Regulations newest actual complete
exam/2025 with questions and answers
Statement of Professional Disclosure - Copy to be furnished to client. - CORRECT
ANSWER All licensed professional counselors, except those employed by federal,
state, or local governmental agencies, shall, prior to the performance of service, furnish
the client with a copy of the Statement of Professional Disclosure as promulgated by
rule of the State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure. A current copy shall be on file
with the Board at all times.
Specialty designation. - CORRECT ANSWER A. A professional specialty designation
area may be established by the State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure upon
receipt of a petition signed by fifteen qualified persons
who are currently licensed as licensed professional counselors, and who meet the
recognized minimum standards as established by appropriate nationally recognized
certification agencies; provided, if a nationally recognized certification does not exist,
the Board may establish minimum standards for specialty designations.
Specialty designation. - CORRECT ANSWER B. Upon receipt of credentials from the
appropriate certification agency, the Board may grant the licensed professional
counselor the appropriate specialty designation. The licensed professional counselor
may attain specialty designation through examination. A licensed professional counselor
shall not claim or advertise a counseling specialty and shall not incorporate the specialty
designation into the professional title of such licensed professional counselor, unless
the qualifications and certification requirements of that specialty have been met and
have been approved by the Board and the appropriate certification agency.
Licensed Professional Counselors Revolving Fund. - CORRECT ANSWER There is
hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the State Board of Behavioral
Health Licensure, to be designated the "Licensed Professional Counselors Revolving
Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and
shall consist of all monies received pursuant to this act. All monies accruing to the credit
of said fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the
Executive Director to meet expenses necessary for carrying out the purpose of the
Licensed Professional Counselors Act. Expenditures from said fund shall be approved
by the Board and shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against
claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and
Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
, License fee and annual renewal fee - Fixing amount. - CORRECT ANSWER A. The
licensing fee and the annual renewal fee shall be amounts fixed by the State Board of
Behavioral Health Licensure upon recommendations of the Oklahoma Licensed
Professional Counselors Advisory Board.
License fee and annual renewal fee - Fixing amount. - CORRECT ANSWER B. The
Board shall fix the amount of the fees so that the total fees collected will be sufficient to
meet the expenses of administering the provisions of the Licensed Professional
Counselors Act and so that there are no unnecessary surpluses in the Licensed
Professional Counselors Revolving Fund.
License fee and annual renewal fee - Fixing amount. - CORRECT ANSWER C. The
Board shall not fix a license fee at an amount in excess of Three Hundred Dollars
($300.00) and a renewal fee at an amount in excess of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00).
License fee and annual renewal fee - Fixing amount. - CORRECT ANSWER D. 1. The
fee for the issuance of a license to replace a license which was lost, destroyed or
mutilated shall be Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00). 2. The fee shall accompany the
application for a replacement license. 3. The fee for specialty designation shall not
exceed One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00). 4. The fee for an examination required
pursuant to the Licensed Professional Counselors Act shall not exceed the Board's
actual costs for holding and grading the examination.
Reimbursement under health insurance and nonprofit hospital or medical service plan
not required. - CORRECT ANSWER Nothing in this act shall be construed to require
reimbursement under the policies of health insurers and nonprofit hospital or medical
service plans unless the contract specifically calls for reimbursement to licensed
professional counselors.
"Licensed professional counselor" or "LPC" - CORRECT ANSWER means any person
who offers professional counseling services for compensation to any person and is
licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Licensed Professional Counselors Act. The
term shall not include those professions exempted by Section 1903 of this title
"Board" - CORRECT ANSWER means the State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure
"Counseling" - CORRECT ANSWER 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
"Counseling treatment interventions" - CORRECT ANSWER means the application of
cognitive, affective, behavioral and systemic counseling strategies which include