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Immunities and Prohibited Actions -- Health and Public Safety

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Action against person furnishing information to enumerated agency for research purposes

Emergency defense and civil defense shelters

Emergency medical care

Fire and rescue companies

Law enforcement officer acting outside jurisdiction

Physicians and volunteers working at charitable organizations providing health care services

Volunteer sports program physicians

Support for emergency medical system

Mental health care providers or administrators

Law enforcement officer assisting victim of spousal assault

Section
5-610.1

Law enforcement officer enforcing out-of-state order for protection from domestic violence

Federal law enforcement officer making arrest without warrant

Officers, employees of political subdivisions when acting outside territorial limits

Liability of political subdivision for acts of special police

Emergency veterinary assistance.

Immunity in arbitration or alternative dispute resolution of health care malpractice claim

Persons assisting in controlling discharge of hazardous substance

Adult protective services

Criminal background investigation of employees of facilities caring for or supervising children; criminal history records checksand background checks for employees of adult dependent care programs

Persons reporting child abuse or neglect

Physician, health care institution, etc., examining or treating abused or neglected child

Persons reporting adult abuse or neglect

Admissions to mental health facilities

Emergency evaluation for mental disorder

Persons reporting abuse of the developmentally disabled

Persons reporting abuse of individuals in mental health facilities

Member of a clinical review panel

Review of health care under Maryland Medical Assistance Program

Person administering drug or vaccine

Processors, distributors, etc., of human blood, tissue, organs, or bones

Persons reporting abuse of residents of related institutions

Tort liability of hospitals or related institutions

Food which poses immediate threat

Donated food

Customer use of employee toilet facility in retail establishment

Licensed chiropractors reviewing fees of other chiropractors

Medical review committees and persons cooperating therewith

Section
5-637.1

Members of local domestic violence fatality review teams and persons cooperating therewith.

Section
5-637.2

Person acting for multidisciplinary and multiagency drug overdose fatality review team.

Persons giving information about physicians to hospitals, hospital staff, etc

Negligent operation of emergency vehicle

Child passenger safety technicians

Immunity from liability for persons who leave unharmed newborn child with a responsible adult

Immunity for transfer of unclaimed cremains of veterans for disposition.

Immunity from civil or criminal liability.