Any entity, organization or person, including the board, any member of the board, its agents or employees, and including any entity or organization or its members referred to in Section 73-25-83, acting without malice in making any report or other information available to the board pursuant to law, or who assists in the organization, investigation or preparation of such report or information, or assists the board in carrying out any of its duties or functions provided by law shall be immune from civil or criminal liability, except that unlawful disclosure of confidential information possessed by the board may be a misdemeanor if otherwise so provided by law.