Tex. Occ. Code § 58.102 · Subchapter C. DISCLOSURE OF GENETIC INFORMATION; CONFIDENTIALITY; EXCEPTIONS
CONFIDENTIALITY OF GENETIC INFORMATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Section 58.103, genetic information is confidential and privileged regardless of the source of the information.
(b) A person who holds genetic information about an individual may not disclose or be compelled to disclose, by subpoena or otherwise, that information unless the disclosure is specifically authorized as provided by Section 58.104.
(c) This section applies to a redisclosure of genetic information by a secondary recipient of the information after disclosure of the information by an initial recipient.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 14.001(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.58.htm
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