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Home » US Law » 2022 Code of Alabama » Title 38 - Public Welfare. » Chapter 9 - Protection of Aged Adults or Adults With a Disability. » Section 38-9-9 – Reports by Physicians, etc., of Physical Abuse, Neglect or Exploitation – Immunity of Reporter From Civil and Criminal Liability.

Section 38-9-9

Reports by physicians, etc., of physical abuse, neglect or exploitation – Immunity of reporter from civil and criminal liability.

Any person, firm or corporation making or participating in the making of a report 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 1977, No. 780, p. 1340, §7.)