Section 7. Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities, 31-7-1 through 31-7-412.
ARTICLE 11
FACILITY LICENSING AND EMPLOYEE RECORDS CHECKS
31-7-261. (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Liability for claims in connection with dissemination of information or determination based thereon.
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Neither GCIC, the department, any county board of health, any law enforcement agency, nor the employees of any such entities shall be responsible for the accuracy of information or have any liability for defamation, invasion of privacy, negligence, or any other claim in connection with any dissemination of information or determination based thereon pursuant to this article.
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A facility, its director, and its employees shall have no liability for defamation, invasion of privacy, or any other claim based upon good faith action thereby pursuant to the requirements of this article.
(Code 1981, §31-7-261, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 952, § 2; Ga. L. 1986, p. 509, § 1.)
Code Commission notes.
- Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1986, "or" was substituted for "nor" following "accuracy of information" in subsection (a).
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1996, the hyphen was deleted from "good faith" in subsection (b).
Editor's notes.
- See the Editor's note following the article heading as to the repeal of this Code section.
