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MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  5-607 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 5 - Limitations, Prohibited Actions, and Immunities|Subtitle 6 - Immunities and Prohibited Actions -- Health and Public Safety|Section 5-607 - Volunteer Sports Program Physicians

    (a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.        (2)    “Compensation” does not include:            (i)    Actual and necessary expenses that are incurred by a physician or volunteer in connection with the services provided or duties performed by the physician or volunteer for a sports program, and that are reimbursed to the physician or otherwise paid; or            (ii)    The listing without cost to the physician of the physician’s name or without cost to the volunteer of the volunteer’s name in a school or event publication.        (3)    “Physician” means any physician, including a doctor of osteopathy, who is licensed to practice medicine in the State.        (4)    “Sports program” means a program or portion of a program of an institution of higher education or of a public or nonpublic school that is organized for intramural or interschool recreational purposes with activities that include basketball, baseball, football, soccer, track, or any other competitive sports.        (5)    “Volunteer” means an officer, director, trustee, or other person who provides services or performs duties on behalf of a sports program without receiving compensation.    (b)    A physician who voluntarily and without compensation provides services or performs duties as a physician for a sports program, whether or not the services are provided or the duties are performed at the request of the school’s or institution’s administration or a county board of education, is not liable for any damages for any act or omission resulting from the providing of the services or the performing of the duties unless the act or omission constitutes:        (1)    Willful or wanton misconduct;        (2)    Gross negligence; or        (3)    Intentionally tortious conduct.    (c)    This section shall apply only to:        (1)    Treatment at the site of the sports program;        (2)    Treatment at any practice or training for the sports program; and        (3)    Treatment administered during transportation to or from the sports program, practice, or training.    (d)    (1)    This section does not create, and may not be construed as creating, a new cause of action or substantive legal right against a physician or volunteer.        (2)    This section does not affect, and may not be construed as affecting, any immunities from civil liability or defenses established by any other provision of the Code or available at common law to which a volunteer or physician may be entitled.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  5-608 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 5 - Limitations, Prohibited Actions, and Immunities|Subtitle 6 - Immunities and Prohibited Actions -- Health and Public Safety|Section 5-608 - Support for Emergency Medical System

    An individual is not civilly liable for any act or omission while providing support to the emergency medical system by giving care, equipment, facilities, or consultation, if:         (1)    The individual is a member or employee of any federal, State, county, or city government, hospital, emergency medical service council, or agency that operates as a nonprofit group;        (2)    The act or omission is not one of gross negligence; and        (3)    The service is provided without fee to the emergency victim.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  5-609 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 5 - Limitations, Prohibited Actions, and Immunities|Subtitle 6 - Immunities and Prohibited Actions -- Health and Public Safety|Section 5-609 - Mental Health Care Providers or Administrators

    (a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.        (2)    “Administrator” means an administrator of a facility as defined in § 10–101 of the Health – General Article.        (3)    “Mental health care provider” means:            (i)    A mental health care provider licensed under the Health Occupations Article; and            (ii)    Any facility, corporation, partnership, association, or other entity that provides treatment or services to individuals who have mental disorders.    (b)    A cause of action or disciplinary action may not arise against any mental health care provider or administrator for failing to predict, warn of, or take precautions to provide protection from a patient’s violent behavior unless the mental health care provider or administrator knew of the patient’s propensity for violence and the patient indicated to the mental health care provider or administrator, by speech, conduct, or writing, of the patient’s intention to inflict imminent physical injury upon a specified victim or group of victims.    (c)    (1)    The duty to take the actions under paragraph (2) of this subsection arises only under the limited circumstances described under subsection (b) of this section.        (2)    The duty described under this section is deemed to have been discharged if the mental health care provider or administrator makes reasonable and timely efforts to:            (i)    Seek civil commitment of the patient;            (ii)    Formulate a diagnostic impression and establish and undertake a documented treatment plan calculated to eliminate the possibility that the patient will carry out the threat; or            (iii)    Inform the appropriate law enforcement agency and, if feasible, the specified victim or victims of:                1.    The nature of the threat;                2.    The identity of the patient making the threat; and                3.    The identity of the specified victim or victims.    (d)    No cause of action or disciplinary action may arise under any patient confidentiality act against a mental health care provider or administrator for confidences disclosed or not disclosed in good faith to third parties in an effort to discharge a duty arising under this section according to the provisions of subsection (c) of this section.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  5-610 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 5 - Limitations, Prohibited Actions, and Immunities|Subtitle 6 - Immunities and Prohibited Actions -- Health and Public Safety|Section 5-610 - Law Enforcement Officer Assisting Victim of Spousal Assault

