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| Sec. 3. 17-A MRSA §260, sub-§1, ¶I, as corrected by RR | 2003, c. 2, §27, is amended to read: |
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| I. The actor owns, operates or is an employee of an | organization, program or residence that is operated, | administered, licensed or funded by the Department of Health | and Human Services and the other person, not the actor's | spouse, receives services from the organization, program or | residence and the organization, program or residence | recognizes that other person as a person with mental | retardation. It is an affirmative defense to prosecution | under this paragraph that the actor receives services for | mental retardation or is a person with mental retardation as | defined in Title 34-B, section 5001, subsection 3. | Violation of this paragraph is a Class D crime; or |
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| | Sec. 4. 17-A MRSA §260, sub-§1, ¶J, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 138, §5, | is amended to read: |
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| J. The other person, not the actor's spouse, is in fact | less than 18 years of age and is a student enrolled in a | private or public elementary, secondary or special education | school, facility or institution and the actor, who is at | least 21 years of age, is a teacher, employee or other | official in the school district, school union, educational | unit, school, facility or institution in which the student | is enrolled. Violation of this paragraph is a Class E | crime.; or |
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| | Sec. 5. 17-A MRSA §260, sub-§1, ¶K is enacted to read: |
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| K.__The actor is a psychiatrist, a psychologist or licensed | as a social worker or purports to be a psychiatrist, a | psychologist or licensed as a social worker to the other | person and the other person, not the actor's spouse, is a | patient or client of the actor for mental health therapy.__ | As used in this paragraph, "mental health therapy" means | psychotherapy or other treatment modalities intended to | change behavior, emotions or attitudes and based upon an | intimate relationship involving trust and dependency with a | substantial potential for vulnerability and abuse.__ | Violation of this paragraph is a Class D crime. |
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