(a) A center may release information, orally or in writing, only if it first obtains a written release of information from the program participant.
(b) Regardless of whether a written release of information from a program participant is obtained, the center must release information in order to comply with the applicable state laws to report abuse or suspected abuse of:
  (1) children;
  (2) the elderly; and
  (3) people with disabilities.

Source Note: The provisions of this §356.2018 adopted to be effective December 23, 2007, 32 TexReg 9335; amended to be effective September 1, 2013, 38 TexReg 4309; transferred effective April 1, 2024, as published in the March 8, 2024, issue of the Texas Register, 49 TexReg 1507