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SECTION 2994-O
Immunity
Public Health (PBH) CHAPTER 45, ARTICLE 29-CC
§ 2994-o. Immunity. 1. Ethics review committee. No person shall be
subject to criminal or civil liability, or be deemed to have engaged in
unprofessional conduct, for acts performed reasonably and in good faith
pursuant to this article as a member of or as a consultant to an ethics
review committee or as a participant in an ethics review committee
meeting.

2. Providers. No health care provider or employee thereof shall be
subjected to criminal or civil liability, or be deemed to have engaged
in unprofessional conduct, for honoring reasonably and in good faith a
health care decision made pursuant to this article or for other actions
taken reasonably and in good faith pursuant to this article.

3. Surrogates and guardians. No person shall be subjected to criminal
or civil liability for making a health care decision reasonably and in
good faith pursuant to this article or for other actions taken
reasonably and in good faith pursuant to this article.