Sec. 301.412. REPORTING IMMUNITY  


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  • A person who in good faith makes a report required or authorized under this subchapter, or a person who advises a nurse of the nurse's right or obligation to report under this subchapter:

    (1) is immune from civil and criminal liability that, in the absence of the immunity, might result from making the report or giving the advice; and

    (2) may not be subjected to other retaliatory action as a result of making the report or giving the advice.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 877 , Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2011.