Tex. Occupations Code § 153.003
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 153.003, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 153.003. RULES REGARDING MAINTENANCE OF PATIENT RECORDS.
Official statutory text
(a) The board by rule shall establish the period for which patient records must be maintained.
(b) The rules adopted under this section must prohibit a physician from destroying a medical record from the forensic medical examination of a sexual assault victim conducted under Subchapter G, Chapter 56A, Code of Criminal Procedure, until the 20th anniversary of the date the record was created.
(b) The rules adopted under this section must prohibit a physician from destroying a medical record from the forensic medical examination of a sexual assault victim conducted under Subchapter G, Chapter 56A, Code of Criminal Procedure, until the 20th anniversary of the date the record was created.
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