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Title 49. SOCIAL SERVICES · Chapter 5. PROGRAMS AND PROTECTION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH · Article 3. EMPLOYEES’ RECORDS CHECKS FOR CHILD WELFARE AGENCIES

49-5-71. Immunity from liability for centers, state agencies, and employees.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    Neither GCIC, the department, any law enforcement agency, nor the employees of any such entities shall be responsible for the accuracy of information nor 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.#

  2. (b)

    A center or a child-placing agency, 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.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 49-5-72, enacted by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1397, § 1; Code 1981, § 49-5-71, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1985, p. 963, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 757, § 3.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 1985, p. 963, § 1, redesignated former Code Section 49-5-71 as Code Section 49-5-70 and former Code Section 49-5-72 as this Code section.

Code Commission notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1993, a comma was inserted following “director” in subsection (b).

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t49-t50-ch1-12-(v38)-2023-pdf.pdf, Volume V38, 2023 edition, page 325; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 b1a50b0e3917.