(a) Any person, hospital, or institution participating in good faith in providing information to the Committee pursuant to this chapter shall have immunity from administrative, civil, or criminal liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed with respect to the disclosure of the information. In any such proceeding, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the person, hospital, or institution that provided information to the Committee acted in good faith.
(b) If acting in good faith, without malice, and within the parameters of the operating rules and procedures established by this chapter, members of the Committee are immune from civil liability for an activity related to reviews of homicides or suicides, as that term is defined in § 5-1431.01(e).
(Oct. 30, 2018, D.C. Law 22-168, § 3047, 65 DCR 9388.)
For temporary (90 days) creation of this section, see § 3047 of Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2018 (D.C. Act 22-458, Oct. 3, 2018, 65 DCR 11212).
For temporary (90 days) creation of this section, see § 3047 of Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2018 (D.C. Act 22-434, July 30, 2018, 65 DCR 8200).
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 5 - Police, Firefighters, Medical Examiner, and Forensic Sciences
Chapter 14A - Fatality Review Committee
§ 5–1431.01. Establishment and duties
§ 5–1431.02. Composition of the Committee; procedural requirements
§ 5–1431.03. Access to information
§ 5–1431.05. Confidentiality of information and proceedings
§ 5–1431.06. Immunity from liability for providing information to the Committee