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Title 49 - PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL STANDARDSPart I - DEPARTMENT OF STATESubpart A - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL AFFAIRSChapter 47 - STATE BOARD OF SOCIAL WORKERS, MARRIAGE AND FAMILYTHERAPISTS AND PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS
SEXUAL MISCONDUCT
Section 47.61 - Prohibited conduct

49 Pa. Code § 47.61

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Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 45, November 9, 2024
Section 47.61 - Prohibited conduct

Sexual intimacies between a licensed bachelor social worker, licensed social worker or licensed clinical social worker and a current client/patient, or an immediate family member of a current client/patient, are prohibited.

49 Pa. Code § 47.61

The provisions of this §47.61 adopted August 11, 2006, effective 8/12/2006, 36 Pa.B. 4469; amended August 28, 2020, effective 8/29/2020, 50 Pa.B. 4389.

The provisions of this §47.61 amended under sections 6 and 18(c) of the Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors Act (63 P.S. §§ 1906 and 1918(c)); and section 9 of the act of October 22, 2014 (P.L. 2884, No. 179).

This section cited in 49 Pa. Code § 47.64 (relating to disciplinary proceedings); and 49 Pa. Code § 47.65 (relating to impaired professional program).