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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 387 - Hairdressers and Cosmeticians, Estheticians, Eyelash Technicians and Nail Technicians › Section 20-252a. - Credit for out-of-state training.

Section 20-252a is repealed, effective October 1, 2004.
(1961, P.A. 300; 1971, P.A. 468, S. 5; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 113, 176; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 04-221, S. 40.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 387 - Hairdressers and Cosmeticians, Estheticians, Eyelash Technicians and Nail Technicians › Section 20-255. - Examinations for out-of-state licensees.

Section 20-255 is repealed.
(1951, S. 2289d; 1971, P.A. 468, S. 4; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 80; P.A. 77-519, S. 2, 6; P.A. 80-484, S. 116, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 70, 71.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 387 - Hairdressers and Cosmeticians, Estheticians, Eyelash Technicians and Nail Technicians › Section 20-255a. - Guest permit to operate at educational show.

Any person who is licensed to perform hairdressing or cosmetology services under similar or different designations in any other state or territory or in the District of Columbia or any foreign country may be granted a temporary guest permit by the Department of Public Health to operate at a hairdressing or cosmetology educational show or demonstration limited to hairdressers and cosmetologists licensed by the state of Connecticut. Such permit shall be for the duration of such educational show or demonstration and shall not exceed a period of one week. Each such person shall pay a permit fee of twenty-five dollars therefor and an admission fee to such show or demonstration may be charged.
(1961, P.A. 128; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; 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. 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 387 - Hairdressers and Cosmeticians, Estheticians, Eyelash Technicians and Nail Technicians › Section 20-256. - Renewal of licenses of persons in armed forces.

Any person who held a license to practice hairdressing and cosmetology in this state in October, 1940, or who has obtained a license since that time, and who has not renewed his license to practice hairdressing and cosmetology because of service in the armed forces, shall notify the Department of Public Health in writing of his intention to resume practice, shall set forth by affidavit such information as the department requires and shall be issued the same type of license he last held in this state and may resume practice. In such cases the renewal fee of five dollars shall be waived for the first license issued following discharge from the armed forces.
(1949 Rev., S. 4593; 1951, S. 2290d; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 86-403, S. 44, 132; 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. 86-403 made technical change; 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.
See Sec. 19a-88b re renewal of license of persons serving in U.S. armed forces.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 387 - Hairdressers and Cosmeticians, Estheticians, Eyelash Technicians and Nail Technicians › Section 20-257. - License not to be loaned. Aiding unlicensed practitioner.

Any registered hairdresser and cosmetician licensed under the provisions of this chapter, who rents, loans or allows the use of such license to any person, or who aids or abets the practice of hairdressing and cosmetology by an unlicensed person, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars and shall forfeit such license.
(1949 Rev., S. 4594; P.A. 80-484, S. 117, 176; P.A. 01-195, S. 167, 181.)
History: P.A. 80-484 deleted references to assistant hairdresser and cosmetician and instructor categories and to certificates; P.A. 01-195 made technical changes, effective July 11, 2001.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 387 - Hairdressers and Cosmeticians, Estheticians, Eyelash Technicians and Nail Technicians › Section 20-258. - Inspection of shops. Requirement for operation of shop.

All hairdressing shops shall be inspected regarding their sanitary condition by the department whenever the department deems it necessary, and any authorized representative of the department shall have full power to enter and inspect any such shop during usual business hours. If any hairdressing shop, upon such inspection, is found to be in an unsanitary condition, the commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, shall make written order that such shop be placed in a sanitary condition. No person, other than a person operating a hairdressing shop on May 17, 1982, may operate any hairdressing shop unless such person has been licensed as a registered hairdresser and cosmetician for not less than two years.
(1949 Rev., S. 4587; 1963, P.A. 15; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 81; P.A. 80-484, S. 118, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 57, 71; P.A. 82-215, S. 1, 3; 82-472, S. 83, 183; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 01-195, S. 168, 181.)
History: 1963 act added fee for annual renewal of certificate; 1971 act increased fee for initial certificate from $20 to $50 and for renewal from $5 to $10; P.A. 80-484 replaced December thirty-first expiration date with provision for expiration in accordance with Sec. 19-45; P.A. 81-471 replaced provisions re registration procedures for hairdressing shops with provisions requiring that such shops be inspected by the department; P.A. 82-215 required a person to be licensed as a registered hairdresser and cosmetician for not less than two years before such person may operate a hairdressing shop; P.A. 82-472 made technical changes; 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; P.A. 01-195 made technical changes, effective July 11, 2001.
The registration provided for pertains to the place of business itself. 113 C. 564.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 387 - Hairdressers and Cosmeticians, Estheticians, Eyelash Technicians and Nail Technicians › Section 20-259. - Management of establishments.

