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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="5-424" title_number="5" title_name="Limitations, Prohibited Actions, and Immunities" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Immunities and Prohibited Actions -- Businesses, Associations, and Charities">
  <text>A licensed veterinary practitioner is immune from any civil liability that results from:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>The actions of a licensed acupuncturist that practices in accordance with § 2–301(g)(11) of the Agriculture Article;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>The actions of a person that:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>Is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized to practice a health occupation under the Health Occupations Article; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>Is authorized to practice the health occupation on an animal in accordance with § 2–304 of the Agriculture Article;</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>A report in good faith of suspected animal cruelty or animal fighting to a local law enforcement or county animal control agency under § 2–313.1 of the Agriculture Article; or</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>The licensed veterinary practitioner’s participation in an investigation of suspected animal cruelty or animal fighting as provided in § 2–313.1(c) of the Agriculture Article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
