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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 10.65.03.05" title_num="10" subtitle_num="65" chapter_num="03" heading="Professional Boundaries.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A licensee or registrant shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Maintain professional boundaries, even when the client, staff member, or student initiates crossing the professional boundaries of the professional relationship; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Respect and maintain professional boundaries and respect the client's, staff member’s, or student’s reasonable expectation of professional conduct.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A licensee or registrant may not:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Exploit a relationship with a client, staff member, or student for the licensee’s or registrant’s personal advantage, including, but not limited to, a personal, sexual, romantic, or financial relationship;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Engage in a sexually intimate act with a client; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Engage in sexual misconduct that includes, but is not limited to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Therapeutic deception;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Non bona fide treatment; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>A sexually exploitative relationship.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>