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Texas Occupations Code - OCC § 110.256. Confidentiality

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), all information and materials subpoenaed or compiled by the council in connection with a complaint and investigation are confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code, and not subject to disclosure, discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal compulsion for their release to anyone other than the council or its employees or agents involved in the complaint and investigation.

(b) The information described by Subsection (a) may be disclosed to:

(1) persons involved with the council in a complaint and investigation;

(2) professional sex offender treatment provider licensing or disciplinary boards in other jurisdictions;

(3) an approved peer assistance program, as defined by Section 467.001, Health and Safety Code;

(4) law enforcement agencies;  and

(5) persons engaged in bona fide research, if all individual-identifying information is deleted.

(c) The filing of formal charges by the council against a person under this chapter, the nature of those charges, the council's disciplinary proceedings, and final disciplinary actions, including warnings and reprimands, by the council are not confidential and are subject to disclosure in accordance with Chapter 552, Government Code.

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