2005 Vermont Code - § 3179. — Penalties
§ 3179. Penalties
(a) Persons who hold themselves out as engaging in the business of, or engage in the business of a private detective or security guard without first having obtained a license or who are not acting as a registered employee for a licensed detective or licensed security guard or agency, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.
(b) Any person who is or has been an employee of a licensee and any licensee who divulges to anyone other than to his employer or as his employer shall direct, except before an authorized tribunal, any information acquired by him during such employment in respect to any of the work to which he has been assigned by such employer, and any such employee who wilfully makes a false report to his employer in respect to any such work, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of not more than $500.00. (Added 1981, No. 98, § 1; amended 1995, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 15.)
