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TITLE 22 - EXAMINING BOARDS
PART 30 - TEXAS STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS
CHAPTER 681 - PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS
SUBCHAPTER B - RULES OF PRACTICE
SECTION/RULE §681.43 - Testing
Chapter Review Date 10/25/2024

(a) Prior to or following the administration of any test, a licensee must make known to clients the purposes and explicit use to be made of the test as a part of a professional counseling relationship.(b) A licensee must not appropriate, reproduce, or modify copyrighted tests or any parts thereof without the acknowledgment and permission of the copyright owner.(c) A licensee must not administer any test without the appropriate training and experience to administer and interpret the test.(d) A licensee must observe the necessary precautions to maintain the security of any test administered by the license or under the licensee's supervision.(e) In accordance with the §503.003(b)(1) of the Act, the use of standardized projective techniques is prohibited. This prohibition includes, but is not limited to, the Rorschach Inkblot Test, the Holtzman Inkblot Test, the Thematic Apperception Test, the Children's Apperception Test, and the Senior Apperception Test.

Source Note: The provisions of this §681.43 adopted to be effective November 19, 2020, 45 TexReg 8139.

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