Each hairdressing shop, store or place shall be under the management of a registered hairdresser and cosmetician.
(1949 Rev., S. 4588; P.A. 80-484, S. 119, 176; P.A. 01-195, S. 169, 181.)
History: P.A. 80-484 deleted proviso which had allowed management of shop, etc. by assistant hairdresser and cosmetician for 14 days in three-month period if registered hairdresser and cosmetician is absent; P.A. 01-195 substituted “hairdressing shop” for “such registered shop”, effective July 11, 2001.
Purpose of statute is that the work done shall be under supervision of a person of skill. 113 C. 564.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 387 - Hairdressers and Cosmeticians, Estheticians, Eyelash Technicians and Nail Technicians › Section 20-260. - Practice by unlicensed person.

No person may engage in the cutting, styling or arranging of hair in any hairdressing shop, store or place without a license issued under the provisions of this chapter.
(1957, P.A. 392; P.A. 01-195, S. 170, 181.)
History: P.A. 01-195 substituted “no person may engage” for “no person who is not licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall engage”, substituted “hairdressing shop” for “shop”, and substituted “without a license issued under the provisions of this chapter” for “registered under the provisions of section 20-258”, effective July 11, 2001.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 387 - Hairdressers and Cosmeticians, Estheticians, Eyelash Technicians and Nail Technicians › Section 20-261. - Licenses for manicuring.

Section 20-261 is repealed.
(1951, 1955, S. 2291d; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 80; 1971, P.A. 37; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 82; 1972, P.A. 223, S. 16; P.A. 77-519, S. 3, 6; P.A. 80-484, S. 175, 176.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 387 - Hairdressers and Cosmeticians, Estheticians, Eyelash Technicians and Nail Technicians › Section 20-264. - Appeal.

Section 20-264 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4596; February, 1965, P.A. 47, S. 2; 1971, P.A. 870, S. 65; P.A. 76-436, S. 431, 681; P.A. 77-603, S. 77, 125; 77-614, S. 452, 610; P.A. 78-280, S. 50, 127; P.A. 80-484, S. 175, 176.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 387 - Hairdressers and Cosmeticians, Estheticians, Eyelash Technicians and Nail Technicians › Section 20-265. - Penalty.

Any person who violates any provision of sections 20-252 to 20-263, inclusive, for the violation of which no other penalty is provided, shall, for a first offense, be fined not more than one hundred dollars and, for any subsequent offense, be guilty of a class D misdemeanor.
(1949 Rev., S. 4597; P.A. 81-472, S. 135, 159; P.A. 12-80, S. 124.)
History: P.A. 81-472 substituted reference to Sec. 20-263 for reference to Sec. 20-264, repealed by P.A. 80-484; (Revisor's note: In 1993 obsolete reference to repealed Sec. 20-251 was replaced editorially by the Revisors with reference to Sec. 20-252); P.A. 12-80 rephrased provisions and changed penalty for subsequent offense from a fine of not more than $100 or imprisonment of not more than 60 days or both to a class D misdemeanor.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 387 - Hairdressers and Cosmeticians, Estheticians, Eyelash Technicians and Nail Technicians › Section 20-265a. - Definitions.

