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Division I - GOVERNMENT OF DISTRICTTitle 4 - PUBLIC CARE SYSTEMSChapter 13 - CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT
Subchapter V - CHILD FATALITY REVIEW COMMITTEE
Section 4-1371.13 - Immunity from liability for making reports

D.C. Code § 4-1371.13

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Current through codified legislation effective October 30, 2024
Section 4-1371.13 - Immunity from liability for making reports

Any person, hospital, or institution participating in good faith in the making of a report pursuant to this subchapter shall have immunity from administrative, civil, or criminal liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed with respect to the making of the report. The same immunity shall extend to participation in any judicial proceeding involving the report. In all administrative, civil, or criminal proceedings concerning the child or resulting from the report, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the maker of the report acted in good faith.

D.C. Code § 4-1371.13

Amended by D.C. Law 24-45,§ III-H-3073, 68 DCR 010163, eff. 11/13/2021.
Oct. 3, 2001, D.C. Law 14-28, § 4613, 48 DCR 6981.