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Oklahoma Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 11, 2021) |
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TITLE 86. State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure |
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Chapter 20. Licensed Behavioral Practitioners |
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Subchapter 5. Rules of Professional Conduct |
SECTION 86:20-5-4. Non-professional relations with clients
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- (a) Dual relationships. LBPs shall not knowingly enter into a dual relationship(s) and shall take any necessary precautions to prevent a dual relationship from occurring. When the LBP reasonably suspects that he or she has inadvertently entered into a dual relationship the LBP shall record that fact in the records of the affected client(s) and take reasonable steps to eliminate the source or agent creating or causing the dual relationship. If the dual relationship cannot be prevented or eliminated and the LBP cannot readily refer the client to another counselor or other professional, the LBP shall complete one or more of the following measures as necessary to prevent the exploitation of the client and/or the impairment of the LBP's professional judgment:(1) Fully disclose the circumstances of the dual relationship to the client and secure the client's written consent to continue providing counseling;(2) Consult with other professional(s) to understand the potential impairment to the LBP's professional judgment and the risk of harm to the client of continuing the dual relationship;(b) Sexual conduct. The following restrictions apply to sexual conduct between LBPs and clients or supervisees.(1) Current and previous clients. Sexual intimacy with current and previous clients is prohibited. LBPs shall not counsel persons with whom they have had a sexual relationship.(2) Supervisees. LBPs shall not engage in sexual conduct with supervisees and shall not supervise persons with whom they have had a sexual relationship.(3) Sexual conduct with current and former clients is prohibited.(c) Providing counseling to persons of prior association. LBPs shall not undertake to provide counseling to any person with whom the LBP has had any prior sexual conduct, as defined by the Board. LBPs shall not undertake to provide counseling to any person with whom the LBP has had familial, any prior social, financial, business, professional, close personal, or other non-therapeutic relationship with a client, or engage in any activity with another person that interferes or conflicts with the LBPs professional obligation to a client within the previous five (5) years.(d) Interaction with former clients. LBPs shall not knowingly enter into a close personal relationship, or engage in any business or financial dealings with a former client for five (5) years after the termination of the counseling relationship. LBPs shall not engage in any activity that is or may be sexual in nature, as defined by the Board, with a former client after the termination of the counseling relationship. Sexual conduct with former clients is prohibited. LBP's shall not exploit or obtain an advantage over a former client by the use of information or trust gained during the counseling relationship.