Tex. Occ. Code § 258.051 · Subchapter B. GENERAL PRACTICE PROVISIONS
DENTIST RECORDS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The records of a diagnosis made and treatment performed for and on a dental patient are the property of the dentist performing the dental service.
(b) A dentist's records may not be sold, pledged as collateral, or transferred to any person other than the patient unless the transfer is made in compliance with Subchapter C and board rules.
(c) This section does not prevent the voluntary submission of records to an insurance company to determine benefits when consent for the disclosure has been granted under Section 258.104.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.086(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.258.htm
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