(a) Members of the board, advisory committee members, the executive director, members of board staff, independent contractors and consultants retained by the board shall not disclose any confidential information which comes to their attention, except as may be required by law.
(b) All complaints, investigation files, investigation reports, and other investigative information in the possession of, received or gathered by the board is confidential and any employee, agent, or member of the board may not disclose the information contained in these files except to another governmental, regulatory or law enforcement agency engaged in an enforcement action and as provided for in §901.160 of the Act (relating to Availability and Confidentiality of Certain Board Files) or upon receiving written authorization from the license applicant or current or former license holder who is the subject of the investigation.

Source Note: The provisions of this §507.4 adopted to be effective December 24, 1979, 4 TexReg 4508; amended to be effective March 25, 1986, 11 TexReg 1229; amended to be effective December 3, 2003, 28 TexReg 10761; amended to be effective October 15, 2008, 33 TexReg 8515; amended to be effective August 3, 2017, 42 TexReg 3785; amended to be effective December 2, 2020, 45 TexReg 8519