Section 401.520 - Disclosure of Record Prohibited; Exception(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an operator or other person may not disclose a customer record required to be kept by the department.(b) An operator or other person may disclose a customer record if:(1) the customer or a person authorized to act on behalf of the customer requests the record;(2) the department, the Texas Medical Board, a health authority, or an authorized agent requests the record;(3) the customer consents in writing to disclosure of the record to another person;(4) the customer is a victim, witness, or defendant in a criminal proceeding and the record is relevant to that proceeding;(5) the record is requested in a criminal or civil proceeding by court order or subpoena; or(6) disclosure is otherwise required by law.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 401.520
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 303, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2009.