Texas Human Resources Code

§ 82.002 — CONFIDENTIALITY OF CONVERSATIONS

HR § 82.002Title 4. SERVICES FOR PERSONS WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING · Ch. 82. CONFIDENTIALITY OF INTERPRETED, TRANSLITERATED, OR RELAYED CONVERSATIONS

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A qualified interpreter or relay agent who is employed to interpret, transliterate, or relay a conversation between a person who can hear and a person who is hearing impaired or speech impaired is a conduit for the conversation and may not disclose or be compelled to disclose, through reporting or testimony or by subpoena, the contents of the conversation.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 333, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.