Policies and Procedures

Question 1

Licensed Practitioners, including Emeritus Practitioners, must be current members of a CSL affiliated community under the active supervision of the Senior Minister in that community.

Answer 1

True or False

Question 2

What are ways that I stay in good standing as a Practitioner?

Answer 2

Choose one:
a. Renew your Practitioner License on schedule including the renewal fee

b. Meet with your Senior Minister and completing your renewal application and all related documents
c. Be an active, loyal, and supporting member of a Member Community of Centers for Spiritual Living

d. Abide at all times by the Code of Ethics, Policies and Procedures of Centers for Spiritual Living
pertaining to Practitioners.

e. All of the above

Question 3

There is a policy for taking a Leave of Absence as a Practitioner.

Answer 3

True or False

Question 4

Which of the following are accurate?

Answer 4

Choose one:
a. All Practitioner License candidates must pass a background check and criminal records review.

b. Violent felonies disqualify candidates from licensure.
c. Non-violent felonies must be disclosed at the time of licensure and may be appealed on a case by case basis.
d. If convicted of a felony after licensure the felony conviction must be reported to the CSL Licensing & Credentialing Dept. within 5 days. Failure to report could result in a license being revoked.
e. All of the above

Question 5

How does a Practitioner transfer from one Center to another?

Answer 5

Choose one:
a. When a Licensed Practitioner chooses to move their license from one-member community to another the Practitioner will speak with both their current Senior Minister and the Senior Minister of the new member community and request the transfer.

b. The Senior Minister of the new community can decide to accept or deny the transfer and must speak with the Senior Minister of the former community. If the Senior Minister of the community the Practitioner wants to transfer to approves the transfer this information then needs to be communicated to the appropriate Licensing and Credentialing Services Coordinator (full Transfer process available on Our Community in Practitioner Resources).
c. The Practitioner logs into their profile on Our Community and changes their Center Affiliation
d. All of the above are correct
e. Only a and b are correct

Question 6

Where do you find information about Centers for Spiritual Living Ethics Policy?

Answer 6

Choose one:
a. Centers for Spiritual Living Policy and Procedure Section 6

b. The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
c. Centers for Spiritual Living Policy and Procedure Section 4
d. Centers for Spiritual Living Policy and Procedure Section 7
e. b and d
f. a and d

Question 7

What does CLU stand for?

Answer 7

Choose one:
a. Centers for Spiritual Living Licensing Units

b. Continuing Licensing Units
c. Center for Love and Unity
d. All of the above
e. Only a and b are correct

Question 8

What does CEU stand for?

Answer 8

Choose one:
a. Conscious Education Units

b. Continuing Education Units
c. a and b are both correct
d. None of the above are correct

Question 9

What is not an example of a CLU?

Answer 9

Choose one:
a. Volunteering at a Healing Service

b. Writing for the Science of Mind magazine c. Platform duty at a Weekly Service
d. Doing treatment for your Community
e. Hosting a Practitioner Retreat f. Seeing your Life Coach

Question 10

What are examples of CEUs?

Answer 10

Choose one:
a. Seeing your Practitioner for Practitioner Sessions

b. Attending workshops and Centers for Spiritual Living conferences that support your role as a
Professional Practitioner.

c. Taking approved courses at colleges or other higher education institutions that increase professionalism and consciousness.
d. Participating in a clown parade e. a, b, and c are all correct

Question 11

How often do you renew your Practitioner License?

Answer 11

Choose one:
a. Every three years

b. Every two years
c. Every year
d. Every five years
e. You do not need to renew your Practitioner License if it is in good standing

Question 12

Reinstatement of a Practitioner License that has been Inactive for four or more years must have an
Educational Review before approval.

Answer 12

True or False

Question 13

Where in Policies and Procedures would a Licensed Practitioner find the information about
Practitioner Reinstatement after being Inactive?

