reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
CT Gen Stat § 21a-254a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 420b - Dependency-Producing Drugs|Section 21a-254a - Appointment of prescription drug monitoring working group. Membership.

 The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall appoint a prescription drug monitoring working group for the purpose of advising the commissioner on the implementation of the electronic prescription drug monitoring program established pursuant to section 21a-254, including the adoption of regulations by the commissioner. Such advice shall include, but not be limited to, recommendations on how to effectively use the data collected pursuant to such program to detect fraud while protecting the legitimate use of controlled substances. The working group shall include, but not be limited to: (1) A physician, licensed pursuant to chapter 370, specializing in internal medicine; (2) a board certified oncologist; (3) a person licensed to perform advanced level nursing practice activities pursuant to subsection (b) of section 20-87a; (4) a representative from an acute care hospital licensed pursuant to chapter 368v; (5) a state police officer appointed in accordance with section 29-4; (6) a municipal police chief; (7) a representative from the Division of Criminal Justice; (8) a representative from a hospice licensed by the Department of Public Health or certified pursuant to 42 USC 1395x; (9) a pain management specialist, as defined in section 38a-492i; (10) a pharmacist licensed pursuant to section 20-590, 20-591 or 20-592; and (11) a representative from the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.(P.A. 06-155, S. 2.)
CT Gen Stat § 21a-255. (Formerly Sec. 19-462) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 420b - Dependency-Producing Drugs|Section 21a-255. (Formerly Sec. 19-462) - Penalty for failure to make, furnish or keep records, statements or information. General penalty.

 (a) Any person who, either as principal or agent, refuses or fails to make, furnish or keep any record, notification, order form, statement, invoice or information required by sections 21a-243 to 21a-282, inclusive, or regulations adopted pursuant to section 21a-244, (1) for a first offense, may be fined not more than five hundred dollars, and (2) for any subsequent offense, may be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or be both fined and imprisoned.(b) Any person who, with intent to defeat the purpose of this chapter, fails to keep any record required by sections 21a-243 to 21a-282, inclusive, or regulations adopted pursuant to section 21a-244, (1) for a first offense, may be fined not more than three thousand five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than two years, or be both fined and imprisoned, and (2) for any subsequent offense, shall be guilty of a class C felony.(c) Any person who violates any provision of sections 21a-243 to 21a-282, inclusive, for which no penalty is expressly provided, (1) for a first offense, may be fined not more than three thousand five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than two years, or be both fined and imprisoned, and (2) for any subsequent offense, shall be guilty of a class C felony.(1967, P.A. 555, S. 18; 1969, P.A. 753, S. 14; 1972, P.A. 278, S. 10; P.A. 77-277, S. 5; P.A. 87-129, S. 4; P.A. 13-258, S. 13; P.A. 17-17, S. 3.)History: 1969 act made imposition of fines and terms of imprisonment optional rather than mandatory and standardized wording and penalties so that penalty in all cases is fine and/or imprisonment; 1972 act replaced reference to repealed Sec. 19-450 with reference to Sec. 19-451; P.A. 77-277 added reference to regulations under Sec. 19-451a; Sec. 19-462 transferred to Sec. 21a-255 in 1983; P.A. 87-129 substituted reference to Sec. 21a-243 for Sec. 21a-242, repealed by the same act; P.A. 13-258 amended Subsec. (b) to change fine for first offense from $1,000 to $3,500 and penalty for second or subsequent offense from fine of not more than $10,000 or 10 years imprisonment to a class C felony; P.A. 17-17 substantially amended Subsec. (a) by replacing provisions re person who fails to make, furnish or keep record, notification, order form, statement, invoice or information with provisions re same, substantially amended Subsec. (b) by replacing provisions re person who fails to keep required record with intent to defeat purpose of chapter or who violates provisions of Secs. 21a-243 to 21a-282 with provisions re person who with intent to defeat purpose of chapter fails to keep required record, and added Subsec. (c) re person who violates provisions of Secs. 21a-243 to 21a-282.Cited. 207 C. 698.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-257. (Formerly Sec. 19-464) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 420b - Dependency-Producing Drugs|Section 21a-257. (Formerly Sec. 19-464) - Person receiving narcotic drug to keep it in original container.

