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2019 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 22 - Crimes
Chapter 22 - Sex Offenses
§ 22-22-29 Sexual penetration by psychotherapist--Felony.
Universal Citation: SD Codified L § 22-22-29 (2019)
22-22-29. Sexual penetration by psychotherapist--Felony. Any psychotherapist who knowingly engages in an act of sexual penetration, as defined in § 22-22-2, 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 that the act of sexual penetration is committed, commits a Class 4 felony. Consent by the patient is not a defense.
Source: SL 1993, ch 178, § 3; SL 2005, ch 120, § 405.
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