District of Columbia § 5-1431.06 Immunity from liability for providing information to the Committee.

District of Columbia Statutes

§ 5-1431.06 — Immunity from liability for providing information to the Committee.

District of Columbia § 5-1431.06

Title 5Police, Firefighters, Medical Examiner, and Forensic Sciences.

Ch. 14AFatality Review Committee.

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D.C. Code § 5-1431.06 (2026).

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(a)Any person, hospital, or institution participating in good faith in providing information to the Committee pursuant to this chapter shall have immunity from administrative, civil, or criminal liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed with respect to the disclosure of the information. In any such proceeding, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the person, hospital, or institution that provided information to the Committee acted in good faith.

(b)If acting in good faith, without malice, and within the parameters of the operating rules and procedures established by this chapter , members of the Committee are immune from civil liability for an activity related to reviews of homicides or suicides, as that term is defined in § 5-1431.01(e) .

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(a) Any person, hospital, or institution participating in good faith in providing information to the Committee pursuant to this chapter shall have immunity from administrative, civil, or criminal liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed with respect to the disclosure of the information. In any such proceeding, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the person, hospital, or institution that provided information to the Committee acted in good faith.

(b) If acting in good faith, without malice, and within the parameters of the operating rules and procedures established by this chapter , members of the Committee are immune from civil liability for an activity related to reviews of homicides or suicides, as that term is defined in § 5-1431.01(e) .