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Item Title:
WRITTEN MOTION - NURSING HOME RESIDENTS VIOLATIONS
Item Detail:
8. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillor Coelho, requesting, that the City Council inquire of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and Massachusetts Public Health Council whether or not the State has any regulatory requirements to prevent photos from being taken of nursing home residents by staff or by visitors without their express consent as a result of various cases arising whereby such residents have appeared in photos, whether they were the subject of the photo or recognizably appearing in the background of a photo, that were posted on various social media outlets without the resident’s knowledge or consent thereby infringing on the privacy of an extremely vulnerable population in our community; and if such regulations exist, how the City government can assist in the enforcement; if such regulations do not exist, whether such regulations can be promulgated to preserve the privacy of these residents.
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