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2005 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 54.1-2400.8 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 54.1-2400.8. Immunity for reporting.
In addition to the immunity for reporting as provided by §§
54.1-2400.6 and 54.1-2400.7, any person (i) making a report regarding
the conduct or competency of a health care practitioner as required by law or
regulation, (ii) making a voluntary report to the appropriate regulatory
board or to the Department of Health Professions regarding the unprofessional
conduct or competency of any practitioner licensed, certified, or registered by
a health regulatory board, or (iii) providing information pursuant
to an investigation or testifying in a judicial or administrative proceeding as
a result of such report reports shall be immune from any civil
liability resulting therefrom unless such person acted in bad faith or with
malicious intent.