(a) All law enforcement officers in this state shall make a diligent effort to determine if any person they find in a semiconscious or unconscious condition is wearing an identification bracelet or metal tag, or is carrying an identification card, bearing such person's name and any of the following information: A statement of an illness, such as epilepsy, diabetes or a cardiac condition, which might cause semiconsciousness or unconsciousness, a physician's name or identification of a medication, before such person may be charged with a crime. If any law enforcement officer shall determine that such a person is actually suffering from an affliction which would cause semiconsciousness or unconsciousness, he shall notify such person's physician immediately or have such person immediately transported to a physician or to some facility where the services of a physician are available.
(b) Any person who wilfully and knowingly falsifies such identification or deliberately misrepresents such an illness shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(P.A. 73-202, S. 1, 2.)
History: Sec. 54-40a transferred to Sec. 54-1i in 1981.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 959 - Court Jurisdiction and Power
Section 54-1 and 54-1a. - Criminal jurisdiction of trial justices; of Court of Common Pleas.
Section 54-1b. - Arraignment of prisoner. Advice as to rights.
Section 54-1c. - Admissibility of confession.
Section 54-1f. (Formerly Sec. 6-49). - Arrest without warrant. Pursuit outside precincts.
Section 54-1l. - Short title: Alvin W. Penn Racial Profiling Prohibition Act.
Section 54-1n. - Complaint by victim of identity theft. Law enforcement agency's responsibilities.
Section 54-1o. - Electronic recording of custodial interrogations.
Section 54-1p. - Eyewitness identification procedures.
Section 54-1s. - Racial Profiling Prohibition Project Advisory Board. Membership. Duties.
Section 54-2. - Conviction and binding over by trial justice.
Section 54-2c. - Traffic violator need not appear in court, when. Schedule of fines established.
Section 54-2e. - Issuance of rearrest warrant or capias for failure to appear.
Section 54-25 and 54-26. - Release on recognizance. Witnesses in courts of other states.
Section 54-33. - Search warrants for gambling and lottery implements.
Section 54-33b. - Search of person.
Section 54-33c. - Warrant application, affidavits, execution and return. Copies. Orders.
Section 54-33d. - Interference with search.
Section 54-33e. - Destruction of property.
Section 54-33f. - Motion for return of unlawfully seized property and suppression as evidence.
Section 54-33i. - “Journalist”, “news organization” and “news” defined.
Section 54-33j. - Issuance of search warrant for property of journalist or news organization.
Section 54-33k. - “Strip search” defined.
Section 54-33l. - Strip searches. Procedure.
Section 54-33m. - Failure to wear seat belt not probable cause for vehicle search.
Section 54-33n. - Search of school lockers and property.
Section 54-33o. - Search of vehicle stopped solely for a motor vehicle violation.
Section 54-33p. - Restrictions on cannabis-related stop or search of a person or motor vehicle.
Section 54-34 and 54-35. - Search of person. Condemnation of gambling implements, notice.
Section 54-36. - Disposition of property held as evidence.
Section 54-36b. - Examiner of seized property, appointment, duties.
Section 54-36c. - Disposition of seized property on order of the examiner of seized property.
Section 54-36e. - Firearms and ammunition to be turned over to state police. Sale at public auction.
Section 54-36f. - Receipt for seized property to be given by law enforcement officials.
Section 54-36i. - Drug assets forfeiture revolving account. Allocation of moneys.
Section 54-36n. - Identification and tracing of seized and recovered firearms and ammunition.