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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 Department of Health Professions regarding the unprofessional conduct or
competency of any practitioner licensed, certified, or registered by that
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.