Legal Opinion

Opinion No.

Texas Attorney General Reports

Decided May 31, 1977Published

1Opinion of the Court

The Honorable Ann L. Postman County Attorney Childress County P. O. Box 589 Childress, Texas 79201

Re: Maintenance and destruction of hospital district records.

Dear Ms. Postma:

You have requested our opinion concerning the medical and financial records of a hospital district. Your questions may be paraphrased as follows:

1. Whether the records of Childress County Hospital District are public records.

2. Whether the records of Childress County Hospital District may be destroyed or disposed of pursuant to article 6574b, § 4, V.T.C.S.

Article 6574b, V.T.C.S., provides for the duplication and…