Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health
Chapter 400 - Licensed Marital and Family Therapists
Subchapter 5 - Rules of Professional Conduct
Section 310:400-5-4 - Responsibility to students, employees, and supervisees
Current through Vol. 41, No. 13, March 15, 2024
(a) LMFTs shall not exploit the trust and dependency of students, employees and supervisees.
(b) LMFTs are cognizant of their potentially influential position with respect to students, employees, and supervisees, and shall not exploit the trust and dependency of such persons. LMFTs, therefore, shall avoid extra therapeutic relationships that impair their professional judgment or increase the risk of exploitation. Examples of such extra therapeutic relationships include, but are not limited to, provision of therapy to students, employees, or supervisees, and business or close personal relationships with students, employees, or supervisees. Sexual intimacy with students or supervisees is prohibited.
(c) LMFTs shall not permit students, employees, or supervisees to perform or to hold themselves out as competent to perform professional services beyond their training, level of experience, and competence.
(d) LMFTs shall not disclose supervisee confidences to anyone, except:
Added at 8 Ok Reg 2983, eff 6-12-91 (emergency); Added at 9 Ok Reg 1461, eff 5-1-92; Amended at 17 Ok Reg 3436, eff 8-29-00 (emergency); Amended at 18 Ok Reg 1688, eff 5-25-01