2026/2027 ACTUAL QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS.
Individual supervision consists of
face-to-face contact with one supervisor and one supervisee.
Group supervision may be conducted with
two (2) to six (6) supervisees and a supervisor.
Technology-assisted supervision must be
approved by the Board prior to the accrual of hours. Factors to
be considered by the Board include: distance between
approved supervisor and candidate; financial hardship on
approved supervisor or candidate; physical hardship on
approved supervisor or candidate; specialty credentials; and
other pertinent factors.
An LPC Candidate may accrue supervised experience
hours in
academic, governmental or private-not-for-profit and private for-
profit settings.
Supervised experienced hours shall be accrued in a
private for-profit or not-for-profit counseling practice
setting, only if:
(1) The LPC Candidate is an employee, as defined by 86:10-1-
2, of the same facility as a person licensed in the state of
Oklahoma as a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Licensed
Marital and Family Therapist, a Licensed Behavioral
,Practitioner, a Psychologist, a Psychiatrist, a Clinical Social
Worker, or a Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor, whose
assigned job duties include being immediately available to the
LPC Candidate for supervision at any time the LPC Candidate
is engaging in the practice of counseling or counseling-related
services.
(2) The LPC Candidate is receiving supervision for licensure
from an approved LPC supervisor who is not required to work
at the same location as the LPC Candidate.
Supervisor Qualifications
(1) be an Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS) by the National
Board for Certified Counselors familiar with Oklahoma LPC Act
and Rules duly promulgated, or
(2) be a Licensed Professional Counselor who has practiced in
positions relevant to those the LPC proposes to supervise for
two (2) years beyond the date of issue of the Oklahoma
license.
Supervisor - On Call
An agreement to be "on call" to the supervisee on a twenty-four
(24) hour basis and to arrange for an alternate supervisor if not
available.
Supervisor - Education Requirements
(A) an LPC who has successfully completed a graduate course
in counselor supervision of at least forty-five (45) contact hours
or equivalent course of study acceptable to the Board. This
equivalent course of study shall consist of workshops in
counseling supervision in combination with directed study of
counseling supervision literature. Fifteen (15) of the forty-five
(45) contact hours shall be in a class or workshop format which
includes four (4) supervisors-in-training; the other thirty (30)
,contact hours shall be reserved for directed study, and
(B) an LPC who has passed the Oklahoma Legal and Ethical
Responsibilities Examination.
Supervisor - Continuing Education Requirements
Approved LPC Supervisors are required to complete a
minimum of three (3) clock hours of continuing education in
counseling supervision each renewal period.
(6) Approved Supervisor designation will not
Supervisor - Candidate Limits
Effective October 1, 2015, a supervisor may not supervise
more than a total of twelve (12) candidates for licensure at a
time. A supervisor who wants to supervise more than twelve
(12) candidates must petition the Board for approval for each
person above the maximum number.
Duration of Supervision
(a) Three (3) years or three-thousand (3000) clock hours of full
time, on-the-job experience, which is supervised by an
approved LPC supervisor, shall be completed.
(b) For each one-thousand (1000) clock hours of full time, on-
the-job experience, three hundred fifty (350) hours shall be
direct client contact hours.
Supervision - full time
"Full time" means at least twenty (20) hours per week.
Supervision Weekly Requirements
Weekly, face-to-face supervision shall be accrued under an
LPC at the ratio of forty-five (45) minutes of supervision for
every twenty (20) hours of on-the-job experience.
Group Supervision Requirements
, "Group supervision" means an assemblage of counseling
supervisees consisting of from two (2) to six (6) members and
no more than one-half (½) of the required supervision hours
may be received in group supervision.
Gaining supervised hours with post-master's education
One (1) or two (2) years of supervised experience may be
gained at the rate of one (1) year for each thirty (30) graduate
semester credit hours or forty-five (45) graduate quarter credit
hours in counseling-related course work beyond the master's
degree. As of January 1, 2000, minimal educational
requirements are a master's degree [at least sixty (60)
semester credit hours or ninety (90) quarter credit hours] or a
doctorate with the first sixty (60) semester credit hours or ninety
(90) quarter credit hours meeting the minimal educational
requirements.)
Regardless of the number of hours earned beyond the master's
degree, the LPC supervisee shall receive at least one (1) year
or one-thousand (1000) clock hours of supervision.
Supervisor - Observation Requirements
Approved supervisors shall perform at least two (2)
observations (live or tape) per each six (6) month evaluation
period for each supervisee.
Application fee
$145
License examination fee
$100
Initial license fee
$90; validates the license for 2 years