(a) All law enforcement officers in this state shall make a diligent effort to determine if any person they find in a semiconscious or unconscious condition is wearing an identification bracelet or metal tag, or is carrying an identification card, bearing such person's name and any of the following information: A statement of an illness, such as epilepsy, diabetes or a cardiac condition, which might cause semiconsciousness or unconsciousness, a physician's name or identification of a medication, before such person may be charged with a crime. If any law enforcement officer shall determine that such a person is actually suffering from an affliction which would cause semiconsciousness or unconsciousness, he shall notify such person's physician immediately or have such person immediately transported to a physician or to some facility where the services of a physician are available.
(b) Any person who wilfully and knowingly falsifies such identification or deliberately misrepresents such an illness shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.