Free Oklahoma OLERE Exam Flashcards

BBHL directs candidates to the Board's enabling statute, the Licensed Professional Counselors Act at 59 O.S. §§ 1901 et seq., and the current permanent LPC rules in OAC Title 86, Chapter 10. Draft or proposed amendments are not controlling until effective.

The Oklahoma State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure regulates LPC licensure and practice, determines eligibility, and accepts the passing standard. Oklahoma CareerTech's Health Certification Project delivers the OLERE as test 9902 at test sites or through online proctoring.

The Board establishes and maintains licensure, adopts and enforces professional-conduct standards, examines qualified applicants, issues and renews licenses, and may deny, suspend, revoke, or place a license on probation. It may also seek injunctive relief and investigate violations within its jurisdiction.

Counseling applies mental-health and developmental principles to facilitate adjustment, prevent, diagnose, or treat mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders, conduct assessments or diagnoses for treatment goals, and plan, implement, or evaluate treatment using counseling interventions.

Section 1903 exempts specified professionals and workers only while acting within the scope of the listed role. An exempt person may not call themselves a Licensed Professional Counselor or LPC, and an LPC may not use the Act to practice another regulated profession without that profession's credential.

A Candidate has an accepted licensure application and practices under the approved supervision process. Candidates may not represent themselves as an LPC. Private or independent counseling practice requires a current LPC license, completed supervised-experience requirements, and continued compliance with continuing education.

An LPC may claim a counseling specialty only after meeting recognized qualifications and receiving Board approval. Approved LPC Supervisor is likewise a Board-approved status governed by the supervision rules; Oklahoma's Act and rules do not create a separate universal 'LPC-S' license.

Maintain verifiable, accurate, truthful client records needed for professional services for at least five years after services terminate. An institutional retention policy satisfies the LPC rule only when its period is at least as long as the rule requires.

The LPC is responsible for complying with applicable state and federal requirements when creating, maintaining, transferring, or destroying counseling records, whether written, recorded, computerized, or stored in another medium. A change in technology does not remove the confidentiality duty.

Provide a client access or a copy as state and federal law require, but limit access to portions that do not reveal another client's confidential information. One participant's access right does not authorize disclosure of every other participant's protected material.

A client may authorize disclosure in writing. If the client has died or is disabled, the statute identifies a personal representative, another person authorized to sue, or a beneficiary of an applicable insurance policy as possible consent sources. Disclose only within the valid authority given.

Section 1910 creates an exception when failure to disclose presents a danger to the health of any person. The exception is not permission for unlimited disclosure: use applicable law and professional judgment to disclose only what the protective purpose requires.

Privilege may be waived when the client brings charges against the LPC. The statute also permits relevant disclosure when the LPC is a party to a civil, criminal, or disciplinary action arising from the therapy, but limits that waiver to the particular action.

Section 1910 states that information pertaining to criminal acts or a violation of law is not treated as privileged under the LPC Act. Separate reporting, evidence, court-order, and federal confidentiality rules may still control how a particular disclosure is handled.

The LPC Act does not bar testimony concerning adoption, child abuse, child neglect, battery, or child-welfare matters. It also does not prohibit collaboration or consultation with professional colleagues or administrative superiors on a client's behalf; confidentiality safeguards still apply.

Review the LPC's and client's rights and responsibilities both in writing and verbally. The client remains free to enter or remain in counseling, and the LPC must document informed-consent discussions throughout the relationship rather than treating one signature as the entire process.

Do not participate in, condone, or promote discrimination in professional services on a protected basis. The rule applies to clients, students, employees, supervisees, and research participants and includes legally protected traits plus the specific categories listed in OAC 86:10-3-3.

An Oklahoma LPC must not knowingly enter a familial, social, financial, business, professional, close personal, sexual, or other nontherapeutic relationship that conflicts with the professional obligation to a client. Take necessary precautions before the conflict develops.

Document it in the affected client's record and take reasonable steps to eliminate its source. If it cannot be eliminated and referral is not readily available, use safeguards necessary to prevent exploitation or impaired judgment, including full disclosure with written client consent and professional consultation.

Oklahoma prohibits sexual conduct with current clients and with former clients. The five-year periods used for some nonsexual relationships do not create a future date on which counselor-client sexual conduct becomes permissible.

Never undertake counseling with a person with whom the LPC previously had sexual conduct. The rules also prohibit counseling a person with whom the LPC had a familial, social, financial, business, professional, close personal, or other conflicting nontherapeutic relationship within the previous five years.

For five years after counseling ends, do not knowingly enter a close personal relationship or business or financial dealings with the former client. Even after that period, never exploit the former client or use information or trust gained in counseling to obtain an advantage.

Do not inquire into people or matters that are not reasonably calculated to assist or benefit the counseling process. Curiosity, convenience, or possible future usefulness does not by itself make an intrusive question professionally relevant.

If unable to provide professional assistance, do not begin the relationship and refer to an appropriate source. If the client declines the indicated referral, terminate appropriately. Never abandon a current client; make reasonable arrangements for continuity when ending treatment.

Barter is limited to tangible goods at fair market value when the client requests it, the arrangement is nonexploitive, a clear written contract exists, and the practice is accepted among community professionals. An LPC may not barter for services rendered by the client.

