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CT Gen Stat § 20-126r (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 379a - Dental Hygienists|Section 20-126r - Appeal.

 Any licensee aggrieved by a final decision of the Department of Public Health in suspending or revoking any license under the provisions of sections 20-126h to 20-126w, inclusive, may appeal therefrom as provided in section 4-183. Appeals brought under this section shall be privileged with respect to the order of trial assignment.(P.A. 94-149, S. 11; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 96-47, S. 7.)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. 96-47 changed reference to being aggrieved by “the action” to “a final decision” of the Department of Public Health.
CT Gen Stat § 20-126s (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 379a - Dental Hygienists|Section 20-126s - Payment for dental hygiene care of patients in chronic and convalescent hospitals and convalescent homes.

 Payment for dental hygiene care rendered to patients in chronic and convalescent hospitals or convalescent homes shall be made directly to the dental hygienist rendering such care. The Commissioner of Social Services shall not be required to recognize the cost of employing or contracting with a dental hygienist in the rates established for convalescent homes pursuant to section 17b-340.(P.A. 94-149, S. 12.)
CT Gen Stat § 20-126t (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 379a - Dental Hygienists|Section 20-126t - Penalties.

 Any person who violates any provision of sections 20-126h to 20-126w, inclusive, or section 20-126y shall be guilty of a class D felony. Any person who continues to practice dental hygiene or engage as a dental hygienist, after his license or authority to so do has been suspended or revoked and while such disability continues, shall be guilty of a class D felony. For the purposes of this section, each instance of patient contact or consultation which is in violation of any provision of this section shall constitute a separate offense. Failure to renew a license in a timely manner shall not constitute a violation for the purposes of this section.(P.A. 94-149, S. 13; P.A. 13-258, S. 78; P.A. 19-72, S. 5.)History: P.A. 13-258 amended penalty for violation of Secs. 20-126h to 20-126w or continued practice without authority from fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment of not more than 5 years to a class D felony and made technical changes; P.A. 19-72 added reference to Sec. 20-126y, effective January 1, 2020.
CT Gen Stat § 20-126u (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 379a - Dental Hygienists|Section 20-126u - Regulations.

 The Commissioner of Public Health may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to implement the provisions of sections 20-126h to 20-126w, inclusive.(P.A. 94-149, S. 14; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)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.
CT Gen Stat § 20-126w (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 379a - Dental Hygienists|Section 20-126w - Construction of chapter.

 Nothing in sections 20-126h to 20-126u, inclusive, shall be construed to (1) allow a dental hygienist to practice beyond the parameters of section 20-126l, or (2) prevent a licensed dentist from providing dental hygiene services.(P.A. 94-149, S. 24; P.A. 99-197, S. 2.)History: P.A. 99-197 deleted “the general supervision of a licensed dentist, as defined in”.
CT Gen Stat § 20-126x (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 379a - Dental Hygienists|Section 20-126x - Professional liability insurance required, when. Amount of insurance. Reporting requirements.

 (a) Each person licensed to practice dental hygiene under the provisions of this chapter who provides direct patient care services shall maintain professional liability insurance or other indemnity against liability for professional malpractice. The amount of insurance that each such person shall carry as insurance or indemnity against claims for injury or death for professional malpractice shall not be less than five hundred thousand dollars for one person, per occurrence, with an aggregate of not less than one million five hundred thousand dollars.(b) Each insurance company that issues professional liability insurance, as defined in subdivisions (1), (6), (7), (8) and (9) of subsection (b) of section 38a-393, shall, on and after January 1, 1997, render to the Commissioner of Public Health a true record of the names, according to classification, of cancellations of and refusals to renew professional liability insurance policies and the reasons for such cancellations or refusal to renew said policies for the year ending on the thirty-first day of December next preceding.(P.A. 96-133, S. 4.)
CT Gen Stat § 20-128 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 380 - Optometry|Section 20-128 - Examining board.

 Section 20-128 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 4489; 1957, P.A. 610, S. 1; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 44; P.A. 77-614, S. 408, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 175, 176.)
CT Gen Stat § 20-129 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 380 - Optometry|Section 20-129 - Regulations. Meetings. Records. Reports.

 The Commissioner of Public Health, with advice and assistance from the board, shall make regulations for the government of the board in the transaction of its business. The board shall, annually, on or before the first day of October, make a report to the Department of Public Health of its official acts, with such suggestions as it deems advisable with reference to the matters committed to its charge.(1949 Rev., S. 4490; June, 1955, S. 2238d; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 45; P.A. 77-614, S. 409, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 45, 176; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)History: 1959 act deleted provisions re board's receipts, fees and expenditures and compensation of members of the board and its secretary; P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, replaced references to president and secretary of board with “board” and transferred regulatory power re board government and transaction of business from board to commissioner of health services, retaining board in advisory role, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-484 deleted provisions re quorum, meetings and records of proceedings; 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.See Sec. 4-40a re compensation and expenses of licensing boards and commissions.
CT Gen Stat § 20-133a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 380 - Optometry|Section 20-133a - Restrictions on employment of optometrists.

