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Oregon's new temporary rule, OAR 411-054-0025(10), requires a consent form for cameras in assisted living rooms through Feb. 5, 2027. Nursing homes have no rule.
Pennsylvania has no nursing home camera statute. Esther's Law (HB 1350) is pending and would carve out an exception to the state's all-party consent Wiretap Act.
R.I. Gen. Laws chapter 23-17.29 covers electronic monitoring in both nursing homes and assisted living, with mandatory signage, an evidence-admissibility rule and criminal penalties.
South Carolina has no nursing home camera statute. Three different bills, H.4646, H.4524, and H.3634, are pending with different mechanisms. Current law and one-party consent.
South Dakota's S.D.C.L. chapter 34-12I lets nursing facility and assisted living residents install a video monitoring device, but separately makes audio monitoring a class 1 misdemeanor.
Tennessee has no nursing home camera law. See what the 26-item resident bill of rights does not cover, and how one-party consent law applies to a camera.
Texas lets nursing home residents install room cameras under Health & Safety Code Ch. 242, Subch. R. Covers assisted living, roommate consent, cost, and penalties.
Utah Code section 26B-2-236 gives assisted living residents and secure memory care patients the right to install a monitoring device, but does not cover a general nursing facility room.
Vermont has no nursing home camera law and no general wiretap statute at all. See how federal law, the voyeurism statute, and facility policy apply instead.
Virginia Code section 32.1-138.5:1 lets nursing facility residents install electronic monitoring today; a parallel assisted living law, section 63.2-1808.2, is enacted but not yet in force.
Washington gives nursing home, assisted living, and adult family home residents a right to request in-room cameras under three WAC regulations. Here is how consent and roommate sign-off work.
West Virginia has no nursing home camera statute. The GRAM'S Act has died twice in committee. Learn what current law allows and get practical guidance.