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HOUSE BILL NO. 2804 Offered January 18, 2005 A BILL to amend and reenact § 54.1-2400.8 of the Code of Virginia, relating to immunity for reporting health care practitioners. ---------- Patron-- Van Yahres ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

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 regarding the unprofessional conduct or competency of any practitioner licensed, certified, or registered by a health regulatory board within the Department of Health Professions, 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.