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Home » US Law » 2022 Code of Alabama » Title 26 - Infants and Incompetents. » Chapter 14 - Reporting of Child Abuse or Neglect. » Section 26-14-9 – Immunity From Liability for Actions Under Chapter.

Section 26-14-9

Immunity from liability for actions under chapter.

Any person, firm, corporation, or official, including members of a multidisciplinary child protection team, quality assurance team, child death review team, or other authorized case review team or panel, by whatever designation, participating in the making of a good faith report in an investigation or case review authorized under this chapter or other law or department practice or in the removal of a child pursuant to this chapter, or participating in a judicial proceeding resulting therefrom, shall, in so doing, be immune from any liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise be incurred or imposed.

(Acts 1965, No. 563, p. 1049, §3; Acts 1975, No. 1124, p. 2213, §1; Act 98-371, p. 673, §1.)