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CT Gen Stat § 20-377o (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 396a - Interior Designers|Section 20-377o - Issuance of certificate of registration. Suspension, revocation, refusal to issue or renew. Notice and hearing.

 (a) Upon receipt of a completed application and fee, the commissioner shall: (1) Issue and deliver to the applicant a certificate of registration as an interior designer; or (2) refuse to issue such certificate. The commissioner may suspend, revoke or refuse to issue or renew any certificate issued under sections 20-377k to 20-377v, inclusive, for any of the reasons stated in section 20-377s.(b) Upon refusal to issue a certificate, the commissioner shall notify the applicant of the denial and of the applicant's right to request a hearing within ten days from the date of receipt of the notice of denial.(c) If the applicant requests a hearing within such ten days, the commissioner shall give notice of the grounds for the commissioner's refusal and shall conduct a hearing concerning such refusal in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 concerning contested cases.(P.A. 87-519, S. 5, 13; P.A. 98-3, S. 56; P.A. 99-73, S. 7.)History: P.A. 87-519, S. 5 effective July 1, 1988; P.A. 98-3 made technical changes; P.A. 99-73 amended Subsec. (a) to permit the commissioner to refuse to issue a certificate issued under Secs. 20-377k to 20-377v, inclusive, for any of the reasons stated in Sec. 20-377s.
CT Gen Stat § 20-377p (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 396a - Interior Designers|Section 20-377p - Certificate of registration. Roster of registered interior designers, licensed architects and other information. Index and record.

 A certificate of registration as an interior designer shall be evidence that the person named in the certificate is entitled to the rights and privileges of a registered interior designer while such certificate remains in effect. The commissioner shall keep a roster of the names and addresses of all registered interior designers, all architects licensed in accordance with the provisions of chapter 390 and of such other information as the commissioner may by regulation require. Annually, during the month of September, the commissioner shall place such roster on file with the Secretary of the State and with the building department and library of each town. The commissioner shall maintain an index and record of each certificate of registration. A certificate shall remain in effect until revoked or suspended as provided in section 20-377s. The posting of such roster on the Department of Consumer Protection's Internet web site shall constitute compliance with the requirements of this section.(P.A. 87-519, S. 6, 13; P.A. 10-32, S. 77; P.A. 13-196, S. 4.)History: P.A. 87-519, S. 6 effective July 1, 1988; P.A. 10-32 made a technical change, effective May 10, 2010; P.A. 13-196 added provision re posting of roster on department's Internet web site constituting compliance with requirements of section, effective June 21, 2013.
CT Gen Stat § 20-377q (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 396a - Interior Designers|Section 20-377q - Investigations. Subpoenas. Injunctions.

 (a) The commissioner may conduct investigations and hold hearings on any matter under the provisions of sections 20-377k to 20-377v, inclusive. The commissioner may issue subpoenas, administer oaths, compel testimony and order the production of books, records and documents. If any person refuses to appear, to testify or to produce any book, record, paper or document when so ordered, upon application of the commissioner, a judge of the Superior Court may make such order as may be appropriate to aid in the enforcement of this section.(b) The Attorney General, at the request of the commissioner, is authorized to apply in the name of the state of Connecticut to the Superior Court for an order temporarily or permanently restraining and enjoining any person from violating any provision of sections 20-377k to 20-377v, inclusive.(P.A. 87-519, S. 7, 13; P.A. 98-3, S. 57.)History: P.A. 87-519, S. 7 effective July 1, 1988; P.A. 98-3 made a technical change in Subsec. (a).
CT Gen Stat § 20-377r (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 396a - Interior Designers|Section 20-377r - Grounds for revocation or suspension of certificate of registration. Notice and hearing.

 (a) The commissioner may revoke or suspend any certificate of registration as an interior designer for: (1) Conduct of a character likely to mislead, deceive or defraud the public or the commissioner; (2) gross incompetence or (3) violation of any of the provisions of sections 20-377k to 20-377v, inclusive, or any regulation adopted pursuant to any of such provisions.(b) The commissioner shall not revoke or suspend any certificate of registration as an interior designer except upon notice and hearing in accordance with chapter 54.(P.A. 87-519, S. 8, 13; P.A. 98-3, S. 58.)History: P.A. 87-519, S. 8 effective July 1, 1988; P.A. 98-3 made technical changes in Subsec. (a).
CT Gen Stat § 20-377t (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 396a - Interior Designers|Section 20-377t - Regulations.

