SECTION 86:16-1-3. Definitions

  When used in this Chapter, the following words or terms shall have the following meaning unless the context of the sentence requires another meaning:

"Approved LMFT supervisor" means an individual who meets the qualifications to become an approved supervisor and is approved by the Department as set forth in Section 310:400-11-3 of this Chapter.

"Extra therapeutic relationship" means a familial, social, financial, business, professional, close personal, sexual or other non-counseling relationship with a client, or engaging in any activity with another person that interferes or conflicts with the LMFT's professional obligation to a client.

"Forensic services" means the application of knowledge, training and experience from the mental health field to the establishment of facts and/or the establishment of evidence in a court of law or ordered by a court of law.

"Home-study or technology-assisted distance learning" refers to the delivery of graduate coursework or continuing education through mailed correspondence or other distance learning technologies, which focuses on synchronous or asynchronous instructional delivery methods. Home-study or technology-assisted distance learning is designed to deliver education to learners who are not in the direct physical presence of the educator.

"OAC" means the Oklahoma Administrative Code.

"On-site supervisor" means a person who may not be an approved LMFT supervisor but is licensed in the State of Oklahoma as a Licensed Marital and Family Therapist, Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Behavioral Practitioner, Psychologist, Clinical Social Worker, Psychiatrist, or Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor employed by the agency employing the LMFT Candidate whose assigned job duties include acting as the immediate supervisor to the LMFT Candidate.

"Technology-assisted supervision" refers to supervision that occurs through video teleconferencing, over secure internet connections, wherein an Approved LMFT Supervisor and a Licensed Marital and Family Therapist Candidate are in separate physical locations. Technology-assisted supervision must be approved by the Department prior to the accrual of hours. Factors to be considered by the Department include: distance between approved supervisor and candidate; financial hardship on approved supervisor or candidate; physical hardship on approved supervisor or candidate; specialty credentials; and other pertinent factors.

[Source: Transferred from 310:400-1-3 by Laws 2013, c. 229, § 3(F), eff 11-1-13 (see Editor’s Note at beginning of this Chapter)]