Immunity From Suit

Sec. 261.103. IMMUNITY FROM SUIT. A person is immune from civil liability if: (1) the person reports or furnishes information to a dental peer review committee or the board in good faith; (2) the person: (A) is a member, employee, or agent of the board, of a dental peer review committee, or of a dental organization committee or a dental organization who takes an action or makes a recommendation within the scope of the functions of a peer review program; and (B) acts without malice and in the reasonable belief that the action or recommendation is warranted by the facts known to the person; or (3) the person, including a health care entity or dental peer review committee, without malice participates in a dental peer review activity or furnishes a record, information, or assistance to a dental peer review committee or the board. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.