 The commissioner shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54, in order to carry out the provisions of sections 20-377k to 20-377v, inclusive.(P.A. 87-519, S. 10, 13; P.A. 98-3, S. 60.)History: P.A. 87-519, S. 10 effective July 1, 1988; P.A. 98-3 made technical changes.
CT Gen Stat § 20-377u (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 396a - Interior Designers|Section 20-377u - Appeals.

 Any person aggrieved by an order or decision of the commissioner under sections 20-377k to 20-377v, inclusive, may appeal therefrom in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183.(P.A. 87-519, S. 11, 13.)History: P.A. 87-519, S. 11 effective July 1, 1988.
CT Gen Stat § 20-377v (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 396a - Interior Designers|Section 20-377v - Penalties.

 Any person who knowingly, wilfully or intentionally violates any provision of sections 20-377k to 20-377u, inclusive, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or be both fined and imprisoned.(P.A. 87-519, S. 12, 13.)History: P.A. 87-519, S. 12 effective July 1, 1988.
CT Gen Stat § 20-395a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 397a - Audiologists|Section 20-395a - Definitions.

 As used in this section and sections 20-395b to 20-395h, inclusive:(1) “Audiologist” means an individual who engages in the practice of audiology under any title or description of service incorporating the words audiology, audiologist, audiological, hearing clinician, hearing therapy, hearing therapist, hearing conservationist, industrial audiologist, or any similar title or description of services.(2) “Audiology assistant” means an unlicensed individual who provides specified services under the supervision of a licensed audiologist.(3) “Audiometric testing” means the assessment of hearing sensitivity for pure tone air conduction stimuli.(4) “Certification from a national professional organization” means certification issued by the American Board of Audiology or the Certificate of Clinical Competence in audiology issued by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, or any other comparable certificate, awarded by a comparable national organization, approved by the commissioner.(5) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Public Health.(6) “Contact hour” means a minimum of fifty minutes of continuing education activity.(7) “Department” means the Department of Public Health.(8) “Registration period” means the one-year period for which a license renewed in accordance with section 19a-88 is current and valid.(9) “Screening” means the use of test procedures, including pure tone frequency testing, for the purpose of identifying those individuals whose hearing may be at risk. Screening does not include diagnostic testing and does not employ threshold-seeking techniques.(10) “The practice of audiology” means the application of principles, methods and procedures of measurement, testing, appraisal, prediction, consultation and counseling and the determination and use of appropriate amplification related to hearing and disorders of hearing, including fitting or selling of hearing aids, for the purpose of modifying communicative disorders involving speech, language, auditory function or other aberrant behavior leading to hearing loss.(P.A. 09-232, S. 53.)
CT Gen Stat § 20-395b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 397a - Audiologists|Section 20-395b - License required.

 No person shall engage in or offer to engage in the practice of audiology or represent himself as an audiologist in this state unless such person is licensed or exempted under the provisions of sections 20-395a to 20-395g, inclusive.(P.A. 09-232, S. 54.)
CT Gen Stat § 20-395f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 397a - Audiologists|Section 20-395f - Disciplinary action; grounds.

 (a) The commissioner may refuse to issue a license or may suspend or revoke the license of any licensee or take any of the actions set forth in section 19a-17 in circumstances which have endangered or are likely to endanger the health, welfare or safety of the public. Such circumstances include, but are not limited to, the following:(1) Obtaining a license by means of fraud or material misrepresentation or engaging in fraud or material deception in the course of professional services or activities;(2) Violation of professional conduct guidelines or code of ethics as established by regulations adopted by the department;(3) Violation of any provision of sections 20-395a to 20-395g, inclusive, or regulations of Connecticut state agencies;(4) Physical or mental illness or emotional disorder or loss of motor skill, including, but not limited to, deterioration through the aging process;(5) Abuse or excessive use of drugs, including alcohol, narcotics or chemicals; or(6) Illegal, incompetent or negligent conduct in the practice of audiology.(b) The commissioner may order a license holder to submit to a reasonable physical or mental examination if his physical or mental capacity to practice safely is the subject of an investigation. Said commissioner may petition the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford-New Britain to enforce such order or any action taken pursuant to section 19a-17.(P.A. 09-232, S. 58; P.A. 10-18, S. 23.)History: P.A. 10-18 made a technical change in Subsec. (a).
CT Gen Stat § 20-395g (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 397a - Audiologists|Section 20-395g - Audiology assistants: Supervision requirements; prohibited activities.

