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2025 Texas Statutes
Human Resources Code
Title 4 - Services for Persons Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Chapter 82 - Confidentiality of Interpreted, Transliterated, or Relayed Conversations
Section 82.003. Criminal Penalty
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Sec. 82.003. CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) A qualified interpreter or relay agent who is employed to interpret, transliterate, or relay a conversation between a person who can hear and a person who is hearing impaired or speech impaired commits an offense if the qualified interpreter or relay agent discloses the contents of the conversation, unless the qualified interpreter or relay agent obtains the consent of each party to the conversation.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 333, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
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