{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-54-1i","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-1i","heading":"(Formerly Sec. 54-40a). Duty of law enforcement officer before charging with a crime a person found in unconscious condition.","body":"(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.\n(b) Any person who wilfully and knowingly falsifies such identification or deliberately misrepresents such an illness shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.","path":["TITLE 54. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 959*. COURT JURISDICTION AND POWER","PART I. ARREST AND ARRAIGNMENT"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_959.htm#sec_54-1i","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:19Z","sha256":"58e694203b595555ca940299d5379c81082c1bf63ab9172412f921821ed8b7a1","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-54-1h","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-54-1j"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}