Tex. Health & Safety Code § 161.0073 · Subchapter A. IMMUNIZATIONS
REGISTRY CONFIDENTIALITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Sections 161.00705 and 161.00735, information that individually identifies an individual that is received by the department for the immunization registry is confidential and may be used by the department for registry purposes only.
(b) Unless specifically authorized under this subchapter, the department may not release registry information to any individual or entity without the consent of the individual or the individual's legally authorized representative.
(c) A person required to report information to the department for registry purposes or authorized to receive information from the registry may not disclose the individually identifiable information of an individual to any other person without the written or electronic consent of the individual or the individual's legally authorized representative, except as provided by Sections 161.007, 161.00705, 161.00706, and 161.008 of this code, Chapter 159, Occupations Code, or Section 602.053, Insurance Code.
(d) Registry information is not:
(1) subject to discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal compulsion for release to any person or entity except as provided by this subchapter; or
(2) admissible in any civil, administrative, or criminal proceeding.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1081, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 728 (H.B. 2018), Sec. 11.127, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 258 (S.B. 11), Sec. 12.04, eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 9 (S.B. 346), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 35 (S.B. 347), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1085 (H.B. 2641), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2015.
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This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 161.007IMMUNIZATION REGISTRY; REPORTS TO DEPARTMENT.Printed as Sections 161.007, 161.00705, 161.00706, and 161.008
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 161.00705RECORDING ADMINISTRATION OF IMMUNIZATION AND MEDICATION FOR DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES.Printed as Sections 161.007, 161.00705, 161.00706, and 161.008 | Sections 161.00705 and 161.00735
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 161.00706FIRST RESPONDER IMMUNIZATION INFORMATION.Printed as Sections 161.007, 161.00705, 161.00706, and 161.008
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 161.00735RELEASE AND RECEIPT OF REGISTRY DATA IN DISASTER.Printed as Sections 161.00705 and 161.00735
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 161.008IMMUNIZATION RECORD.Printed as Sections 161.007, 161.00705, 161.00706, and 161.008
Cited by 5 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Health & Safety Code § 161.0073. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
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- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 81.016AVAILABILITY OF DATA REGARDING PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTER.Printed as Sections 81.046, 161.0073, and 161.008
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 161.00735RELEASE AND RECEIPT OF REGISTRY DATA IN DISASTER.Printed as Section 161.0073
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 161.0075IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY.Printed as Sections 161.007, 161.00705, 161.00706, 161.0071, 161.0073, 161.0074, and 161.008
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 161.009PENALTIES FOR DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION.Printed as Section 161.007, 161.0071, 161.0073, or 161.008
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 182.152AUTHORITY OF HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE.Printed as Sections 81.046, 82.009, 161.0073, and 161.008
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