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2021 Tennessee Code
Title 49 - Education
Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education
Part 27 - Threat Assessment
§ 49-6-2703. Immunity of Threat Assessment Team

Universal Citation:
TN Code § 49-6-2703 (2021)
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A threat assessment team and individual members of a threat assessment team, and any person providing information to a threat assessment team, are not liable in any action for damages or for other relief for any lawful actions taken in accordance with this part. A threat assessment team and individual members of a threat assessment team are immune from liability arising from:


  1. The provision of information to a threat assessment team, if the information is provided to the threat assessment team in good faith, without malice, and on the basis of facts known or reasonably believed to exist; or

  2. Any decisions, opinions, actions, and proceedings rendered, entered, or acted upon by a threat assessment team within the scope or function of the duties of the threat assessment team if made in good faith, without malice, and on the basis of facts known or reasonably believed to exist.
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