 A person to whom or for whose use any narcotic drug has been prescribed, sold or dispensed by a physician, dentist, pharmacist or other person authorized under the provisions of section 21a-248, and the owner of any animal for which any such drug has been prescribed, sold or dispensed may lawfully possess it only in the container in which it was delivered to the recipient by the person selling or dispensing the same except as may be authorized by regulations adopted hereunder.(1967, P.A. 555, S. 20; 1969, P.A. 753, S. 15; P.A. 99-102, S. 37.)History: 1969 act referred to “narcotic” rather than “controlled” drugs; Sec. 19-464 transferred to Sec. 21a-257 in 1983; P.A. 99-102 deleted obsolete reference to osteopathy and made a technical change.Annotations to former section 19-464:Defendant held to have burden of proving he had drug in container in which it was delivered to him by person dispensing it. 148 C. 57.Cited. 7 CA 403.Cited. 6 Conn. Cir. Ct. 584.Annotation to present section:Section is not unconstitutionally vague as applied due to lack of notice and arbitrary enforcement despite the lack of intent or knowledge requirement in language of section, or the doctrine of desuetude, because the record is devoid of evidence that section has been openly, notoriously and pervasively violated without prosecution for a long period of time or that there has been a conspicuous policy of nonenforcement. 129 CA 239.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-258. (Formerly Sec. 19-465) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 420b - Dependency-Producing Drugs|Section 21a-258. (Formerly Sec. 19-465) - Exceptions concerning possession and control.

 The provisions of this part restricting the possession and control of controlled substances shall not apply to common carriers or to warehousemen, while engaged in lawfully transporting or storing such substances, or to any employee of the same acting within the scope of his employment; or to public officers or employees in the performance of their official duties requiring possession or control of controlled substances; or to temporary incidental possession by employees or agents of persons lawfully entitled to possession or by persons whose possession is for the purpose of aiding public officers in performing their official duties.(1967, P.A. 555, S. 21; 1972, P.A. 278, S. 12.)History: 1972 act substituted “substances” for “drugs”; Sec. 19-465 transferred to Sec. 21a-258 in 1983.Annotation to former section 19-465:Cited. 7 CA 403.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-259. (Formerly Sec. 19-466) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 420b - Dependency-Producing Drugs|Section 21a-259. (Formerly Sec. 19-466) - Common nuisances. Receivership of rental housing property development.

 (a) As used in this section, “rental housing property development” means any privately owned multifamily dwelling consisting of not less than six units which are not owner-occupied and which has at least one unit available for rent. Any store, shop, warehouse, dwelling house, building, rental housing property development, vehicle, boat, aircraft or any place whatever, other than as authorized by law, which is frequently resorted to by drug-dependent persons for the purpose of using controlled substances or which is used for the illegal keeping or selling of the same, shall be deemed a common nuisance.(b) Any such rental housing property development deemed a common nuisance under subsection (a) of this section may be subject to an action for private receivership by the Chief State's Attorney, a deputy chief state's attorney, a state's attorney or an assistant or deputy assistant state's attorney on behalf of all the tenants occupying such development by applying to the superior court for the judicial district where the property is situated for an order requiring the owner and any mortgagees or lienors of record to show cause why a receiver of rents, issues and profits should not be appointed and why said receiver should not remove or remedy such common nuisance and obtain a lien in favor of such tenants, having priority with respect to all existing mortgages or liens, to secure payment of the costs incurred by the receiver in removing or remedying such common nuisance. Such application shall contain (A) proof by affidavit that an order of the proper authority has been issued and served on the owner, mortgagees and lienors; and (B) a plan to manage and operate such property following the appointment of a receiver of rents, issues and profits.(1967, P.A. 555, S. 22; 1972, P.A. 278, S. 13; P.A. 97-161.)History: 1972 act substituted “substances” for “drugs”; Sec. 19-466 transferred to Sec. 21a-259 in 1983; P.A. 97-161 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended said Subsec. by defining “rental housing property development” and adding such entity to places deemed a common nuisance, and added new Subsec. (b) re procedure for the appointment of a receiver for a rental housing property development deemed a common nuisance.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-260. (Formerly Sec. 19-467a) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 420b - Dependency-Producing Drugs|Section 21a-260. (Formerly Sec. 19-467a) - Narcotics control section in Department of Consumer Protection.

 The narcotics control section of the Department of Public Health shall be merged into the Department of Consumer Protection.(P.A. 73-681, S. 28, 29; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 80-306; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)History: P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-306 deleted reference to “drugs division” of consumer protection department and deleted obsolete reference to transfer of personnel in same pay grade and classification; Sec. 19-467a transferred to Sec. 21a-260 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; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-263. (Formerly Sec. 19-469a) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 420b - Dependency-Producing Drugs|Section 21a-263. (Formerly Sec. 19-469a) - Power of commissioner to receive and destroy drug paraphernalia. Records.