As used in this section and sections 20-265b to 20-265i, inclusive:
(1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Public Health;
(2) “Department” means the Department of Public Health;
(3) “Esthetician” means a person who, for compensation, performs esthetics;
(4) “Esthetics” means services related to skin care treatments, (A) including, but not limited to, cleansing, toning, stimulating, exfoliating or performing any similar procedure on the human body while using cosmetic preparations, hands, devices, apparatus or appliances to enhance or improve the appearance of the skin; makeup application; beautifying lashes and brows; or removing unwanted hair using manual and mechanical means, and (B) excluding the use of a prescriptive laser device; the performance of a cosmetic medical procedure, as defined in section 19a-903c; any practice, activity or treatment that constitutes the practice of medicine; makeup application at a rented kiosk located in a shopping center or the practice of hairdressing and cosmetology by a hairdresser and cosmetician licensed pursuant to this chapter that is within such licensee's scope of practice;
(5) “Eyelash technician” means a person, who for compensation performs individual eyelash extensions, eyelash lifts or perms and eyelash color tints;
(6) “Nail technician” means a person who for compensation cuts, shapes, colors, cleanses, trims, polishes or enhances the appearance of the nails of the hands or feet, excluding any practice, activity or treatment that constitutes the practice of medicine;
(7) “Salon” and “spa” include any shop, store, day spa or other commercial establishment at which the practice of barbering, as described in section 20-234, hairdressing and cosmetology, as defined in section 20-250, or the services of an esthetician, nail technician or eyelash technician, or any combination thereof, is offered and provided; and
(8) “Shopping center” means a grouping of retail businesses and service establishments on a single site with common parking facilities and containing at least twenty-five thousand square feet of gross building floor area.
(P.A. 19-117, S. 191.)
History: P.A. 19-117 effective July 1, 2019.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 387 - Hairdressers and Cosmeticians, Estheticians, Eyelash Technicians and Nail Technicians › Section 20-265e. - License as a nail technician trainee.

(a) Any person employed as a nail technician on or after September 30, 2020, who does not have evidence satisfactory to the commissioner of continuous practice as a nail technician for not less than two years prior to said date, may apply to the department for a nail technician trainee license, provided such person applies for an initial trainee license not later than January 1, 2021.
(b) Each person seeking an initial license as a nail technician trainee shall apply to the department on a form prescribed by the department, accompanied by an application fee of fifty dollars. Such application shall include the name and address of the spa or salon where such person is employed and the licensed nail technician who will be the applicant's supervisor. Upon the granting of a license under this section, the licensee may practice as a nail technician full-time or part-time under the supervision of a nail technician licensed under section 20-265d, at a spa or salon managed by a person described in section 20-265h. Such license shall be valid for one year, and shall be renewable once for an additional year, for a fee of fifty dollars. No person shall hold such a license for more than two years.
(c) Any person who has held a nail technician trainee license for at least one year and has obtained a statement signed by the supervising nail technician documenting such nail technician trainee has completed a minimum of twenty hours per week of training in the techniques associated with the licensure of a nail technician and infection prevention and control plan guidelines pursuant to section 19a-231 may apply for a nail technician license under section 20-265d.
(P.A. 19-117, S. 195.)
History: P.A. 19-117 effective January 1, 2020.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 387 - Hairdressers and Cosmeticians, Estheticians, Eyelash Technicians and Nail Technicians › Section 20-265f. - Combination license as an esthetician, an eyelash technician or a nail technician.

(a) On and after January 1, 2020, in lieu of applying under section 20-265b, 20-265c or 20-265d for an initial individual license or renewal thereof, a person may apply to the Department of Public Health for a combination license for the practice of two or three of the following occupations: Esthetician, eyelash technician and nail technician. Any such applicant shall apply to the department on a form prescribed by the department, accompanied by (1) either a fee of one hundred dollars if applying for the practice of two of such occupations or two hundred dollars if applying for the practice of three of such occupations, and (2) evidence that the applicant satisfies the applicable requirements set forth in section 20-265b, 20-265c or 20-265d.
(b) Any combination license issued under this section shall expire in accordance with the provisions of section 19a-88 and may be renewed every two years, for a fee of one hundred dollars. No person shall carry on the occupation of esthetician, eyelash technician or nail technician, as applicable, after the expiration of such person's license.
(c) No license issued under this section to any applicant against whom professional disciplinary action is pending or who is the subject of an unresolved complaint in any state or jurisdiction.
(d) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this section.
(P.A. 19-117, S. 199.)
History: P.A. 19-117 effective January 1, 2020.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 387 - Hairdressers and Cosmeticians, Estheticians, Eyelash Technicians and Nail Technicians › Section 20-265g. - Schools for instruction for estheticians, nail technicians or eyelash technicians.

