OLERE (Oklahoma Legal and Ethical Responsibilities
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• "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.
• "Licensure Committee" . Answer: means two LPC Board members, the Executive
Director, and may include other appropriate individuals as determined by the
Committee.
• "OAC" . Answer: means the Oklahoma Administrative Code.
• "On-site supervisor" . Answer: means a person who may not be an approved LPC
supervisor but is licensed by the state of Oklahoma as a Licensed Marital and Family
Therapist, Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Behavioral Practitioner,
Psychologist, Clinical Social Worker, Psychiatrist, or Licensed Alcohol and Drug
Counselor employed by the agency employing the LPC Candidate whose assigned job
duties include acting as the immediate supervisor to the LPC Candidate and who is
available to the candidate at all times when counseling services are being rendered by
the LPC Candidate.
, • "Request for Inquiry" ("RFI") . Answer: means a written or oral statement of complaint
from any person alleging possible violation(s) of the Act and/or Rules.
• "Respondent" . Answer: means the person against whom an Individual Proceeding is
initiated.
• "Staff" . Answer: means the personnel of the Board
• "Technology-assisted supervision" . Answer: refers to supervision that occurs through
video teleconferencing, over secure internet connections, wherein a Supervisor and a
Candidate are in separate physical locations.
• "Counseling treatment interventions" . Answer: 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" . Answer: 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" . Answer: means the evaluating of data to identify problems and to
determine the advisability of referral to other specialists
• "Research activities" . Answer: means reporting, designing, conducting or consulting
on research in counseling
• "Specialty" . Answer: means the designation of a subarea of counseling practice that is
recognized by a national certification agency or by the Board
• "Supervisor" . Answer: means a person who meets the requirements established by
the Board and who is licensed pursuant to the Licensed Professional Counselors Act
• "Executive Director" . Answer: means the Executive Director of the State Board of
Behavioral Health Licensure.
• Exemptions . Answer: 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
• Exempted Professions . Answer: 1. Physicians, psychologists, social workers, marital
and family therapists and attorneys, who are licensed by their respective licensing
authorities; 2. Rehabilitation counselors, vocational evaluation specialists, psychiatric
and mental health nurses, alcohol and drug counselors, school administrators, school
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• "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.
• "Licensure Committee" . Answer: means two LPC Board members, the Executive
Director, and may include other appropriate individuals as determined by the
Committee.
• "OAC" . Answer: means the Oklahoma Administrative Code.
• "On-site supervisor" . Answer: means a person who may not be an approved LPC
supervisor but is licensed by the state of Oklahoma as a Licensed Marital and Family
Therapist, Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Behavioral Practitioner,
Psychologist, Clinical Social Worker, Psychiatrist, or Licensed Alcohol and Drug
Counselor employed by the agency employing the LPC Candidate whose assigned job
duties include acting as the immediate supervisor to the LPC Candidate and who is
available to the candidate at all times when counseling services are being rendered by
the LPC Candidate.
, • "Request for Inquiry" ("RFI") . Answer: means a written or oral statement of complaint
from any person alleging possible violation(s) of the Act and/or Rules.
• "Respondent" . Answer: means the person against whom an Individual Proceeding is
initiated.
• "Staff" . Answer: means the personnel of the Board
• "Technology-assisted supervision" . Answer: refers to supervision that occurs through
video teleconferencing, over secure internet connections, wherein a Supervisor and a
Candidate are in separate physical locations.
• "Counseling treatment interventions" . Answer: 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" . Answer: 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" . Answer: means the evaluating of data to identify problems and to
determine the advisability of referral to other specialists
• "Research activities" . Answer: means reporting, designing, conducting or consulting
on research in counseling
• "Specialty" . Answer: means the designation of a subarea of counseling practice that is
recognized by a national certification agency or by the Board
• "Supervisor" . Answer: means a person who meets the requirements established by
the Board and who is licensed pursuant to the Licensed Professional Counselors Act
• "Executive Director" . Answer: means the Executive Director of the State Board of
Behavioral Health Licensure.
• Exemptions . Answer: 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
• Exempted Professions . Answer: 1. Physicians, psychologists, social workers, marital
and family therapists and attorneys, who are licensed by their respective licensing
authorities; 2. Rehabilitation counselors, vocational evaluation specialists, psychiatric
and mental health nurses, alcohol and drug counselors, school administrators, school
