A physician must terminate the patient-physician relationship before initiating a dating, romantic, or sexual relationship with a patient. Likewise, sexual or romantic relationships between a physician and a former patient may be unduly influenced by the previous physician-patient relationship.

Can doctors fall in love with their patients?

Though instances of doctors and patients entering romantic relationships are indeed rare, it does sometimes happen. Physicians sometimes have sexual relationships with patients, or with former patients. Sometimes the initiator is the physician, and sometimes it is the patient.

What happens if you break a pain management contract?

If you violate the rules within a pain contract, you may be blacklisted by your doctor, and will most likely no longer receive any medication from them. In turn, youll also have a much harder time finding a doctor willing to take you on as a patient.