 The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may receive, take into custody or destroy any drug paraphernalia as defined in subdivision (20) of section 21a-240. Said commissioner shall keep a full and complete record of all drug paraphernalia received and disposed of, showing the exact kinds, quantities and forms of such drug paraphernalia, the persons from whom received, by whose authority received and destroyed, and the dates of the receipt or destruction. Drug paraphernalia held by law enforcement agencies or court officials as evidence in criminal proceedings, or drug paraphernalia seized or held as contraband shall be destroyed upon the order of the court by the seizing authority or delivered to the Commissioner of Consumer Protection as soon as possible upon termination of the proceedings or resolution of the case.(P.A. 80-224, S. 4; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: Sec. 19-469a transferred to Sec. 21a-263 in 1983; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-264. (Formerly Sec. 19-470) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 420b - Dependency-Producing Drugs|Section 21a-264. (Formerly Sec. 19-470) - Notice to licensing boards of violations by licensees.

 On the conviction of any person of the violation of any provision of this part, a copy of the judgment and sentence and of the opinion of the court, if any opinion is filed, shall be sent by the clerk of the court, or by the judge, to the board or officer, if any, by whom such person has been licensed or registered to practice his profession or to carry on his business and the court may, in its discretion, recommend to the licensing or registering board or officer that the license or registration of such person to practice his profession or to carry on his business be suspended or revoked. On the application of any person whose license or registration has been so suspended or revoked, such board or officer may, for good cause shown, reinstate such license or registration.(1967, P.A. 555, S. 26.)History: Sec. 19-470 transferred to Sec. 21a-264 in 1983.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-265. (Formerly Sec. 19-471) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 420b - Dependency-Producing Drugs|Section 21a-265. (Formerly Sec. 19-471) - Inspection of prescriptions, orders, records and stocks restricted to government officers and third-party payors. Confidentiality.

 Prescriptions, orders and records required by sections 21a-243 to 21a-282, inclusive, and stocks of controlled substances shall be open for inspection only to federal, state, county and municipal officers, whose duty it is to enforce the laws of this state or of the United States relating to controlled substances, and to third party payors having a formal agreement or contract to audit such prescriptions, orders and records in connection with claims submitted to such payors. No such officer or third party payor having knowledge by virtue of his office of any such prescription, order or record shall divulge such knowledge, except in connection with a civil action or criminal prosecution in court or before a licensing or registration board or officer, to which action, prosecution or proceeding the person to whom such prescriptions, orders or records relate is a party.(1967, P.A. 555, S. 27; 1972, P.A. 278, S. 17; P.A. 73-203; P.A. 87-129, S. 6.)History: 1972 act substituted “substances” for “drugs” and replaced reference to repealed Sec. 19-450 with reference to Sec. 19-451; P.A. 73-203 required that prescriptions, orders, etc. be open to inspection by third party payors having formal agreement or contract to perform audit and specified that information is to be divulged in connection with civil actions or criminal prosecutions; Sec. 19-471 transferred to Sec. 21a-265 in 1983; P.A. 87-129 substituted reference to Sec. 21a-243 for Sec. 21a-242, repealed by the same act.Cited. 207 C. 698. Law enforcement officials allowed access to prescription records for controlled substances upon consent of pharmacist in possession of those records, without the need for search warrant or defendant's prior consent; absent search warrant, no requirement for pharmacist to comply with request by law enforcement officials to review prescription records in pharmacist's possession. 259 C. 436.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-268. (Formerly Sec. 19-473) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 420b - Dependency-Producing Drugs|Section 21a-268. (Formerly Sec. 19-473) - Misrepresentation of substance as controlled substance. Exemption.

 (a) Any person who knowingly delivers or attempts to deliver a noncontrolled substance (1) upon the express representation that such substance is a controlled substance or (2) under circumstances which would lead a reasonable person to believe that such substance is a controlled substance, shall be guilty of a class D felony.(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to any transaction in the ordinary course of business by any licensed practitioner or licensed pharmacist.(1967, P.A. 109, S. 2; 555, S. 29; 1972, P.A. 278, S. 19; P.A. 81-199; P.A. 82-472, S. 68, 183.)History: 1972 act substituted “substance” for “drug” and “licensed practitioner” for “physician or dentist”; P.A. 81-199 replaced previous provisions re fraudulent sale, dispensing etc. of noncontrolled substances with more detailed provisions and imposed specific penalty where previously such conduct was stated to be “a violation of this chapter”; P.A. 82-472 made technical correction; Sec. 19-473 transferred to Sec. 21a-268 in 1983.Cited. 2 CA 513; 8 CA 248.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-269. (Formerly Sec. 19-474) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 420b - Dependency-Producing Drugs|Section 21a-269. (Formerly Sec. 19-474) - Burden of proof of exception, excuse, proviso or exemption.

