2014 North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 90 - Medicine and Allied Occupations.
Article 1F - Psychotherapy Patient/Client Sexual Exploitation Act.
§ 90-21.47 - 47. Statute of limitations.
90-21.47. Statute of limitations.
An action for sexual exploitation must be commenced within three years after the cause of action accrues. A cause of action for sexual exploitation accrues at the later of either:
(1) The last act of the psychotherapist giving rise to the cause of action.
(2) At the time the client discovers or reasonably should discover that the sexual exploitation occurred; however, no cause of action shall be commenced more than 10 years from the last act of the psychotherapist giving rise to the cause of action. (1998-213, s. 1.)
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