Tana Edwards v. New Century Hospice, Inc. Legacy Hospice, LLC, d/b/a New Century Hospice of Denver, LLC Legacy…

Summary

The court held that a corporation is not a "person" entitled to immunity under the Professions Act, Nurse Practice Act, or Mandatory Reporter statute because those statutes use the term in a context referring to human beings. Although the Duty to Report statute can immunize corporations and treats a governmental board as a "person," New Century failed to establish that no genuine factual dispute existed about whether its report to the board was made for the statutory purpose. The court therefore discharged the rule to show cause.