Sexual penetration by psychotherapist--Felony

Any psychotherapist who knowingly engages in an act of sexual penetration, as defined in § 22-22-2 , with a person who is not his or her spouse and who is a patient who is emotionally dependent on the psychotherapist at the time that the act of sexual penetration is committed, commits a Class 4 felony. Consent by the patient is not a defense. Source: SL 1993, ch 178 , § 3; SL 2005, ch 120 , § 405.