Judiciary Committee
Public Safety and Security Committee
AN ACT CONCERNING THE UNAUTHORIZED TAKING OR TRANSMISSION BY FIRST RESPONDERS OF IMAGES OF CRIME OR ACCIDENT VICTIMS
SUMMARY: This act establishes criminal penalties for specified persons who, when responding to a request to provide someone with medical or other assistance, knowingly (1) take that person's photograph or digital image or (2) make such an image available to a third person. The penalties apply to peace officers, firefighters, ambulance drivers, emergency medical responders, emergency medical technicians, and paramedics, but only when these actions are not in the performance of their duties. The penalties also do not apply if these actions are done with the consent of the assisted person or someone in that person's immediate family.
Under the act, the penalty is up to one year in prison, up to a $2,000 fine, or both.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2011
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