WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 546

TITLE 5, SUBTITLE 3 § 5-342 OF THE COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
ARTICLE.

Article - Agriculture

2-314.

A person licensed by the State of Maryland to provide veterinary care who, for no
fee or compensation, renders veterinary aid, care, or assistance in an emergency
situation in which the owner or custodian of the animal is not available to grant
permission [, is not liable for any civil damages as the result of any professional act or
omission by him or her not amounting to gross negligence] SHALL HAVE THE
IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY DESCRIBED UNDER TITLE 5, SUBTITLE 3 §
5-343 OF THE COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE.

5-505.

(g) A transportation company or common carrier [is not liable for damages for
refusing to deliver a colony not accompanied by the documents required under this
subtitle] SHALL HAVE THE IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY DESCRIBED
UNDER TITLE 5, SUBTITLE 3 § 5-345 OF THE COURTS AND JUDICIAL
PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE.

[(a)] A member or employee of a board of supervisors for a soil conservation
district [is immune from suit in courts of the State and from liability in tort for a
tortious act or omission:

(1) That is within the scope of the public duties of the member or
employee;

(2) That is made without malice or gross negligence; and

(3) For which the soil conservation district has consented to suit under
subsection (b) of this section, even if damages exceed the limits of that consent.

(b) (1) The exclusive remedy for a tortious act or omission, for which a
member or employee of a board of supervisors for a soil conservation district is immune
from suit or liability under subsection (a) of this section, is a suit brought against the
appropriate soil conservation district.

(2) The soil conservation district may not assert the defense of
governmental immunity in any suit brought under this section.

(c) The State Insurance Program administered under Title 12 of the State
Government Article for purposes of providing coverage under the Maryland Tort
Claims Act shall:

(1) Govern the limits of liability in any suit brought under this section; and

(2) Provide funds for the payment of any settlement or judgment entered

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