    A law enforcement officer who responds to a request under § 4-502 of the Family Law Article for assistance by an individual who alleges to have been a victim of spousal assault shall be immune from civil liability in complying with the request if the law enforcement officer acts in good faith and in a reasonable manner.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  5-610.1 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 5 - Limitations, Prohibited Actions, and Immunities|Subtitle 6 - Immunities and Prohibited Actions -- Health and Public Safety|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 from domestic violence in accordance with § 4-508.1 of the Family Law Article shall be immune from civil liability if the law enforcement officer acts in good faith and in a reasonable manner.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  5-611 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 5 - Limitations, Prohibited Actions, and Immunities|Subtitle 6 - Immunities and Prohibited Actions -- Health and Public Safety|Section 5-611 - Federal Law Enforcement Officer Making Arrest Without Warrant

    A federal law enforcement officer who exercises the powers set forth under § 2-104 of the Criminal Procedure Article has the same legal status and immunity from suit as a State Police officer.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  5-612 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 5 - Limitations, Prohibited Actions, and Immunities|Subtitle 6 - Immunities and Prohibited Actions -- Health and Public Safety|Section 5-612 - Officers, Employees of Political Subdivisions When Acting Outside Territorial Limits

    The police officers and other officers, agents, and employees of any county or municipal corporation, when acting under the authority of § 2-105 of the Criminal Procedure Article or other lawful authority, beyond the territorial limits of the county or municipal corporation within the State shall have all the immunities from liability enjoyed by them while performing their respective duties within the territorial limits of the county or municipal corporation.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  5-613 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 5 - Limitations, Prohibited Actions, and Immunities|Subtitle 6 - Immunities and Prohibited Actions -- Health and Public Safety|Section 5-613 - Liability of Political Subdivision for Acts of Special Police

    Unless a subdivision or municipality requests the appointment of an individual as a special policeman and the request is granted as provided in Title 3, Subtitle 3 of the Public Safety Article, the State and any subdivision or municipality of the State may not be liable or accountable in any way for any act or omission by an individual appointed as a special policeman under Title 3, Subtitle 3 of the Public Safety Article.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  5-614 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 5 - Limitations, Prohibited Actions, and Immunities|Subtitle 6 - Immunities and Prohibited Actions -- Health and Public Safety|Section 5-614 - Emergency Veterinary Assistance

    (a)    This section applies to:        (1)    An individual licensed by the State to provide veterinary care, a student of veterinary medicine who works under the responsible direct supervision of a veterinary practitioner as defined by § 2–301(c) of the Agriculture Article, or a veterinary technician registered by the State under § 2–309 of the Agriculture Article;        (2)    An individual who is licensed by this State to provide medical care;        (3)    A member of any State, county, municipal, or volunteer fire department, ambulance and rescue squad, or law enforcement agency, or a corporate fire department;        (4)    A volunteer fire department or ambulance and rescue squad whose members have immunity;        (5)    A corporation when its fire department personnel are immune under item (3) of this subsection; and        (6)    An individual employed or designated by a local government as an animal control officer while responding in the individual’s official capacity to a call in the community.    (b)    A person is not civilly liable for any act or omission in giving any veterinary aid, care, or assistance to an animal where the owner or custodian of the animal is not available to grant permission if:        (1)    The act or omission is not one of gross negligence;        (2)    The veterinary aid, care, or assistance is provided without fee or other compensation from the owner or custodian of the animal; and        (3)    The veterinary aid, care, or assistance is provided:            (i)    At the scene of an emergency;            (ii)    In transit to a veterinary facility; or            (iii)    Through communications with licensed veterinary personnel providing emergency veterinary assistance.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  5-615 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 5 - Limitations, Prohibited Actions, and Immunities|Subtitle 6 - Immunities and Prohibited Actions -- Health and Public Safety|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 bad faith, each arbitrator or individual conducting alternative dispute resolution in a health care malpractice claim or action under Title 3, Subtitle 2A of this article from the time of acceptance of appointment has immunity from suit for any act or decision made during tenure and within the scope of designated authority.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  5-617 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 5 - Limitations, Prohibited Actions, and Immunities|Subtitle 6 - Immunities and Prohibited Actions -- Health and Public Safety|Section 5-617 - Persons Assisting in Controlling Discharge of Hazardous Substance

