CHAPTER 6. IMMUNITY OF PERSONS WHO REPORT CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT

IC 31-33-6

    

Chapter 6. Immunity of Persons Who Report Child Abuse or
Neglect

IC 31-33-6-1

Immunity from civil or criminal liability

    

Sec. 1. Except as provided in section 2 of this chapter, a person,
other than a person accused of child abuse or neglect, who:

        (1) makes or causes to be made a report of a child who may be
a victim of child abuse or neglect;

        (2) is a health care provider and detains a child for purposes of
causing photographs, x-rays, or a physical medical examination
to be made under IC 31-33-10;

        (3) makes any other report of a child who may be a victim of
child abuse and neglect; or

        (4) participates in any judicial proceeding or other proceeding:

            (A) resulting from a report that a child may be a victim of
child abuse or neglect; or

            (B) relating to the subject matter of the report;

is immune from any civil or criminal liability that might otherwise be
imposed because of such actions.

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.16.

IC 31-33-6-2

Exception for malice or bad faith

    

Sec. 2. Immunity does not attach for a person who has acted
maliciously or in bad faith.

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.16.

IC 31-33-6-3

Presumption of good faith

    

Sec. 3. A person making a report that a child may be a victim of
child abuse or neglect or assisting in any requirement of this article
is presumed to have acted in good faith.

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.16.