Tex. Health & Safety Code § 401.520 · Subchapter M. LASER HAIR REMOVAL
DISCLOSURE OF RECORD PROHIBITED; EXCEPTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an operator or other person may not disclose a customer record required to be kept by the department.
(b) An operator or other person may disclose a customer record if:
(1) the customer or a person authorized to act on behalf of the customer requests the record;
(2) the department, the Texas Medical Board, a health authority, or an authorized agent requests the record;
(3) the customer consents in writing to disclosure of the record to another person;
(4) the customer is a victim, witness, or defendant in a criminal proceeding and the record is relevant to that proceeding;
(5) the record is requested in a criminal or civil proceeding by court order or subpoena; or
(6) disclosure is otherwise required by law.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 303 (H.B. 449), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.401.htm
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