Texas Occupations Code 562.052 – Release of Confidential Records
Terms Used In Texas Occupations Code 562.052
- 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
A confidential record is privileged and a pharmacist may release a confidential record only to:
(1) the patient or the patient’s agent;
(2) a practitioner or another pharmacist if, in the pharmacist’s professional judgment, the release is necessary to protect the patient’s health and well-being;
(3) the board or to a person or another state or federal agency authorized by law to receive the confidential record;
(4) a law enforcement agency engaged in investigation of a suspected violation of Chapter 481 or 483, Health and Safety Code, or the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. § 801 et seq.);
(5) a person employed by a state agency that licenses a practitioner, if the person is performing the person’s official duties; or
(6) an insurance carrier or other third party payor authorized by the patient to receive the information.