(a) Schools for instruction in services provided by estheticians, nail technicians or eyelash technicians may be established in this state. All such schools may be inspected regarding their sanitary conditions by the department whenever the department deems it necessary and any authorized representative of the department may enter and inspect the school during usual business hours. If any school, upon inspection, is found to be in an unsanitary condition, the commissioner or a designee shall make a written order that such school be placed in a sanitary condition.
(b) Any school for instruction in the occupations of estheticians, nail technicians or eyelash technicians, other than a hairdressing and cosmetology school approved under section 20-262 shall obtain approval pursuant to this section prior to commencing operation. Any such school established prior to January 1, 2020, shall apply for such approval not later than July 1, 2020. In the event that an approved school undergoes a change of ownership or location, such approval shall become void and the school shall apply for a new approval pursuant to this section. Applications for such approval shall be on forms prescribed by the commissioner. In the event that a school fails to comply with the provisions of this subsection, no credit toward the hours of study required pursuant to section 20-265b, 20-265c, 20-265d or 20-265f shall be granted to any student for instruction received prior to the effective date of the school's approval.
(c) Any instructor employed at a school approved under this section shall have at least two years' experience in the occupation being taught and shall possess a license in such occupation under section 20-265b, 20-265c, 20-265d or 20-265f, as applicable, or a license to practice such occupation from another state of the United States, the District of Columbia or a commonwealth or territory subject to the laws of the United States.
(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any school in the Technical Education and Career System established under section 10-95.
(P.A. 19-117, S. 197.)
History: P.A. 19-117 effective January 1, 2020.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 387 - Hairdressers and Cosmeticians, Estheticians, Eyelash Technicians and Nail Technicians › Section 20-265h. - Requirements for management of spas or salons.

(a) On and after July 1, 2021, each spa or salon that employs hairdressers and cosmeticians, estheticians, eyelash technicians, nail technicians or massage therapists shall be under the management of a hairdresser and cosmetician registered under this chapter, an esthetician licensed under section 20-265b or 20-265f, an eyelash technician licensed under section 20-265c or 20-265f, a nail technician licensed under section 20-265d or 20-265f or a massage therapist licensed under chapter 384a.
(b) Any such spa or salon shall be in compliance with the provisions of title 34 if applicable, and any applicable state law concerning the maintenance of payroll records, the classification of employees and the provision of workers' compensation coverage.
(P.A. 19-117, S. 198; P.A. 21-121, S. 42.)
History: P.A. 19-117, effective January 1, 2020; P.A. 21-121 amended Subsec. (a) by adding massage therapists to list of persons permitted to manage a spa or salon and made conforming changes, effective July 6, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 387 - Hairdressers and Cosmeticians, Estheticians, Eyelash Technicians and Nail Technicians › Section 20-265i. - Construction of chapter re practice of hairdressing and cosmetology or barbering.

Nothing in sections 20-265a to 20-265h, inclusive, shall be construed to require a person to obtain a license as an esthetician, a nail technician or an eyelash technician in order to practice hairdressing and cosmetology, as defined in section 20-250, or barbering, as defined in section 20-234.
(P.A. 19-117, S. 203.)
History: P.A. 19-117 effective January 1, 2020.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 387 - Hairdressers and Cosmeticians, Estheticians, Eyelash Technicians and Nail Technicians › Section 20-266. - Fair practices.

Section 20-266 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4598; P.A. 80-484, S. 175, 176.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 387 - Hairdressers and Cosmeticians, Estheticians, Eyelash Technicians and Nail Technicians › Section 20-266a to 20-266f. - Nail technicians, generally.

Sections 20-266a to 20-266f, inclusive, are repealed, effective July 1, 2001.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-2, S. 54–59, 72; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-4, S. 56, 58.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 387a - Tattoo Technicians › Section 20-266n. - Definitions.

As used in this section and sections 20-266o to 20-266s, inclusive, and subsection (c) of section 19a-14:
(1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Public Health.
(2) “Department” means the Department of Public Health.
(3) “Tattooing” means marking or coloring, in an indelible manner, the skin of any person by pricking in coloring matter or by producing scars.
(4) “Tattoo technician” means a person who is licensed under the provisions of section 20-266o.
(5) “Student tattoo technician” means a person studying tattooing who is registered with the department pursuant to section 20-266o.
(P.A. 13-234, S. 131.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 387a - Tattoo Technicians › Section 20-266p. - Prohibited acts.

