Current through the 2023 Regular Session
Section 52-3-814 - Immunity from civil and criminal liability(1) A person who makes a report required or authorized to be made under 52-3-811 is immune from civil or criminal liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed as a result of the report unless the report is false in any material respect and the person acted in bad faith or with malicious purpose.(2) A person who provides information or who uses information obtained pursuant to 52-3-813(2) to refuse to hire or to discharge an employee, volunteer, or other person who through their employment or volunteer activities may have unsupervised contact with a vulnerable adult is immune from civil liability unless the person providing or using the information acts in bad faith or with malicious purpose.Amended by Laws 2023, Ch. 12,Sec. 25, eff. 10/1/2023.En. Sec. 7, Ch. 623, L. 1983; Sec. 53-5-514, MCA 1989; redes. 52-3-814 by Code Commissioner, 1991; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 465, L. 1995.