(a) A sex offender subject to GPS monitoring by the Department as a condition of parole, shall not remove, disable, render inoperable, or knowingly circumvent the operation of, nor permit another person to remove, disable, render inoperable, or knowingly circumvent the operation of, an electronic, GPS, or other monitoring device affixed to his or her person, when he or she knows that the device was affixed as a condition of parole.

(b) This section shall not apply if the removal, disabling, rendering inoperable, or circumventing of, an electronic, GPS, or other monitoring device, is performed by a physician, emergency medical services technician, or by any other emergency response or medical personnel when doing so is necessary during the course of medical treatment of the person subject to monitoring.

(c) This section shall not apply if the removal, disabling, rendering inoperable, or knowingly circumventing the operation of an electronic, GPS, or other monitoring device, is authorized or required by a court, or the law enforcement, probation, parole authority, or other entity responsible for placing the monitoring device on the person, or that has, at the time, the authority and responsibility to monitor the electronic, GPS, or other monitoring device.

(d) When probable cause is discovered that a sex offender has removed, disabled, rendered inoperable, knowingly circumvented the operation of, or attempted to circumvent the operation of, or permitted another person to remove, disable, render inoperable, or knowingly circumvent the operation of the monitoring device, notwithstanding subsections 3572(b) and 3572(c) above, DAPO shall refer the violation to superior court.