CHAPTER 13 - 13-6 Requests for Medical or Mental-Health Records About Nonparties

• Jurisdiction: United States

13-6 Requests for Medical or Mental-Health Records About Nonparties

Texas Rule 205.3(c) relates to the medical or mental-health records of a nonparty in the possession of the nonparty from whom discovery is sought. If the requesting party asks a nonparty to produce medical or mental-health records of another nonparty, the requesting party must serve the Texas Rule 205.3(a) notice on the nonparty whose records are sought.⁸⁷ This requirement parallels Texas Rule 196.1(c)(1)'s requirement, which applies when discovery of a nonparty's medical or mental-health is sought by one party from another.⁸⁸ As under Texas Rule...