Pennsylvania Code
Title 49 - PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL STANDARDS
Part I - DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Subpart A - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL AFFAIRS
Chapter 47 - STATE BOARD OF SOCIAL WORKERS, MARRIAGE AND FAMILYTHERAPISTS AND PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS
SEXUAL MISCONDUCT
Section 47.63 - Sexual intimacies with a former client/ patient or an immediate family member of a former client/patient
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) Sexual intimacies between a licensed bachelor social worker, licensed social worker or licensed clinical social worker and a former client/patient, or an immediate family member of a former client/patient are prohibited for 7 years following the termination of the professional relationship.
(b) Following the passage of the 7-year period, licensed bachelor social workers, licensed social workers and licensed clinical social workers may engage in sexual conduct with a former client/patient, or an immediate family member of a former client/patient which is not exploitive. In determining whether the conduct is exploitive, the licensed bachelor social worker, licensed social worker or licensed clinical social worker shall consider all of the following:
The provisions of this §47.63 amended under sections 6 and 18(c) of the Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors Act (63 P.S. §§ 1906 and 1918(c)); and section 9 of the act of October 22, 2014 (P.L. 2884, No. 179).
This section cited in 49 Pa. Code § 47.64 (relating to disciplinary proceedings); and 49 Pa. Code § 47.65 (relating to impaired professional program).