 No licensed optometrist shall practice his profession as an employee of any unlicensed person, firm or corporation, provided that said prohibition shall not apply to health service organizations, hospitals, other optometrists or ophthalmologists. Nothing herein contained shall prohibit any registered optometrist or optometrists from continuing his employment in the mercantile establishment in which he or they were employed on June 28, 1963. No rule of the board shall prohibit the practice of optometry on a lessee or sublessee basis in or on the premises of a retail, commercial or mercantile establishment.(1963, P.A. 429; P.A. 80-484, S. 165, 176.)History: P.A. 80-484 replaced previous prohibitions against practicing as lessee or sublessee in mercantile establishment, against practicing on behalf of unlicensed person and against unlicensed persons practicing optometry with prohibition against practicing as employee of unlicensed person, firm or corporation and specifically allowed practice of optometry on lessee or sublessee basis on premises of retail, commercial or mercantile establishment.Prior to statute, court, in considering Sec. 20-133, held legislature did not intend that corporation or other unlicensed person could not employ licensed optometrist at fixed salary to render optometrical services to persons whose obligation to pay for services would run to corporation. 150 C. 290.
CT Gen Stat § 20-133b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 380 - Optometry|Section 20-133b - Professional liability insurance required, when. Amount of insurance. Reporting requirements.

 (a) Each person licensed to practice optometry under the provisions of this chapter who provides direct patient care services shall maintain professional liability insurance or other indemnity against liability for professional malpractice. The amount of insurance that each such person shall carry as insurance or indemnity against claims for injury or death for professional malpractice shall not be less than five hundred thousand dollars for one person, per occurrence, with an aggregate of not less than one million five hundred thousand dollars.(b) Each insurance company that issues professional liability insurance, as defined in subdivisions (1), (6), (7), (8) and (9) of subsection (b) of section 38a-393, shall, on and after January 1, 1997, render to the Commissioner of Public Health a true record of the names, according to classification, of cancellations of and refusals to renew professional liability insurance policies and the reasons for such cancellations or refusal to renew said policies for the year ending on the thirty-first day of December next preceding.(P.A. 96-133, S. 2.)
CT Gen Stat § 20-133c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 380 - Optometry|Section 20-133c - Optometrists. Agreements, leases or other contracts. Prohibited provisions.

 On and after October 1, 2008, no agreement, lease or other contract entered into, renewed or extended between an optometrist and any other person shall contain any provision that: (1) Impedes an optometrist's ability to gain access to his or her professional office or patient records, provided any such agreement, lease or other contract may contain a provision that provides a reasonable protocol for the optometrist to gain access to the premises during nonbusiness hours for medical emergencies; or (2) limits, inhibits or prevents an optometrist's ability to communicate with his or her patients at any time.(P.A. 08-184, S. 17.)
CT Gen Stat § 20-136 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 380 - Optometry|Section 20-136 - Examination of school children.

 The examination and inspection of school children under the provisions of chapter 169, as far as such examination and inspection concern the vision, may be performed by any optometrist licensed under the provisions of this chapter, provided such optometrist shall be appointed for such purpose in the same manner as medical advisors are appointed under the provisions of said chapter.(1949 Rev., S. 4497.)See Sec. 10-205 re appointment of school medical advisors.See Sec. 10-214 re vision, audiometric and postural screenings of public school students.
CT Gen Stat § 20-137 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 380 - Optometry|Section 20-137 - Exemption. Use of title “Doctor”.

 The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to apply to physicians and surgeons authorized to practice under the laws of this state, nor to any person who sells spectacles or eyeglasses on prescription from any such physician or certified optometrist; provided such person shall not attempt to measure the vision of the eye. No person granted a certificate under the terms of this chapter shall display or use the title “Doctor” or its synonym, either by way of prefix or otherwise, unless, at the same time, he appends to his name words indicating that he is an optometrist. Any person violating any provision of this section shall be subject to the penalties provided in section 20-138a.(1949 Rev., S. 4498.)Exemption in section does not apply to opticians act. 13 CS 147.
CT Gen Stat § 20-138 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 380 - Optometry|Section 20-138 - Penalty.

 Section 20-138 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 4499; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 47.)
CT Gen Stat § 20-138c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 380 - Optometry|Section 20-138c - Optometrists as members of certain advisory committees.

 Wherever a committee, council or other body is appointed to serve in an advisory capacity in matters pertaining to vision for the Department of Public Health, the State Board of Education, the Department of Motor Vehicles or the Department of Social Services, the appointing authority shall include, as a member of such committee, council or body, a person licensed under the provisions of this chapter.(1967, P.A. 342; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 521, 610; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)History: P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare department with department of social services; P.A. 77-614 replaced department of social services with department of human resources and department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; 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 (Revisor's note: A reference to “Motor Vehicle Department” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Motor Vehicles” for consistency with customary statutory usage).
CT Gen Stat § 20-138d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 380 - Optometry|Section 20-138d - Coverage of services of optometrists under health insurance policies.

