Texas Administrative Code
Title 22 - EXAMINING BOARDS
Part 3 - TEXAS BOARD OF CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS
Chapter 79 - UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
Section 79.1 - Inappropriate Sexual Conduct
Universal Citation: 22 TX Admin Code § 79.1
Current through Reg. 50, No. 26; June 27, 2025
(a) A licensee, or a chiropractic college student or recent graduate employed by or under the supervision of a licensee, may not:
(1)
engage in a consensual sexual relationship with a patient;
(2) inappropriately touch an individual's
genitals, anus, or breasts;
(3)
make any statements, gestures, or expressions, using any means, towards an
individual which may reasonably be interpreted as sexual in nature;
(4) request unnecessary details of an
individual's sexual history or sexual preferences;
(5) request to initiate an intimate
relationship with a patient;
(6)
discuss the licensee's sexual desires, problems, preferences, or
fantasies;
(7) request sexual acts
or favors in exchange for services;
(8) inappropriately expose genitalia or other
customarily covered body parts to an individual; or
(9) masturbate in the presence of an
individual.
(b) It is a defense to disciplinary action under subsection (a)(1) of this section if the consensual sexual relationship began more than three months after the doctor-patient relationship ended, or existed before the doctor-patient-relationship began.
(c) It is not a defense to subsection (a)(2) to (9) of this section if the acts occurred:
(1) with the individual's consent;
or
(2) outside the place of
business used for the practice of chiropractic.
(d) A licensee, student, or recent graduate is subject to disciplinary action for violating this section.
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