Section 400.11c - Confidentiality of identity of person making report; immunity from civil liability; presumption; extent of immunity; abrogation of privileged communication; exception.
THE SOCIAL WELFARE ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 280 of 1939
400.11c Confidentiality of identity of person making report; immunity from civil liability; presumption; extent of immunity; abrogation of privileged communication; exception.
Sec. 11c.
(1) The identity of a person making a report under section 11a or 11b shall be confidential, subject only to disclosure with the consent of that person or by judicial process. A person acting in good faith who makes a report or who assists in the implementation of sections 11 to 11b, 11d to 11f, and this section shall be immune from civil liability which might otherwise be incurred by making the report or by assisting in the making of the report. A person making a report or assisting in the implementation of sections 11 to 11b, 11d to 11f, and this section shall be presumed to have acted in good faith. The immunity from civil liability extends only to an act performed under sections 11 to 11b, 11d to 11f, and this section, and shall not extend to a negligent act which causes personal injury or death.
(2) Any legally recognized privileged communication, except that between attorney and client and except as specified in section 11a(2), is abrogated and shall not constitute grounds for excusing a report otherwise required to be made pursuant to this act.
History: Add. 1982, Act 519, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983
Popular Name: Act 280