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2019 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 22 - Crimes
Chapter 22 - Sex Offenses
§ 22-22-28 Sexual contact by psychotherapist--Felony.
Universal Citation: SD Codified L § 22-22-28 (2019)
22-22-28. Sexual contact by psychotherapist--Felony. Any psychotherapist who knowingly engages in sexual contact, as defined in § 22-22-7.1, with a person who is not his or her spouse and who is a patient who is emotionally dependent on the psychotherapist at the time of contact, commits a Class 5 felony. Consent by the patient is not a defense.
Source: SL 1993, ch 178, § 2; SL 2005, ch 120, § 404.
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