FLORIDA LAW FOR THE SOCIAL WORKER, MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR, AND MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST Final Examination Questions Select the best answer for each question and mark your answers on the Final Examination Answer Sheet found on page 144, or for faster service complete your test online at EliteLearning.com/Book 21. The professions of social work, mental health counseling, and marriage and family therapy in Florida ____________. 27. Among the areas of graduate coursework required for licensing as a mental health counselor in Florida are __________________: a. Counseling theories and practice, human growth and development, and career and lifestyle assessment.
a. Are governed by a wide range of Florida Statutes. b. Fall under the jurisdiction of Title XXX Department of Education. c. Are governed by their individual boards only. d. Are no longer regulated by the state. 22. During the period of “clinical social work experience” defined in Chapter 491 of the Florida Statutes, at least 50 percent of the hours worked must consist of __________________: a. Assessment. b. Diagnosis performed under supervision. c. Direct treatment and evaluation of clients. d. Psychotherapy and counseling provided directly to clients. 23. The practice of clinical social work may include __________________: a. Researching into more effective psychotherapeutic modalities. b. Authorizing clinical laboratory procedures. c. Authorizing electroconvulsive therapy. d. Describing or labeling any test as “psychological.” 24. Marriage and family therapy does not __________________: a. Involve diagnosis. b. Involve practice with individual clients. c. Include hypnotherapy. d. Treat persons in hospitals without medical supervision. 25. The use of specific methods, techniques, or modalities within the practice of marriage and family therapy ___________________: a. Is restricted to master clinical social workers. b. Can be performed by any licensed mental health professional. c. Is restricted to appropriately trained marriage and family therapists. d. Can be performed only by licensed health professionals with privileges to prescribe medicinal therapy. 26. The practice of mental health counseling _______________: a. Includes client-centered advocacy. b. Does not include crisis intervention. c. Is rendered to individuals only. d. Includes the authority to admit individuals to the hospital.
b. Counseling theories and practice and human growth and development, but not career and lifestyle assessment. c. Counseling theories and practice and career and lifestyle assessment, but not human growth and development. d. Counseling theories and practice only. 28. According to Florida Statute 491.009(1)(p), when the board has found that probable cause exists to believe that a licensee is unable to practice the profession because of a mental or physical condition, the Department of Health shall have the authority to compel the licensee to submit to a mental or physical examination. If the licensee refuses: a. The order may be enforced by filing a petition in the circuit court, and the proceedings shall be open to the public. b. The order may be enforced by filing a petition in the circuit court, and the proceedings shall be closed to the public. c. The license holder shall forfeit the right to be afforded the opportunity to resume the competent practice for which he or she is licensed. d. The license holder can only obtain the right to resume competent practice by filing a petition in the circuit court. 29. To qualify for dual licensure in marriage and family therapy, a registered nurse must: a. Hold a valid, active license as a psychologist. b. Hold a valid, active license as a psychologist or clinical social worker. c. Have been determined to be a specialist in psychiatric mental health. d. Have held a valid, active license for at least 4 years. 30. Any psychotherapist who commits sexual misconduct with a client, or former client when the professional relationship was terminated primarily for the purpose of engaging in sexual contact, and for whom it is the first offense, commits a __________________: a. Misdemeanor.
b. Felony of the third degree. c. Felony of the second degree. d. Felony of the first degree.
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