TN Jurisprudence

TN Jurisprudence LPC applicant must mail 2 letters of recommendation. These must be originals, no copies. - ANS True If LPC applicant completed an online program, he is not required to dot he 500 hours of practicing/internship. - ANS False A client clock hour is a 45 minute period a counselor or therapist spends working with an individual, family, or group. - ANS False The LPC's scope of practice includes selecting, administering, scoring, and interpreting instruments designed to assess an individual's aptitudes, achievements, or interests. - ANS True Psychopharmacology is a core graduate class that must be completed as part of the LPC application process. - ANS False No person shall be issued more than one temporary license. - ANS True A temporary license is valid for no more than 2 years. - ANS False Applications for licensure must be submitted prior to 30 days before the next board meeting to be considered at that meeting. - ANS False The licensure supervisor must have been licensed for at least four years. - ANS False, five years. A licensed psychologist with health service provider designation or psychiatrist who has been licensed for at least five years can provide 75 hours of licensure for LPC/MHSP applicant. - ANS True No more than 60 hours may be in a group setting. - ANS False, 50. An LPC must get 140 hours of supervision. - ANS False LPC must complete 10 hours of continuing education every calendar year. - ANS True A maximum of 4 clock hours may be received for multi-media courses during each calendar year. - ANS False The board audits each LPC each year to ensure the continuing education requirements have been met. - ANS False When an LPC changes her address, she has 60 days to file her change of address with the board. - ANS True A conviction or adjudication of guilt of a misdemeanor related to alcohol must be reported to the board. - ANS True A conviction or adjudication of guilt of a misdemeanor related to arson must be reported to the board. - ANS True A conviction of any felony must be reported to the board. - ANS True The board may impose civil penalties for violating laws related to licensure. The penalties can range from $50 to $1000. - ANS True The boar may impose disciplinary actions including censure, probation, licensure suspension, and licensure revocation. - ANS True An individual can still refer to himself as an LPC even with a retired license. - ANS False An application for licensure is considered abandoned after six months if it has not been completed by the applicant. - ANS True The LPC application fee is $190. - ANS False, it's $200 Without violating the ACA Code of Ethics , LPCs are permitted to engage in sexual relations with former clients as long as they have waited four years since providing counseling. - ANS False, it's 5 years. Counselors must inform clients first if they intend to use collection agencies. - ANS True When appropriate, counselors advocate for clients. - ANS True. Bartering can be an acceptable form of payment if initiated by the counselor. - ANS False Precautions must be taken to ensure the confidentiality of information when transmitted electronically. - ANS True Counselors only limit clients' access to their records if there is compelling evidence that such access would cause harm to the client. - ANS True A relative, such as a cousin, could be allowed to provide licensure supervision if there is no one else available to provide the licensure supervision. - ANS True If counselor gets tired of his job, he can quit without notice. He may not get a good job reference, but he will not be violating any ethics. - ANS False Counselors must maintain confidentiality unless an exception occurs, as described in the ACA Code of Ethics. Even people who are allowed to know are only told if needed. - ANS True Confidentiality does not apply to deceased clients. - ANS False Counselors must take reasonable precautions to protect client confidentiality in the event of the cousnelor's death. - ANS True Cousnelors practice only within boundaries of their competence. Cousnelors practice within specialty areas new to them only after appropriate education, training, and supervised experience. - ANS True Counselors are alert to their own signs of impairment and seek assistance when needed. - ANS True Counselors rely on their supervisors to monitor their effectiveness. - ANS False Counselors are permitted to use their place of employment to recruit or gain clients or supervisees for their private practices. - ANS False When making personal statements in the public context, counselors can use their professional status to help their cause. - ANS False A supervisor and supervisee are permitted to engage in a sexual relationship, although it is discouraged. - ANS False If needed, a supervisor can provide counseling to a supervisee. - ANS False A counselor will not endorse a qualified candidate for certification or licensure if the supervisee is impaired in any way would interfere with the perfomance of the duties associative with the endorsement. - ANS True Romantic or sexual relationships between counselor educators and current students are prohibited. - ANS True Counselors must take action if a colleague is acting in an unethical manner. - ANS True If conflict with the ACA Code of Ethics arises at their organization, cousnelors address it. - ANS True Counselors are obligated to inform parents and legal guardians of what occurs in counseling with minor children. - ANS True Disclosing contagious, life-threatening diseases to a third party may be an exception to confidentiality. - ANS True Counselors are permitted to record clients as long as permission is sought after the fact. - ANS False Counselors only accept positions for employment for which they are qualified. - ANS True A child reports sexual abuse to you. The thical decision is to break confidentiality to report this to the proper authorities. - ANS True If a client is suing you, you still must maintain confidentiality. - ANS False An LPC without the MHSP designation may make mental health diagnoses. - ANS False A counselor had an intimate relationship with 30 years ago with an individual. Now the counselor is providing counseling to this individual. It is ethical due to the time lapse. - ANS False A counselor's privilege is th same an attorney holds. - ANS False A counselor went to a continuing education conference in Arkansas. The presenter was from Texas. This does not count for TN continuing education. - ANS True A doctor's excuse is acceptable for not getting the required CEUs. - ANS True If a LPC let license lapse for over 3 years, the counselor does not have to pay the past renewal fees. - ANS False. An LPC attended a continuing education conference. At least two of these should be kept for evidence of attendance: hotel bill, name badge, signed program, cancelled check. - ANS True Complaints are reported to the Health Department and made public immediately. - ANS False LPC/MHSP can administer IQ tests with additional training. - ANS False LPC/MHSP can diagnose learning disabilities with appropriate assessments. - ANS True LPC can perform appraisal activities with clients. - ANS True LPC must report all misdemeanor. - ANS False License must be renewed every year. - ANS False If a licensee wants to retire their license, they must submit an affidavit of retirement to the board 6 months before the actual retirement date. - ANS False An LPC-MHSP should never have sex with a client. - ANS True It is not within an LPC's scope of practice to provide moral and spiritual-based counseling services. - ANS False An LPC can attend a continuing education program hosted/certified by the American Association of Pastoral Cousnelors. - ANS True A licensee without the MHSP designation cannot provide diagnostic services and DSM-based treatment. - ANS True A licensee with LPC-MHSP designation can prescribe psychotropic medications. - ANS False Three CE clock hours must be ethics or jurisprudence based in any two year period. - ANS True Three CE clock hours of the 10 CE clock hours required must be ethics based every two years. - ANS True The board will maintain records of continuing education for every license. - ANS True A licensee can only release client records when requested by another LPC. - ANS False There are only three exceptions to confidentiality: threat of harm to self, threat of harm to others, child abuse. - ANS False When a client files a lawsuit against a counselor, their records can be released without breaking ethical codes of confidentiality. - ANS True A counselor provides couples' therapy. The wife wants her records. You can give this to her if she signs a release. - ANS True A malpractice settlement of $10,000 or less does not have to be reported to the board. - ANS True Bartering is discouraged. - ANS True A counselor can administer projective tests. - ANS False A counselor can refer a client to his sister if there is no dual relationship. - ANS False Continuing education must be pre-approved by the board. - ANS False If you see a co-worker doing something unethical, you first go to the coworker to address it. - ANS True A counselor working with a child need not concern himself with confidentiality with the parents. - ANS False A licensee is upheld to the standards of the ACA code of ethics. - ANS True