| Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no a medical |
examiner shall may not be held liable for damages for any injury |
or damage which that results from the exercise and discharge of |
any of his the medical examiner's official duties, unless it can |
be shown that such the injury or damage resulted from gross |
negligence on the part of the medical examiner. Notwithstanding |
any other provision of law, no a pathologist, performing an |
autopsy at the request of a medical examiner or the Chief Medical |
Examiner, shall may not be held liable for damages for any injury |
or damage which that results from the performance of the autopsy, |
unless it can be shown that such the injury or damage resulted |
from the gross negligence of the pathologist. Notwithstanding |
any other provision of law, no a professional consultant, who at |
the request of the medical examiner or Chief Medical Examiner |
conducts an examination and renders a report as part of the |
record, shall may not be held liable for damages for any injury |
or damage which that results from the performance of the |
examination unless it can be shown that such the injury or damage |
resulted from the gross negligence of the consultant. |