On and after July 1, 2014, no person shall: (1) Buy, sell or fraudulently obtain or furnish any diploma, certificate, license, record or registration purporting to show that any person is qualified or authorized to practice tattooing, as provided in section 20-266o, or participate in buying, selling, fraudulently obtaining or furnishing any such document; (2) practice or attempt or offer to practice tattooing under cover of any diploma, certificate, license, record or registration illegally or fraudulently obtained or signed, or issued unlawfully or under fraudulent representation or mistake of fact in a material regard; (3) practice or attempt or offer to practice tattooing under a name other than such person's own name or under a false or assumed name; (4) aid or abet practice by a person not lawfully licensed to practice tattooing within this state or by a person whose license to practice has been suspended or revoked; (5) use in such person's advertising the word “tattoo”, “tattooing” or any description of services involving marking or coloring, in an indelible manner, the skin of any person, without having obtained a license under the provisions of section 20-266o; (6) practice tattooing on a person who is an unemancipated minor under eighteen years of age without the permission of such person's parent or guardian; or (7) engage in the practice of tattooing without having obtained a license or temporary permit under the provisions of section 20-266o. No person shall, during the time such person's license as a tattoo technician is revoked or suspended, practice or attempt or offer or advertise to practice tattooing or be employed by, work with or assist, in any way, any person licensed to practice tattooing. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor.
(P.A. 13-234, S. 133; P.A. 16-66, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 16-66 added Subdiv. (7) re prohibition on practice of tattooing without license or temporary permit.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 387a - Tattoo Technicians › Section 20-266q. - Disciplinary action. Grounds.

The Department of Public Health may take any action set forth in section 19a-17 if a person issued a license as a tattoo technician pursuant to section 20-266o fails to conform to the accepted standards of the tattoo profession, or violates any provision of this section or section 20-266o or 20-266s or for any of the following reasons: (1) Fraud and deceit in the practice of tattooing; (2) negligent, incompetent or wrongful conduct in professional activities; (3) emotional disorder or mental illness; (4) physical illness or impairment; (5) abuse or excessive use of drugs, including alcohol, narcotics or chemicals; and (6) wilful falsification of entries into any client record pertaining to tattooing. The Commissioner of Public Health may order a tattoo technician to submit to a reasonable physical or mental examination if such tattoo technician's physical or mental capacity to practice safely is the subject of an investigation. The commissioner may petition the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford to enforce such order or any action taken pursuant to section 19a-17. Notice of any contemplated action under section 19a-17, the cause of the action and the date of a hearing on the action shall be given to the licensee and an opportunity for hearing afforded in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.
(P.A. 13-234, S. 134.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 387a - Tattoo Technicians › Section 20-266r. - Enforcement.

The Commissioner of Public Health shall carry out the commissioner's responsibilities with respect to enforcement of the provisions of sections 20-266o to 20-266q, inclusive, within available appropriations.
(P.A. 13-234, S. 135.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 387a - Tattoo Technicians › Section 20-266s. - Inspection of tattoo establishments.

The director of health for any town, city, borough or district department of health, or the director's authorized representative, may, on an annual basis, inspect establishments where tattooing is practiced within the director's jurisdiction regarding the establishments' sanitary condition. The director of health, or the director's authorized representative, shall have full power to enter and inspect any such tattoo establishment during usual business hours. If any establishment, upon such inspection, is found to be in an unsanitary condition, the director of health shall make written order that such establishment be placed in a sanitary condition. The director of health may collect from the operator of any such establishment a reasonable fee, not to exceed one hundred dollars, for the cost of conducting an inspection of such establishment pursuant to this section. Notwithstanding any municipal charter, home rule ordinance or special act, any fee collected by the director of health pursuant to this section shall be used by the town, city, borough or district department of health for conducting inspections pursuant to this section.
(P.A. 13-234, S. 136.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 388 - Electrologists › Section 20-267. - Definitions.

