Tennessee Code Annotated

Tenn. Code Ann. § 71-6-105 (2026)

Reporting or investigating parties - Immunity from liability - Protection from job discrimination

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Any person making any report or investigation pursuant to this part, including representatives of the department in the reasonable performance of their duties and within the scope of their authority, shall be presumed to be acting in good faith and shall thereby be immune from any liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise be incurred or imposed. Any such participant shall have the same immunity with respect to participation in any judicial proceeding resulting from such report or investigation. Any person making a report under this part shall have a civil cause of action for appropriate compensatory and punitive damages against any person who causes a detrimental change in the employment status of the reporting party by reason of the report.

Acts 1978, ch. 899, § 1; T.C.A., § 14-2605; Acts 1980, ch. 513, § 6; T.C.A., § 14-25-105.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2016–2016 · leading case: Daniel Richmond v. Vanguard Healthcare Servs., LLC (Tenn. Ct. App. 2016).

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Daniel Richmond v. Vanguard Healthcare Servs., LLC (Tenn. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 4× “2 On October 13, 2013, Plaintiff commenced this action asserting a claim for retaliatory discharge in violation of the Tennessee Adult Protective Act (“TAPA”), Tenn. Code Ann. § 71-6-105 ; the Tennessee Public Protection Act (“TPPA”), Tenn.”

Daniel Richmond v. Vanguard Healthcare Servs., LLC - Dissenting (Tenn. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “Section 71-6-105 provides that ―any person making a report under this part .”

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