Tex. Health and Safety Code § 166.157: DISCLOSURE OF MEDICAL INFORMATION.
Where this section sits in the code
- HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
- TITLE 2. HEALTH
- SUBTITLE H. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS
- CHAPTER 166. ADVANCE DIRECTIVES
- SUBCHAPTER D. MEDICAL POWER OF ATTORNEY
Subject to any limitations in the medical power of attorney, an agent may, for the purpose of making a health care decision:
(1) request, review, and receive any information, oral or written, regarding the principal's physical or mental health, including medical and hospital records;
(2) execute a release or other document required to obtain the information; and
(3) consent to the disclosure of the information.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 3.02(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991. Renumbered from Civil Practice & Remedies Code Sec. 135.007 and amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 450, Sec. 1.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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