Maryland Statutes
Title 5 - Limitations, Prohibited Actions, and Immunities
Subtitle 6 - Immunities and Prohibited Actions -- Health and Public Safety

Section 5-601 - Action Against Person Furnishing Information to Enumerated Agency for Research Purposes - (a) In this section, “the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical...

Section 5-602 - Emergency Defense and Civil Defense Shelters - (a) In this section, “emergency management and civil defense” and...

Section 5-603 - Emergency Medical Care - (a) A person described in subsection (b) of this section...

Section 5-604 - Fire and Rescue Companies - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except for any...

Section 5-605 - Law Enforcement Officer Acting Outside Jurisdiction - (a) A law enforcement officer acting outside the officer’s jurisdiction...

Section 5-606 - Physicians and Volunteers Working at Charitable Organizations Providing Health Care Services - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 5-607 - Volunteer Sports Program Physicians - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 5-608 - Support for Emergency Medical System - An individual is not civilly liable for any act or...

Section 5-609 - Mental Health Care Providers or Administrators - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 5-610 - Law Enforcement Officer Assisting Victim of Spousal Assault - A law enforcement officer who responds to a request under...

Section 5-610.1 - Law Enforcement Officer Enforcing Out-of-State Order for Protection From Domestic Violence - A law enforcement officer enforcing an out-of-state order for protection...

Section 5-611 - Federal Law Enforcement Officer Making Arrest Without Warrant - A federal law enforcement officer who exercises the powers set...

Section 5-612 - Officers, Employees of Political Subdivisions When Acting Outside Territorial Limits - The police officers and other officers, agents, and employees of...

Section 5-613 - Liability of Political Subdivision for Acts of Special Police - Unless a subdivision or municipality requests the appointment of an...

Section 5-614 - Emergency Veterinary Assistance - (a) This section applies to: (1) An individual licensed by...

Section 5-615 - Immunity in Arbitration or Alternative Dispute Resolution of Health Care Malpractice Claim - In the absence of an affirmative showing of malice or...

Section 5-617 - Persons Assisting in Controlling Discharge of Hazardous Substance - (a) In this section, “discharge” includes leakage, seepage, or other...

Section 5-618 - Adult Protective Services - (a) Any person who files a petition, participates in the...

Section 5-619 - Criminal Background Investigation of Employees of Facilities Caring for or Supervising Children; Criminal History Records Checksand Background Checks for Employees of Adult Dependent Care Programs - (a) The following persons or agencies shall be immune from...

Section 5-620 - Persons Reporting Child Abuse or Neglect - Any person who in good faith makes or participates in...

Section 5-621 - Physician, Health Care Institution, etc., Examining or Treating Abused or Neglected Child - (a) A physician who examines or treats a child under...

Section 5-622 - Persons Reporting Adult Abuse or Neglect - Any person who in good faith makes or participates in...

Section 5-623 - Admissions to Mental Health Facilities - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 5-624 - Emergency Evaluation for Mental Disorder - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 5-625 - Persons Reporting Abuse of the Developmentally Disabled - (a) A person who acts in good faith is not...

Section 5-626 - Persons Reporting Abuse of Individuals in Mental Health Facilities - (a) A person who acts in good faith is not...

Section 5-627 - Member of a Clinical Review Panel - A member of a clinical review panel under § 10-708...

Section 5-628 - Review of Health Care Under Maryland Medical Assistance Program - (a) A member of an appointed committee of any professional...

Section 5-629 - Person Administering Drug or Vaccine - (a) In this section, “Secretary” means the Secretary of Health....

Section 5-630 - Processors, Distributors, etc., of Human Blood, Tissue, Organs, or Bones - A legally authorized person who obtains, processes, stores, distributes, or...

Section 5-631 - Persons Reporting Abuse of Residents of Related Institutions - (a) A person who acts in good faith is not...

Section 5-632 - Tort Liability of Hospitals or Related Institutions - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 5-633 - Food Which Poses Immediate Threat - (a) For purposes of this section, an “immediate threat” exists...

Section 5-634 - Donated Food - (a) In this section, “person” has the meaning stated in...

Section 5-635 - Customer Use of Employee Toilet Facility in Retail Establishment - (a) In this section, “customer” means an individual who is...

Section 5-636 - Licensed Chiropractors Reviewing Fees of Other Chiropractors - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 5-637 - Medical Review Committees and Persons Cooperating Therewith - (a) In this section, “medical review committee” has the meaning...

Section 5-637.1 - Members of Local Domestic Violence Fatality Review Teams and Persons Cooperating Therewith - (a) In this section, “local domestic violence fatality review team”...

Section 5-637.2 - Person Acting for Multidisciplinary and Multiagency Drug Overdose Fatality Review Team - (a) In this section, “local team” means a multidisciplinary and...

Section 5-638 - Persons Giving Information About Physicians to Hospitals, Hospital Staff, Etc - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 5-639 - Negligent Operation of Emergency Vehicle - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 5-640 - Child Passenger Safety Technicians - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 5-641 - Immunity From Liability for Persons Who Leave Unharmed Newborn Child With a Responsible Adult - (a) (1) A person who leaves an unharmed newborn with...

Section 5-642 - Immunity for Transfer of Unclaimed Cremains of Veterans for Disposition - (a) A licensed funeral establishment or holder of a permit...

Section 5-643 - Immunity From Civil or Criminal Liability - Except in cases of willful or wanton misconduct, a certifying...

Section 5-644 - Settlement Agreement of Certain Police Misconduct Claims -- Prohibition Against Nondisparagement Clause - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...