Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 86 - State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure › Chapter 20 - Licensed Behavioral Practitioners › Subchapter 5 - Rules of Professional Conduct › Section 86:20-5-2 - Competence

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Behavioral health services.
LBPs 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.
(b)
Testing.
LBPs shall know the
				limits of their competence and shall therefore perform only those testing and
				assessment services for which they have been trained. LBPs shall be familiar
				with related standardization and proper application and security of any
				technique utilized. LBPs using computer-based test interpretations shall be
				trained in the construct being measured and the specific instrument being used
				prior to using this type of computer application. LBPs shall ensure the proper
				use of assessment techniques by persons under their supervision.
(c)
Specialty.
LBPs shall not
				represent themselves as specialists in any aspect of behavioral health
				services, unless so designated by the Board.
(d)
Research.
(1) LBPs shall plan, design, conduct, and
				report research only in a manner consistent with current, pertinent ethical
				principles put forth in the "Ethical Standards and Code of Conduct" governing
				Northamerican Association of Masters in Psychology (NAMP), federal and state
				laws, rules, and scientific standards governing research with human subjects.
(2) The research principles of the
				NAMP "Ethical Standards and Code of Conduct" are as follows:
(A) Principle 8: Research with Human and
				Animal Participants
(i) 8.1 Relevant
				research. The Masters in Psychology shall only undertake research pertaining to
				human subjects when such research contributes to psychology as a science and
				humankind in general. On the premise of this forethought, one conducts the
				research with the utmost concern for the dignity and welfare of their research
				participants.
(ii) 8.2 Informed
				consent in research. The Masters in Psychology shall make certain that research
				participants fully understand the conditions and comprehend the general nature
				of the research when requesting informed consent. Research that involves
				deception on the part of the researcher should in general be avoided, unless
				the perceived outcomes far exceed any perceived minimal adverse reactions and
				in either case a debriefing session suitable to the research will always be
				conducted.
(B) Principle
				10: Teaching, Training & Research Publication
(i) 10.1 Candidness in research techniques.
				The Masters in Psychology shall make every effort to make available any and all
				appropriate materials supporting research materials and to readily disseminate
				results for replication.
(ii) 10.2
				Proper supervision. The Masters in Psychology shall maintain proper supervision
				of their employees, subordinates, supervisees, and research assistants in the
				delegation of duties and shall make every ethically appropriate effort to
				ensure that only those individuals competent to perform such services do
				so.