No long-term care facility covered by Sections 43-7-51 through 43-7-79, its owners, administrator, officers, directors, agents, consultants, employees or any member of management, shall be held civilly liable to any patient, family member of a patient or other third party for any act of omission or commission made by any ombudsman working or appointed with or without compensation including a volunteer ombudsman that causes any injury to a patient.
Structure Mississippi Code
Long-Term Care Facilities Ombudsman Act
§ 43-7-63. Duties of community ombudsman
§ 43-7-69. Confidentiality of records; policies and procedures
§ 43-7-71. Investigation participants immune from liability; protected participants and practices
§ 43-7-73. Immunity from liability for ombudsman's acts causing injury
§ 43-7-75. Authority to establish additional committees
§ 43-7-79. Recommendations, rules and regulations by State Ombudsman