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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 611.003

PERSONS WHO MAY CLAIM PRIVILEGE OF CONFIDENTIALITY

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff

(a) The privilege of confidentiality may be claimed by:

(1) the patient;

(2) a person listed in Section 611.004(a)(4) or (a)(5) who is acting on the patient's behalf; or

(3) the professional, but only on behalf of the patient.

(b) The authority of a professional to claim the privilege of confidentiality on behalf of the patient is presumed in the absence of evidence to the contrary.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.