Texas Occupations Code

§ 58.102 — CONFIDENTIALITY OF GENETIC INFORMATION

OC § 58.102Title 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO LICENSING · Ch. 58. USE OF GENETIC INFORMATION · Art. C. DISCLOSURE OF GENETIC INFORMATION; CONFIDENTIALITY; EXCEPTIONS

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(a)Except as provided by Section 58.103, genetic information is confidential and privileged regardless of the source of the information.

(b)A person who holds genetic information about an individual may not disclose or be compelled to disclose, by subpoena or otherwise, that information unless the disclosure is specifically authorized as provided by Section 58.104.

(c)This section applies to a redisclosure of genetic information by a secondary recipient of the information after disclosure of the information by an initial recipient.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 14.001(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.