San Antonio Doctor Sexual Abuse Lawyer

Name: Janicek Law
Address: 1100 NE Interstate 410 Loop #600, San Antonio, Texas, 78209
Telephone: 210-366-4949

Our San Antonio doctor sexual abuse lawyer team helps victims seek justice and financial compensation throughout Bexar County. Doctor sexual abuse occurs when a medical professional engages in inappropriate behavior with a patient for the sake of sexual gratification. Tragically, doctor sexual misconduct in Texas occurs more often than most believe. Many patients who were sexually assaulted by doctors never report physician misconduct because they’re unsure if they were assaulted or if their experience was standard in medical care.

Our San Antonio doctor sexual abuse attorney team lists common examples of physician sexual assault and whether or not victims can file civil lawsuits against healthcare providers.

If you’ve experienced therapist sexual abuse, religious sexual abuse, Boy Scouts sexual abuse, or have been sexually assaulted by a teacher, family friend, relative, coach, or anyone else, our law firm can help.

Call the San Antonio sexual abuse lawyers at Janicek Law at 210-366-4949 to schedule a free consultation.

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What is Considered Doctor Sexual Abuse in Texas?

Doctor sexual abuse occurs when any sort of medical professional engages in sexual misconduct before, during, or after providing medical care. Most of the time, the victims are young women, but men can be victims too. Depending on the type of medical care you’re receiving, it can be very confusing to determine what is considered sexual abuse and what isn’t. Below, our San Antonio physician sexual abuse lawyers list some common examples of sexual abuse in a medical setting:

Touching intimate body parts without gloves.
Touching intimate body parts during an appointment that doesn’t involve examination of intimate body parts.
Encouraging or pressuring patients to fully undress during appointments that don’t require undressing. For example, if you’re seeing a health care professional about a broken ankle, you have no reason to get undressed.
Encouraging or pressuring patients to undergo an invasive physical examination for no reason.
Placing hidden cameras in exam rooms and bathrooms in order to watch patients undress.
Enticing women or men to provide sexual favors for addictive drugs.
Engaging in oral sex during an appointment.
Making sexually suggestive comments before, during, or after an appointment.
Making sexually suggestive gestures before, during, or after an appointment.
Contacting a patient via text, email, or phone call with the intent of beginning a sexual or romantic relationship.
Engaging in or attempting rape during an appointment.
Committing fertility fraud, which is the failure of a fertility doctor to obtain a woman’s consent before artificial insemination or donor egg transfer.

If you have suffered any of these examples of medical professional sexual assault, you may have grounds to take legal action. Contact a San Antonio doctor sexual assault lawyer for a free consultation.

What You Should Expect From a Texas Doctor in a Medical Setting

You should always feel comfortable and safe at the doctor’s office, no matter the health condition or body part being examined. Our San Antonio doctor sexual abuse attorneys outline your basic rights in every Texas medical facility.

If you feel uncomfortable or you’re experiencing too much pain during any physical exam, you can tell the doctor to stop, and they should stop.
If you feel more comfortable and safe with a partner, parent, friend, or other family member in the exam room with you, then you have a right to ask for this.
Physical exams can feel invasive, especially for intimate health issues, but you still deserve privacy. You should have a private room or a curtain during the exam and a private space to change clothes.
You only need to undress the area being examined and have the right to redress immediately afterward to limit exposure.
If you feel more comfortable with a doctor of a specific gender, you can ask for that, especially if you’re undergoing some sort of invasive examination.
For invasive exams, you can ask what the doctor is doing and why. They must provide clear medical explanations for every action.
If you’re wearing specific garments or pieces of jewelry that have religious purposes, you have the right to keep them on unless they interfere with an exam or treatment.
Doctors should ensure you understand them, using a bilingual provider or translator if needed.
Female patients are often dismissed when reporting pain, especially during procedures like IUD insertions or colposcopies. You have the right to request anesthesia or pain medication and to ask the doctor to stop if the pain becomes too severe.

Am I Experiencing Physician Sexual Abuse in San Antonio?

What is Okay For a Doctor to Do During a Physical Exam?

Everyone needs to undergo examinations of their breasts, vaginas, pelvises, rectums, or testes on occasion. These exams can naturally be very uncomfortable for patients, even if the doctor is completely professional at all times. It can also be difficult for patients to know what is okay for physicians to do during these exams, and what is not okay.

