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CT Gen Stat § 20-141 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 381 - Opticians|Section 20-141 - Powers and duties of board and commissioner.

 (a) The Commissioner of Public Health, with advice and assistance from the Board of Examiners for Opticians, shall make regulations not inconsistent with law, and in conformity with the declared policy of this chapter, as may be necessary to govern the conduct of the business of dispensing or grinding optical glasses and instruments for the optical business and the producing and reproducing of ophthalmic lenses and kindred products and the mounting of the same to supporting materials and the fitting of the same to the eyes. Said board may revoke, suspend or refuse to issue licenses, certificates of registration or permits for cause. The commissioner may issue subpoenas, administer oaths and take testimony.(b) Said board shall keep a record of its proceedings and a copy of any such record, certified by the commissioner, shall be admitted as evidence in any civil or criminal action in lieu of such record.(1949 Rev., S. 4502; June, 1955, S. 2241d; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 13; P.A. 77-614, S. 416, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 54, 176; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)History: P.A. 77-614 transferred power to make regulations from commission to commissioner of health services, retaining commission in advisory capacity, deleted provision providing that bylaws govern licensing hearings and rephrased provision re subpoenas, oaths and testimony in Subsec. (a), deleted provision re election of commission president and secretary/treasurer, required that reports be made to commissioner of health services rather than to governor and required certification of records by commissioner of health services rather than by commission secretary in Subsec. (b), effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-484 replaced commission with board of examiners for opticians throughout section, except that power to subpoena, administer oaths and take testimony transferred to commissioner of health services and deleted provision re reports to commissioner and Opticians' Association in Subsec. (b); P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.Purpose of statute discussed. 13 CS 147.
CT Gen Stat § 20-142 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 381 - Opticians|Section 20-142 - Meetings of commission.

 Section 20-142 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 4519; P.A. 80-484, S. 175, 176.)
CT Gen Stat § 20-143 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 381 - Opticians|Section 20-143 - Commissioner may employ inspectors. Duties of inspectors.

 The Commissioner of Public Health may, from time to time, employ an inspector or inspectors, who shall inspect during usual business hours, licensees or optical permittees and places in which eyeglasses are sold or dispensed or ground in accordance with a given formula. Such inspectors shall report to said commissioner any violation of the provisions of this chapter.(1949 Rev., S. 4517; P.A. 77-614, S. 417, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 55, 176; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)History: P.A. 77-614 replaced commission of opticians with commissioner of health services as inspection authority, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-484 deleted reports re irregularities re registration of optical establishments, etc. or re methods of keeping, dispensing or retailing optical merchandise; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
CT Gen Stat § 20-144 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 381 - Opticians|Section 20-144 - Compensation and expenses of commission. Executive secretary.

 Section 20-144 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 4521; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 50.)
CT Gen Stat § 20-145 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 381 - Opticians|Section 20-145 - Definition of licensed optician.

 A licensed optician, for the purposes of this chapter, shall be defined as follows: One having a knowledge of optics and skilled in the technique of producing and reproducing ophthalmic lenses and kindred products and mounting the same to supporting materials and the fitting of the same to the eyes.(1949 Rev., S. 4520; P.A. 80-484, S. 154, 176.)History: P.A. 80-484 deleted definition of “mechanical optician”.Cited. 132 C. 35.
CT Gen Stat § 20-146a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 381 - Opticians|Section 20-146a - Registration of inmates as apprentices. Credit toward licensure.

 Any inmate employed in an optical shop established and maintained by the Commissioner of Correction, as provided in section 18-88, shall be entitled to register as an apprentice with the Department of Public Health and shall receive credit for such period of employment towards fulfillment of the requirements for licensure under this chapter.(P.A. 78-293, S. 5, 6; P.A. 80-484, S. 57, 176; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)History: P.A. 80-484 required registration of apprenticeship with department of health services rather than with commission of opticians; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
CT Gen Stat § 20-147 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 381 - Opticians|Section 20-147 - Waiver of requirements in case of veterans.

