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Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 81.002

SEXUAL EXPLOITATION CAUSE OF ACTION

Applied in 14 court decisions — leading case NCED Mental Health, Inc. v. Kidd (2006)

Most recently applied in Robert L. & Julia T. McCullough v. Scarbrough, Medlin & Associates, Inc (June 2014)

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 573, Sec. 2.01, eff

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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.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.