                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REPORTS OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS; IMMUNITY
FROM LIABILITY (§ 54.1-2709.3)

A. The presidents of the Virginia Dental Association and the Virginia Society of
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons shall report to the Board of Dentistry any
disciplinary actions taken by his organization against any oral and
maxillofacial surgeon licensed under this chapter if such disciplinary action is
a result of conduct involving professional ethics, professional incompetence,
moral turpitude, drug or alcohol abuse.

B. The president of any association, society, academy or organization shall
report to the Board of Dentistry any disciplinary action taken against any oral
and maxillofacial surgeon licensed under this chapter if such disciplinary
action is a result of conduct involving professional ethics, professional
incompetence, moral turpitude, drug addictions or alcohol abuse.

C. Any report required by this section shall be in writing directed to the Board
of Dentistry, shall give the name and address of the person who is the subject
of the report and shall describe fully the circumstances surrounding the conduct
to be reported.

D. Any person making a report required by this section or testifying in a
judicial or administrative proceeding as a result of such report shall be immune
from any civil liability resulting therefrom unless such person acted in bad
faith or with malicious intent.

E. In the event that any organization enumerated in subsection A or any
component thereof receives a complaint against an oral and maxillofacial
surgeon, such organization may, in lieu of considering disciplinary action
against such oral and maxillofacial surgeon, request that the Board investigate
the matter pursuant to this chapter, in which event any person participating in
the decision to make such a request or testifying in a judicial or
administrative proceeding as a result of such request shall be immune from any
civil liability alleged to have resulted therefrom unless such person acted in
bad faith or with malicious intent.

HISTORY: 2001, c. 662.