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Avoiding Charges of Sexual Misconduct.
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- Assault and Battery. Legal Information Institute. Cornell Law School. https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/assault_and_battery. Accessed December 13, 2017.
- Code of Ethics for the Physical Therapist. American Physical Therapy Association. http://www.apta.org/Ethics/Core/. Accessed December 13, 2017.
- Standards of Ethical Conduct for the Physical Therapist Assistant. American Physical Therapy Association. http://www.apta.org/Ethics/Core/. Accessed December 13, 2017.
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Date: February 1, 2018
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