Georgia § 49-5-46 - Immunity from liability of department, agency, or child advocacy center.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 49-5-46 — Immunity from liability of department, agency, or child advocacy center., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 49-5-46. Immunity from liability of department, agency, or child advocacy center.
The department, an agency, a child advocacy center, and employees thereof providing access to or disclosure of records or information as authorized by Code Section 49-5-41 shall have no civil liability or criminal responsibility therefor. (Code 1981, § 49-5-46 , enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1778, § 4; Ga. L. 2016, p. 160, § 4/HB 725.) The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, substituted the present provisions of this Code section for the former provisions, which read: "The department or any agency and employees of either providing access to or disclosure of records or information as authorized by Code Section 49-5-41 shall have no civil or criminal liability therefor." Editor's notes. - Ga. L. 2016, p. 160, § 1/HB 725, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'Child Abuse Records Protection Act.'"
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