Texas Education Code

§ 37.157 — REPORTING BY MEDICAL AUTHORITIES

ED § 37.157Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part G. SAFE SCHOOLS · Ch. 37. DISCIPLINE; LAW AND ORDER · Art. F. HAZING

Statute text

A doctor or other medical practitioner who treats a student who may have been subjected to hazing activities:

(1)may report the suspected hazing activities to police or other law enforcement officials; and

(2)is immune from civil or other liability that might otherwise be imposed or incurred as a result of the report, unless the report is made in bad faith or with malice.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.