(a) No officer, agent or employee of the county or municipality charged with enforcement of the fire safety code shall be personally liable for any damage that may occur to persons or properties as a result of any act required or permitted under this code or as a result of the institution or assistance in the prosecution of a criminal proceeding under this code, if he is acting within the scope of his authority and without malice. Any suit brought against any officer, agent or employee of the county or municipality, as a result of any act required or permitted in the discharge of his duties under this code, shall be defended by the proceedings therein.
(b) The county or municipality shall not be liable under this code for any damage to persons or property, if any, by reason of the inspection or reinspection of buildings and structures authorized hereunder, or failure to inspect or reinspect such buildings, or by reason of any permit issued hereunder or the approval or disapproval of any equipment issued hereunder or the approval or disapproval of any equipment authorized herein. (1975 L.M.C., ch. 23, § 1.)
Editor’s note-The above section is cited in Utica Mutual Insurance Company v. Gaithersburg- Washington Grove Fire Department, Inc., 53 Md.App. 5589, 455 A.2d 987 (1983).
State law reference-Inspections, Ann. Code of Md. art. 48, §§ 181--183.