1. (a) Any person filing a petition, participating in the making of a good-faith report, or participating in an investigation or in a judicial proceeding resulting therefrom, pursuant to § 13-705 or § 13-709 of this subtitle or Title 14, Subtitle 3 of the Family Law Article, shall have the immunity from civil liability or criminal penalty described under § 5-618(a) of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article.
2. (b) A law enforcement officer who transports an adult to an appropriate medical facility under § 13-709 of this subtitle shall have the immunity from civil or criminal liability described under § 5-618(b) of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article.

Added by Acts 1977, c. 768, § 5, eff. July 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1979, c. 335; Acts 1986, c. 5, § 1; Acts 1986, c. 396, § 1; Acts 1990, c. 546, § 3; Acts 1997, c. 14, § 20, eff. April 8, 1997; Acts 2010, c. 256, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2010; Acts 2010, c. 257, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2010.