 The provisions of section 20-138b shall apply to every individual or group hospital or medical expense insurance policy and every individual or group hospital or medical service plan contract delivered or issued for delivery or renewed in this state after October 1, 1975, which provides coverage or benefits for services or treatments which are within the definition of optometry as set forth in section 20-127. If any such policy or contract provides coverage or benefits for any such services or treatments when rendered by a person licensed under chapter 370, such policy or contract shall provide identical coverage or benefits for such services or treatments when rendered by a person licensed under this chapter, provided this section shall not alter or enlarge in any way the services or treatments which persons licensed under this chapter are authorized to perform.(P.A. 75-117.)
CT Gen Stat § 20-139 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 381 - Opticians|Section 20-139 - Purpose and legislative policy.

 The provisions of this chapter are enacted in the exercise of the police powers of the state, and the purposes thereof generally are to protect public health, welfare and safety. It is declared that regulation is required of all optical appliances, eyeglasses, lenses, optical instruments intended to be used for the human eye, as well as any and all aids to human vision, sold, dispensed or supplied to the ultimate wearer or consumer in this state; and that persons filling prescriptions having to do with optical glasses from given formulas, and kindred products, and others engaged in the practice of optical dispensing, shall possess the education, special knowledge, skill, technique and ability to apply such knowledge in order to properly fill any such formulas correcting visual or ocular anomalies of the human eye and shall be licensed, and that all optical establishments, offices, departments or stores, as well as all optical shops and laboratories, shall be registered pursuant to the provisions of the statutes governing opticians. Without the control of standards and quality of optical goods, appliances, instruments or other aids to vision, the sale, dispensing and distribution to the public would be such as to constitute a menace to the public health, welfare and safety; and because of the foregoing, and in order further to safeguard and insure a high standard of sale, dispensing and distribution of such optical appliances, instruments and aids to human vision, it is necessary that there should be legislation pertaining to the quality, sale, dispensing and distribution of such optical appliances, instruments and aids to human vision, and also to persons engaged in the optical industry. The foregoing statements of facts, purposes, policy and application are declared to be matters of intended legislative determination and are declared to be applicable to the provisions of this chapter.(1949 Rev., S. 4500; P.A. 80-484, S. 50, 176.)History: P.A. 80-484 substituted “registered” for “licensed”.Cited. 15 CA 205.
CT Gen Stat § 20-139a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 381 - Opticians|Section 20-139a - Board of Examiners for Opticians.

 (a) There shall be within the Department of Public Health a Connecticut Board of Examiners for Opticians. Said board shall consist of three members appointed by the Governor, subject to the provisions of section 4-9a, as follows: Two practicing licensed opticians in good professional standing who reside in this state and one public member. The Governor shall appoint a chairman from among such members.(b) Said board shall meet at least once during each calendar quarter and at such other times as the chairman deems necessary. Special meetings shall be held on the request of a majority of the board after notice in accordance with the provisions of section 1-225. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum. Members shall not be compensated for their services. Any member who fails to attend three consecutive meetings or who fails to attend fifty per cent of all meetings held during any calendar year shall be deemed to have resigned from office. Minutes of all meetings shall be recorded by the board. No members shall participate in the affairs of the board during the pendency of any disciplinary proceedings by the board against such member. No professional member shall be an elected or appointed officer of a professional society of opticians or have been such an officer during the year immediately preceding his appointment.(c) The Commissioner of Public Health, with advice and assistance from the board, may make and enforce such regulations as the commissioner deems necessary to maintain proper professional and ethical standards for opticians. The board may revoke or suspend licenses for cause.(d) The Board of Examiners for Opticians shall (1) hear and decide matters concerning suspension or revocation of licensure, (2) adjudicate complaints filed against practitioners licensed under this chapter and (3) impose sanctions where appropriate.(P.A. 80-484, S. 51, 52, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 34, 71; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-12, S. 22, 55; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 98-143, S. 11, 24.)History: P.A. 81-471 changed “elected official” to “elected or appointed officer” in Subsec. (b) as of July 1, 1981; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-12 in Subsec. (b) eliminated expense reimbursement for board members; 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; P.A. 98-143 added quorum provision in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 1998.See Sec. 4-9a for definition of “public member”.Cited. 15 CA 205.
CT Gen Stat § 20-140 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 381 - Opticians|Section 20-140 - Commission of Opticians. Appointment and qualifications.

 Section 20-140 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 4501; 1951, S. 2239d; P.A. 77-614, S. 415, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 175, 176.)
CT Gen Stat § 20-140a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 381 - Opticians|Section 20-140a - Receipts credited to General Fund.

 All moneys received by the Department of Public Health under the provisions of this chapter shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund.(1959, P.A. 616, S. 49; P.A. 80-484, S. 53, 176; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)History: P.A. 80-484 substituted “department of health services under the provisions of this chapter” for “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.