§ 32.103. LIMITED LIABILITY FOR IMMUNIZATION. (a) In the absence of wilful misconduct or gross negligence, a health care provider who accepts the health history and other information given by a person who is delegated the authority to consent to the immunization of a child during the informed consent counseling is not liable for an adverse reaction to an immunization or for other injuries to the child resulting from factual errors in the health history or information given by the person to the health care provider. (b) A person consenting to immunization of a child, a physician, nurse, or other health care provider, or a public health clinic, hospital, or other medical facility is not liable for damages arising from an immunization administered to a child authorized under this subchapter except for injuries resulting from the person's or facility's own acts of negligence. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Renumbered from § 32.104 by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, § 7.09(e), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

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