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CT Gen Stat § 19a-193b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services|Section 19a-193b - Collection of payment by an ambulance service.

 An ambulance service, as defined in section 19a-175, shall make a good faith effort to determine whether a person has health insurance coverage prior to attempting to collect payment from such person for services provided to such person. If the ambulance service determines that such person has health insurance coverage, such ambulance service shall not attempt to collect payment, other than a coinsurance, copayment or deductible, for any covered medical services provided to such person prior to receiving oral or written notice from such person's health insurer that it declines to pay for such services. If the health insurer does not pay for such services or provide notice that it declines to pay for such services on or before the sixtieth calendar day after receiving a bill for such services, the ambulance service may attempt to collect payment from such person for such services.(P.A. 15-110, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 19a-194. (Formerly Sec. 19-73pp) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services|Section 19a-194. (Formerly Sec. 19-73pp) - Motorcycle rescue vehicles.

 (a) A motorcycle equipped to handle medical emergencies shall be deemed a rescue vehicle. The commissioner shall issue a safety certificate to such motorcycle upon examination of such vehicle and a determination that such motorcycle (1) is in satisfactory mechanical condition, (2) is as safe to operate as the average motorcycle, and (3) is equipped with such emergency medical equipment as may be required by subsection (b) of this section.(b) The commissioner shall annually issue a list specifying the minimum equipment that a motorcycle must carry to operate as a rescue vehicle pursuant to this section. Such equipment shall include those items that would enable an emergency medical technician, paramedic or other individual similarly trained to render to a person requiring emergency medical assistance the maximum benefit possible from the operation of such motorcycle rescue vehicle.(P.A. 78-156, S. 1; P.A. 98-195, S. 12; P.A. 09-232, S. 35; P.A. 14-231, S. 47.)History: Sec. 19-73pp transferred to Sec. 19a-194 in 1983; P.A. 98-195 transferred authority over motorcycle rescue vehicles from the director of the Office of Emergency Medical Services to the Commissioner of Public Health, and made regulations discretionary rather than mandatory; P.A. 09-232 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing provision re regulations concerning equipment motorcycles must carry to operate as rescue vehicles with provision requiring commissioner to issue annual list concerning minimum equipment requirements for such motorcycles, effective January 1, 2010; P.A. 14-231 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting reference to Sec. 19a-181.
CT Gen Stat § 19a-195 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services|Section 19a-195 - Regulations re staffing of emergency medical response vehicles.

 The commissioner shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to require all emergency medical response services to be staffed by at least one certified emergency medical technician, who shall be in the patient compartment attending the patient during all periods in which a patient is being transported, and one certified medical response technician.(P.A. 81-260.)
CT Gen Stat § 19a-196 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services|Section 19a-196 - Complaints against emergency medical services councils, hearings and appeals.

 (a) For purposes of this section and sections 19a-196a and 19a-196b, “municipality” means any town, city or borough, whether consolidated or unconsolidated.(b) For purposes of this section, the Commissioner of Public Health may appoint hearing officers to investigate complaints filed pursuant to this section.(c) Any municipality aggrieved by any action of an emergency medical service council may file a written complaint with the commissioner describing such action and shall mail a copy of such complaint to the party that is the subject of the complaint. Any complaint filed pursuant to this section shall be filed not later than one hundred eighty days after the alleged act. Upon receipt of a properly filed complaint, the commissioner shall refer such complaint to a hearing officer appointed to investigate such complaints. The hearing officer shall, after investigation and not later than ninety days after the date of such referral, either (1) make a report to the commissioner recommending dismissal of the complaint or (2) issue an official written complaint charging the emergency medical service council with the appropriate violation. Upon receiving a report from the officer recommending dismissal of the complaint, the commissioner may issue an order dismissing the complaint or may order a further investigation or a hearing thereon. Upon receiving a complaint issued by the officer, the commissioner shall set a time and place for the hearing. The hearing shall be held in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. If no such report or complaint is issued, the commissioner may, in his discretion, proceed to a hearing upon the party's original complaint in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.(d) A final decision shall be in writing and shall include any findings of fact and conclusions of law necessary to the commissioner's decision. Findings of fact shall be based exclusively on the evidence in the record. The final decision shall be delivered promptly to each party or his authorized representative, personally or by United States mail, certified or registered, postage prepaid, return receipt requested. The final decision shall be effective when personally delivered or mailed.(e) A municipality aggrieved by a decision of the commissioner pursuant to this section may appeal therefrom to the Superior Court in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183.(P.A. 95-198, S. 1; 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 98-195, S. 13.)History: 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; P.A. 98-195 transferred authority over complaints against council from the director of the Office of Emergency Medical Services to the Commissioner of Public Health, and made technical changes.
CT Gen Stat § 19a-196a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services|Section 19a-196a - Termination of services to municipalities restricted.

