Texas Occupations Code
§ 258.103 — HOLDER OF PRIVILEGE
OC § 258.103Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part D. DENTISTRY · Ch. 258. PRACTICE BY DENTIST · Art. C. DENTAL PRIVILEGE
Statute text
View on source(a)The patient is the holder of the privilege.
(b)The following persons may claim the privilege on the patient's behalf:
(1)a person authorized to act on the patient's behalf;
(2)a dentist acting on the patient's behalf; and
(3)an agent or employee of a person listed in Subdivision (1) or (2).
(c)A person's authority to claim the privilege is presumed in the absence of evidence to the contrary.
Legislative history
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.086(b), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.