Section 261.051 - Confidentiality of Proceedings(a) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter:(1) a dental peer review committee's proceedings and records are confidential; and(2) communications made to a dental peer review committee are privileged.(b) If a court makes a preliminary finding that the proceedings or records of or the communications made to a dental peer review committee are relevant to an anticompetitive action or an action brought under federal civil rights provisions (42 U.S.C. Section 1983) , the proceedings, records, or communications are not confidential to the extent they are relevant to the action. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1999.