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2005 SESSION


VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER
An Act to amend and reenact § 54.1-2400.8 of the Code of Virginia, relating to immunity for reporting health care practitioners.
[H 2804]
Approved
 

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.