or
updated. LPCs shall be familiar with related standardization, proper application,
copyright restrictions and security demands of any