 The department may, in its discretion, suspend any of the provisions of the statutes governing qualifications for examinations for opticians as to veterans of the Second World War and of the Korean hostilities, as defined by section 27-103, if said department deems such provisions to be unjust to such veterans, provided the public health and safety shall not be jeopardized by such suspension.(1949 Rev., S. 4509; 1957, P.A. 163, S. 36; P.A. 80-484, S. 58, 176.)History: P.A. 80-484 replaced “commission”, i.e. commission of opticians, with “department”, i.e. department of health services.
CT Gen Stat § 20-147a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 381 - Opticians|Section 20-147a - Students enrolled in opticianry programs.

 Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter to the contrary, any student enrolled in an educational program in opticianry in a regionally accredited institution of higher education may (1) perform such work as is incidental to his course of study at such institution and (2) participate in the operation of any course of study within such institution for the practical training of students in the technique of producing and reproducing ophthalmic lenses and kindred products and mounting the same to supporting materials and the fitting of the same to the eyes under the direct supervision of an optician licensed pursuant to this chapter.(P.A. 90-325, S. 20, 32.)
CT Gen Stat § 20-148 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 381 - Opticians|Section 20-148 - Qualifications of assistant licensed opticians and assistant mechanical opticians.

 Section 20-148 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 4510; P.A. 77-614, S. 419, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 175, 176.)
CT Gen Stat § 20-149 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 381 - Opticians|Section 20-149 - License fees. Renewal.

 A license under the provisions of this chapter shall be given under the hand of the Commissioner of Public Health or the commissioner's designee. A fee shall be paid to the department, at the date of application for a license, as follows: For licensed optician, granting full responsibility, two hundred dollars. Such licenses shall be renewed annually in accordance with the provisions of section 19a-88 and a fee shall be paid to the department at the date of renewal application as follows: For a licensed optician, two hundred five dollars.(1949 Rev., S. 4511; 1951, S. 2244d; 1963, P.A. 448; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 58; P.A. 77-614, S. 420, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 29, 136; P.A. 80-484, S. 59, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 36, 71; P.A. 89-251, S. 91, 203; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 24, 117; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 206; P.A. 15-244, S. 118; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 474.)History: 1963 act changed technical language and added provisions for permits and permit fees; 1971 act doubled fees; P.A. 77-614 deleted requirement that standard examination be “satisfactory to said commission” and reference to commission treasurer as recipient of fee payments, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-303 restored reference to commission treasurer; P.A. 80-484 replaced commission with department and commissioner of health services as licensing authority, deleted differential fee schedules and references to mechanical opticians, making single fees of $50 and $30 for original licenses and renewals, respectively, deleted provisions allowing double charge as penalty for failure to renew in timely fashion and requiring reexamination of those whose licenses have lapsed for five years and adding reference to renewal in accordance with Sec. 19-45; P.A. 81-471 deleted reference to renewal on first day of September; P.A. 89-251 increased the licensing fee from $50 to $75 and increased the renewal fee from $30 to $45; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6 raised initial and renewal license fees to $100; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fees from $100 to $200; P.A. 15-244 increased renewal fee from $200 to $205 and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2015; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 changed effective date of P.A. 15-244, S. 118, from July 1, 2015, to October 1, 2015, and applicable to the renewal of a license or certificate that expires on or after that date, effective June 30, 2015.
CT Gen Stat § 20-150 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 381 - Opticians|Section 20-150 - Where optical goods may be sold. Exception. Unfair trade practice.

