NEW HAMPSHIRE COUNSELING JURISPRUDENCE
EXAM AND PRACTICE EXAM NEWEST 2026/ 2027
TEST BANK / NH COUNSELING JURISPRUDENCE
EXAM PREP WITH COMPLETE 300 REAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS/
ALREADY GRADED A+ (MOST RECENT!!)
A New Hampshire clinical mental health counselor changes the location
of the principal office where official Board correspondence is received.
How long does the counselor have to report the business-address change
to the Board?
A. 10 days
B. 30 days
C. 60 days
D. 90 days - Correct Answer - B
Mhp 502.01 requires a licensee to report a change or abandonment of a
business address to the Board within 30 days.
A counselor is completing renewal and has accumulated 40 approved
continuing-education hours. Only 4 hours are in ethics. What
requirement remains unmet?
A. Ethics CE
B. Category B CE
C. Collaboration hours
D. Graduate coursework - Correct Answer - A
Clinical mental health counselors must complete at least 6 ethics CE
hours from Category A during each two-year period.
pg. 1
,A New Hampshire counselor completes 34 Category A CE hours and 6
Category B hours during the renewal cycle. The counselor also
completes 6 ethics hours and 3 suicide-prevention hours. Which
requirement is satisfied?
A. Category A minimum
B. Category B maximum
C. Total CE requirement
D. All listed requirements - Correct Answer - D
The rules require 40 total hours, at least 30 Category A, at least 6 ethics,
at least 3 suicide-prevention, and no more than 10 Category B hours.
A candidate begins counting post-graduate clinical hours before the
Board approves the required supervision agreement. Which statement is
accurate?
A. The hours count after graduation
B. The hours count if the supervisor is licensed
C. The hours are not credited
D. The hours count after the first review - Correct Answer - C
Mhp 302.01 states that the supervision agreement must be approved
before supervised-practice hours can receive credit.
A prospective clinical mental health counselor has completed one year
of supervised work totaling 1,500 hours. Which additional requirement
remains before the practical-experience requirement is met?
A. Another 500 hours
B. Another supervised year
C. Six additional CE hours
pg. 2
,D. A second graduate degree - Correct Answer - B
Mhp 305.03 requires at least two years of post-master’s or doctoral
supervised clinical work, with each year involving at least 1,500 hours.
A New Hampshire counselor wants to identify the professional ethics
code specifically incorporated for mental health counselors. Which code
applies?
A. NASW Code
B. AAMFT Code
C. NH Pastoral Code
D. AMHCA Code - Correct Answer - D
Mhp 501.02 incorporates the 2020 American Mental Health Counselors
Association Code of Ethics for mental health counselors.
A counselor closes a private practice without arranging for another
professional to oversee the clinical records. Which requirement is
implicated?
A. Professional will
B. Renewal filing
C. Ethics CE
D. Supervision agreement - Correct Answer - A
Mhp 502.01 requires a written professional will addressing management
of clinical records in circumstances such as practice closure or
incapacitation.
pg. 3
, A former client initiates behavior that could reasonably be interpreted as
sexual. The counselor believes the behavior is consensual. Under Mhp
501, which consideration controls?
A. Client consent
B. Reasonable interpretation
C. Length of treatment
D. Time since discharge - Correct Answer - B
New Hampshire requires sexual boundaries to be maintained even when
such behavior is initiated by or consented to by the patient.
A counselor receives a written request from an adult client for a copy of
the client's mental health record. Assuming no legal prohibition applies,
when must the record be furnished?
A. Within 7 days
B. Within 14 days
C. Within 30 days
D. Within 60 days - Correct Answer - C
Mhp 502.01 requires complete and accurate patient records to be
furnished within 30 days of the request, subject to applicable exceptions.
A counselor maintains records for an adult client and asks how long the
complete clinical and business records must generally be retained after
the last activity on the account. Which period applies?