This is what is okay for a doctor to do during a breast, vaginal, teste, pelvic, or rectal exam:

Walk you through each step of the exam before and during the exam so that you can feel as in control and comfortable as possible.
Use gloves during the entirety of the exam.
Tell you to let them know if something feels uncomfortable or painful during the exam.
Stop the exam if you have asked them to stop for whatever reason.
Ask you to undress only the part of the body that needs to be undressed for the exam.
Bring in a new doctor for the exam if you ask for one.
Allow you to have a loved one in the room during the exam if you have asked for that.

What is Not Okay for a Doctor to Do During a Physical Exam?

This is what is not okay for a doctor to do during a breast, vaginal, teste, pelvic, or rectal exam:

Refuse to explain to you what they’re doing – and why they’re doing it – before or during the exam.
Refuse to answer your questions before and during the exam.
Tell you to be quiet if you’re asking questions before or during the exam.
Touch your intimate body parts without gloves on.
Prevent a loved one from being in the exam room with you despite your request.
Encourage or pressure you to undress parts of your body that aren’t being examined
Touch other parts of your body that aren’t supposed to be examined.
Make sexual remarks, noises, or gestures while you’re being examined.
Give you inappropriate compliments about your body before, during, or after the exam.
Ask you invasive, unrelated, or unnecessary questions about your sexual activity during your exam.
Make you feel uncomfortable or unsafe in any way during your exam.

If you have experienced any of these situations at a doctor’s office, you have grounds to report the doctor, contact the police, and contact a San Antonio sexual abuse lawyer at Janicek Law.

What To Do If You Experienced Doctor Sexual Assault in San Antonio

Physicians who have a history of sexually abusing their patients should not be practicing medicine. If you believe you have been sexually assaulted in a medical setting, this is what you should do:

Contact local law enforcement and tell them what happened. Even if the police fail to take action, you will have a record of the doctor’s behavior.
Contact the doctor’s office, hospital, or clinic and inform them of what happened. Again, even if nothing is done, you will create a record of the abuse.
Report the doctor to your state’s medical board. The medical board will investigate your claim, and the doctor, and hopefully revoke their medical license.
Call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 800-656-4673 or chat online if you need extra support during this time.
Call a San Antonio sexual abuse lawyer at Janicek Law. We will investigate your claim, defend your legal rights, and help you obtain justice and compensation for your sexual assault.

Financial Compensation for Victims of Physician Sexual Abuse in San Antonio, Texas

Our San Antonio doctor sexual abuse lawyers can help victims recover financial compensation for the following types of damages:

Past and future medical expenses from health issues and hospitalizations related to your sexual trauma
Physical pain and suffering
Emotional distress
Lost wages if your sexual trauma causes you to miss work
Loss of earning capacity if your sexual trauma or mental disorder(s) prevent you from completing your normal job duties
Loss of consortium if your sexual trauma prevents you from having a normal emotional and sexual relationship with your spouse

Texas Statute of Limitations for Sexual Abuse Claims

Because of the emotionally traumatic and confusing nature of sexual abuse, Texas has recently expanded its statute of limitations for sexual abuse claims so that victims have more time to speak up and seek justice.

Texas laws (HB 3809) now give victims of child sexual abuse 30 years from their 18th birthday to file a civil lawsuit against their sexual abuser. In other words, child sexual abuse victims have until their 48th birthday to file a lawsuit if they so choose. Meanwhile, adult victims of sexual abuse have 5 years from the day of their abuse to file a civil lawsuit in the state of Texas.

It’s important to note that the statute of limitations for civil and criminal claims differ in the state of Texas. If you’re unsure of your specific deadline for filing a lawsuit, be sure to contact a legal professional at Janicek Law.

San Antonio Physician Sexual Abuse Lawyer

If you were sexually abused by a doctor, nurse, physical therapist, or any other medical professional, you have grounds to file a civil lawsuit in the state of Texas. The legal team at Janicek Law will provide compassionate and strong legal counsel during this impossible time in your life. We want to ensure that you receive justice and financial compensation for your sexual trauma while also ensuring that the doctor never has the opportunity to violate another patient again. Call 210-366-4949 to schedule a free consultation at our law firm today.

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