 In any complaint, information or indictment, and in any action or proceeding brought for the enforcement of any provision of this part, it shall not be necessary to negative any exception, excuse, proviso or exemption contained in said section, and the burden of proof of any such exception, excuse, proviso or exemption shall be upon the defendant.(1967, P.A. 555, S. 30.)History: Sec. 19-474 transferred to Sec. 21a-269 in 1983.Annotations to former section 19-474:Defendant held to have burden of proving that tablets found in his possession, which he had obtained by prescription, were in container in which he received them. 148 C. 57. Cited. 163 C. 62. Where defendant offered no evidence of a license to sell narcotics but requested a charge to jury, no charge need have been given, but charge stating exemption and its inapplicability was a correct statement of law and in no way prejudicial. 164 C. 224. Determination of defendant's status as a person who is not drug-dependent under Sec. 19-480a(b) (21a-278(b)) is an exemption under this statute and examination of language of both statutes leads to conclusion that burden of producing evidence of drug dependency initially rests on defendant. 182 C. 142.Annotations to present section:Cited. 197 C. 67; 221 C. 595.Cited. 7 CA 403; 17 CA 257; 19 CA 668; 20 CA 386; 27 CA 596; Id., 713; 32 CA 724; Id., 842; 35 CA 360; Id., 609; 41 CA 604.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-270. (Formerly Sec. 19-474a) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 420b - Dependency-Producing Drugs|Section 21a-270. (Formerly Sec. 19-474a) - Drug paraphernalia: Factors to be considered by court or other authority in determination.

 In determining whether any object or material listed in subdivision (20) of section 21a-240 shall be deemed “drug paraphernalia”, a court or other authority shall, in addition to all other logically relevant factors, consider the following:(1) Statements by an owner or by anyone in control of the object concerning its use;(2) The proximity of the object to any controlled substances;(3) The existence of any residue of controlled substances on the object;(4) Evidence of the intent of an owner, or of anyone in control of the object, to deliver it to persons whom he knows, or should reasonably know, intend to use the object to facilitate a violation of this section, subdivision (20) of section 21a-240, and sections 21a-263, 21a-267 and 21a-271;(5) Instructions, oral or written, provided with the object concerning its use with a controlled substance;(6) Descriptive materials accompanying the object which explain or depict its use with a controlled substance;(7) National and local advertising concerning its use;(8) The manner in which the object is displayed for sale;(9) Whether the owner, or anyone in control of the object, is a legitimate supplier of like or related items to the community, such as a licensed distributor or dealer of tobacco products;(10) Evidence of the ratio of sales of the object to the total sales of the business enterprise;(11) The existence and scope of legitimate uses for the object in the community;(12) Expert testimony concerning its use.(P.A. 80-224, S. 2; P.A. 84-233.)History: Sec. 19-474a transferred to Sec. 21a-270 in 1983; P.A. 84-233 replaced “Direct evidence” with “Evidence” in Subdivs. (4) and (10).See Sec. 21a-267 re prohibited acts with respect to drug paraphernalia.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-271. (Formerly Sec. 19-474b) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 420b - Dependency-Producing Drugs|Section 21a-271. (Formerly Sec. 19-474b) - Severability of provisions concerning drug paraphernalia.

 If any section, part, clause or phrase in subdivision (20) of section 21a-240, section 21a-263, 21a-267, 21a-270 or this section, is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, sections, parts, clauses and phrases in said sections not held to be invalid or unconstitutional shall not be affected and shall remain in full force and effect.(P.A. 80-224, S. 5.)History: Sec. 19-474b transferred to Sec. 21a-271 in 1983.
CT Gen Stat § 21a-273. (Formerly Sec. 19-476) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 21a - Consumer Protection|Chapter 420b - Dependency-Producing Drugs|Section 21a-273. (Formerly Sec. 19-476) - Substances exempt under federal law.

 (a) No prescription or written order shall be required for those controlled substances and preparations which are permitted by federal food and drug laws to be sold or dispensed without a prescription or written order to the extent that the person selling or dispensing such controlled substances and preparations is authorized by licensure of the state of Connecticut to so sell or dispense.(b) If, after due notice and hearing, the Commissioner of Consumer Protection determines that any pharmaceutical preparation exempted from the oral or written prescription requirement under the provisions of subsection (a) of this section does possess a degree of liability for drug abuse or dependence that, in his opinion is likely to result in abuse, he shall, by regulation pursuant to section 21a-243, so state. The determination shall be final and, after the expiration of a period of six months from the date of publication of the regulation, the exempt status shall cease to apply to the particular pharmaceutical preparation.(1967, P.A. 555, S. 32; 1972, P.A. 278, S. 21; P.A. 73-681, S. 15, 29; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: 1972 act substituted “substances” for “drugs”; P.A. 73-681 replaced public health council with commissioner of consumer protection in Subsec. (b); Sec. 19-476 transferred to Sec. 21a-273 in 1983; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.