A. 3 years
B. 5 years
C. 7 years
D. 10 years - Correct Answer - C
pg. 4
EXAM AND PRACTICE EXAM NEWEST 2026/ 2027
TEST BANK / NH COUNSELING JURISPRUDENCE
EXAM PREP WITH COMPLETE 300 REAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS/
ALREADY GRADED A+ (MOST RECENT!!)
A New Hampshire clinical mental health counselor changes the location
of the principal office where official Board correspondence is received.
How long does the counselor have to report the business-address change
to the Board?
A. 10 days
B. 30 days
C. 60 days
D. 90 days - Correct Answer - B
Mhp 502.01 requires a licensee to report a change or abandonment of a
business address to the Board within 30 days.
A counselor is completing renewal and has accumulated 40 approved
continuing-education hours. Only 4 hours are in ethics. What
requirement remains unmet?
A. Ethics CE
B. Category B CE
C. Collaboration hours
D. Graduate coursework - Correct Answer - A
Clinical mental health counselors must complete at least 6 ethics CE
hours from Category A during each two-year period.
pg. 1
,A New Hampshire counselor completes 34 Category A CE hours and 6
Category B hours during the renewal cycle. The counselor also
completes 6 ethics hours and 3 suicide-prevention hours. Which
requirement is satisfied?
A. Category A minimum
B. Category B maximum
C. Total CE requirement
D. All listed requirements - Correct Answer - D
The rules require 40 total hours, at least 30 Category A, at least 6 ethics,
at least 3 suicide-prevention, and no more than 10 Category B hours.
A candidate begins counting post-graduate clinical hours before the
Board approves the required supervision agreement. Which statement is
accurate?
A. The hours count after graduation
B. The hours count if the supervisor is licensed
C. The hours are not credited
D. The hours count after the first review - Correct Answer - C
Mhp 302.01 states that the supervision agreement must be approved
before supervised-practice hours can receive credit.
A prospective clinical mental health counselor has completed one year
of supervised work totaling 1,500 hours. Which additional requirement
remains before the practical-experience requirement is met?
A. Another 500 hours
B. Another supervised year
C. Six additional CE hours
pg. 2
,D. A second graduate degree - Correct Answer - B
Mhp 305.03 requires at least two years of post-master’s or doctoral
supervised clinical work, with each year involving at least 1,500 hours.
A New Hampshire counselor wants to identify the professional ethics
code specifically incorporated for mental health counselors. Which code
applies?
A. NASW Code
B. AAMFT Code
C. NH Pastoral Code
D. AMHCA Code - Correct Answer - D
Mhp 501.02 incorporates the 2020 American Mental Health Counselors
Association Code of Ethics for mental health counselors.
A counselor closes a private practice without arranging for another
professional to oversee the clinical records. Which requirement is
implicated?
A. Professional will
B. Renewal filing
C. Ethics CE
D. Supervision agreement - Correct Answer - A
Mhp 502.01 requires a written professional will addressing management
of clinical records in circumstances such as practice closure or
incapacitation.
pg. 3
, A former client initiates behavior that could reasonably be interpreted as
sexual. The counselor believes the behavior is consensual. Under Mhp
501, which consideration controls?
A. Client consent
B. Reasonable interpretation
C. Length of treatment
D. Time since discharge - Correct Answer - B
New Hampshire requires sexual boundaries to be maintained even when
such behavior is initiated by or consented to by the patient.
A counselor receives a written request from an adult client for a copy of
the client's mental health record. Assuming no legal prohibition applies,
when must the record be furnished?
A. Within 7 days
B. Within 14 days
C. Within 30 days
D. Within 60 days - Correct Answer - C
Mhp 502.01 requires complete and accurate patient records to be
furnished within 30 days of the request, subject to applicable exceptions.
A counselor maintains records for an adult client and asks how long the
complete clinical and business records must generally be retained after
the last activity on the account. Which period applies?
A. 3 years
B. 5 years
C. 7 years
D. 10 years - Correct Answer - C
pg. 4