 (a) No optical glasses or kindred products or other instruments to aid vision that are produced or reproduced to personalized given formulas, or plano cosmetic contact lenses shall be sold at retail except under the supervision of a licensed optician and in a registered optical establishment, office or store. An optical establishment, office or store is defined as meaning one the owner of which has had issued to him an optical license selling permit.(b) Nothing in subsection (a) of this section shall be construed to limit the ability of a physician, licensed under chapter 370, who is trained and specializes in diseases of the eye or an optometrist, licensed under chapter 380, to dispense contact lenses.(c) A violation of the provisions of subsection (a) of this section constitutes an unfair trade practice under subsection (a) of section 42-110b.(1949 Rev., S. 4503; P.A. 80-484, S. 60, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 37, 71; P.A. 82-116, S. 1, 2; P.A. 05-119, S. 1.)History: P.A. 80-484 substituted “registered” optical establishments for “licensed” establishments and deleted reference to optical license processing permits; P.A. 81-471 deleted provision allowing sales under optical retail vendor permit which was eliminated in 1980; P.A. 82-116 limited the prohibition against sales at retail to glasses or optical goods made according to individual prescription; P.A. 05-119 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same by making a technical change and adding plano cosmetic contact lenses to retail sale prohibition, added Subsec. (b) excepting ophthalmologists and optometrists from prohibition and added Subsec. (c) making violation of prohibition an unfair trade practice.Section relates to the filling of prescriptions and not to the making of them. 132 C. 35. Supervision by a physician in defendant's store does not comply with provision requiring a licensed optician. Id., 36.Cited. 13 CS 147.
CT Gen Stat § 20-151 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 381 - Opticians|Section 20-151 - Optical selling permits.

 (a) Any licensed optician and any optical department in any establishment, office or store may apply to the Department of Public Health for a registration certificate to sell at retail optical glasses and instruments from given formulas and to make and dispense reproductions of the same, in a shop, store, optical establishment or office owned and managed by a licensed optician as defined in section 20-145 or where the optical department thereof is under the supervision of such a licensed optician, and said registration shall be designated as an optical selling permit. Said department shall grant such permits for a period not exceeding one year, upon the payment of a fee of three hundred fifteen dollars, and upon satisfactory evidence to said department that such optical establishment, office or store is being conducted in accordance with the regulations adopted under this chapter. Such permit shall be conspicuously posted within such optical establishment, office or store. All permits issued under the provisions of this chapter shall expire on September first in each year.(b) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to require a permit from the Department of Public Health for an ophthalmic science educational program offered by a regionally accredited institution of higher education operating an optical establishment for the purpose of providing practical training to students enrolled in such program.(1949 Rev., S. 4504; 1951, S. 2242d; P.A. 77-614, S. 421, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 61, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 38, 71; P.A. 89-251, S. 92, 203; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 207; P.A. 15-242, S. 26.)History: P.A. 77-614 replaced regulations of commission with regulations adopted under chapter, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-484 transferred powers of commission to department of health services, substituted registration certificates and permits for licenses, deleted provisions re optical processing permits and added reference to expiration in accordance with Sec. 19-45; P.A. 81-471 deleted reference to licenses and to renewal in accordance with Sec. 19-45; P.A. 89-251 increased the fee from $50 to $250; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fee from $250 to $315; P.A. 15-242 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same by replacing “said department” with “the Department of Public Health”, and added Subsec. (b) re exception for certain ophthalmic science educational programs, effective June 30, 2015.Cited. 132 C. 33; 142 C. 229.Cited. 13 CS 147.
CT Gen Stat § 20-152 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 381 - Opticians|Section 20-152 - Optical retail vendor permit.

 Section 20-152 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 4506; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 51; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 59; 1972, P.A. 223, S. 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 422, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 175, 176.)
CT Gen Stat § 20-153a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 381 - Opticians|Section 20-153a - Lens and frame requirements.

