§ 35-2-1303 — Authorized electronic monitoring; applicability

Wyoming § 35-2-1303

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 35: Public Health and Safety
• Ch. 2: HOSPITALS, HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND HEALTH
• Art. 13: ELECTRONIC MONITORING OF LONG-TERM CARE

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(a) No facility or resident of a facility shall engage in
electronic monitoring or use electronic monitoring devices
except as provided in this act.
(b) Notwithstanding W.S. 7-3-702, nothing in this act
shall be construed to authorize or permit the use of an
electronic monitoring device for the nonconsensual interception
or unauthorized recording, storage or disclosure of private
communications or actions occurring in a resident's room.
(c) A facility may install and use security surveillance
devices in the facility's common areas and other locations
except for resident rooms as the facility deems necessary for
monitoring the facility. Any recording made by security
surveillance devices under this subsection shall be the property
of the facility.
(d) A resident or resident's representative may seek to
install and use electronic monitoring devices in the resident's
room pursuant to the requirements of this act. Any recording
made by an electronic monitoring device under this subsection
shall be the property of the resident or the resident's
representative but may be used by a facility as provided by rule
of the department.