OLERE Study Guide "Act" - Answer -the Licensed Professional Counselors Act "Administrative Procedure Act" or "APA" - Answer -refers to Article I and/or Article II of the Administrative Procedures Act "Applicant" - Answer -a person who has made a formal application with the Board "Approved LPC Supervisor" or "Supervisor" - Answer -An individual who meets the qualifications to become an approved supervisor and is approved by the Board "Board" - Answer -the State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure "Complainant" - Answer -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 -Includes 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. "Direct Client Contact Hours" - Answer -The performance of therapeutic or clinical functions that includes *diagnosis, assessment and treatment* of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders. Which are based primarily on verbal communications and interventions with one or more clients. "Dual relationship" - Answer -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 LP C Candidate's professional obligation to a client "Employee" - Answer -(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 learning" - Answer -the delivery of graduate coursework or continuing education through instruction that is designed to deliver education to learners who are in the direct physical presence of the educator or designed to deliver education to l earners through synchronous instructional delivery methods Or in other words, direct, IN -PERSON learning "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 -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 "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 asynchronous instructional deli very methods Or in other words, online (asynchronous) distance learning "Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate" or "Candidate" - Answer -means a person whose application for licensure has been accepted and who is under supervision for licensure "Licensed Professional Counselor" or "LPC" - Answer -a person holding a current license issued pursuant to the provision of the Professional Counselor Licensure Act. "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, Cl inical Social Worker, Psychiatrist, or Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor) and is employed by the agency as the LPC Candidate AND 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 Candi date "Request for Inquiry" or "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 shall not account for more than 56.25 hours of the total requirement. A non -renewable license by endorsement pursuant to a declaration of emergency shall only be valid for... - Answer -the duration of the emergency as determined by the Governor or the Legislature pursuant to the Oklahoma Emergency Management Act of 2003 or th e Catastrophic Health Emergency Powers Act. Acceptable continuing education verification of attendance documents include: - Answer -(1) An official continuing education validation form furnished by the presenter (2) A letter on the sponsoring presenter's letterhead giving the name of the program, location, dates, subjects taught, total number of hours attended, participant's name and presenter's name and credentials (3) An official graduate transcript showing course or audit credit (4) A letter for teaching activities on the sponsor's letterhead giving the name of the program, location, dates, subject taught, and total number of hours taught. Active duty military can renew licenses - Answer -1. Without fees; and 2. Without CEUs, when circumstances do not allow, or if military employment is in a social work capacity Active -duty military service members seeking to maintain his or her license in good -standing may have his or her license renewed during active -duty, and for a period of 1 year after discharge from active -duty, without... - Answer -(1) Payment of fees (2) Obtaining CEUs when... (a) military duty prevents licensee from obtaining training AND a waiver request has been submitted to the Board. (b) the licensee performs social work as an occupation as part of their military duties OR performs any other act typically required for the renewal of the license. An applicant applying for a non -renewable license by endorsement pursuant to a declaration of emergency shall submit verification stating the applicant is... - Answer -Active and in good standing in the state in which they are currently licensed. *The Board may require the applicant to submit a copy of the statutes and rules from the state out of which such license was issued. An applicant applying for emergency licensure by endoresement must submit what documents? - Answer -(1) appliction form