 (a) An audiology assistant shall work under the direct, on-site supervision of a licensed audiologist. An audiologist supervising an audiology assistant shall assume responsibility for all services provided by the assistant.(b) An audiology assistant may not engage in any of the following activities:(1) Interpreting obtained observations or data into diagnostic statements of clinical management or procedures;(2) Determining case selection;(3) Transmitting clinical information including data or impressions relative to client performance, behavior or progress, whether verbally or in writing, to anyone other than the audiologist;(4) Independently composing clinical reports except for progress notes to be held in the patient's file;(5) Referring a patient to other agencies; or(6) Using any title, either verbally or in writing, other than that determined by the audiologist or any title implying that the individual is licensed as an audiologist.(P.A. 09-232, S. 59.)
CT Gen Stat § 20-395h (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 397a - Audiologists|Section 20-395h - Penalties.

 Any person who violates any of the provisions of sections 20-395a to 20-395g, inclusive, or the regulations adopted under sections 20-395a to 20-395g, inclusive, 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 sections 20-395a to 20-395g, inclusive, 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. 09-232, S. 60; P.A. 13-258, S. 85.)History: P.A. 13-258 changed penalty from fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment of not more than 5 years to a class D felony and made a technical change.
CT Gen Stat § 20-397 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 398 - Hearing Instrument Specialists|Section 20-397 - Advisory Council on Hearing Aids.

 Section 20-397 is repealed.(1972, P.A. 295, S. 2; P.A. 77-473, S. 2; 77-614, S. 609, 610.)
CT Gen Stat § 20-399 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 398 - Hearing Instrument Specialists|Section 20-399 - Licensure of out-of-state licensees.

 Whenever the department determines that another state or jurisdiction has requirements equivalent to or higher than those established pursuant to this chapter and that such state or jurisdiction has a program equivalent to or stricter than the program for determining whether applicants pursuant to this chapter are qualified to fit or sell hearing aids, the department may issue licenses, on payment of the license fee provided in section 20-398, to applicants who hold current, unsuspended and unrevoked certificates or licenses to fit and sell hearing aids in such other state or jurisdiction. No such applicants for licensure shall be required to submit to or undergo a qualifying examination. No license shall be issued without examination under this section to any applicant against whom professional disciplinary action is pending or who is the subject of an unresolved complaint.(1972, P.A. 295, S. 5; P.A. 77-473, S. 4; P.A. 80-484, S. 159, 176.)History: P.A. 77-473 substituted “fit or sell” for “fit and sell”; P.A. 80-484 prohibited issuance of license to person involved in disciplinary proceeding or unresolved complaint.
CT Gen Stat § 20-400 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 398 - Hearing Instrument Specialists|Section 20-400 - Temporary permit.

 (a) A temporary permit may be issued to a person who has submitted proof satisfactory to the department that the applicant has completed a four-year course at an approved high school or has an equivalent education as determined by the department, upon application on forms prescribed and furnished by the department, accompanied by a fee of sixty dollars. A temporary permit shall entitle the applicant to engage in the fitting or sale of hearing aids for a period of one year under the direct supervision and training of a person holding a valid hearing instruments dispenser's license or a license as an audiologist under sections 20-395a to 20-395g, inclusive, or while enrolled in a course of study approved by the department, except that a person who holds a temporary permit shall be excluded from making selections of hearing aids.(b) If a person who holds a temporary permit under this section has not successfully passed the licensing examination within one year from the date of its issuance, the temporary permit may be renewed once upon a payment of a sixty-dollar fee for such renewal.(1972, P.A. 295, S. 6; P.A. 77-473, S. 5; P.A. 80-484, S. 157, 176; P.A. 87-60, S. 2; P.A. 89-251, S. 144, 203; P.A. 99-111, S. 4; P.A. 09-232, S. 81; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 256.)History: P.A. 77-473 substituted “fitting or sale” for “fitting and sale” in Subsec. (a); P.A. 80-484 deleted reference to advisory council's approval of study course and deleted requirements that holder of temporary permit be, or intend to become, a U.S. citizen and that he be of good moral character in Subsec. (a); P.A. 87-60 excluded a person holding a temporary permit from making selections of hearing aids; P.A. 89-251 increased the fees from $10 to $30; P.A. 99-111 amended Subsec. (a) to make gender neutral change, to replace reference of hearing aid dealers and fitters license with reference to hearing instrument dispenser's license and to allow supervision and training of temporary permit holders by licensed audiologists; P.A. 09-232 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing reference to Ch. 399 with reference to Secs. 20-395a to 20-395g; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fees from $30 to $60.
CT Gen Stat § 20-401 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 398 - Hearing Instrument Specialists|Section 20-401 - Business address to be furnished department. Posting of license. Notices to licensees.

