Texas Health and Safety Code 595.003 – Consent to Disclosure
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(a) The content of a confidential record may be disclosed in accordance with the prior written consent of:
(1) the person about whom the record is maintained;
(2) the person’s parent if the person is a minor;
(3) the guardian if the person has been adjudicated incompetent to manage the person’s personal affairs; or
(4) if the person is dead:
(A) the executor or administrator of the deceased’s estate; or
(B) if an executor or administrator has not been appointed, the deceased’s spouse or, if the deceased was not married, an adult related to the deceased within the first degree of consanguinity.
(b) Disclosure is permitted only to the extent, under the circumstances, and for the purposes allowed under department rules.
Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 595.003
- Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Written: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures. See Texas Government Code 311.005