Limit practice to competence supported by education, training, supervised experience, credentials, and professional experience. Before entering a new practice area, obtain the necessary education, training, and supervision and take steps to protect clients from harm during the transition.

Use only assessment services for which you are trained and supervised in administration, scoring, and interpretation. Use a current, valid, reliable, culturally appropriate instrument; follow standardization, copyright, and security requirements; and obtain training when an instrument is revised.

Do not render services when a physical, mental, or emotional condition may impair them. Seek assistance and, when necessary, limit, suspend, or terminate professional activities with proper client transition rather than allowing personal impairment or bias to compromise care.

An LPC who becomes aware of an LPC or Candidate violating the impairment or substance-use obligations must report the situation to the Board within 30 days. Identify the reporter and subject and provide revealable facts while preserving client confidentiality unless the client signs a release.

Report known sexual conduct that violates the Act or professional-conduct rules to the Board within 30 days. The report identifies the reporter and alleged actor and states facts that may lawfully be revealed; client confidentiality remains protected absent a signed release.

Advertising must be accurate and not misleading. Identify LPC licensure status clearly and advertise only the highest counseling or closely related degree earned from a qualifying regionally accredited institution. Correct known misrepresentations of your credentials by others.

The doctoral degree must be in counseling or a closely related mental-health field and come from a regionally accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, subject to the rule's narrow pre-1995 exception. A non-counseling doctorate does not authorize 'Dr.' in counseling advertising or practice.

Notify the Board within 14 days of a change in contact information, including mailing address, telephone number, employment, name, or email address. Current Board contact information also affects formal service and licensing notices.

Do not knowingly make a material false statement, omit a fact needed to correct a known misunderstanding, or fail to answer a Board demand for information. The duty applies to applicants, Candidates, and LPCs in licensing and investigative matters.

Oklahoma CareerTech lists the LPC OLERE as a 40-question written examination with a 60-minute limit and an 80% cut score. The Board and CareerTech do not publish an official content-domain percentage blueprint.

BBHL first approves exam eligibility and issues the testing confirmation. The applicant then registers with the Board's designee, Oklahoma CareerTech, and tests onsite or by online proctor. This is Board-authorized registration, not employer sponsorship or open public enrollment.

Current OAC 86:10-15-2 requires the National Counselor Examination for Certification and Licensure, or another Board-determined equivalent, and the Oklahoma Legal and Ethical Responsibilities Examination. Passing one does not substitute for the other.

CareerTech's current Health Certification Project materials require a three-day wait between attempts. The current published testing table does not add a longer interval after a third OLERE failure; a proposed 90-day OLERE rule is not in effect.

The Board must receive and approve the application materials, official passing results for both the NCE and OLERE, and the supervision agreement. Hours accrued before these prerequisites are approved do not satisfy OAC 86:10-11-1.

The base is three years or 3,000 clock hours, including at least 1,000 direct-client-contact hours and 100 hours of face-to-face or approved technology-assisted supervision. Qualifying post-master's graduate work may credit one or two years, but at least one year or 1,000 supervised hours must still be completed.

Accrue at least 45 minutes of supervision every week with a Board-approved LPC supervisor. Group supervision contains two to six Candidates. Technology-assisted supervision must receive Board approval before those hours accrue under the current permanent rules.

Qualify as an NBCC Approved Clinical Supervisor familiar with Oklahoma law, or as an Oklahoma LPC with two years of relevant post-license practice plus the required 45-contact-hour supervision course or equivalent and a passed OLERE. The supervisor also accepts the rule's availability duties; ordinarily no more than 12 Candidates may be supervised without Board approval.

Finish the supervised-experience requirements within 60 months after approval of the first supervision agreement. After completing the required hours, continue practicing under LPC supervision until the license is actually issued unless the Act provides an exemption.

The initial licensing period runs two years from the last day of the issue month and requires 40 continuing-education hours for initial renewal. After the interim alignment period, the license renews annually by June 30 with 20 continuing-education hours.

Of the LPC's 20 annual continuing-education hours, at least three must be in counseling ethics. An Approved LPC Supervisor must also complete at least three hours in counseling supervision for that status; the supervision hours do not erase the LPC ethics requirement.

Keep attendance verification for two years. The Board may audit claimed hours. Failure to complete CE by renewal suspends the license and nullifies its rights until requirements and the late fee are satisfied; failure to reinstate within 12 months causes expiration.

Any person may submit a written RFI alleging an Act or rule violation by an LPC, Candidate, or person providing licensed counseling without a license. The RFI and complainant's identity are confidential from public inspection under the rule.

Cooperate with Board staff, the Complaint Committee, and investigators. Do not contact, attempt to contact, or arrange for another person to contact the complainant or anyone the respondent believes may have filed the complaint. Failure to cooperate is an additional disciplinary ground.

Grounds include specified felony or disqualifying misdemeanor convictions, fraud or deceit, aiding unlicensed representation, unprofessional conduct, negligence or wrongful acts, and material misrepresentation in obtaining a license. Due-process notice and hearing rules govern Board action, subject to emergency authority.

The Board may impose probation, suspension, revocation, or an administrative penalty up to $10,000 for a related series of violations. A person practicing without a license, exemption, or approved licensure supervision may be ordered to stop, assessed a penalty, and subjected to court enforcement.