Approved LPC Supervisor
means an individual who meets the qualifications to become an approved supervisor and is approved by the Board pursuant to Section... [Show More] 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.
Complainant 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 non- therapeutic 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.
Face-to-face counseling
means the LPC and the client shall be in the physical presence of the other during counseling.
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 1
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.
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-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. Home-study or technology-assisted distance learning is designed to deliver education to learners who are not in the direct physical presence of the educator.
LPC
means a person holding a current license issued pursuant to the provision of the Professional Counselor Licensure Act.
LPC 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.
Respondent
means the person against whom an Individual Proceeding is initiated
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.
Responsibility
It shall be the responsibility of LPCs, in their commitment to the understanding of human behavior, to value objectivity and integrity, and in providing services, to strive to maintain the highest standards of their profession. LPCs shall accept responsibility for the consequences of their work and make every effort to ensure that their services are used appropriately. LPCs shall be alert to personal, social, organizational, financial, and political situations or pressures that might lead to the misuse of their influence. LPCs shall not participate in, condone, or be associated with dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation. LPCs shall not exploit their relationships with clients for personal advantage, profit, satisfaction, or interest.
Counseling
LPCs shall practice only within the boundaries of their competence, based on their education, training, supervised experience, state and national professional credentials, and appropriate professional experience. An LPC shall only practice in a new area when said LPC has received the necessary education, training and supervised experience, and shall take steps to ensure the competence of work provided and to protect others from possible harm.
Testing and assessment
LPCs shall know the limits of their competence and shall therefore perform only those testing and assessment services for which they have received training and supervision in the administration, scoring and interpretation processes associated with the provisions of such services.
Diagnosis of mental disorders
LPCs shall provide the proper diagnosis of mental disorders in their clients, as published in Section E.5., Diagnosis of Mental Disorders, of the American Counseling Association (ACA) Code of Ethics, approved by the ACA Governing Council, 2005.
Specialty
LPCs shall not represent themselves as specialists in any aspect of counseling, unless so designated by the Board.
Research
LPCs shall plan, design, conduct, and report research only in a manner as published in Section G., Research and Publication, of the American Counseling Association (ACA) Code of Ethics, approved by the ACA Governing Council, 2005.
Impairment
LPCs shall not offer or render professional services when such services may be impaired by a personal physical, mental or emotional condition(s). LPCs shall seek assistance for any such personal problem(s) with their physical, mental or emotional condition, and, if necessary, limit, suspend, or terminate their professional activities.
Knowledge of impairment
30 Days
Knowledge of any sexual conduct
30 Days
LPC to keep records for
5 Years records
Providing counseling to persons of prior association
5 Years duel
LPCs shall not knowingly enter into a close personal relationship, or engage in any business or financial dealings with a former client for
2 Years
PCs shall not engage in any activity that is or may be sexual in nature with a former client for at least
5 Years
LPCs shall not engage in sexual contact with supervisees and shall not supervise persons with whom they have had a sexual relationship within the previous
5 Years
Each LPC shall display the original, current license in a prominent place in
primary location of practice
Duration of supervision
3 Years or 3000 hour
For each 1000 hours there will be ___ hours face-to-face client contact
35 [Show Less]