 (a) A person who holds a license under this chapter or as an audiologist under sections 20-395a to 20-395g, inclusive, shall notify the department in writing of the regular address of the place or places where such person engages or intends to engage in the fitting or sale of hearing aids and shall notify the department in writing of any change in such person's regular place of business and of the new address or addresses of the place or places where such person intends to engage in the fitting or sale of hearing aids at least ten days prior to such change.(b) The department shall keep a record of the places of business of licensees.(c) The licensee shall conspicuously post the license in the licensee's office or place of business. Duplicate licenses shall be issued by the commissioner to valid license holders operating more than one office, without additional payment.(d) Any notice required to be given by the commissioner under this chapter to a person who holds a license shall be mailed to the person by certified mail to the address of the last place of business shown in the department records.(1972, P.A. 295, S. 7; P.A. 77-473, S. 6; P.A. 95-360, S. 3; P.A. 99-111, S. 5; P.A. 09-232, S. 82.)History: P.A. 77-473 substituted “fitting or sale” for “fitting and sale” in Subsec. (a); P.A. 95-360 added audiologists to those subject to Subsec. (a) and amended Subsec. (d) to limit its requirements to notices given under this chapter; P.A. 99-111 made technical and gender neutral changes; P.A. 09-232 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing reference to Ch. 399 with reference to Secs. 20-395a to 20-395g.
CT Gen Stat § 20-403 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 398 - Hearing Instrument Specialists|Section 20-403 - Consumer to be advised to seek medical care, when.

 Anyone who has a history of: (1) Visible congenital or traumatic deformity of the ear; (2) active drainage from the ear within the previous ninety days; (3) sudden, or rapidly progressive, hearing loss within the previous ninety days; (4) acute or chronic dizziness; (5) unilateral hearing loss of sudden or recent onset within the previous ninety days; (6) audiometric air-bone gap equal to, or greater than, fifteen decibels at five hundred hertz (Hz), one thousand Hz, and two thousand Hz; (7) visible evidence of cerumen accumulation, or a foreign body in the ear canal; and (8) pain or discomfort in the ear within the previous sixty days shall be advised by the hearing instrument specialist to consult a physician or an otolaryngologist prior to fitting of the hearing aid. A written statement, stating the consumer has been advised of such, shall accompany any sale of a hearing aid.(1972, P.A. 295, S. 4; P.A. 77-473, S. 9; P.A. 79-631, S. 47, 111; P.A. 99-111, S. 6.)History: P.A. 77-473 added Subdivs. (1) through (8) replacing reference to persons with “history of ear infection, discharge of the ear, dizziness, unilateral loss, or ear deformity”; P.A. 79-631 substituted “air-bone” for “air-borne” in Subdiv. (6); P.A. 99-111 made technical changes and replaced reference to hearing aid dealer with reference to hearing instrument specialist.
CT Gen Stat § 20-405 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 398 - Hearing Instrument Specialists|Section 20-405 - Appeal.

 Section 20-405 is repealed.(1972, P.A. 295, S. 10; P.A. 76-436, S. 443, 681; P.A. 77-473, S. 11; 77-603, S. 88, 125; 77-614, S. 469, 610; P.A. 78-280, S. 56, 57, 127; P.A. 80-484, S. 175, 176.)
CT Gen Stat § 20-406 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 398 - Hearing Instrument Specialists|Section 20-406 - Regulations.

 The Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, for the administration of this chapter and for the conduct of the practice of fitting or selling hearing aids.(1972, P.A. 295, S. 11; P.A. 77-473, S. 12; 77-614, S. 470, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 132, 176; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)History: P.A. 77-473 substituted “fitting or selling” for “fitting and selling” and gave advisory council on hearing aids power to make regulations re continuing education requirements; P.A. 77-614 replaced public health council with commissioner of health services as regulation authority for administration of chapter and practice of fitting or selling hearing aids, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-484 replaced reference to Secs. 4-166 to 4-174 with “chapter 54” and deleted authority for advisory council on hearing aids to make regulations re continuing education requirements; 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 § 20-407 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 398 - Hearing Instrument Specialists|Section 20-407 - Penalty.

 Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall for each offense be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.(1972, P.A. 295, S. 12; P.A. 77-473, S. 13; P.A. 12-80, S. 171.)History: P.A. 77-473 made no substantive changes; P.A. 12-80 changed penalty from a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment of not more than 90 days or both to a class C misdemeanor.