Section 35-2-1303 - Authorized electronic monitoring; applicability(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.Added by Laws 2020 , ch. 126, § 1, eff. 10/1/2020.