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LPCC LAW & ETHICS EXAM 1 2025 | LATEST
UPDATE QUESTIONS AND 100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS | ALREADY GRADED A+
John Doe, age 19, has chronic paranoid schizophrenia, lives in a group home, and
has a conservator who was appointed by the court. Who should give consent to
counseling for John?
A: John because he is an adult
B: any officer of the court
C: his caregiver at the group home
D: his conservator - correct -answer-D: his conservator
Courts appoint conservators when a person is unable to manage his or her own
affairs. John's conservator is essentially in charge of him, as though he were a
minor, and will determine if John should receive mental health counseling.
You receive a written request from a former client for a copy of his therapy
records. His request does not include your psychotherapy notes. Unless you have
a lawful reason for withholding the records, you must respond to the request by
sending:
A: a copy or summary of the records within 5 days
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B: a copy or summary of the records within 15 days.
C: a copy of the records within 7 days.
D: a copy of the records within 15 days. - correct -answer-D: a copy of the records
within 15 days.
HIPAA requires health providers to provide patients with copies of their records
(PHI) when the provider receives a written request for the records and there is no
lawful reason for withholding the records. The 15 day requirement for providing
the records is established by Health and Safety Code Section 123110(b). *Note*
HIPAA's requirements with regard to the release of a copy (rather than a
summary) of records takes precedence over state law (H&SC 123110) since HIPAA
is more stringent in terms of providing patients with access to their records.
Your client, age 16, tells you that she started having sexual relations with her 21
year old boyfriend last week. She says that her boyfriend told her they wouldn't
have sex until she was ready and, after thinking it over for the past few months,
she decided she was ready. In this situation:
A: statutory rape has occurred and you are required to file a child abuse report.
B: statutory rape has occurred but you are not required to file a child abuse
report.
C: statutory rape has not occurred but you are required to file a child abuse
report.
D: statutory rape has not occurred and you are not required to file a child abuse
report. - correct -answer-B: statutory rape has occurred but you are not required
to file a child abuse report.
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Statutory rape (unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor) has occurred since the
client is under 18 and not married to her 21 yr old sexual partner. However, you
are not required to file a child abuse report because the client is 16 and the sexual
contact with her boyfriend was consensual, nonabusive, and noncoercive
A woman calls you about counseling for her 12 yr old stepson who visits them on
the weekends. The boy has been despondent and threatening to kill himself
during the last few visits. The woman says the boy's biological mother does not
see any need for counseling and neither does the boy's father. She says he really
needs some help. Legally, you should:
A: get consent from both biological parents before seeing the boy
B: get consent from the parent or parents who have legal custody before seeing
the boy.
C: see the boy and have him consent to his own treatment
D see the boy with the stepmother's consent only since it is a emergency - correct
-answer-b get consent from the parent or parents who have legal custody before
seeing the boy
If the biological parents have joint legal custody, you only need the consent of one
parent, thought it is clinically desirable to get consent from both.
LPCC LAW & ETHICS EXAM 1 2025 | LATEST
UPDATE QUESTIONS AND 100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS | ALREADY GRADED A+
John Doe, age 19, has chronic paranoid schizophrenia, lives in a group home, and
has a conservator who was appointed by the court. Who should give consent to
counseling for John?
A: John because he is an adult
B: any officer of the court
C: his caregiver at the group home
D: his conservator - correct -answer-D: his conservator
Courts appoint conservators when a person is unable to manage his or her own
affairs. John's conservator is essentially in charge of him, as though he were a
minor, and will determine if John should receive mental health counseling.
You receive a written request from a former client for a copy of his therapy
records. His request does not include your psychotherapy notes. Unless you have
a lawful reason for withholding the records, you must respond to the request by
sending:
A: a copy or summary of the records within 5 days
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B: a copy or summary of the records within 15 days.
C: a copy of the records within 7 days.
D: a copy of the records within 15 days. - correct -answer-D: a copy of the records
within 15 days.
HIPAA requires health providers to provide patients with copies of their records
(PHI) when the provider receives a written request for the records and there is no
lawful reason for withholding the records. The 15 day requirement for providing
the records is established by Health and Safety Code Section 123110(b). *Note*
HIPAA's requirements with regard to the release of a copy (rather than a
summary) of records takes precedence over state law (H&SC 123110) since HIPAA
is more stringent in terms of providing patients with access to their records.
Your client, age 16, tells you that she started having sexual relations with her 21
year old boyfriend last week. She says that her boyfriend told her they wouldn't
have sex until she was ready and, after thinking it over for the past few months,
she decided she was ready. In this situation:
A: statutory rape has occurred and you are required to file a child abuse report.
B: statutory rape has occurred but you are not required to file a child abuse
report.
C: statutory rape has not occurred but you are required to file a child abuse
report.
D: statutory rape has not occurred and you are not required to file a child abuse
report. - correct -answer-B: statutory rape has occurred but you are not required
to file a child abuse report.
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Statutory rape (unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor) has occurred since the
client is under 18 and not married to her 21 yr old sexual partner. However, you
are not required to file a child abuse report because the client is 16 and the sexual
contact with her boyfriend was consensual, nonabusive, and noncoercive
A woman calls you about counseling for her 12 yr old stepson who visits them on
the weekends. The boy has been despondent and threatening to kill himself
during the last few visits. The woman says the boy's biological mother does not
see any need for counseling and neither does the boy's father. She says he really
needs some help. Legally, you should:
A: get consent from both biological parents before seeing the boy
B: get consent from the parent or parents who have legal custody before seeing
the boy.
C: see the boy and have him consent to his own treatment
D see the boy with the stepmother's consent only since it is a emergency - correct
-answer-b get consent from the parent or parents who have legal custody before
seeing the boy
If the biological parents have joint legal custody, you only need the consent of one
parent, thought it is clinically desirable to get consent from both.
