Sec. 54-240m. Confidentiality of records re program participant. Exceptions. Notice of disclosure.
Sec. 54-240m. Confidentiality of records re program participant. Exceptions.
Notice of disclosure. (a) The Secretary of the State may not make any records in a
program participant's file, other than the program address, available for inspection or
copying, except:
(1) If requested by a law enforcement agency or by the State Elections Enforcement
Commission, to such law enforcement agency or said commission, provided the request
is in writing, on agency or commission letterhead stationery signed by the agency's
chief law enforcement officer, a commanding officer in the Division of State Police
within the Department of Public Safety or the executive director of the State Elections
Enforcement Commission, as the case may be, and contains the request date and the
name of the program participant;
(2) If directed by a court order, to a person identified in such order;
(3) To verify the participation of a specific program participant, in which case the
Secretary of the State may only confirm information supplied by the requestor; or
(4) If the program participant's certification has been cancelled.
(b) If the Secretary of the State discloses records pursuant to subdivision (2) or (3)
of subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary of the State shall forthwith notify the
program participant of such disclosure.
(P.A. 03-200, S. 14.)
History: P.A. 03-200 effective January 1, 2004.