LPC - Answer- any person who offers professional counseling services for compensation to any persons and and is licensed.
counseling - Answer-
... [Show More] facilitate human development and adjustment, prevent, diagnose, or treat mental health disorders, conduct assessment or diagnosis for the purposes of establishing a treatment plan, implement and evaluate treatment plans
Counseling Treatment Interventions - Answer- the application of cognitive, behavioral, and systemic counseling strategies
Consulting - Answer- interpreting or reporting scientific fact or theory in counseling to provide assistance in solving problems
Referral activities - Answer- the evaluating of data to identify problems and to determine the advisability of a referral.
Specialty - Answer- the designation of a subarea of
counseling practice that is recognized by a national
certification agency or by the Board
Supervisor - Answer- 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 - Answer- 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 - Answer- means the Executive Director of
the State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure
The activities and services of a person in the employ of
a private, nonprofit behavioral services provider contracting
with the state to provide behavioral services with the state
shall be exempt from licensure as a Licensed Professional
Counselor if - Answer- such activities and services are a part of the
official duties of such person with the private nonprofit
agency
The State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure shall: - Answer- Prescribe, adopt and promulgate rules to implement and
enforce the provisions of the Licensed Professional Counselors
Act, including the adoption of the State Department of Health
rules by reference;
2. Adopt and establish rules of professional conduct; and
3. Set license and examination fees as required by the
Licensed Professional Counselors Act.
The Board shall have the authority to: - Answer- 1. Seek injunctive relief;
2. Request the district attorney to bring an action to
enforce the provisions of the Licensed Professional Counselors
Act;
3. Receive fees and deposit said fees into the Licensed
Professional Counselors Revolving Fund as required by the
Licensed Professional Counselors Act;
4. Issue, renew, revoke, deny, suspend and place on
probation licenses to practice professional counseling pursuant
to the provisions of the Licensed Professional Counselors Act;
5. Examine all qualified applicants for licenses to
practice professional counseling;
6. Request assistance from the State Board of Medical
Licensure and Supervision for the purposes of investigating
complaints and possible violations of the Licensed Professional
Counselors Act;
7. Accept grants and gifts from various foundations and
institutions; and
8. Make such expenditures and employ such personnel as the
Executive Director may deem necessary for the administration of
the Licensed Professional Counselors Act.
Each applicant for a license to practice as a licensed
professional counselor shall: Be possessed of good moral character;
2. Pass an examination based on standards promulgated by
the Board pursuant to the Licensed Professional Counselors Act;
3. Be at least twenty-one (21) years of age;
4. Not have engaged in, nor be engaged in, any practice or
conduct which would be grounds for denying, revoking or
suspending a license pursuant to this title; and
5. Otherwise comply with the rules promulgated by the Board
pursuant to the provisions of the Licensed Professional
Counselors Act. - Answer-
In addition to the qualifications specified by the
provisions of subsection B of this section, an applicant for a
license to practice as a licensed professional counselor shall
have: - Answer- Successfully completed at least sixty (60) graduate
semester hours (ninety (90) graduate quarter hours) of
counseling-related course work.
Three (3) years of supervised full-time experience in
professional counseling subject to the supervision of a licensed
professional counselor pursuant to conditions established by the
Board. One (1) or two (2) years of experience may be gained at
the rate of one (1) year for each thirty (30) graduate semester
hours earned beyond the master's degree, provided that such
hours are clearly related to the field of counseling and are
acceptable to the Board. The applicant shall have no less than
one (1) year of supervised full-time experience in counseling.
The Board shall preserve answers to any examination, and
the applicant's performance on each section, as part of the
records of the Board for - Answer- a period of two (2) years following the
date of the examination.
Each initial license issued pursuant to the Licensed
Professional Counselors Act shall expire - Answer- twenty-four (24) months
from the date of issuance unless revoked.
A person whose license has expired may
make application - Answer- within one (1) year following the expiration in
writing to the Board requesting reinstatement in a manner
prescribed by the Board and payment of the fees required by the
provisions of the Licensed Professional Counselors Act.
The
license of a person whose license has expired for more than one
(1) year - Answer- shall not be reinstated.
No person licensed pursuant to the provisions of the
Licensed Professional Counselors Act shall knowingly and
willfully disclose any information the licensee may have
acquired from persons consulting the licensee in his
professional capacity as a professional counselor or be
compelled to disclose such information except: - Answer- With the written consent of the client, or in the case
of death or disability of the client, the consent of his
personal representative or other person authorized to sue or the
beneficiary of any insurance policy on his life, health or
physical condition;
2. If the person is a child under the age of eighteen (18)
years and the information acquired by the licensed person
indicated that the child was the victim or subject of a crime,
the licensed person may be required to testify fully in relation
thereto upon an examination, trial or other proceeding in which
the commission of such a crime is a subject of inquiry;
3. If the client waives the privilege by bringing charges
against the licensed person;
4. When failure to disclose such information presents a
danger to the health of any person; or
5. If the licensed professional counselor is a party to a
civil, criminal or disciplinary action arising from such
therapy, in which case any waiver of the privilege accorded by
this section shall be limited to that action.
No information shall be treated as privileged and there
shall be no privileges created by the Licensed Professional
Counselors Act as to any information acquired by the person
licensed pursuant to the Licensed Professional Counselors Act
when - Answer- such information pertains to criminal acts or violation of
any law.
Any person who:
1. Represents himself or herself by the title "Licensed
Professional Counselor" or "LPC" without having first complied
with the provisions of the Licensed Professional Counselors Act;
2. Otherwise offers to perform counseling services;
3. Uses the title of Licensed Professional Counselor or any
other name, style or description denoting that the person is
licensed as a licensed professional counselor; or
4. Practices counseling,
upon conviction thereof, - Answer- shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
shall be punished by imposition of a fine of not less than One
Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars
($500.00) for each offense and in addition may be imprisoned for
a term not to exceed six (6) months in the county jail or by
both such fine and imprisonment.
The State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure may deny,
revoke, suspend or place on probation any license or specialty
designation issued pursuant to the provisions of the Licensed
Professional Counselors Act to a licensed professional
counselor, if the person has: - Answer- Been convicted of a felony;
2. Been convicted of a misdemeanor determined to be of such
a nature as to render the person convicted unfit to practice
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