The law provides immunity for physicians from civil and criminal liability for reports of known or suspected instances of abuse. Physicians (or their agents) are also immune from liability for taking or causing to be taken photographs of the suspected victim of domestic violence and for forwarding the photographs with the mandated report. A physician who, pursuant to a request from an adult protective services agency or a local law enforcement agency, provides the requesting agency with access to the victim of a known or suspected instance of abuse, will not incur civil or criminal liability as a result of providing that access. In the event that a person required to report is required to defend a legal action based on the making of the report and prevails, the state will reimburse the individual’s reasonable attorney’s fees (not to exceed an hourly rate greater than the rate charged by the attorney general at the time the award is made, up to a maximum of $50,000).