Tex. Health & Safety Code § 161.022 · Subchapter C. PROVISION OF INFORMATION RELATING TO CERTAIN HEALTH CONDITIONS
USE AND PUBLICATION RESTRICTIONS; CONFIDENTIALITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department, a medical organization, a hospital, a hospital committee, or a cancer registry may use or publish information under Section 161.021 only to advance medical research or medical education in the interest of reducing morbidity or mortality, except that a summary of the studies may be released by those persons for general publication.
(b) The identity of a person whose condition or treatment has been studied is confidential and may not be revealed except in immunization surveys conducted for the department to identify persons who need immunization.
(c) Interviews, reports, statements, memoranda, and other information, other than immunization information, furnished under this chapter and any findings or conclusions resulting from the study of that information, are privileged.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 343, Sec. 4, eff. May 27, 1997.
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