Tex. Occ. Code § 258.103 · Subchapter C. DENTAL PRIVILEGE
HOLDER OF PRIVILEGE.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The patient is the holder of the privilege.
(b) The following persons may claim the privilege on the patient's behalf:
(1) a person authorized to act on the patient's behalf;
(2) a dentist acting on the patient's behalf; and
(3) an agent or employee of a person listed in Subdivision (1) or (2).
(c) A person's authority to claim the privilege is presumed in the absence of evidence to the contrary.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.086(b), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.258.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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