Section 13. No person employed by or contracted by or volunteering for the office shall be subject to suit directly, derivatively or by way of contribution or indemnification for any civil damages under the laws of the commonwealth resulting from any act or omission performed during or in connection with the discharge of his duties within the scope of his employment or appointment, unless such act or failure to act was committed with gross negligence, maliciously, or in bad faith.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth
Chapter 18c - Office of the Child Advocate
Section 2 - Office of the Child Advocate; Duties
Section 3 - Child Advocate; Appointment; Vacancies; Removal
Section 4 - Child Advocate Advisory Board; Duties and Salary of Child Advocate
Section 6 - Access to Facilities and Records; Release of Information
Section 7 - Witnesses; Documents; Subpoenas
Section 8 - Discrimination or Retaliation; Penalties
Section 9 - Procedures for Performance of Duties; Rules and Regulations
Section 11 - Examination of Systemwide Responses to Child Abuse and Neglect