As used in this chapter:
(1) “The practice of electrology” means the permanent removal of superfluous hair by electrical or other methods approved by the Commissioner of Public Health;
(2) “Board” means the Board of Examiners of Electrologists; and
(3) “Department” means the Department of Public Health.
(1951, S. 2316d; 1963, P.A. 330, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 453, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 122, 176; P.A. 82-472, S. 85, 183; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 01-109, S. 4.)
History: 1963 act redefined hypertrichology, stipulating hair removal be permanent; P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services and required approval of hypertrichology methods by commissioner of health services rather than by board of examiners of hypertrichologists, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-484 made no change; P.A. 82-472 divided section into Subdivs. and rephrased provisions but made no substantive change; 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. 01-109 changed “hypertrichology” to “electrology” in Subdiv. (1) and “Hypertrichologists” to “Electrologists” in Subdiv. (2).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 388 - Electrologists › Section 20-272. - Hearing and procedure in disciplinary action.

On receipt of a written charge by the department, the practitioner named therein shall be given notice and afforded opportunity for hearing, in accordance with the regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Public Health. The Attorney General shall, upon request, furnish legal assistance to the board. If the board, by a majority vote of its members, finds the existence of any of the causes set forth in section 20-271, it may take any of the actions set forth in section 19a-17.
(1951, S. 2321d; P.A. 77-614, S. 458, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 126, 176; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced detailed provisions re notice and hearings with provisions for notice and hearings in accordance with regulations of commissioner of health services and deleted provision requiring that majority vote on charges must include dermatologist's vote, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-484 replaced reference to finding of guilt with reference to finding “existence of any causes set forth in section 20-271” and replaced detailed provisions for actions taken upon findings with statement that any action under Sec. 19-4s may be taken; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 388 - Electrologists › Section 20-273. - Appeal.

Any person aggrieved by a final decision of the board or the department may appeal therefrom in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183.
(1951, S. 2322d; 1971, P.A. 870, S. 66; P.A. 76-436, S. 432, 681; P.A. 77-603, S. 78, 125; 77-614, S. 459, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 127, 176; P.A. 96-47, S. 12.)
History: 1971 act replaced superior court with court of common pleas, effective September 1, 1971, except that courts with cases pending retain jurisdiction unless pending matters deemed transferable; P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with superior court and added reference to judicial districts, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-603 and 77-614 replaced detailed appeal provisions with statement that appeals shall be brought in accordance with Sec. 4-183; P.A. 80-484 allowed appeals from decisions of health services department in accordance with transfer of some board powers to department; P.A. 96-47 changed “the finding” to “a final decision”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 388 - Electrologists › Section 20-275. - Renewal of licenses. Continuing education requirements.

(a) Each person licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall renew such license once every two years with the department in accordance with the provisions of section 19a-88 on forms provided by the department. The renewal fee shall be two hundred five dollars.
(b) Each licensed electrologist applying for license renewal shall furnish evidence satisfactory to the Commissioner of Public Health of having participated in continuing education programs. The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to (1) define basic requirements for continuing education programs, (2) delineate qualifying programs, (3) establish a system of control and reporting, and (4) provide for waiver of the continuing education requirement for good cause.
(1951, S. 2324d; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 68; 1963, P.A. 330, S. 6; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 83; P.A. 80-484, S. 128, 176; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 35, 117; P.A. 00-135, S. 9, 21; P.A. 01-109, S. 9; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 25; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 233; P.A. 15-244, S. 132; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 474.)
History: 1959 act doubled fees; 1963 act added provision re person holding a duplicate license; 1971 act increased fees from $4 to $5; P.A. 80-484 replaced previous provisions requiring annual registration in January and governing special case registrations, i.e. of those retired or out of state with provision for registration in accordance with Sec. 19-45; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6 raised fee from $5 to $50; P.A. 00-135 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added new Subsec. (b) re continuing education, effective May 26, 2000; P.A. 01-109 changed “hypertrichologist” to “electrologist” in Subsec. (b); June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3 amended Subsec. (a) to change license renewal from annually to biennially and increase renewal fee from $50 to $100, effective January 1, 2004; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 amended Subsec. (a) to increase renewal fee from $100 to $200; P.A. 15-244 increased renewal fee from $200 to $205, effective July 1, 2015; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 changed effective date of P.A. 15-244, S. 132, from July 1, 2015, to October 1, 2015, and applicable to the renewal of a license or certificate that expires on or after that date, effective June 30, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 388 - Electrologists › Section 20-276. - Display of license and certificate. Use of titles.

