2025 Texas Statutes
Occupations Code
Title 3 - Health Professions
Subtitle D - Dentistry
Chapter 264 - Penalties and Enforcement Provisions
Subchapter D. Criminal Penalty
Section 264.152. Criminal Penalty: Dental Records Access

Universal Citation:
TX Occ Code § 264.152 (2025)
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Sec. 264.152. CRIMINAL PENALTY: DENTAL RECORDS ACCESS. (a) A person commits an offense if the person violates Section 258.0511.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 264.151, an offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.

(c) If it is shown at the trial of an offense under this section that the defendant was previously convicted under this section, the offense is a Class A misdemeanor.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1119 (H.B. 3876), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.

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