Tex. Health & Safety Code § 611.003 · Chapter 611. MENTAL HEALTH RECORDS
PERSONS WHO MAY CLAIM PRIVILEGE OF CONFIDENTIALITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The privilege of confidentiality may be claimed by:
(1) the patient;
(2) a person listed in Section 611.004(a)(4) or (a)(5) who is acting on the patient's behalf; or
(3) the professional, but only on behalf of the patient.
(b) The authority of a professional to claim the privilege of confidentiality on behalf of the patient is presumed in the absence of evidence to the contrary.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.611.htm
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