(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.

Source Note: The provisions of this §118.110 adopted to be effective November 1, 2017, 42 TexReg 4815