Tex. Occupations Code § 261.051
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 261.051, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 261.051. CONFIDENTIALITY OF PROCEEDINGS.
Official statutory text
(a) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter:
(1) a dental peer review committee's proceedings and records are confidential; and
(2) communications made to a dental peer review committee are privileged.
(b) If a court makes a preliminary finding that the proceedings or records of or the communications made to a dental peer review committee are relevant to an anticompetitive action or an action brought under federal civil rights provisions (42 U.S.C. Section 1983), the proceedings, records, or communications are not confidential to the extent they are relevant to the action.
(1) a dental peer review committee's proceedings and records are confidential; and
(2) communications made to a dental peer review committee are privileged.
(b) If a court makes a preliminary finding that the proceedings or records of or the communications made to a dental peer review committee are relevant to an anticompetitive action or an action brought under federal civil rights provisions (42 U.S.C. Section 1983), the proceedings, records, or communications are not confidential to the extent they are relevant to the action.
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