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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="5-618" title_number="5" title_name="Limitations, Prohibited Actions, and Immunities" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Immunities and Prohibited Actions -- Health and Public Safety">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Any person who files a petition, participates in the making of a good faith report, or participates in an investigation or in a judicial proceeding resulting from the filing of a petition or the making of a good faith report, under § 13-705 or § 13-709 of the Estates and Trusts Article or Title 14, Subtitle 3 of the Family Law Article, shall in so doing be immune from any civil liability or criminal penalty that might otherwise be incurred or imposed as a result thereof.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A law enforcement officer is not civilly or criminally liable for transporting an adult to an appropriate medical facility under § 13-709 of the Estates and Trusts Article if the officer acts:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>In a reasonably prudent manner; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Within the scope of the officer’s employment.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