 No emergency medical service council or emergency communication system shall terminate service to any municipality which participates in such council or system or which is a member of an agency or regional emergency medical service council which participates in such council or system for nonpayment of a disputed bill during the pendency of any complaint, investigation, hearing or appeal involving such dispute, provided the subscriber shall pay the amount of any current and undisputed bills during such pendency.(P.A. 95-198, S. 2.)
CT Gen Stat § 19a-196b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services|Section 19a-196b - Response to calls from other municipalities. Transporting patients to the state's mobile field hospital.

 (a) Each emergency medical service council and emergency medical service system shall respond to and honor calls from any municipality that participates in another emergency medical service council or emergency communication system or which is a member of an agency that participates in such council or system.(b) Any licensed or certified ambulance may transport patients to the state's mobile field hospital when the hospital has been deployed by the Governor or the Governor's designee for the purposes specified in subsection (a) of section 19a-487.(P.A. 95-198, S. 3; P.A. 07-252, S. 72; P.A. 10-117, S. 60.)History: P.A. 07-252 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a), made technical changes therein and added Subsec. (b) authorizing ambulances to transport patients to state's mobile field hospital upon deployment by the Governor or the Governor's designee, effective July 12, 2007; P.A. 10-177 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing reference to Sec. 19a-490(m) with reference to Sec. 19a-487(a).
CT Gen Stat § 19a-197 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services|Section 19a-197 - Automatic external defibrillators. Registry established. Regulations. Simultaneous communication with physician not required.

 Section 19a-197 is repealed, effective October 1, 2008.(P.A. 98-62, S. 3; P.A. 00-47, S. 1; P.A. 08-184, S. 63.)
CT Gen Stat § 19a-197a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services|Section 19a-197a - Administration of epinephrine.

 (a) As used in this section, “emergency medical technician” means (1) any class of emergency medical technician certified under regulations adopted pursuant to section 20-206oo, including, but not limited to, any advanced emergency medical technician, and (2) any paramedic licensed pursuant to section 20-206ll.(b) Any emergency medical technician who has been trained, in accordance with national standards recognized by the Commissioner of Public Health, in the administration of epinephrine using automatic prefilled cartridge injectors or similar automatic injectable equipment and who functions in accordance with written protocols and the standing orders of a licensed physician serving as an emergency department director may administer epinephrine using such injectors or equipment. All emergency medical technicians shall receive such training. All licensed or certified ambulances shall be equipped with epinephrine in such injectors or equipment which may be administered in accordance with written protocols and standing orders of a licensed physician serving as an emergency department director.(P.A. 00-135, S. 16, 21; P.A. 09-232, S. 38; P.A. 15-223, S. 4.)History: P.A. 00-135 effective January 1, 2001; P.A. 09-232 redefined “emergency medical technician” in Subsec. (a), effective January 1, 2010; P.A. 15-223 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “19a-179” with “20-206oo”.
CT Gen Stat § 19a-197b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services|Section 19a-197b - Training standards for the use of automatic external defibrillators.

 A paid or volunteer firefighter or police officer, a member of a ski patrol, a lifeguard, a conservation officer, patrol officer or special police officer of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection or emergency medical service personnel who has been trained in the use of an automatic external defibrillator in accordance with the standards set forth by the American Red Cross or American Heart Association shall not be subject to additional requirements, except recertification requirements, in order to use an automatic external defibrillator.(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-4, S. 38; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 19a-197c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368d - Emergency Medical Services|Section 19a-197c - Automatic external defibrillators required on public golf courses.

