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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 380 - Optometry › Section 20-129. - Regulations. Meetings. Records. Reports.

The Commissioner of Public Health, with advice and assistance from the board, shall make regulations for the government of the board in the transaction of its business. The board shall, annually, on or before the first day of October, make a report to the Department of Public Health of its official acts, with such suggestions as it deems advisable with reference to the matters committed to its charge.
(1949 Rev., S. 4490; June, 1955, S. 2238d; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 45; P.A. 77-614, S. 409, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 45, 176; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: 1959 act deleted provisions re board's receipts, fees and expenditures and compensation of members of the board and its secretary; P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, replaced references to president and secretary of board with “board” and transferred regulatory power re board government and transaction of business from board to commissioner of health services, retaining board in advisory role, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-484 deleted provisions re quorum, meetings and records of proceedings; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
See Sec. 4-40a re compensation and expenses of licensing boards and commissions.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 380 - Optometry › Section 20-131 and 20-132. - License; fee for; display of. Regulations concerning license; duplicate licenses.

Sections 20-131 and 20-132 are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4492, 4493; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 47; P.A. 77-614, S. 411, 610; 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 380 - Optometry › Section 20-133a. - Restrictions on employment of optometrists.

No licensed optometrist shall practice his profession as an employee of any unlicensed person, firm or corporation, provided that said prohibition shall not apply to health service organizations, hospitals, other optometrists or ophthalmologists. Nothing herein contained shall prohibit any registered optometrist or optometrists from continuing his employment in the mercantile establishment in which he or they were employed on June 28, 1963. No rule of the board shall prohibit the practice of optometry on a lessee or sublessee basis in or on the premises of a retail, commercial or mercantile establishment.
(1963, P.A. 429; P.A. 80-484, S. 165, 176.)
History: P.A. 80-484 replaced previous prohibitions against practicing as lessee or sublessee in mercantile establishment, against practicing on behalf of unlicensed person and against unlicensed persons practicing optometry with prohibition against practicing as employee of unlicensed person, firm or corporation and specifically allowed practice of optometry on lessee or sublessee basis on premises of retail, commercial or mercantile establishment.
Prior to statute, court, in considering Sec. 20-133, held legislature did not intend that corporation or other unlicensed person could not employ licensed optometrist at fixed salary to render optometrical services to persons whose obligation to pay for services would run to corporation. 150 C. 290.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 380 - Optometry › Section 20-133b. - Professional liability insurance required, when. Amount of insurance. Reporting requirements.

(a) Each person licensed to practice optometry under the provisions of this chapter who provides direct patient care services shall maintain professional liability insurance or other indemnity against liability for professional malpractice. The amount of insurance that each such person shall carry as insurance or indemnity against claims for injury or death for professional malpractice shall not be less than five hundred thousand dollars for one person, per occurrence, with an aggregate of not less than one million five hundred thousand dollars.
(b) Each insurance company that issues professional liability insurance, as defined in subdivisions (1), (6), (7), (8) and (9) of subsection (b) of section 38a-393, shall, on and after January 1, 1997, render to the Commissioner of Public Health a true record of the names, according to classification, of cancellations of and refusals to renew professional liability insurance policies and the reasons for such cancellations or refusal to renew said policies for the year ending on the thirty-first day of December next preceding.
(P.A. 96-133, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 380 - Optometry › Section 20-133c. - Optometrists. Agreements, leases or other contracts. Prohibited provisions.

On and after October 1, 2008, no agreement, lease or other contract entered into, renewed or extended between an optometrist and any other person shall contain any provision that: (1) Impedes an optometrist's ability to gain access to his or her professional office or patient records, provided any such agreement, lease or other contract may contain a provision that provides a reasonable protocol for the optometrist to gain access to the premises during nonbusiness hours for medical emergencies; or (2) limits, inhibits or prevents an optometrist's ability to communicate with his or her patients at any time.
(P.A. 08-184, S. 17.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 380 - Optometry › Section 20-134 and 20-135. - Hearing on suspension or revocation of license. Appeal.

