OKLAHOMA JURISPRUDENCE EXAM
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2026
◉ "Administrative Procedures Act" ("APA").
Answer: means Article I and/or Article II of the Administrative
Procedures Act, 75 O.S. §§ 250 et seq
◉ "Applicant".
Answer: means a person who has made a formal application with
the Board.
◉ "Approved LPC Supervisor" ("Supervisor").
Answer: 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".
Answer: means the State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure.
◉ "Complainant".
Answer: 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".
Answer: 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".
Answer: 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".
Answer: 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".
Answer: 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".
Answer: means the Supervisor and the Candidate shall be in the
physical presence of the other during individual or group
supervision.
◉ "Forensic services".
Answer: 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".
Answer: 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".
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;
◉ "Full time".
Answer: means at least twenty (20) hours of on-the-job experience
per week.
◉ "Group supervision".
Answer: means an assemblage of two (2) to six (6) Candidates.
◉ "Home-study" or "technology-assisted distance learning".
Answer: 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").
Answer: means a person holding a current license issued pursuant
to the provision of the Professional Counselor Licensure Act.
◉ "Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate" ("Candidate").
Answer: means a person whose application for licensure has been
accepted and who is under supervision for licensure as provided in
59 O.S. §1906.
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2026
◉ "Administrative Procedures Act" ("APA").
Answer: means Article I and/or Article II of the Administrative
Procedures Act, 75 O.S. §§ 250 et seq
◉ "Applicant".
Answer: means a person who has made a formal application with
the Board.
◉ "Approved LPC Supervisor" ("Supervisor").
Answer: 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".
Answer: means the State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure.
◉ "Complainant".
Answer: 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".
Answer: 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".
Answer: 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".
Answer: 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".
Answer: 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".
Answer: means the Supervisor and the Candidate shall be in the
physical presence of the other during individual or group
supervision.
◉ "Forensic services".
Answer: 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".
Answer: 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".
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;
◉ "Full time".
Answer: means at least twenty (20) hours of on-the-job experience
per week.
◉ "Group supervision".
Answer: means an assemblage of two (2) to six (6) Candidates.
◉ "Home-study" or "technology-assisted distance learning".
Answer: 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").
Answer: means a person holding a current license issued pursuant
to the provision of the Professional Counselor Licensure Act.
◉ "Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate" ("Candidate").
Answer: means a person whose application for licensure has been
accepted and who is under supervision for licensure as provided in
59 O.S. §1906.