Answer 13

Choose one:
a. Policies and Procedures 8.3 Sections G1-5

b. Policies and Procedures 8.3 Sections E1-4
c. Policies and Procedures 8.3 Sections J1-3
d. All of the Above

Question 14

The following details are incorporated into the Practitioner License Renewal Process:

Answer 14

Choose one:
a. The Practitioner will receive a Renewal reminder email from CSL Home Office that provides the instructions for License Renewal

b. Practitioners must have an active email registered with Centers for Spiritual Living Home Office so they can receive communications
c. After first meeting with their Supervising Senior Minister and receiving the Renewal Password from the Senior Minister the Practitioner can either mail a check to CSL Home Office with the password written on the check or pay online. The Renewal Password is a requirement regardless of payment method.
d. If the Practitioner cannot access the online payment the next step is to mail in a renewal check. e. All of the above

Question 15

When Licensed Professional Practitioners make business cards or advertise their Professional
Practitioner services through any modality it is appropriate to:

Answer 15

Choose one:
a. List the other healing modalities they practice in the same place that they are listing themselves as a
Professional Practitioner

b. List their other professional licenses in the same place that they are listing themselves as Professional
Practitioners

c. List themselves as Professional Practitioners and the services and supports that they can specifically provide under that License
d. B and c only
e. None of the above

Question 16

Practitioners are required to maintain client information with the utmost care, respect, and confidentiality.

Answer 16

True or False

Question 17

Licensed Practitioners must:

Answer 17

Choose one:
a. Keep their information current with Centers for Spiritual Living Home Office within 30 days of any change (ex: phone number, address, email, etc…)

b. Receive and read official communications from Centers for Spiritual Living Home Office
c. Follow through on the State Mandated Reporting Guidelines
d. All of the Above
e. Only a and c are correct

Question 18

Licensed Practitioners are not allowed to present themselves as counselors or to offer their professional services as counseling

Answer 18

True or False

Question 19

When Licensed Practitioners help to resolve conflict in their Communities they:

Answer 19

Choose one:
a. Engage in gossip

b. Share confidential information about their clients
c. Air their grievances about their community and or the Centers for Spiritual Living organization in public and professional venues (i.e. social media, Practitioner sessions, classrooms, community meetings, from the platform, etc…)
d. Go first to spiritual mind treatment and then speak the highest truth
e. All of the above

Question 20

In the spirit of personal conflict resolution Practitioners:

Answer 20

Choose one:
a. Speak directly and responsibly with the person with whom they have experienced challenge or misunderstanding. Professional Practitioners respectfully and actively listen to the other person as they speak their experience

b. Maintain confidentiality by not asking for support or mediation
c. Take their concerns to the Practitioner List Serve for advice or counsel
d. All of the above

Question 21

Practitioners are considered Active if:

Answer 21

Choose one:
a. They frequently attend services

b. They are visible within the community
c. They assist and support all programs and activities
d. If unable to attend services, they speak with their Senior Minister and find other areas to support and serve the member community in sacred service
e. All of the Above are correct

Question 22

Practitioners are considered Supporting when they:

Answer 22

Choose one:
a. Give time and talent in an identifiable manner

b. Give financially in an identifiable manner to the member community with a tithing consciousness
c. Demonstrate ways to assure the harmony, growth, and spiritual integrity of their member community
d. All of the above are correct
e. Only a and b are correct

Question 23

A Practitioner is considered Loyal when they:

Answer 23

Choose one:
a. Consistently demonstrate and provide leadership for the best and highest interest of their member community

b. Promote harmony and oneness within their spiritual community

c. Practice behavior that is congruent with the shared values and guiding principles of Centers for
Spiritual Living

d. Offer prayer treatment to protect a fellow Practitioner from the consequences of their ethical mistakes
e. All of the above are correct

Question 24

Licensed Practitioners in good standing may engage in activities such as, but not limited to:

Answer 24

Choose one:
a. Lead a Center/Church in the absence of a Senior Minister

b. Conduct Spiritual Practitioner Sessions
c. Teach and/or assist in teaching certificated Science of Mind classes.
d. Officiate Spiritual Ceremonies
e. Only b, c, and d are all correct
f. Only a, b, and d are all correct