Rules of Professional Conduct Flashcards

The Oklahoma Professional Code of Ethics for licensed counselors is primarily derived from:

Answer: The ACA Code of Ethics and Oklahoma-specific statutory and administrative rules

Oklahoma's professional conduct standards for LPCs draw primarily from the ACA Code of Ethics, supplemented by Oklahoma-specific statutes and licensing board administrative rules.

An Oklahoma LPC provides counseling services for which they lack sufficient training. This violates which core professional ethics principle?

Answer: Competence

Practicing in areas where the counselor lacks adequate training and supervised experience violates the ethical principle of competence. Counselors are ethically obligated to practice only within the boundaries of their demonstrated competence.

An Oklahoma LPC is asked by a colleague to serve as a reference for their license application, but has concerns about the colleague's professional conduct. The counselor should:

Answer: Decline to serve as a reference if they cannot provide an honest, positive assessment

Providing a misleading or false reference violates professional ethics. If the counselor cannot provide an honest and positive assessment, the ethical course is to decline to serve as a reference.

According to professional conduct rules for Oklahoma LPCs, advertising counseling services must be:

Answer: Accurate, honest, and not misleading to the public

Oklahoma professional conduct rules require that counselor advertising be truthful, accurate, and not misleading. This protects the public from misrepresentation about the counselor's qualifications, services, or expected outcomes.

An Oklahoma LPC has a strong personal belief that conflicts with a client's lifestyle choices. Under professional conduct rules, the counselor's obligation is to:

Answer: Provide competent services without discriminating and refer if the values conflict prevents effective counseling

Oklahoma professional conduct rules require counselors to provide non-discriminatory services. If a counselor's personal values would interfere with providing competent, ethical services, they may refer the client, but they cannot refuse service based on personal moral disapproval alone.

An Oklahoma LPC discovers that a former supervisor engaged in ethical violations during the time they supervised the counselor. The counselor's most appropriate response is to:

Answer: Consult with a professional and report the violations through appropriate channels

Professional ethics require counselors to address ethical violations by colleagues, including former supervisors. The appropriate response is to consult with a professional and report through appropriate channels such as the licensing board.