Tex. Health & Safety Code § 87.062 · Subchapter D. CENTRAL REGISTRY
ACCESS TO INFORMATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Access to the central registry information is limited to authorized department employees and other persons with a valid scientific interest who are engaged in demographic, epidemiological, or other studies related to health and who agree in writing to maintain confidentiality.
(b) The department shall maintain a listing of each person who is given access to the information in the central registry. The listing shall include:
(1) the name of the person authorizing access;
(2) the name, title, and organizational affiliation of each person given access;
(3) the dates of access; and
(4) the specific purpose for which the information was used.
(c) The listing is public information, is open to the public under Chapter 552, Government Code, and may be inspected during the department's normal hours of operation.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 602, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(88), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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