Or. Admin. Code § 833-010-0001 - Definitions
The definitions of terms used in ORS 675.705 to 675.835 and these administrative rules of the Board are:
(1) "AAMFT" means the American Association
for Marriage and Family Therapy.
(2) "Accredited program" means the graduate
program is fully accredited by COAMFTE, CACREP, or CORE.
(3) "Associate registration plan" means a
written description of post-graduate supervised work experience activities an
applicant must complete to qualify for a license as a professional counselor or
marriage and family therapist.
(4)
"Board" means the Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and
Therapists.
(5) "Board approved
program" means a graduate program that the Board had found to be comparable to
an accredited program.
(6) "CACREP"
means the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational
Programs.
(7) "CRCC" means the
Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification.
(8) "Client record" means any information
maintained in a written or electronic form about a client.
(9) "Clinical experience" means the
professional practice of applying principles and methods to provide assessment,
diagnosis, and treatment of individuals and families with mental health
disorders.
(10) "COAMFTE" means the
Commission on Accreditation of Marriage and Family Therapy Education.
(11) "CORE" means the Council on
Rehabilitation Education.
(12)
"Direct client contact hours" means only those clinical experience hours that
are therapeutic or a combination of assessment and subsequent therapeutic
interactions.
(13) "Distance
learning" means coursework, or training that does not involve attending a
presentation or program in the presence of the instructor or facilitator and
other courses through electronic communication.
(14) "Distance Services" means any use of
technology that replaces face to face delivery of counseling or therapy
service. Such technologies include, but are not limited to, use of computer
hardware and software, telephones, the internet, online assessment instruments
and other communication devices.
(15) "Electronic communication" means
communication through use of videoconference, telephone, teleconference,
internet, electronic mail, chat-based, or video-based.
(16) "Equivalent" means comparable in content
and quality, but not identical.
(17) "Hour Equivalents" means that when
requirements for licensure are given in quarter hours, the following formula
will be used to determine equivalent hours:
(a) Two semester hours is equal to three
quarter hours;
(b) One semester is
equal to 1.5 quarters;
(c) One
quarter credit hour equals 10 clock hours;
(d) One semester credit hour equals 15 clock
hours.
(18) "LMFT" means
licensed marriage and family therapist.
(19) "LPC" means licensed professional
counselor.
(20) "NBCC" means the
National Board for Certified Counselors.
(21) "Official transcript" means a document
certified by an accredited college or university indicating degree earned,
hours and types of coursework, examinations and scores, completed by the
student; and submitted by the school to the Board.
(22) "Practicing" means engaging in any of
the activities listed in the definitions of marriage and family therapy and
professional counseling set forth in ORS
675.705,
including but not limited to providing clinical supervision to another mental
health professional who is providing counseling or therapeutic services to
clients.
(23) "Receipt" means the
date received by the Board office as shown by US Postal Service postmark, or
date received stamp if document was not mailed or without postmark.
(24) "Regional accrediting agency" means of
one of the regional institutional accreditation bodies recognized by the United
States Secretary of Education and established to accredit senior institutions
of higher education.
(25)
"Registered associate" (formerly "registered intern") means an applicant for
licensure who has met the educational requirement for licensure, and is in the
process of obtaining the required supervised work experience under a
registration plan approved by the Board.
(26) "Supervision" means a professional
relationship between a qualified supervisor and an intern, registered
associate, counselor, or therapist during which the supervisor provides
guidance and professional skill development and oversight to the intern,
registered associate counselor or therapist.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 675.715 & 675.785
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 675.785
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