Sec. 11. (a) Members of a SOFR team and individuals who attend a SOFR team meeting as invitees of the team chairperson:
(1) may discuss, among themselves, confidential matters that are before the SOFR team;
(2) are bound by all applicable laws concerning the confidentiality of the matters reviewed by the SOFR team; and
(3) except as provided in subsection (b), may not be:
(A) disciplined;
(B) criminally prosecuted; or
(C) held administratively or civilly liable;
for the sharing or discussion of any confidential matter before the SOFR team during a SOFR team meeting.
(b) The immunity described in subsection (a)(3) does not apply to a SOFR team member or a SOFR team invitee who discloses confidential information:
(1) with malice;
(2) in bad faith; or
(3) negligently.
As added by P.L.112-2020, SEC.53.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 49.5. Suicide and Overdose Fatality Review Teams
Chapter 2. Suicide and Overdose Fatality Review Teams
16-49.5-2-1. Written Agreements
16-49.5-2-4. Convening of Meeting
16-49.5-2-5. Participation Prerequisites
16-49.5-2-6. Sofr Team Review; Review Eligibility Criteria
16-49.5-2-7. Death Certificate Review
16-49.5-2-8. Record Request Compliance; Fees
16-49.5-2-9. Sofr Team Meeting Topics; Sofr Team Duties
16-49.5-2-10. Public Access to Sofr Meetings
16-49.5-2-11. Confidentiality; Confidential Matters; Immunity
16-49.5-2-12. Duties of Chairperson
16-49.5-2-13. Confidentiality of Records