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19 T. Marshall L. Rev. 269 (1993-1994)
A Proposal for Texas Re: Non-Psychiatric Physicians who Engage in Sexual Conduct with Their Patients

handle is hein.journals/thurlr19 and id is 279 raw text is: A PROPOSAL FOR TEXAS RE: NON- PSYCHIATRIC PHYSICIANS WHO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL CONDUCT WITH THEIR PATIENTS BY VICTORIA J. SWENSON, M.A., J.D., LL.M.* TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ....................................... 269 II. BASIS FOR THE PROHIBITION .......................... 271 A. Defining the Terminology ....................... 273 B. Prevalence of Physicians Who Engage in Sexual Acts With Their Patients ........................ 276 C. Characteristics of Physicians Who Engage in Sexual Relationships with Their Patients ................ 279 D. Characteristics of Victim-Patients ............... 284 E. Effects of Sexual Contact on the Patient ........ 285 F. Informed Consent Issues ........................ 287 III. CASE LAW-THEORIES OF RECOVERY ................. 288 IV. STATE STATUTES GOVERNING SEXUAL BEHAVIOR BETWEEN PHYSICIANS AND PATIENTS ................. 294 A. Criminal Sanctions ............................. 294 B. Reporting Duties ................................ 296 C. Civil Statutes: Grounds for Disciplinary Action by the Board ...................................... 297 D. Texas Senate Bill 210-Dual Liability ........... 300 V . DISCUSSION .......................................... 303 VI. RECOMMENDATIONS .................................. 306 1. INTRODUCTION In America's first novel, The Scarlet Letter', Hester Prynne is forced by Puritan law to wear the scarlet letter A for having * B.S., M.A., Central Michigan University; J.D., St. Mary's University; LL.M., University of Houston Law Center. Ms. Swenson practices law in Pasadena, Texas, and is the first female Texas attorney to earn her LL.M. degree from the University of Houston's Health Law & Policy Institute. 1. Written by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1852) and set in the Puritan Massachusetts' Bay Colonies of 1650.

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