The Federation of State Medical Boards has spelled out that touching a patient’s breasts or genitals for a purpose other than medical care is a sexual violation and a disciplinable offense. So are oral contact with a patient, encouraging a patient to masturbate in one’s presence, and providing services in exchange for sexual favors. Sexual impropriety—which involves no touching but is no less proscribed—includes asking a patient for a date, criticizing a patient’s sexual orientation, making sexual comments about the patient’s body or clothing, and initiating discussion of one’s own sexual
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