Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
EDUCATION CODE |
Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION |
Subtitle G. SAFE SCHOOLS |
Chapter 37. DISCIPLINE; LAW AND ORDER |
Subchapter F. HAZING |
Sec. 37.157. REPORTING BY MEDICAL AUTHORITIES
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A doctor or other medical practitioner who treats a student who may have been subjected to hazing activities:
(1) may report the suspected hazing activities to police or other law enforcement officials; and
(2) is immune from civil or other liability that might otherwise be imposed or incurred as a result of the report, unless the report is made in bad faith or with malice.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.