Immunity.

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A safe haven site and its staff are immune from criminal liability and civil liability for accepting an infant in compliance with the provisions of the Safe Haven for Infants Act but not for subsequent negligent medical care or treatment of the infant.

History: Laws 2001, ch. 31, § 8 and Laws 2001, ch. 132, § 8; 2013, ch. 20, § 7.

ANNOTATIONS

The 2013 amendment, effective June 14, 2013, changed terminology to conform to changes in terminology in the act; and at the beginning of the sentence, after "A", deleted "hospital" and inserted "safe haven site".


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