Professional Ethics and Law in California, 2nd Edition _ ____________________________________________
(c) An expired registration may be renewed by completing all of the actions described in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (b). (d) The registration may be renewed a maximum of five times. No registration shall be renewed or reinstated beyond six years from the last day of the month during which it was issued, regardless of whether it has been revoked. When no further renewals are possible, an applicant may apply for and obtain a subsequent associate registration number if the applicant meets the educational requirements for a subsequent associate registration number and has passed the California law and ethics examination. An applicant who is issued a subsequent associate registration number pursuant to this subdivision shall not be employed or volunteer in a private practice. LICENSED PROFESSIONAL CLINICAL COUNSELOR Scope of Practice The Board of Behavioral Sciences characterizes licensed professional clinical counselors’ (LPCCs’) scope of practice as follows: (a) (1) “Professional clinical counseling” means the applica- tion of counseling interventions and psychotherapeutic techniques to identify and remediate cognitive, mental, and emotional issues, including personal growth, adjust- ment to disability, crisis intervention, and psychosocial and environmental problems, and the use, application, and integration of the coursework and training required by Sections 4999.32 and 4999.33. “Professional clinical counseling” includes conducting assessments for the purpose of establishing counseling goals and objectives to empower individuals to deal adequately with life situa- tions, reduce stress, experience growth, change behavior, and make well-informed, rational decisions. (2) “Professional clinical counseling” is focused exclu- sively on the application of counseling interventions and psychotherapeutic techniques for the purposes of improving mental health, and is not intended to capture other, nonclinical forms of counseling for the purposes of licensure. For purposes of this paragraph, “nonclinical” means nonmental health. (3) “Professional clinical counseling” does not include the provision of clinical social work services. (b) “Counseling interventions and psychotherapeutic tech- niques” means the application of cognitive, affective, verbal or nonverbal, systemic or holistic counseling strate- gies that include principles of 128 development, wellness, and maladjustment that reflect a pluralistic society. These interventions and techniques are specifically implemented in the context of a professional clinical counseling rela- tionship and use a variety of counseling theories and approaches.
(c) “Assessment” means selecting, administering, scoring, and interpreting tests, instruments, and other tools and methods designed to measure an individual’s attitudes, abilities, aptitudes, achievements, interests, personal characteristics, disabilities, and mental, emotional, and behavioral concerns and development and the use of methods and techniques for understanding human behav- ior in relation to coping with, adapting to, or ameliorating changing life situations, as part of the counseling process. “Assessment” shall not include the use of projective techniques in the assessment of personality, individually administered intelligence tests, neuropsychological test- ing, or utilization of a battery of three or more tests to determine the presence of psychosis, dementia, amnesia, cognitive impairment, or criminal behavior. (d) Professional clinical counselors shall refer clients to other licensed health care professionals when they identify issues beyond their own scope of education, training, and experience. Issuance of License All licenses have a list of requirements for issuance of license. Per the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, 2023, these requirements for LPCC include: (a) The board may issue a professional clinical counselor license to any person who meets all of the following requirements: (1) He or she has received a master’s or doctoral degree described in Section 4999.32 or 4999.33, as appli- cable. (2) He or she has completed at least 3,000 hours of supervised experience in the practice of professional clinical counseling. (3) He or she provides evidence of a passing score, as determined by the board, on the examinations des- ignated in Section 4999.53. (b) An applicant for licensure who has satisfied the require- ments of this chapter shall be issued a license as a profes- sional clinical counselor.
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7. The application of social work principles and methods includes (Select all that apply): A) Counseling and using applied psychotherapy of a
nonmedical nature with individuals, families, or groups. B) Providing information and referral services. C) Prescribing medications. D) Helping communities to organize.
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