Code of Massachusetts Regulations
258 CMR - BOARD OF REGISTRATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS
Title 258 CMR 20.00 - Standards Of Professional Practice And Conduct
Section 20.07 - Other Improper Relationships with Clients or Third Parties

A social worker shall not engage in, or attempt to engage in, any social relationship with a client or prospective client, or with any third person whom that client or prospective client knows, if a reasonably prudent social worker, in light of all of the relevant facts and circumstances, would conclude that that relationship is likely to result in exploitation of, or identifiable physical or emotional harm to, that present or prospective client.