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Aug 14, 2023 · If you’ve been subjected to sexual misconduct by someone performing therapeutic massage, you have legal recourse. Read on to learn more about sexual assault during massage treatments and what you can do to take legal action.
Certain behaviors and actions taken by the massage therapist are sexual misconduct as classified by the state where these crimes occur. This can happen through a sensual or sexual type of touching. Others experience sexual misconduct when the massage therapist is or remains too close to private areas of the body for longer than necessary.
You may submit reports of sexual misconduct anonymously. If you are reporting sexual misconduct as part of your responsibility as the Designated Establishment Manager (DEM) of a massage establishment, make your report using Health Care Provider Complaint Form, found here.
May 24, 2023 · Sexual misconduct has gone on in spaces ranging from doctors’ offices to spas, which are supposed to places that enhance physical and mental well-being. According to a Buzzfeed Report from...
Feb 21, 2021 · Sexual misconduct in the practice of massage therapy is prohibited. In most jurisdictions, sexual contact by a massage therapist is a crime and can result in the massage therapist losing his professional license.
Jan 11, 2018 · Is your massage business safe from potential misconduct allegations? Learn what the best protection is for clients’ safety, health and dignity. This special three-part report on sexual misconduct—and preventing it in one’s spa, clinic, practice or school—is authored by educator and author Ben Benjamin, PhD.
Aug 23, 2010 · There are cases where massage practitioners have been accused of sexual misconduct when in reality the client acted inappropriately. The practitioner refused to provide the requested sexual services and the rebuffed client complained to management that the practitioner made a sexual proposition.
If you receive a report of a possible violation related to sexual misconduct, you are required to report the possible violation within three days. Your report should be made in the form of a complaint (www.flhealthcomplaint.gov).
Review the types of potential sexual misconduct in massage therapy (i.e. impropriety, transgressions, and violations) and information on prevention.
Apr 2, 2019 · When Florida authorities shut down 10 massage spas last month and charged hundreds of men with buying sex, they broke a long-standing pattern of meting out minor charges and punishment for...
