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O.C.G.A. § 51-1-30.2 — Immunity of teachers and school personnel from liability for communicating information concerning drug abuse | Georgia Code

O.C.G.A. § 51-1-30.2 (2018) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Scholar Amendments

TITLE 51 TORTS

Section 1. General Provisions, 51-1-1 through 51-1-55.

51-1-30.2. Immunity of teachers and school personnel from liability for communicating information concerning drug abuse.

Teachers and other school personnel shall be immune from any civil liability for communicating information in good faith concerning drug abuse by any child to that child's parents, to law enforcement officials, or to health care providers.

(Code 1981, §51-1-30.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 2495, § 1; Code 1981, §51-1-30.2, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1983, p. 3, § 40.)

Cross references.

- Reporting of juvenile drug use, § 19-7-6.

Mandatory instruction concerning alcohol and drug use, § 20-2-144.

Code Commission notes.

- Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1983, Code Section 51-1-30.1, as enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 2495, § 1, was redesignated as Code Section 51-1-30.2.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Abdel-Samed v. Dailey, 294 Ga. 758, 755 S.E.2d 805 (2014).

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