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California Business and Professions Code

§ 726

BPC § 726 Effective Jan 1, 2016Div. 2 · Ch. 1 · Art. 10.5

Statute text

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(a)The commission of any act of sexual abuse, misconduct, or relations with a patient, client, or customer constitutes unprofessional conduct and grounds for disciplinary action for any person licensed under this division or under any initiative act referred to in this division.
(b)This section shall not apply to consensual sexual contact between a licensee and his or her spouse or person in an equivalent domestic relationship when that licensee provides medical treatment, other than psychotherapeutic treatment, to his or her spouse or person in an equivalent domestic relationship.

Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 510, Sec. 3. (AB 179) Effective January 1, 2016.

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