660.608. Immunity from liability for official duties for staff and volunteers--information furnished office, no reprisals against employees of facilities or residents, violations, penalty.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

660.608. Immunity from liability for official duties for staff and volunteers--information furnished office, no reprisals against employees of facilities or residents, violations, penalty.

Immunity from liability for official duties for staff andvolunteers--information furnished office, no reprisals againstemployees of facilities or residents, violations, penalty.

660.608. 1. Any regional coordinator or local program staff, whether anemployee or an unpaid volunteer, shall be treated as a representative of theoffice. No representative of the office shall be held liable for good faithperformance of his official duties under the provisions of sections 660.600 to660.608 and shall be immune from suit for the good faith performance of suchduties. Every representative of the office shall be considered a stateemployee under section 105.711, RSMo.

2. No reprisal or retaliatory action shall be taken against any residentor employee of a long-term care facility for any communication made orinformation given to the office. Any person who knowingly or willfullyviolates the provisions of this subsection shall be guilty of a class Amisdemeanor. Any person who serves or served on a quality assessment andassurance committee required under 42 U.S.C. sec. 1396r(b)(1)(B) and 42 CFRsec. 483.75(r), or as amended, shall be immune from civil liability only foracts done directly as a member of such committee so long as the acts areperformed in good faith, without malice and are required by the activities ofsuch committee as defined in 42 CFR sec. 483.75(r).