(a) A licensee, or a chiropractic college student or
recent graduate employed by or under the supervision of a licensee,
may not:
(1) engage in a consensual sexual relationship with
a patient;
(2) inappropriately touch an individual's genitals,
anus, or breasts;
(3) make any statements, gestures, or expressions,
using any means, towards an individual which may reasonably be interpreted
as sexual in nature;
(4) request unnecessary details of an individual's
sexual history or sexual preferences;
(5) request to initiate an intimate relationship with
a patient;
(6) discuss the licensee's sexual desires, problems,
preferences, or fantasies;
(7) request sexual acts or favors in exchange for services;
(8) inappropriately expose genitalia or other customarily
covered body parts to an individual; or
(9) masturbate in the presence of an individual.
(b) It is a defense to disciplinary action under subsection
(a)(1) of this section if the consensual sexual relationship began
more than three months after the doctor-patient relationship ended,
or existed before the doctor-patient-relationship began.
(c) It is not a defense to subsection (a)(2) to (9)
of this section if the acts occurred:
(1) with the individual's consent; or
(2) outside the place of business used for the practice
of chiropractic.
(d) A licensee, student, or recent graduate is subject
to disciplinary action for violating this section.
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