Md. Code Regs. 10.42.03.05

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 12, June 14, 2024

Section 10.42.03.05 - Relationships

A. The licensee may not enter into a dual relationship with a client or an individual with whom the client has a close personal relationship.

B. Adoption of a Former Client. The Board may make an exception to §A of this regulation in the case of a licensee seeking the adoption of a former client under what is deemed extraordinary circumstances as a result of a Board investigation.

C. The licensee may enter into a nonsexual relationship with an individual with whom the licensee's prior professional contact:

(1) Was of a brief, peripheral, or indirect nature; and

(2) Did not constitute a therapeutic relationship.

D. The licensee may not engage in sexual misconduct with either current or former clients.

E. The licensee may not engage in sexual misconduct with a client, supervisee, student, trainee, or colleague over whom the licensee exercises professional authority.

F. The licensee may not terminate professional services or a professional relationship with a client in order to enter into a nonprofessional, social, or sexual relationship with the client or an individual with whom the client has a personal relationship.

G. Prior Sexual Relationships. The licensee may not provide professional services to an individual with whom the licensee has previously engaged in sexual behavior.

Md. Code Regs. 10.42.03.05

Regulations .05 adopted effective October 4, 1999 (26:20 Md. R. 1546); amended effective 46:10 Md. R. 485, eff. 5/20/2019