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This law was first created in 1975. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 341 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1975 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1988, chapter 686; in 2002, chapter 747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":86098,"section_number":"63.2-1509","catch_line":"Requirement that certain injuries to children be reported by physicians, nurses, teachers, etc.; penalty for failure to report","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1509\/"},{"id":66188,"section_number":"63.2-1510","catch_line":"Complaints by others of certain injuries to children","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1510\/"},{"id":61486,"section_number":"63.2-1517","catch_line":"Authority to take child into custody","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1517\/"}],"permalink":{"id":271767,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58834,"identifier":"63.2-1512","token":"63.2\/III\/15\/2\/63.2-1512","url":"\/63.2-1512\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1512\/","token":"63.2\/III\/15\/2\/63.2-1512","dublin_core":{"Title":"Immunity of person making report, etc., from liability","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1512","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person making a report pursuant to \u00a7 63.2-1509<\/a>, a complaint pursuant to \u00a7 63.2-1510<\/a>, or who takes a child<\/span> into custody<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7 63.2-1517<\/a>, or who participates in a judicial proceeding resulting therefrom shall be immune from any civil or criminal liability in connection therewith, unless it is proven that such person acted in bad faith or with malicious<\/span> intent<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nIMMUNITY OF PERSON MAKING REPORT, ETC., FROM LIABILITY (\u00a7 63.2-1512)\n\nAny person making a report pursuant to \u00a7 63.2-1509, a complaint pursuant to \u00a7\n63.2-1510, or who takes a child into custody pursuant to \u00a7 63.2-1517, or who\nparticipates in a judicial proceeding resulting therefrom shall be immune from\nany civil or criminal liability in connection therewith, unless it is proven\nthat such person acted in bad faith or with malicious intent.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, c. 341, \u00a7 63.1-248.5; 1988, c. 686; 2002, c. 747.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}