General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 112 Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations - Section 58B Reports of suspected acts of cruelty to animals; veterinarians; immunity from liability

Section 58B. A veterinarian duly registered under section 55 who reports, in good faith and in the normal course of business, a suspected act of cruelty to animals prohibited under section 77 or section 94 of chapter 272 to a police officer, or a special state police officer appointed under section 57 of chapter 22C, shall not be liable in a civil or criminal action for reporting such act.

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