Florida Statute 466.027 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Chapter 466
DENTISTRY, DENTAL HYGIENE, AND DENTAL LABORATORIES

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466.027 Sexual misconduct.—The dentist-patient relationship is founded on mutual trust. Sexual misconduct in the practice of dentistry means violation of the dentist-patient relationship through which the dentist uses said relationship to induce or attempt to induce the patient to engage, or to engage or attempt to engage the patient, in sexual activity outside the scope of the practice or the scope of generally accepted examination or treatment of the patient. Sexual misconduct in the practice of dentistry is prohibited.

History.—ss. 1, 3, ch. 79-330; s. 329, ch. 81-259; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 23, 24, ch. 86-291; s. 60, ch. 91-137; s. 7, ch. 91-156; s. 4, ch. 91-429.

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Florida State Bd. of Dental Exam. v. Feinglass, 166 So. 2d 686 (Fla. 3d DCA 1964).

Cited 7 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal

advertisement contained information prohibited by § 466.27, supra. The address appearing in the newspaper

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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1976).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

the interior or exterior of such building. Section 466.27(2), F. S., provides in pertinent part that:

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Davis v. State ex rel. Florida State Bd. of Dental Examiners, 181 So. 2d 559 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1965).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1965 Fla. App. LEXIS 3650

, JJ., concur. . § 466.25, F.S.A., 1959. . § 466.27(2) F.S.A., 1961. “A dentist may have not more

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