Tex. Occ. Code § 153.003 · Subchapter A. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD
RULES REGARDING MAINTENANCE OF PATIENT RECORDS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The board by rule shall establish the period for which patient records must be maintained.
(b) The rules adopted under this section must prohibit a physician from destroying a medical record from the forensic medical examination of a sexual assault victim conducted under Subchapter G, Chapter 56A, Code of Criminal Procedure, until the 20th anniversary of the date the record was created.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 357 (H.B. 531), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (H.B. 3607), Sec. 14.002, eff. September 1, 2021.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 206 (S.B. 1401), Sec. 24, eff. September 1, 2023.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.153.htm
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