632.440. No liability for health care professionals, public officials and certain peace officers.
No liability for health care professionals, public officials andcertain peace officers.
632.440. No officer of a public or private agency, mental healthfacility or mental health program; no head, attending staff or consultantof any such agency, facility or mental health program; no mental healthcoordinator, registered professional nurse, licensed physician, mentalhealth professional nor any other public official performing functionsnecessary for the administration of this chapter; no peace officerresponsible for detaining a person pursuant to this chapter; and no peaceofficer responsible for detaining or transporting, or both, any person uponthe request of any mental health coordinator pursuant to section 632.300 or632.305 or acting pursuant to the request of a guardian who is actingpursuant to chapter 475, RSMo, or upon the request of the head of anysupervisory mental health program who is acting pursuant to section632.337, regardless of whether such peace officer is outside thejurisdiction for which he serves as a peace officer during the course ofsuch detention or transportation, or both, shall be civilly liable forinvestigating, detaining, transporting, conditionally releasing ordischarging a person pursuant to this chapter or chapter 475, RSMo, at orbefore the end of the period for which the person was admitted or detainedfor evaluation or treatment so long as such duties were performed in goodfaith and without gross negligence.
(L. 1980 H.B. 1724, A.L. 1983 H.B. 801, A.L. 1996 S.B. 884 & 841, A.L. 2008 S.B. 1081)CROSS REFERENCE:
Alcohol and drug abuse treatment facility, no liability for public officials and certain peace officers, RSMo 631.175