 (a) No person shall sell, distribute or deliver any eyeglasses or sunglasses unless they are fitted with impact resistant lenses that fully meet the definitions, specifications, test procedures and tolerances for impact resistance and any exceptions provided for in the statement of policy of the federal Food and Drug Administration and whichever of the following standards may be applicable: (1) American National Standards Institute Z.80.1, as amended, “requirements for first quality prescription ophthalmic lenses”, or such other standard as may be established in regulations adopted pursuant to section 20-141, which standard shall apply to first-quality prescription ophthalmic lenses in edged or assembled form, white, colorless or tinted, single-vision or multifocal, plastic, laminated, impact-resistance-treated or untreated glass lenses, or (2) American National Standards Institute Z.87.1, as amended, “practice for occupational and educational eye and face protection”, or such other standard as may be established in regulations adopted pursuant to section 20-141, which standard shall apply to all occupational and educational operations and processes, excluding those relating to x-rays, gamma rays, high-energy particulate radiations, lasers, or masers; except in those cases where in his professional judgment the physician or optometrist finds that such lenses will not fulfill the visual requirements of the particular patient and directs in writing the use of other lenses.(b) No person shall fabricate, sell, offer to sell or have in his possession with intent to sell or offer to sell eyeglasses or sunglasses having frames manufactured from cellulose nitrate or materials having flammable characteristics approximately those of cellulose nitrate as found and established in the American National Standards Institute standards, as amended, or such other standard as may be established in regulations adopted pursuant to section 20-141.(c) Any person who violates this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.(1969, P.A. 361, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 361; 457, S. 1; P.A. 73-612, S. 2; P.A. 86-43, S. 4.)History: 1971 acts added Subsec. (d) re remounting lenses or reusing frames owned prior to January 1, 1971, and rephrased Subsec. (a) to replace requirement for plastic, laminated or tempered or case-hardened glass lenses with requirement for impact resistant lenses as specified; P.A. 73-612 required that lenses meet specified standards of American National Standards Institute; P.A. 86-43 changed the standards and deleted Subsec. (d) which pertained to frames owned prior to January 1, 1971.
CT Gen Stat § 20-155 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 381 - Opticians|Section 20-155 - Complaints concerning license or permit holders.

 Section 20-155 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 4513; P.A. 77-614, S. 425, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 64, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 70, 71.)
CT Gen Stat § 20-156 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 381 - Opticians|Section 20-156 - Appeal.

 Any licensee or permittee aggrieved by a final decision of the board under section 19a-17 may appeal therefrom as provided in section 4-183, except such appeal shall be made returnable to the judicial district of New Britain.(1949 Rev., S. 4514; 1971, P.A. 179, S. 12; 870, S. 60; P.A. 76-436, S. 424, 681; P.A. 77-603, S. 65, 125; 77-614, S. 426, 610; P.A. 78-280, S. 39, 40, 127; P.A. 80-484, S. 65, 176; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6; P.A. 96-47, S. 8; P.A. 99-215, S. 24, 29.)History: 1971 acts required that petitions for restoration of licenses be filed within 15 days, required action between 12 and 30 days after service of petition rather than on next or “next but one” return day and replaced superior court with court of common pleas, effective September 1, 1971, except that courts with cases pending retain jurisdiction unless pending actions deemed transferable; P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with superior court, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-603 replaced detailed provisions re petitions with statement that appeals be brought in accordance with Sec. 4-183, retaining venue in Hartford County; P.A. 77-614 deleted venue provision, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-280 made appeals returnable to judicial district of Hartford-New Britain; P.A. 80-484 replaced commission of opticians with board of examiners and added reference to disciplinary actions under Sec. 19-4s; P.A. 88-230 replaced “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain at Hartford” with “judicial district of Hartford”, effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-47 changed reference to being aggrieved by “the action” to “a final decision” of the board; P.A. 99-215 replaced “judicial district of Hartford” with “judicial district of New Britain”, effective June 29, 1999.
CT Gen Stat § 20-157 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 381 - Opticians|Section 20-157 - License and permit to be conspicuously displayed.

 Each person practicing as a licensed optician and each holder of an optical permit shall, at all times, conspicuously display his license or permit in the place in which he practices under such license or permit.(1949 Rev., S. 4515; P.A. 80-484, S. 66, 176.)History: P.A. 80-484 deleted reference to mechanical opticians, assistant licensed and assistant mechanical opticians.Cited. 15 CA 205.
CT Gen Stat § 20-158 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 381 - Opticians|Section 20-158 - Restricted use of license or permit.

 Each licensee or permittee licensed under the provisions of this chapter who rents, loans or allows the use of his permit or license to an unlicensed person for unlawful use shall be fined one hundred dollars and shall forfeit his license as such licensee or permittee.(1949 Rev., S. 4516.)