US Lawyer Database

For Lawyer-Seekers

YOU DESERVE THE BEST LAWYER

Home » US Law » 2022 Georgia Code » Title 49 - Social Services » Chapter 5 - Programs and Protection for Children and Youth » Article 2 - Child Abuse Records » § 49-5-46. Immunity From Liability of Department, Agency, or Child Advocacy Center

The department, an agency, a child advocacy center, and employees thereof providing access to or disclosure of records or information as authorized by Code Section 49-5-41 shall have no civil liability or criminal responsibility therefor.

History. Code 1981, § 49-5-46 , enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1778, § 4; Ga. L. 2016, p. 160, § 4/HB 725.

The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, substituted the present provisions of this Code section for the former provisions, which read: “The department or any agency and employees of either providing access to or disclosure of records or information as authorized by Code Section 49-5-41 shall have no civil or criminal liability therefor.”

Editor’s notes.

Ga. L. 2016, p. 160, § 1/HB 725, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Child Abuse Records Protection Act.’ ”