Minn. Stat. § 604.201: CAUSE OF ACTION FOR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION.
Where this section sits in the code
- CIVIL ACTIONS
- CHAPTER 604. CIVIL LIABILITY
- ACTION FOR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION; PSYCHOTHERAPISTS
A cause of action against a psychotherapist for sexual exploitation exists for a patient or former patient for injury caused by sexual contact with the psychotherapist, if the sexual contact occurred:
(1) during the period the patient was receiving psychotherapy from the psychotherapist; or
(2) after the period the patient received psychotherapy from the psychotherapist if (a) the former patient was emotionally dependent on the psychotherapist; or (b) the sexual contact occurred by means of therapeutic deception.
The patient or former patient may recover damages from a psychotherapist who is found liable for sexual exploitation. It is not a defense to the action that sexual contact with a patient occurred outside a therapy or treatment session or that it occurred off the premises regularly used by the psychotherapist for therapy or treatment sessions.
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