Indiana § 16-50-1-10 - Immunity; privileged communications
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§ 16-50-1-10. Immunity; privileged communications
Sec. 10. (a) The statewide maternal mortality review committee members and individuals who attend a statewide maternal mortality review committee meeting at the invitation of the chairperson:
(1) may discuss among themselves confidential matters that are before the statewide maternal mortality review committee; and
(2) are, except when acting:
(A) with malice;
(B) in bad faith; or
(C) with negligence;
immune from any civil or criminal liability that might otherwise be imposed as a result of sharing among themselves those matters.
(b) The discussions, determinations, conclusions, and recommendations of the statewide maternal mortality review committee or its members concerning a review of a fatality at a statewide maternal mortality review committee meeting:
(1) are privileged; and
(2) are not:
(A) subject to subpoena or discovery; or
(B) admissible as evidence;
in any judicial or administrative proceeding.
As added by P.L.48-2018, SEC.3.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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