 Each public golf course, as defined in section 30-33, shall provide and maintain in a central location on the premises of the public golf course, at least one automatic external defibrillator, as defined in section 19a-175.(P.A. 06-195, S. 54.)
CT Gen Stat § 19a-201. (Formerly Sec. 19-75a) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368e - Municipal Health Authorities|Section 19a-201. (Formerly Sec. 19-75a) - Appointment of director by municipality or district and hospital jointly.

 Section 19a-201 is repealed, effective July 1, 1997.(1971, P.A. 337; P.A. 78-303, S. 64, 136; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-8, S. 87, 88.)
CT Gen Stat § 19a-202a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368e - Municipal Health Authorities|Section 19a-202a - Requirements re municipality designating itself as having a part-time health department. Regulations.

 (a) Any municipality may designate itself as having a part-time health department if: (1) The municipality has not had a full-time health department or been in a full-time health district prior to January 1, 1998; (2) the municipality has the equivalent of at least one full-time employee, as determined by the Commissioner of Public Health; (3) the municipality annually submits a public health program plan and budget to the commissioner; and (4) the commissioner approves the program plan and budget.(b) The Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, for the development and approval of the program plan and budget required by subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of this section.(P.A. 98-250, S. 18, 39; P.A. 99-125, S. 3; P.A. 00-216, S. 2, 28; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 2; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 39.)History: P.A. 98-250 effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 99-125 amended Subsec. (b)(3) to require that the municipality “annually submits a public health program plan and budget to the commissioner” rather than “develops a plan and timetable for the provision of health services”, amended Subsec. (c) to change “plan and timetable” to “program plan and budget” and made technical changes; P.A. 00-216 amended Subsec. (a) to increase annual per capita payment from $0.53 to $0.59, effective July 1, 2000; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3 amended Subsec. (a) to decrease annual per capita payment to $0.49, effective August 20, 2003; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 deleted former Subsec. (a) re state payments to part-time health departments, redesignated existing Subsecs. (b) and (c) as Subsecs. (a) and (b) and made a conforming change in redesignated Subsec. (b), effective October 6, 2009.
CT Gen Stat § 19a-202b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368e - Municipal Health Authorities|Section 19a-202b - Payments to municipalities: Distribution of excess funds.

 Section 19a-202b is repealed, effective July 1, 2019.(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-2, S. 1, 72; P.A. 19-117, S. 398.)
CT Gen Stat § 19a-203. (Formerly Sec. 19-76) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368e - Municipal Health Authorities|Section 19a-203. (Formerly Sec. 19-76) - “Director of health” substituted for “health officer”.

 Section 19a-203 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002.(1953, S. 2065d; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 19a-204. (Formerly Sec. 19-77) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368e - Municipal Health Authorities|Section 19a-204. (Formerly Sec. 19-77) - Certificate of appointment to be filed.

 The certificate of the appointment of any town, borough or city director of health shall be filed with the Commissioner of Public Health by the person making such appointment, and if such director is also, by reason of any special act, the registrar of vital statistics of such municipality, the person making such appointment shall, within ten days, transmit to the Secretary of the State and to the clerk of the municipality for which such appointment is made a certified notice of such appointment. Such notice shall be in substantially the following form:I hereby certify that .... was appointed on the .... day of ...., A.D. 20.. Director of Health of the town (borough, city) of .... and, under special act, the registrar of births, marriages and deaths of such town (borough, city) from the .... day of ...., A.D. 20.. until the .... day of ...., A.D. 20...Certification and SignatureSaid secretary and such clerk shall each, in a book kept by him for the purpose, record the names of such registrars and may severally certify that the persons named in such records are the registrars of vital statistics of their respective towns, boroughs and cities for the period for which they were respectively appointed. Each town, borough and city director of health, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall be sworn to the faithful discharge thereof.(1949 Rev., S. 3849; 1955, S. 2066d; 1967, P.A. 59, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)History: 1967 act substituted clerk of the municipality for probate court clerk as recorder of appointment; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of health with commissioner of health services, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 19-77 transferred to Sec. 19a-204 in 1983; 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; (Revisor's note: In 2001 the references in this section to the date “19..” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “20..” to reflect the new millennium).
CT Gen Stat § 19a-205. (Formerly Sec. 19-78) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368e - Municipal Health Authorities|Section 19a-205. (Formerly Sec. 19-78) - Salaries of directors of health.

