| (a) Except as provided by subsection (b), the registrant
or any other person may not disclose a client record required to be
kept by the department, the Department of State Health Services, or
another authorized agency.
(b) The registrant or any other person may disclose
a client record if:
(1) the client or a person authorized to act on behalf
of the client requests the record;
(2) the department, the Texas Medical Board, a health
authority, or an authorized agency requests the record;
(3) the client consents in writing to disclosure of
the record to another person;
(4) the client is a victim, witness, or defendant in
a criminal proceeding and the record is relevant to that proceeding;
(5) the record is requested in a criminal or civil
proceeding by court order or subpoena; or
(6) disclosure is otherwise prohibited by law.
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