Each person licensed under the provisions of this chapter to practice electrology shall display in a prominent place in such person's place of business such person's original license and annual registration certificate. Such licensee shall not use any title, including the title “Doctor” or “registered nurse” or their synonyms or abbreviations, except “electrologist”, and shall not use any adjective or qualification in addition to such title except that such licensee may use the title “certified professional electrologist” or its abbreviation “CPE”, provided such licensee has been awarded certification by the international board of electrologist certification of The American Electrology Association.
(1951, S. 2326d; 1951, 1953, S. 2325d; P.A. 88-362, S. 14; P.A. 01-109, S. 10.)
History: P.A. 88-362 prohibited use of title “registered nurse” and added the exception for the use of the title “certified professional electrologist”; P.A. 01-109 changed “hypertrichology” to “electrology”, changed “hypertrichologist” to “electrologist” and made technical changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 388 - Electrologists › Section 20-277. - Scope of chapter.

No provision of this chapter shall be construed to confer any authority to practice medicine or surgery; nor shall this chapter prohibit the practice of electrology by a person licensed to practice the healing arts or a person employed in a hospital or in the office of a licensed physician under such physician's immediate direction; nor shall this chapter prohibit the use of nonelectrical cosmetic devices or the use of wax or other proprietary depilatories used for the temporary removal of superfluous hair from the surface of the skin.
(1951, S. 2326d; 1963, P.A. 330, S. 7; P.A. 01-109, S. 11.)
History: 1963 act stipulated removal of hair referred to in last provision be temporary; P.A. 01-109 changed “hypertrichology” to “electrology” and made a technical change.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 388 - Electrologists › Section 20-278. - Prohibited acts.

No person shall: (1) Buy, sell or fraudulently obtain or furnish any diploma, certificate, license, record or registration purporting to show that any person is qualified or authorized to practice electrology, or participate in any such act; (2) practice or attempt or offer to practice electrology under cover of any diploma, certificate, license, record or registration illegally or fraudulently obtained or signed, or issued unlawfully or under fraudulent representation or mistake of fact in a material regard; (3) practice or attempt or offer to practice electrology under a name other than such person's own name or under a false or assumed name; (4) aid or abet practice by a person not lawfully licensed to practice electrology within this state or by a person whose license to practice has been suspended or revoked; or (5) use in such person's advertising the word “electrologist” or any description of services involving permanent hair removal, without having obtained a license under the provisions of this chapter. No person shall, during the time such person's license is revoked or suspended, practice or attempt or offer or advertise to practice electrology or be employed by, work with or assist, in any way, any person licensed to practice electrology. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor.
(1951, S. 2327d, 2328d; 1963, P.A. 330, S. 8; P.A. 80-484, S. 129, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 62, 71; P.A. 88-362, S. 15; P.A. 01-109, S. 12; P.A. 03-19, S. 50; P.A. 12-80, S. 70.)
History: 1963 act substituted term, “profession” for “occupation,” and deleted prohibition in Subdiv. (7) against use of words, “licensed electrologist” or “electrologer”; P.A. 80-484 deleted Subdiv. (4) containing advertising prohibition, renumbering remaining Subdivs. accordingly, deleted references to advertising in Subdivs. (2) and (3) and required permission of health services department rather than of board in renumbered Subdiv. (4), formerly (5); P.A. 81-471 deleted prohibition against giving training in hypertrichology without permission from department and state board of education; P.A. 88-362 substituted prohibition of use of term “hypertrichologist” and descriptions of services involving permanent hair removal for prior ban on use of term “licensed hypertrichologist” in Subdiv. (5); P.A. 01-109 changed “hypertrichology” to “electrology”, changed “hypertrichologist” to “electrologist” and made technical changes; P.A. 03-19 made a technical change, effective May 12, 2003; P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty of a fine of not more than $100 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days or both with a class D misdemeanor.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 388 - Electrologists › Section 20-278a. - Operation of offices; prohibitions.

Section 20-278a is repealed.
(1963, P.A. 330, S. 4; P.A. 80-484, S. 175, 176.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 389 - Public Accountants › Section 20-279 and 20-279a. - Board of Accountancy. Definitions.

