{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-604.201","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 604.201","heading":"CAUSE OF ACTION FOR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION.","body":"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:\n(1) during the period the patient was receiving psychotherapy from the psychotherapist; or\n(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.\nThe 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.","path":["CIVIL ACTIONS","CHAPTER 604. CIVIL LIABILITY","ACTION FOR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION; PSYCHOTHERAPISTS"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/604.201","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:50Z","sha256":"ade66a9a8e6375b6aa60a6350f5afd7f28afef0f246cb2ef137c3356d1dbfb89","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-604.20","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-604.202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}