Texas Occupations Code

§ 505.602 — REPORTING IMMUNITY

OC § 505.602Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part I. REGULATION OF PSYCHOLOGY AND COUNSELING · Ch. 505. SOCIAL WORKERS · Art. L. REPORTS OF CERTAIN VIOLATIONS

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A person who, without malice, makes a report authorized, or reasonably believed to be authorized, under this subchapter:

(1)is immune from civil liability; and

(2)may not be subjected by the person's employer to other retaliatory action as a result of making the report.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.272(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.