IC 16-49.5-2-11: Confidentiality; confidential matters; immunity

Sec. 11. (a) Members of a SOFR team and individuals who attend a SOFR team meeting as invitees of the team chairperson:

(1) may discuss, among themselves, confidential matters that are before the SOFR team;

(2) are bound by all applicable laws concerning the confidentiality of the matters reviewed by the SOFR team; and

(3) except as provided in subsection (b), may not be:

(A) disciplined;

(B) criminally prosecuted; or

(C) held administratively or civilly liable;

for the sharing or discussion of any confidential matter before the SOFR team during a SOFR team meeting.

(b) The immunity described in subsection (a)(3) does not apply to a SOFR team member or a SOFR team invitee who discloses confidential information:

(1) with malice;

(2) in bad faith; or

(3) negligently.