    (a)    In this section, “discharge” includes leakage, seepage, or other release of a hazardous substance or material.    (b)    Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this section, a person who is called on for assistance in an emergency is not subject to any civil liability or penalty as a result of assistance or advice rendered in:        (1)    Mitigating the effects of an actual or threatened discharge of a hazardous substance or material;        (2)    Preventing a discharge of a hazardous substance or material;        (3)    Cleaning up a discharge of a hazardous substance or material; or        (4)    Attempting any of the acts in this subsection.    (c)    The immunity provided in subsection (b) of this section does not apply to a person:        (1)    Whose act or omission was the original cause of an actual or threatened discharge in whole or in part, and who would otherwise be liable for the act or omission; or        (2)    Who received compensation other than reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses for rendering the assistance or advice.    (d)    Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, a person is liable for damages caused by that person’s gross negligence or reckless, wanton, or intentional misconduct.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  5-618 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 5 - Limitations, Prohibited Actions, and Immunities|Subtitle 6 - Immunities and Prohibited Actions -- Health and Public Safety|Section 5-618 - Adult Protective Services

    (a)    Any person who files a petition, participates in the making of a good faith report, or participates in an investigation or in a judicial proceeding resulting from the filing of a petition or the making of a good faith report, under § 13-705 or § 13-709 of the Estates and Trusts Article or Title 14, Subtitle 3 of the Family Law Article, shall in so doing be immune from any civil liability or criminal penalty that might otherwise be incurred or imposed as a result thereof.    (b)    A law enforcement officer is not civilly or criminally liable for transporting an adult to an appropriate medical facility under § 13-709 of the Estates and Trusts Article if the officer acts:        (1)    In a reasonably prudent manner; and        (2)    Within the scope of the officer’s employment.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  5-619 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 5 - Limitations, Prohibited Actions, and Immunities|Subtitle 6 - Immunities and Prohibited Actions -- Health and Public Safety|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 civil or criminal liability in connection with the conducting of a criminal background investigation under Title 5, Subtitle 5, Part VI of the Family Law Article or a criminal history records check under Title 19, Subtitle 18 of the Health – General Article:        (1)    An employer that in good faith relies on a criminal background investigation or criminal history records check to deny or terminate an individual’s employment or participation in a facility;        (2)    A State or local agency that in good faith relies on a criminal background investigation or criminal history records check of an employer to grant, deny, suspend, or revoke licensure, registration, approval, or certification of a facility;        (3)    A local department of social services that in good faith relies on a criminal background investigation to make a decision concerning the placement of a child committed to it, including a decision to remove a child from a particular facility or home; and        (4)    A State or local agency that in good faith participates in the making of a criminal background investigation or criminal history records check of an employee or employer.    (b)    The failure of an employer to require a criminal background investigation of an individual when not required under Title 5, Subtitle 5, Part VI of the Family Law Article or a criminal history records check when not required under Title 19, Subtitle 18 of the Health – General Article may not give rise to civil or criminal liability on the part of the employer for failure to conduct a criminal background investigation.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  5-620 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 5 - Limitations, Prohibited Actions, and Immunities|Subtitle 6 - Immunities and Prohibited Actions -- Health and Public Safety|Section 5-620 - Persons Reporting Child Abuse or Neglect

    Any person who in good faith makes or participates in making a report of abuse or neglect under § 5-704, § 5-705, or § 5-705.1 of the Family Law Article or participates in an investigation or a resulting judicial proceeding is immune from any civil liability or criminal penalty that would otherwise result from making or participating in a report of abuse or neglect or participating in an investigation or a resulting judicial proceeding.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  5-621 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 5 - Limitations, Prohibited Actions, and Immunities|Subtitle 6 - Immunities and Prohibited Actions -- Health and Public Safety|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 § 5-712 of the Family Law Article is immune from any civil liability that may result from the failure to obtain consent from the child’s parent, guardian, or custodian for the examination or treatment of the child.    (b)    The immunity described under subsection (a) of this section extends to:        (1)    Any health care institution with which the physician is affiliated or to which the child is brought; and        (2)    Any individual working under the control or supervision of the physician or under the control or supervision of the health care institution.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  5-622 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 5 - Limitations, Prohibited Actions, and Immunities|Subtitle 6 - Immunities and Prohibited Actions -- Health and Public Safety|Section 5-622 - Persons Reporting Adult Abuse or Neglect

