OLERE Oklahoma Legal and
Ethical Responsibilities
Examination 2024|Updated|209
Questions with Verified
Answers|100% Correct
"Act" - -means the Licensed Professional Counselors Act, 59 O.S. §§ 1901
et seq., as amended.
-"Administrative Procedures Act" ("APA") - -means Article I and/or
Article II of the Administrative Procedures Act, 75 O.S. §§ 250 et seq
-"Applicant" - -means a person who has made a formal application with
the Board.
-"Approved LPC Supervisor" ("Supervisor") - -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" - -means the State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure.
-"Complainant" - -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" - -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" - -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" - -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" - -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" - -means the Supervisor and the Candidate
shall be in the physical presence of the other during individual or group
supervision.
-"Forensic services" - -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" - -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" - -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" - -means at least twenty (20) hours of on-the-job experience
per week.
-"Group supervision" - -means an assemblage of two (2) to six (6)
Candidates.
-"Home-study" or "technology-assisted distance learning" - -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") - -means a person holding a
current license issued pursuant to the provision of the Professional
Counselor Licensure Act.
-"Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate" ("Candidate") - -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" - -means two LPC Board members, the
Executive Director, and may include other appropriate individuals as
determined by the Committee.
-"OAC" - -means the Oklahoma Administrative Code.
, -"On-site supervisor" - -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.
-"Request for Inquiry" ("RFI") - -means a written or oral statement of
complaint from any person alleging possible violation(s) of the Act
and/or Rules.
-"Respondent" - -means the person against whom an Individual
Proceeding is initiated.
-"Staff" - -means the personnel of the Board
-"Technology-assisted supervision" - -refers to supervision that occurs
through video teleconferencing, over secure internet connections,
wherein a Supervisor and a Candidate are in separate physical
locations.
-"Counseling treatment interventions" - -means the application of
cognitive, affective, behavioral and systemic counseling strategies
which include principles of development, wellness, and pathology that
reflect a pluralistic society. Such interventions are specifically
implemented in the context of a professional counseling relationship
-"Consulting" - -means interpreting or reporting scientific fact or theory
in counseling to provide assistance in solving current or potential
problems of individuals, groups or organizations
-"Referral activities" - -means the evaluating of data to identify
problems and to determine the advisability of referral to other
specialists
-"Research activities" - -means reporting, designing, conducting or
consulting on research in counseling
-"Specialty" - -means the designation of a subarea of counseling
practice that is recognized by a national certification agency or by the
Board
-"Supervisor" - -means a person who meets the requirements
established by the Board and who is licensed pursuant to the Licensed
Professional Counselors Act
Ethical Responsibilities
Examination 2024|Updated|209
Questions with Verified
Answers|100% Correct
"Act" - -means the Licensed Professional Counselors Act, 59 O.S. §§ 1901
et seq., as amended.
-"Administrative Procedures Act" ("APA") - -means Article I and/or
Article II of the Administrative Procedures Act, 75 O.S. §§ 250 et seq
-"Applicant" - -means a person who has made a formal application with
the Board.
-"Approved LPC Supervisor" ("Supervisor") - -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" - -means the State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure.
-"Complainant" - -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" - -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" - -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" - -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" - -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" - -means the Supervisor and the Candidate
shall be in the physical presence of the other during individual or group
supervision.
-"Forensic services" - -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" - -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" - -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" - -means at least twenty (20) hours of on-the-job experience
per week.
-"Group supervision" - -means an assemblage of two (2) to six (6)
Candidates.
-"Home-study" or "technology-assisted distance learning" - -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") - -means a person holding a
current license issued pursuant to the provision of the Professional
Counselor Licensure Act.
-"Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate" ("Candidate") - -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" - -means two LPC Board members, the
Executive Director, and may include other appropriate individuals as
determined by the Committee.
-"OAC" - -means the Oklahoma Administrative Code.
, -"On-site supervisor" - -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.
-"Request for Inquiry" ("RFI") - -means a written or oral statement of
complaint from any person alleging possible violation(s) of the Act
and/or Rules.
-"Respondent" - -means the person against whom an Individual
Proceeding is initiated.
-"Staff" - -means the personnel of the Board
-"Technology-assisted supervision" - -refers to supervision that occurs
through video teleconferencing, over secure internet connections,
wherein a Supervisor and a Candidate are in separate physical
locations.
-"Counseling treatment interventions" - -means the application of
cognitive, affective, behavioral and systemic counseling strategies
which include principles of development, wellness, and pathology that
reflect a pluralistic society. Such interventions are specifically
implemented in the context of a professional counseling relationship
-"Consulting" - -means interpreting or reporting scientific fact or theory
in counseling to provide assistance in solving current or potential
problems of individuals, groups or organizations
-"Referral activities" - -means the evaluating of data to identify
problems and to determine the advisability of referral to other
specialists
-"Research activities" - -means reporting, designing, conducting or
consulting on research in counseling
-"Specialty" - -means the designation of a subarea of counseling
practice that is recognized by a national certification agency or by the
Board
-"Supervisor" - -means a person who meets the requirements
established by the Board and who is licensed pursuant to the Licensed
Professional Counselors Act
