Sec. 258.103.  HOLDER OF PRIVILEGE.  (a)  The patient is the holder of the privilege.
(b)  The following persons may claim the privilege on the patient's behalf:
(1)  a person authorized to act on the patient's behalf;
(2)  a dentist acting on the patient's behalf;  and
(3)  an agent or employee of a person listed in Subdivision (1) or (2).
(c)  A person's authority to claim the privilege is presumed in the absence of evidence to the contrary.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.086(b), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.