Texas Occupations Code 301.412 – Reporting Immunity
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Terms Used In Texas Occupations Code 301.412
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
A person who in good faith makes a report required or authorized under this subchapter, or a person who advises a nurse of the nurse’s right or obligation to report under this subchapter:
(1) is immune from civil and criminal liability that, in the absence of the immunity, might result from making the report or giving the advice; and
(2) may not be subjected to other retaliatory action as a result of making the report or giving the advice.