Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 53 - 911 Emergency Communication Services
Section 5399 - Prohibited release of information


(a) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other law, in a response to a request under the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-to-Know Law, a PSAP may not release individual identifying information of an individual calling a 911 center, victim or witness.
(b) Applicability.--This section shall not apply if the PSAP or a court determines that the public interest in disclosure outweighs the interest in nondisclosure.
(c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "identifying information" includes name, telephone number and home address. The term does not include:
(1) The location of the incident, unless the location is the caller's, victim's or witness's home address or the disclosure of the location would compromise the identity of the caller, victim or witness.
(2) The street block identifier, the cross street or the mile marker nearest the scene of the incident, which shall be public.
(May 24, 2016, P.L.228, No.30, eff. 60 days)

2016 Amendment. Act 30 added section 5399.

Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes

Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes

Title 35 - HEALTH AND SAFETY

Chapter 53 - 911 Emergency Communication Services

Extra - Chapter Notes

Section 5301 - Scope of chapter

Section 5302 - Definitions

Section 5303 - Telecommunications management

Section 5304 - Counties

Section 5304.1 - Pennsylvania State Police

Section 5305 - 911 system plan

Section 5306 - Special public meeting (Deleted by amendment)

Section 5306.1 - Fund

Section 5306.2 - Uniform 911 surcharge

Section 5307 - Payment, collection and remittance of surcharge by providers of 911 communications services

Section 5307.1 - Payment, collection and remittance of surcharge by sellers of prepaid wireless telecommunications service

Section 5308 - Expenditures for nonrecurring costs, training, mobile communications equipment, maintenance and operation of 911 systems (Deleted by amendment)

Section 5309 - Telephone records

Section 5310 - Penalty

Section 5311.1 - Immunity

Section 5311.2 - Powers and duties of agency (Deleted by amendment)

Section 5311.3 - Advisory committee (Deleted by amendment)

Section 5311.4 - Wireless E-911 Emergency Services Fund (Deleted by amendment)

Section 5311.5 - Disbursement of fund amounts by agency (Deleted by amendment)

Section 5311.6 - Reporting (Deleted by amendment)

Section 5311.7 - Prohibition against release of information

Section 5311.8 - Wireless provider and VoIP provider records (Deleted by amendment)

Section 5311.9 - Immunity (Deleted by amendment)

Section 5311.10 - Agency funding for wireless E-911 support (Deleted by amendment)

Section 5311.11 - Rate regulation

Section 5311.12 - Regulations (Deleted by amendment)

Section 5311.13 - Enforcement (Deleted by amendment)

Section 5311.14 - Collection and disbursement of VoIP 911 fee (Deleted by amendment)

Section 5311.15 - Shared residential MLTS service

Section 5311.16 - Business MLTS

Section 5311.17 - Shared communications services

Section 5311.18 - Temporary residence

Section 5311.19 - Local notification

Section 5311.20 - ALI database maintenance

Section 5311.21 - Industry standards

Section 5311.22 - Dialing instructions

Section 5311.23 - MLTS signaling

Section 5311.24 - MLTS operator education

Section 5311.25 - Limitation of liability

Section 5312.1 - Legislative study (Deleted by amendment)

Section 5313 - Legislative report

Section 5314 - Inventory

Section 5398 - Termination

Section 5399 - Prohibited release of information