Georgia § 37-2-42 - Immunity from civil and criminal liability for providing certain information to ombudsman.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 37-2-42 — Immunity from civil and criminal liability for providing certain information to ombudsman., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 37-2-42. Immunity from civil and criminal liability for providing certain information to ombudsman.
No person providing information, including but not limited to a consumer's records, to the ombudsman shall be held, by reason of having provided such information, to have violated any criminal law or to be civilly liable under any law unless such information is false and the person providing such information knew or had reason to believe that it was false. (Code 1981, § 37-2-42 , enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 133, § 3/HB 535.)
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Section 37-2-42 ("Immunity from civil and criminal liability for providing certain information to ombudsman.") is part of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the codified statutory law of Georgia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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