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2021 Texas Statutes
Civil Practice and Remedies Code
Title 4 - Liability in Tort
Chapter 81 - Sexual Exploitation by Mental Health Services Provider
Section 81.002. Sexual Exploitation Cause of Action
Universal Citation: TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 81.002 (2021)
Sec. 81.002. SEXUAL EXPLOITATION CAUSE OF ACTION. A mental health services provider is liable to a patient or former patient of the mental health services provider for damages for sexual exploitation if the patient or former patient suffers, directly or indirectly, a physical, mental, or emotional injury caused by, resulting from, or arising out of:
(1) sexual contact between the patient or former patient and the mental health services provider;
(2) sexual exploitation of the patient or former patient by the mental health services provider; or
(3) therapeutic deception of the patient or former patient by the mental health services provider.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 573, Sec. 2.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
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