Which of the Following Statements Regarding Counselor Competence Is FALSE

Which of the following statements regarding counselor competence is FALSE?

A) once counselors have become licensed, the burden of ensuring competent services falls on the counselors themselves.
B) competence in counseling is difficult to define.
C) there is a continuum of professional expertise with gross negligence at one end and maximum effectiveness at the other extreme.
D) licensure ensures that practitioners are competent to do what their licenses permit them to do.
E) counselors are ethically required to counsel only within the boundaries of their competence.