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• How many board member constitute a quorum -✓✓4 members
• The board shall meet at least ________ a year but no more than _________ times a
year. -✓✓Meet twice, no more than 4.
• A chair and vice chair should..... -✓✓be elected from current board members.
• The Board shall only meet as required for -✓✓a. election of officers,
b. establishment of meeting dates and times
c. rule development
d. review and recommendation, and
e. adoption of nonbinding resolutions to the Board concerning matters brought before
the Board.
• A special meeting can be called by -✓✓may be called by the chair or by concurrence
of any three members
• All members of the Board shall be ____________. The Board shall be appointed by
the __________ with the advice and consent of the _______. -✓✓--- knowledgeable of
counseling issues
---Governor
---Senate
• What is the structure of board membership -✓✓---four members who are licensed
professional counselors
---three members who are licensed family and marital therapists
---two members who are licensed behavioral practitioners
---two members representing the public and possessing knowledge of counseling issues
• How many members are on the board? -✓✓11
• Members of the Board shall serve for a period of _____ and may be removed at any
time by _________. -✓✓---three (3) years
---by the appointing authority.
• All appointees who are licensed professional counselors shall be selected from a list of
qualified candidates submitted by the ______________acting in conjunction with the
executive committees of all state professional counseling associations which represent
,a specialty recognized pursuant to the ______________. -✓✓Executive Committee of
the Oklahoma Counseling Association
Licensed Professional Counselors Act
• The members of the Board from each professional area of behavioral health
counseling shall comprise separate ________and shall consult on professional issues
within their ________ of behavioral health counseling. -✓✓committees
respective areas
• Each committee shall recommend to the Board approval or disapproval of _______ to
be issued within its specialty. -✓✓all licenses
• Each committee shall be authorized to recommend approval or disapproval of the
_______ requirements for all applicants for licensure in the respective area of
behavioral health counseling and provide __________. -✓✓examination
provide grading standards for examinations.
• Each committee shall provide for other matters relating to ______ in that area of
_______________________. -✓✓-Licensure
-in that area of behavioral health counseling
• Each committee may create advisory committees to consult on_______________
pursuant to the provisions of this act -✓✓professional duties and responsibilities
• Any and all recommendations, approvals, or disapprovals made by a committee
pursuant to the provisions of this section shall not become effective without the approval
of a ________. -✓✓majority of members of the Board.
• The jurisdictional areas of the Board shall include professional counseling licensing
and practice issues, marital and family therapist licensing and practice issues,
behavioral practitioner licensing and practice issues and such other areas as authorized
by the _____________________. -✓✓Licensed Professional Counselors Act.
• The Board shall not recommend rules for promulgation unless all applicable
requirements of the _____________-have been followed, including but not limited to
___________________. -✓✓---Administrative Procedures Act
---limited to notice, rule impact statements and rule-making hearings.
• Members of the Board shall serve _____________ but may be _________ for
expenses incurred in the performance of their duties, as provided in the State Travel
Reimbursement Act. The Board is authorized to utilize the conference rooms of and
,obtain administrative assistance from the ______________and Supervision as required.
-✓✓-without compensation
- reimbursed
-State Board of Medical Licensure
• The Board is authorized and empowered to: -✓✓1. Establish and maintain a system of
licensure and certification pursuant to the provisions of the Licensed Professional
Counselors Act
2. Adopt and enforce standards governing the professional conduct of persons licensed
pursuant to the provisions of the Licensed Professional Counselors Act
3. Lease office space for the purpose of operating and maintaining a state office, and
pay rent thereon; provided, however, such state office shall not be located in or directly
adjacent to the office of any person licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Licensed
Professional Counselors Act
4. Purchase office furniture, equipment, and supplies
5. Employ such office personnel as may be necessary, and fix and pay their salaries or
wages
6. Contract with state agencies for the purposes of investigating written complaints
regarding the conduct of persons licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Licensed
Professional Counselors Act and obtaining administrative assistance as deemed
necessary by the Executive Director
7. Make such other expenditures as may be necessary in the performance of its duties.
• The Board shall employ an Executive Director. The Executive Director shall be
authorized to -✓✓Employ and maintain an office staff;
Enter into contracts on behalf of the Board;
Perform other duties on behalf of the Board as needed or directed
• All employees and positions shall be placed in unclassified status, exempt from the
provisions of the _____________________. -✓✓Oklahoma Personnel Act.
• When was Licensed Professional Counselors Act created? -✓✓1985
• "Licensed professional counselor" or "LPC" 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
• Board means -✓✓State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure
• 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
d. plan, implement or evaluate treatment plans using counseling treatment interventions
• Counseling treatment interventions -✓✓means the application of cognitive, affective,
behavioral and systemic counseling strategies which include principles of development,
wellness, and pathology that reflect a pluralistic society. Such interventions are
specifically implemented in the context of a professional counseling relationship
• Consulting -✓✓means interpreting or reporting scientific fact or theory in counseling to
provide assistance in solving current or potential problems of individuals, groups or
organizations;
• Referral activities -✓✓means the evaluating of data to identify problems and to
determine the advisability of referral to other specialists;
• Research activities -✓✓means reporting, designing, conducting or consulting on
research in counseling
• Specialty -✓✓means the designation of a subarea of counseling practice that is
recognized by a national certification agency or by the Board
• Supervisor -✓✓means a person who meets the requirements established by the Board
and who is licensed pursuant to the Licensed Professional Counselors Act
• Licensed professional counselor candidate -✓✓means a person whose application for
licensure has been accepted and who is under supervision for licensure as provided in
Section 1906 of this title
• Executive Director -✓✓means the Executive Director of the State Board of Behavioral
Health Licensure.
• The Licensed Professional Counselors Act shall not be construed to include the
pursuits of the following professionals acting within the scope of their duties as such
professionals, nor shall the title "Licensed Professional Counselor" or "LPC" be used by
such professionals.... -✓✓--Physicians, psychologists, social workers, marital and family
therapists and attorneys, who are licensed by their respective licensing authorities
--Rehabilitation counselors, vocational evaluation specialists, psychiatric and mental
health nurses, alcohol and drug counselors, school administrators, school teachers and
school counselors, who are certified by their respective certifying authorities
--Persons in the employ of accredited institutions of higher education, or in the employ
of local, state or federal government
--Members of clergy.