Tag: Heather Sinclair
Making sexual abuse by therapists a crime is one w...
By Len Lazarick | April 1, 2013 | General Assembly, News | 3 |
Advocates of therapist abuse bill call for removal of professional board
by Len Lazarick | June 2, 2013 | News | 0 |
After an unsuccessful bid to criminalize the sexual abuse of patients by their therapists, supporters of Lynette’s Law are demanding the removal of some key members on the Board of Professional Therapists and Counselors (BOPC) — their biggest opponents in last session’s bill hearings.
Read MoreMaking sexual abuse by therapists a crime is one woman’s crusade
by Len Lazarick | April 1, 2013 | General Assembly, News | 3 |
A bill seeking to make the abuse of patients by their therapists a crime has brought together an unlikely team of legislators and a young woman who could have never imagined herself so immersed in state legislation, coined “Lynette’s Law,” HB 60. Heather Lynette Sinclair, 27, turned to Maryland lawmakers in hope that she might be able to end an invisible chain of abuse within the mental health field.
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