Texas Occupations Code 110.256 – Confidentiality
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), all information and materials subpoenaed or compiled by the council in connection with a complaint and investigation are confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code, and not subject to disclosure, discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal compulsion for their release to anyone other than the council or its employees or agents involved in the complaint and investigation.
(b) The information described by Subsection (a) may be disclosed to:
(1) persons involved with the council in a complaint and investigation;
(2) professional sex offender treatment provider licensing or disciplinary boards in other jurisdictions;
(3) an approved peer assistance program, as defined by Section 467.001, Health and Safety Code;
(4) law enforcement agencies; and
(5) persons engaged in bona fide research, if all individual-identifying information is deleted.
Terms Used In Texas Occupations Code 110.256
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
(c) The filing of formal charges by the council against a person under this chapter, the nature of those charges, the council’s disciplinary proceedings, and final disciplinary actions, including warnings and reprimands, by the council are not confidential and are subject to disclosure in accordance with Chapter 552, Government Code.