 Each town director of health shall be paid by the treasurer of the town in which he has exercised the duties of his office for his actual services and necessary expenses. Bills for actual services and necessary expenses shall be rendered by each town director of health on the first days of April, July, October and January for the preceding three months. Each city and borough director of health shall receive such compensation as is fixed by the common council or burgesses of the city or borough for which he is appointed, but, if such compensation is not so fixed, he shall receive payment for his actual services and necessary expenses.(1949 Rev., S. 3631; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 92-8, S. 1.)History: P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of health with commissioner of health services, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 19-78 transferred to Sec. 19a-205 in 1983; P.A. 92-8 deleted requirement that commissioner of health services approve salaries.Annotation to former section 19-78:“Expenses” defined. 76 C. 167.
CT Gen Stat § 19a-207. (Formerly Sec. 19-80) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368e - Municipal Health Authorities|Section 19a-207. (Formerly Sec. 19-80) - Duties of local officials. Emergencies. Regulations.

 The local director of health or his authorized agent or the board of health shall enforce or assist in the enforcement of the Public Health Code and such regulations as may be adopted by the Commissioner of Public Health. Towns, cities and boroughs may retain the power to adopt, by ordinance, sanitary rules and regulations, but no such rule or regulation shall be inconsistent with the Public Health Code as adopted by said commissioner. In any emergency when the health of any locality is menaced or when any local board of health or director of health fails to comply with recommendations of the Department of Public Health, said department may enforce such regulations as may be required for the protection of the public health.(1949 Rev., S. 3806; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 84; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 65, 136; P.A. 87-521, S. 3; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)History: P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-303 replaced public health council with commissioner of health services; Sec. 19-80 transferred to Sec. 19a-207 in 1983; P.A. 87-521 provided for the appointment of an authorized agent to perform the duties of the local director of health and deleted reference to “quarantine” regulations re department's enforcement of regulations to protect the public health; P.A. 93-381 replaced department and commissioner of health services with department and 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.See Sec. 19a-36 re Public Health Code.Annotation to former section 19-80:Cited. 166 C. 337.
CT Gen Stat § 19a-207a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368e - Municipal Health Authorities|Section 19a-207a - Basic health program.

 Each district department of health and municipal health department shall ensure the provision of a basic health program that includes, but is not limited to, the following services for each community served by the district department of health and municipal health department: (1) Monitoring of health status to identify and solve community health problems; (2) investigating and diagnosing health problems and health hazards in the community; (3) informing, educating and empowering persons in the community concerning health issues; (4) mobilizing community partnerships and action to identify and solve health problems for persons in the community; (5) developing policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts; (6) enforcing laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety; (7) connecting persons in the community to needed health care services when appropriate; (8) assuring a competent public health and personal care workforce; (9) evaluating effectiveness, accessibility and quality of personal and population-based health services; and (10) researching to find innovative solutions to health problems.(P.A. 14-226, S. 3.)
CT Gen Stat § 19a-208. (Formerly Sec. 19-81) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368e - Municipal Health Authorities|Section 19a-208. (Formerly Sec. 19-81) - Health conferences.

 Town, city, borough and district directors of health shall attend conferences called by the Department of Public Health to consider matters relating to public health, and the necessary expenses incident to such attendance shall be paid by the town, city, borough or district represented by the director, provided said department shall not call more than two such conferences in any year.(1949 Rev., S. 3851; P.A. 77-598, S. 4; 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)History: P.A. 77-598 added references to districts and district directors of health; P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 19-81 transferred to Sec. 19a-208 in 1983; 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.