SECTION 118.110. Disclosures and Confidentiality Requirements

(a) Except as provided by subsection (b), the registrant or any other person may not disclose a client record required to be kept by the department, the Department of State Health Services, or another authorized agency.

(b) The registrant or any other person may disclose a client record if:

(1) the client or a person authorized to act on behalf of the client requests the record;

(2) the department, the Texas Medical Board, a health authority, or an authorized agency requests the record;

(3) the client consents in writing to disclosure of the record to another person;

(4) the client 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 prohibited by law.

Source Note: The provisions of this §118.110 adopted to be effective November 1, 2017, 42 TexReg 4815