Sections 20-279 and 20-279a are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4609; 1955, S. 2292d; P.A. 77-614, S. 209, 610; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 81-11, S. 7, 19; P.A. 82-419, S. 4, 47; P.A. 83-487, S. 9, 33; P.A. 85-504, S. 1, 2, 15; P.A. 92-212, S. 21.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 389 - Public Accountants › Section 20-280a. - Comptroller to perform fiscal duties of and provide clerical assistance to board.

Section 20-280a is repealed.
(1959, P.A. 89, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 609, 610.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 389 - Public Accountants › Section 20-280b. - Hearing. Order to discontinue violation. Civil penalty.

(a) The board may conduct hearings on any matter within its statutory jurisdiction. Such hearings shall be conducted in accordance with chapter 54 and the regulations established pursuant to subsection (g) of section 20-280. In connection with any hearing or investigation, the board may administer oaths, issue subpoenas, compel testimony and order the production of books, records and documents. If any person refuses to appear, testify or produce any book, record or document when so ordered, a judge of the Superior Court may make such order as may be appropriate to aid in the enforcement of this section. The final decision of the board shall be subject to judicial review as provided in section 4-183.
(b) The board may, in its discretion, issue an appropriate order to any person found to be in violation of an applicable statute or regulation, providing for the immediate discontinuance of the violation. The board may, through the Attorney General, petition the superior court for the judicial district in which the violation occurred, or in which the person committing the violation resides or does business, for the enforcement of any order issued by it and for appropriate temporary relief or a restraining order and shall certify and file in the court a transcript of the entire record of the hearing or hearings, including all testimony upon which such order was made and the findings and orders made by the board. The court may grant such relief by injunction or otherwise, including temporary relief, as it deems equitable and may make and enter a decree enforcing, modifying or enforcing as so modified, or setting aside, in whole or in part, any order of the board. The board, in its discretion, in lieu of or in addition to any other action authorized by law, may assess a civil penalty of up to fifty thousand dollars against any person found to have violated any provision of the general statutes or any regulations adopted thereunder relating to the profession of public accountancy.
(P.A. 85-504, S. 4, 15; P.A. 92-212, S. 9; P.A. 03-259, S. 41.)
History: P.A. 92-212 deleted former Subsec. (b) re board's authority to conduct investigations, Subsec. (c) re board's authority to suspend or revoke licenses, etc. and Subsec. (e) re grounds for suspension or revocation, relettering remaining Subsecs. as necessary and adding provision in relettered Subsec. (b) re assessment of civil penalties; P.A. 03-259 amended Subsec. (b) by increasing maximum civil penalty from $1,000 to $50,000.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 389 - Public Accountants › Section 20-280c. - Investigation of complaints.

(a) The board shall conduct any necessary review, inspection or investigation regarding possible violations of statutes or regulations, disciplinary matters, and the establishment of regulatory policy.
(b) The board shall conduct any necessary investigation and follow-up in connection with complaints regarding persons subject to regulation or licensing by the board.
(c) The board shall receive complaints concerning the work and practices of persons licensed, registered or certified by such board and shall receive complaints concerning unauthorized work and practice by persons not licensed, registered or certified by such board. The board shall screen all complaints and dismiss any in which the allegation, if substantiated, would not constitute a violation of any statute or regulation. The board shall investigate any complaint in which the allegation, if substantiated, would constitute a violation of a statute or regulation under its jurisdiction. The board may dismiss a complaint following an investigation if it determines that such complaint lacks probable cause. The board may authorize a settlement if the settlement is approved by the complainant, the practitioner and the board. The complaint may be brought before the board for a formal hearing if it determines that there is probable cause to believe that the offense alleged in the complaint has been committed and that the practitioner named in the complaint was responsible. Any such hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.
(P.A. 85-504, S. 5, 15; P.A. 92-212, S. 10.)
History: P.A. 92-212 added provision in Subsec. (c) requiring that hearings be conducted in accordance with chapter 54.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 389 - Public Accountants › Section 20-280d. - Investigation of applicant's qualifications. Administration of examinations. Rosters.

Section 20-280d is repealed.
(P.A. 85-504, S. 6, 15; P.A. 92-212, S. 21.)