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§ 545.057 — CONFIDENTIALITY OF TEST RESULT REQUIRED

IN § 545.057Title 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS · Part C. DECEPTIVE, UNFAIR, AND PROHIBITED PRACTICES · Ch. 545. HIV TESTING · Art. B. ISSUER POWERS AND DUTIES

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(a)An HIV-related test result is confidential.
(b)An issuer may not release or disclose the test result or otherwise allow the test result to become known except as:
(1)required by law; or
(2)requested or authorized in writing by the applicant or a person legally authorized to consent to the test on the applicant's behalf.
(c)A test result released under Subsection (b)(2) may be released only to:
(1)the applicant;

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.