Minnesota Session Laws - 1984, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1984 

                        CHAPTER 556-S.F.No. 1883 
           An act relating to occupations and professions; 
          prohibiting evidence of the previous sexual conduct of 
          a patient or client in proceedings concerning 
          unprofessional conduct; proposing new law coded in 
          Minnesota Statutes, chapters 147 and 148. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  [147.025] [EVIDENCE OF PAST SEXUAL CONDUCT.] 
    In a proceeding for the suspension or revocation of a 
license or other disciplinary action for unethical or 
unprofessional conduct involving sexual contact with a patient 
or former patient, the board or hearing examiner shall not 
consider evidence of the patient's previous sexual conduct nor 
shall any reference to this conduct be made during the 
proceedings or in the findings, except by motion of the 
complainant, unless the evidence would be admissible under the 
applicable provisions of section 609.347, subdivision 3.  
    Sec. 2.  [148.951] [EVIDENCE OF PAST SEXUAL CONDUCT.] 
    In a proceeding for the suspension or revocation of a 
license or other disciplinary action for unethical or 
unprofessional conduct involving sexual contact with a client or 
former client, the board or hearing examiner shall not consider 
evidence of the client's previous sexual conduct nor shall any 
reference to this conduct be made during the proceedings or in 
the findings, except by motion of the complainant, unless the 
evidence would be admissible under the applicable provisions of 
section 609.347, subdivision 3.  
    Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final 
enactment and apply to proceedings commenced on or after that 
date. 
    Approved April 25, 1984