Any attorney, physician, dentist, intern, resident, nurse, psychologist, social worker, family protection worker, family protection specialist, child caregiver, minister, law enforcement officer, school attendance officer, public school district employee, nonpublic school employee, licensed professional counselor or any other person participating in the making of a required report pursuant to Section 43-21-353 or participating in the judicial proceeding resulting therefrom shall be presumed to be acting in good faith. Any person or institution reporting in good faith shall be immune from any liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise be incurred or imposed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-21-355
Immunity for reporting information
Known as the Youth Court Law
The act spans §§ 43–43 (102 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case State v. BMH-GT (1998)
Most recently applied in 882 So. 2d 240 - Howe v. Andereck (March 2004)
Laws, 1979, ch. 506, § 42; Laws, 1980, ch. 550, § 18; Laws, 1982, Ex Sess, ch. 17, § 22; Laws, 1993, ch. 522, § 2; Laws, 1994, ch. 591, § 4; Laws, 2004, ch. 489, § 4; Laws, 2006…
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