                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

IMMUNITY OF PERSONS INVESTIGATING OR REPORTING CERTAIN INCIDENTS AT SCHOOLS (§
8.01-47)

In addition to any other immunity he may have, any person who, in good faith
with reasonable cause and without malice, acts to report, investigate, or cause
any investigation to be made into the activities of any student or students or
any other person or persons as they relate to conduct involving bomb threats,
firebombs, explosive materials, or other similar devices as described in
subdivisions A 6 and 7 of § 22.1-279.3:1, alcohol or drug use or abuse in or
related to the school or institution or in connection with any school or
institution activity, or information that an individual poses any credible
danger of serious bodily injury or death to one or more students, school
personnel, or others on school property shall be immune from all civil liability
that might otherwise be incurred or imposed as the result of the making of such
a report, investigation, or disclosure.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-631.1; 1972, c. 762; 1977, c. 617; 1982, c. 259; 1988,
c. 159; 1995, c. 759; 2000, c. 79; 2001, cc. 688, 820; 2003, c. 954; 2013, c.
665; 2022, cc. 793, 794.