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.

Is it illegal to date an ex patient?

Doctors are to be allowed to strike up relationships with their former patients. New guidelines from the General Medical Council say they can pursue such a romance as long as they use their professional judgment to decide if it is appropriate.