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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 611.003: PERSONS WHO MAY CLAIM PRIVILEGE OF CONFIDENTIALITY.
Where this section sits in the code
- HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
- TITLE 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
- SUBTITLE E. SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO MENTAL ILLNESS AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
- CHAPTER 611. MENTAL HEALTH RECORDS
(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.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
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