Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
OCCUPATIONS CODE |
Title 10. OCCUPATIONS RELATED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY |
Chapter 1703. POLYGRAPH EXAMINERS |
Subchapter G. PRACTICE BY LICENSE HOLDER |
Sec. 1703.306. CONFIDENTIALITY OF EXAMINATION RESULTS
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(a) A polygraph examiner, trainee, or employee of a polygraph examiner, or a person for whom a polygraph examination is conducted or an employee of the person, may not disclose information acquired from a polygraph examination to another person other than:
(1) the examinee or any other person specifically designated in writing by the examinee;
(2) the person that requested the examination;
(3) a member, or the member's agent, of a governmental agency that licenses a polygraph examiner or supervises or controls a polygraph examiner's activities;
(4) another polygraph examiner in private consultation; or
(5) any other person required by due process of law.
(b) The department or any other governmental agency that acquires information from a polygraph examination under this section shall maintain the confidentiality of the information.
(c) A polygraph examiner to whom information acquired from a polygraph examination is disclosed under Subsection (a)(4) may not disclose the information except as provided by this section.