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2019 Code of Alabama
Title 13A - Criminal Code.
Chapter 6 - Offenses Involving Danger to the Person.
Article 9 - Protecting Alabama's Elders Act.
Section 13A-6-199 - Liability of persons reporting or investigating violations.
Universal Citation: AL Code § 13A-6-199 (2019)
Section 13A-6-199Liability of persons reporting or investigating violations.
Any person or entity acting pursuant to this chapter in reporting or investigating any report of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of an elderly person, or participating in a judicial proceeding resulting therefrom, shall be immune from any civil liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed as a result of the report, investigation, or participation, unless the person or entity acted recklessly, in bad faith, or with malicious purpose.
(Act 2013-307, §10; §38-9E-10; renumbered by Act 2014-346, p. 1289, §1(b)(7).)
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