OLERE State Board Exam Questions and Answers
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"Licensed professional counselor" or "LPC" - ✅✅any person who offers professional
counseling services for compensation to any person and is licensed pursuant to the provisions
of the Licensed Professional Counselors Act.,,,
Board - ✅✅State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure
Counseling - ✅✅- facilitate human development and adjustment throughout the life span
- prevent, diagnose or treat mental, emotional or
behavioral disorders or associated distress which interfere with mental health
- conduct assessments or diagnoses for the purpose of establishing treatment goals
and objectives
- plan, implement or evaluate treatment plans using counseling treatment interventions;
Counseling treatment interventions - ✅✅the application of cognitive, effective, 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 - ✅✅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 - ✅✅evaluating of data to identify problems and to determine the
advisability of referral to other specialists
Research activities - ✅✅reporting, designing, conducting or consulting on research in
counseling
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,Specialty - ✅✅designation of a subarea of counseling practice that is recognized by a national
certification agency or by the Board
Supervisor - ✅✅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 - ✅✅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 - ✅✅the Executive Director of the State Board of Behavioral Health
Licensure.
The Licensed Professional Counselors Act shall not be construed to include the pursuits of the
following professionals acting within the scope of their duties as such professionals, nor shall
the title "LPC" be used by such professionals unless said licensed professional counselor is also
licensed or accredited by an appropriate agency, institution or board - ✅✅1. Physicians,
psychologists, social workers, marital and family therapists and attorneys, who are licensed by
their respective licensing authorities
2. Rehabilitation counselors, vocational evaluation specialists, psychiatric and mental
health nurses, alcohol and drug counselors, school administrators, school teachers and
school counselors, who are certified by their respective certifying authorities
3. Persons in the employ of accredited institutions of higher education, or in the employ
of local, state or federal government
4. Members of clergy.
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
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,from licensure as a Licensed Professional Counselor if - ✅✅such activities and services are a
part of the official duties of such person with the private nonprofit agency.
Any person who is unlicensed and operating under special exemptions shall not use any of the
official titles or descriptions: - ✅✅a. psychologist, psychology or psychological
b. licensed social worker
c. clinical social worker
d. certified rehabilitation specialist
e. licensed professional counselor
f. psychoanalyst
g. marital and family therapist.
State agencies contracting to provide behavioral health services will strive to ensure that
quality of care is not compromised by contracting with external providers and that the quality
of
service is at least the service that would be delivered if that agency were able to
provide the service directly. - ✅✅equal to
Agencies will also ensure that the entity with which they are contracting has qualified
professionals in its employ and that sufficient is in place to allow for
reasonable recourse by the public. - ✅✅liability insurance
The activities and services of a person in the employ of a private, for-profit behavioral services
provider contracting with the state to provide behavioral services to youth and families in the
care and custody of the Office of Juvenile Affairs or the Department of Human Services on
March 14, 1997, shall be exempt from licensure as a Licensed Professional Counselor if -
✅✅such activities and services are a part of the official duties of such person with the private
for-profit contracting agency.
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, The State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure shall: - ✅✅1. 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
3. Set license and examination fees as required by the Licensed Professional Counselors Act.
The Board shall have the authority to: - ✅✅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.
Applications for a license to practice as a licensed professional counselor shall be made to the
Licensure in writing. Such applications shall be on a form and in a manner
prescribed by the . The application shall be accompanied by the fee required by
the Licensed Professional Counselors Act, which shall be retained by the and not
returned to the applicant. - ✅✅State Board of Behavioral Health
Each applicant for a license to practice as a licensed professional counselor shall: - ✅✅1. Be
possessed of good moral character
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