{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-153.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 153.003","heading":"RULES REGARDING MAINTENANCE OF PATIENT RECORDS.","body":"(a) The board by rule shall establish the period for which patient records must be maintained.\n(b) The rules adopted under this section must prohibit a physician from destroying a medical record from the forensic medical examination of a sexual assault victim conducted under Subchapter G, Chapter 56A, Code of Criminal Procedure, until the 20th anniversary of the date the record was created.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 357 (H.B. 531), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.\nActs 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (H.B. 3607), Sec. 14.002, eff. September 1, 2021.\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 206 (S.B. 1401), Sec. 24, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE B. PHYSICIANS","CHAPTER 153. POWERS AND DUTIES","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.153.htm#153.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"ccc0dd08a5fdae5e3609790df571cebca6c34b6840e87391e464f6ec4a818817","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-153.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-153.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}