                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

IMMUNITY FOR REPORTING (§ 54.1-2400.8)

In addition to the immunity for reporting as provided by §§ 54.1-2400.6 and
54.1-2400.7, any person (i) making a report regarding the conduct or competency
of a health care practitioner as required by law or regulation, (ii) making a
voluntary report to the appropriate regulatory board or to the Department of
Health Professions regarding the unprofessional conduct or competency of any
practitioner licensed, certified, or registered by a health regulatory board, or
(iii) providing information pursuant to an investigation or testifying in a
judicial or administrative proceeding as a result of such reports shall be
immune from any civil liability resulting therefrom unless such person acted in
bad faith or with malicious intent.

HISTORY: 2004, c. 64; 2005, c. 932.