RSA Ch 404.03 - Sexual Conduct as Unprofessional Conduct

(a) Unless the licensee and the patient entered into a sexual relationship, spousal relationship or a domestic partnership before their relationship became that of chiropractor and patient, the following acts shall constitute unprofessional conduct negatively affecting the practice of chiropractic:

(1) Sexual relations between a licensee and the licensee's patient, even if:

a. The sexual relations were initiated by the patient; or

b. The patient consented to the sexual relations;

(2) Engaging in behavior which might reasonably be interpreted by a patient to be sexual; and

(3) Engaging in verbal behavior which might reasonably be interpreted by a patient as sexual, seductive, or sexually demeaning.

(b) For the purpose of applying the rules in (a) above, the chiropractor-patient relationship shall continue for 6 months after chiropractic treatment has ended.

Notes

RSA Ch 404.03

#8739, eff 10/11/2006, EXPIRED: 10/11/2014; Amended by Volume XXXVII Number 10, Filed March 9, 2017, Proposed by #12107, Effective 2/21/2017, Expires8/20/2017. Amended by Volume XXXVII Number 50, Filed December 14, 2017, Proposed by #12431, Effective 12/8/2017, Expires 12/8/2027. Renumbered by Volume XLII Number 6, Filed February 10, 2022, Proposed by #13327, (formerly Ch 403.03) (see Revision Note at chapter heading for Ch 400)