Oklahoma Legal & Ethical Responsibilities
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"Act" means the Licensed Professional Counselors Act,
59 O.S. §§ 1901 et seq., as amended.
"Administrative Procedures Act" means Article I and/or Article II of the
("APA") Administrative Procedures Act, 75 O.S. §§ 250 et
seq
"Applicant" means a person who has made a formal application
with the Board.
"Approved LPC Supervisor" means an individual who meets the qualifications to
("Supervisor") become an approved supervisor and is approved
by the Board pursuant to Section 86:10-11-4 of this
Chapter.
"Board" means the State Board of Behavioral Health
Licensure.
,"Complainant" 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" 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" 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" 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" 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" means the Supervisor and the Candidate shall be in
the physical presence of the other during
individual or group supervision.
, "Forensic services" 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" 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" 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" means at least twenty (20) hours of on-the-job
experience per week.
"Group supervision" means an assemblage of two (2) to six (6)
Candidates.
"Home-study" or "technology- means the delivery of graduate coursework or
assisted distance learning" continuing education through mailed
correspondence or other distance learning
technologies, which focuses on using synchronous
or asynchronous instructional delivery methods.
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Terms in this set (209)
"Act" means the Licensed Professional Counselors Act,
59 O.S. §§ 1901 et seq., as amended.
"Administrative Procedures Act" means Article I and/or Article II of the
("APA") Administrative Procedures Act, 75 O.S. §§ 250 et
seq
"Applicant" means a person who has made a formal application
with the Board.
"Approved LPC Supervisor" means an individual who meets the qualifications to
("Supervisor") become an approved supervisor and is approved
by the Board pursuant to Section 86:10-11-4 of this
Chapter.
"Board" means the State Board of Behavioral Health
Licensure.
,"Complainant" 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" 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" 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" 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" 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" means the Supervisor and the Candidate shall be in
the physical presence of the other during
individual or group supervision.
, "Forensic services" 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" 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" 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" means at least twenty (20) hours of on-the-job
experience per week.
"Group supervision" means an assemblage of two (2) to six (6)
Candidates.
"Home-study" or "technology- means the delivery of graduate coursework or
assisted distance learning" continuing education through mailed
correspondence or other distance learning
technologies, which focuses on using synchronous
or asynchronous instructional delivery methods.
