{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-401.520","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 401.520","heading":"DISCLOSURE OF RECORD PROHIBITED; EXCEPTION.","body":"(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an operator or other person may not disclose a customer record required to be kept by the department.\n(b) An operator or other person may disclose a customer record if:\n(1) the customer or a person authorized to act on behalf of the customer requests the record;\n(2) the department, the Texas Medical Board, a health authority, or an authorized agent requests the record;\n(3) the customer consents in writing to disclosure of the record to another person;\n(4) the customer is a victim, witness, or defendant in a criminal proceeding and the record is relevant to that proceeding;\n(5) the record is requested in a criminal or civil proceeding by court order or subpoena; or\n(6) disclosure is otherwise required by law.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 303 (H.B. 449), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 5. SANITATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY","SUBTITLE D. NUCLEAR AND RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS","CHAPTER 401. RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS AND OTHER SOURCES OF RADIATION","SUBCHAPTER M. LASER HAIR REMOVAL"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.401.htm#401.520","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"782fcb75c148dd3628be5ccdf36f2868673744671470937e13351acf24ba810c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-401.519","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-401.521"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}