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RESPONSIBILITY EXAM (2025)
"Act" - means the Licensed Professional Counselors Act, 59 O.S. §§ 1901 et seq., as
amended.
"Administrative Procedures Act" ("APA") - means Article I and/or Article II of the
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" ("Supervisor") - 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" - 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.
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"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.
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"Group supervision" - means an assemblage of two (2) to six (6) Candidates.
"Home-study" or "technology-assisted distance learning" - 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") - means a person holding a current license
issued pursuant to the provision of the Professional Counselor Licensure Act.
"Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate" ("Candidate") - 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" - means two LPC Board members, the Executive Director, and
may include other appropriate individuals as determined by the Committee.
"OAC" - means the Oklahoma Administrative Code.
"On-site supervisor" - 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") - means a written or oral statement of complaint from any
person alleging possible violation(s) of the Act and/or Rules.
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"Respondent" - means the person against whom an Individual Proceeding is initiated.
"Staff" - means the personnel of the Board
"Technology-assisted supervision" - 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" - 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
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OLERE OKLAHOMA LEGAL & ETHICAL
RESPONSIBILITY EXAM (2025)
"Act" - means the Licensed Professional Counselors Act, 59 O.S. §§ 1901 et seq., as
amended.
"Administrative Procedures Act" ("APA") - means Article I and/or Article II of the
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" ("Supervisor") - 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" - 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.
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"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.
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"Group supervision" - means an assemblage of two (2) to six (6) Candidates.
"Home-study" or "technology-assisted distance learning" - 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") - means a person holding a current license
issued pursuant to the provision of the Professional Counselor Licensure Act.
"Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate" ("Candidate") - 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" - means two LPC Board members, the Executive Director, and
may include other appropriate individuals as determined by the Committee.
"OAC" - means the Oklahoma Administrative Code.
"On-site supervisor" - 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") - means a written or oral statement of complaint from any
person alleging possible violation(s) of the Act and/or Rules.
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"Respondent" - means the person against whom an Individual Proceeding is initiated.
"Staff" - means the personnel of the Board
"Technology-assisted supervision" - 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" - 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
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