Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 86 - State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure › Chapter 10 - Licensed Professional Counselors › Subchapter 3 - Rules of Professional Conduct › Section 86:10-3-2 - Competence

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Counseling.
LPCs 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. An LPC shall only
				practice in a new area when said LPC has received the necessary education,
				training and supervised experience, and shall take steps to ensure the
				competence of work provided and to protect others from possible harm.
(b)
Testing and assessment.
LPCs
				shall know the limits of their competence and shall therefore perform only
				those testing and assessment services for which they have received training and
				supervision in the administration, scoring and interpretation processes
				associated with the provisions of such services. LPCs shall be responsible for
				receiving training on testing and assessment instruments that have been revised
				or updated. LPCs shall be familiar with related standardization, proper
				application, copyright restrictions and security demands of any testing or
				assessment technique utilized. LPCs shall ensure that any testing instrument
				selected is the most current edition available, has been properly evaluated for
				validity and reliability and is culturally appropriate for the clients with
				whom it is used. LPCs 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. LPCs shall ensure the proper
				use of assessment techniques by persons under their supervision.
(c)
Diagnosis of mental
				disorders.
LPCs shall provide the proper diagnosis of mental disorders
				in their clients, as published in Section E.5., Diagnosis of Mental Disorders,
				of the American Counseling Association (ACA) Code of Ethics, approved by the
				ACA Governing Council, 2005.
(d)
Specialty.
LPCs shall not represent themselves as specialists in
				any aspect of counseling, unless so designated by the Board.
(e)
Research.
LPCs shall plan,
				design, conduct, and report research only in a manner as published in Section
				G., Research and Publication, of the American Counseling Association (ACA) Code
				of Ethics, approved by the ACA Governing Council, 2005.
(f)
Impairment.
LPCs shall not
				offer or render professional services when such services may be impaired by a
				personal physical, mental or emotional condition(s). LPCs shall seek assistance
				for any such personal problem(s) with their physical, mental or emotional
				condition, and, if necessary, limit, suspend, or terminate their professional
				activities. If an LPC possesses a bias, disposition, attitude, moral persuasion
				or other similar condition that limits his or her ability to recommend a course
				of treatment or decision-making that is indicated, and under such circumstances
				where all other treatment and decision options are contra-indicated, then in
				that event the LPC shall not undertake to provide counseling and will terminate
				the counseling relationship in accordance with these rules.
(g)
Knowledge of impairment.
If
				a LPC becomes aware that a LPC or LPC Candidate is violating an obligation
				described in OAC 86:10-3-2(f), OAC
				86:10-3-4(b)
				or other provisions of the Act or this Chapter of regulations, the LPC must,
				within thirty (30) days, report the situation to the Board in accordance with
				OAC
				86:10-29-3.
				The report shall contain, at a minimum, the following:
(1) Name of the LPC or LPC Candidate making
				the report;
(2) Name of the LPC or
				LPC Candidate who is allegedly impaired;
(3) Any facts that can be revealed concerning
				the impairment;
(4) The LPC shall
				maintain the confidentiality of the client pursuant to Title 59 of the Oklahoma
				Statutes, Section
				1910,
				unless a signed release is received from the client.