    Any person who in good faith makes or participates in making a report under Title 14, Subtitle 3 of the Family Law Article or participates in an investigation or a judicial proceeding resulting from a report under Title 14, Subtitle 3 of the Family Law Article is immune from any civil liability that would otherwise result.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  5-623 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 5 - Limitations, Prohibited Actions, and Immunities|Subtitle 6 - Immunities and Prohibited Actions -- Health and Public Safety|Section 5-623 - Admissions to Mental Health Facilities

    (a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.        (2)    “Admission” has the meaning stated in § 10-101 of the Health - General Article.        (3)    “Facility” has the meaning stated in § 10-101 of the Health - General Article.    (b)    A person who in good faith and with reasonable grounds applies for involuntary admission of an individual is not civilly or criminally liable for making the application under Title 10, Subtitle 6, Part III of the Health - General Article.    (c)    A facility or veterans’ administration hospital that, in good faith and with reasonable grounds, acts in compliance with the provisions of Title 10, Subtitle 6, Part III of the Health - General Article is not civilly or criminally liable for that action.    (d)    An agent or employee of a facility or veterans’ administration hospital who, in good faith and with reasonable grounds, acts in compliance with the provisions of Title 10, Subtitle 6, Part III of the Health - General Article is not civilly or criminally liable for that action.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  5-624 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 5 - Limitations, Prohibited Actions, and Immunities|Subtitle 6 - Immunities and Prohibited Actions -- Health and Public Safety|Section 5-624 - Emergency Evaluation for Mental Disorder

    (a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.        (2)    “Emergency evaluee” has the meaning stated in § 10-620 of the Health - General Article.        (3)    “Emergency facility” has the meaning stated in § 10-620 of the Health - General Article.        (4)    “Peace officer” has the meaning stated in § 10-620 of the Health - General Article.    (b)    Any petitioner who, in good faith and with reasonable grounds, submits or completes a petition under Title 10, Subtitle 6, Part IV of the Health - General Article is not civilly or criminally liable for submitting or completing the petition.    (c)    Any peace officer who, in good faith and with reasonable grounds, acts as a custodian of an emergency evaluee is not civilly or criminally liable for acting as a custodian.    (d)    An emergency facility that, in good faith and with reasonable grounds, acts in compliance with the provisions of Title 10, Subtitle 6, Part IV of the Health - General Article is not civilly or criminally liable for that action.    (e)    An agent or employee of an emergency facility who, in good faith and with reasonable grounds, acts in compliance with the provisions of Title 10, Subtitle 6, Part IV of the Health - General Article is not civilly or criminally liable for that action.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  5-625 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 5 - Limitations, Prohibited Actions, and Immunities|Subtitle 6 - Immunities and Prohibited Actions -- Health and Public Safety|Section 5-625 - Persons Reporting Abuse of the Developmentally Disabled

    (a)    A person who acts in good faith is not civilly liable for:        (1)    Making a report under § 7-1005 of the Health - General Article;        (2)    Participating in an investigation arising out of a report under § 7-1005 of the Health - General Article; or        (3)    Participating in a judicial proceeding arising out of a report under § 7-1005 of the Health - General Article.    (b)    This section does not grant any immunity for an abuser who makes a report or participates in the investigation or proceeding.
MD. Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code Ann. §  5-626 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Courts and Judicial Proceedings|Title 5 - Limitations, Prohibited Actions, and Immunities|Subtitle 6 - Immunities and Prohibited Actions -- Health and Public Safety|Section 5-626 - Persons Reporting Abuse of Individuals in Mental Health Facilities

    (a)    A person who acts in good faith is not civilly liable for:        (1)    Making a report under § 10-705 of the Health - General Article;        (2)    Participating in an investigation arising out of a report under § 10-705 of the Health - General Article; or        (3)    Participating in a judicial proceeding arising out of a report under § 10-705 of the Health - General Article.    (b)    This section does not grant any immunity for an abuser who makes a report or participates in the investigation or proceeding.