Sections 20-134 and 20-135 are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4495, 4496; 1971, P.A. 179, S. 11; 870, S. 59; P.A. 76-436, S. 423, 681; P.A. 77-603, S. 64, 125; 77-614, S. 413, 414, 610; P.A. 78-280, S. 37, 38, 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 380 - Optometry › Section 20-136. - Examination of school children.

The examination and inspection of school children under the provisions of chapter 169, as far as such examination and inspection concern the vision, may be performed by any optometrist licensed under the provisions of this chapter, provided such optometrist shall be appointed for such purpose in the same manner as medical advisors are appointed under the provisions of said chapter.
(1949 Rev., S. 4497.)
See Sec. 10-205 re appointment of school medical advisors.
See Sec. 10-214 re vision, audiometric and postural screenings of public school students.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 380 - Optometry › Section 20-137. - Exemption. Use of title “Doctor”.

The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to apply to physicians and surgeons authorized to practice under the laws of this state, nor to any person who sells spectacles or eyeglasses on prescription from any such physician or certified optometrist; provided such person shall not attempt to measure the vision of the eye. No person granted a certificate under the terms of this chapter shall display or use the title “Doctor” or its synonym, either by way of prefix or otherwise, unless, at the same time, he appends to his name words indicating that he is an optometrist. Any person violating any provision of this section shall be subject to the penalties provided in section 20-138a.
(1949 Rev., S. 4498.)
Exemption in section does not apply to opticians act. 13 CS 147.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 380 - Optometry › Section 20-138c. - Optometrists as members of certain advisory committees.

Wherever a committee, council or other body is appointed to serve in an advisory capacity in matters pertaining to vision for the Department of Public Health, the State Board of Education, the Department of Motor Vehicles or the Department of Social Services, the appointing authority shall include, as a member of such committee, council or body, a person licensed under the provisions of this chapter.
(1967, P.A. 342; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 521, 610; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare department with department of social services; P.A. 77-614 replaced department of social services with department of human resources and department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995 (Revisor's note: A reference to “Motor Vehicle Department” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Motor Vehicles” for consistency with customary statutory usage).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 380 - Optometry › Section 20-138d. - Coverage of services of optometrists under health insurance policies.

The provisions of section 20-138b shall apply to every individual or group hospital or medical expense insurance policy and every individual or group hospital or medical service plan contract delivered or issued for delivery or renewed in this state after October 1, 1975, which provides coverage or benefits for services or treatments which are within the definition of optometry as set forth in section 20-127. If any such policy or contract provides coverage or benefits for any such services or treatments when rendered by a person licensed under chapter 370, such policy or contract shall provide identical coverage or benefits for such services or treatments when rendered by a person licensed under this chapter, provided this section shall not alter or enlarge in any way the services or treatments which persons licensed under this chapter are authorized to perform.
(P.A. 75-117.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 381 - Opticians › Section 20-139. - Purpose and legislative policy.

The provisions of this chapter are enacted in the exercise of the police powers of the state, and the purposes thereof generally are to protect public health, welfare and safety. It is declared that regulation is required of all optical appliances, eyeglasses, lenses, optical instruments intended to be used for the human eye, as well as any and all aids to human vision, sold, dispensed or supplied to the ultimate wearer or consumer in this state; and that persons filling prescriptions having to do with optical glasses from given formulas, and kindred products, and others engaged in the practice of optical dispensing, shall possess the education, special knowledge, skill, technique and ability to apply such knowledge in order to properly fill any such formulas correcting visual or ocular anomalies of the human eye and shall be licensed, and that all optical establishments, offices, departments or stores, as well as all optical shops and laboratories, shall be registered pursuant to the provisions of the statutes governing opticians. Without the control of standards and quality of optical goods, appliances, instruments or other aids to vision, the sale, dispensing and distribution to the public would be such as to constitute a menace to the public health, welfare and safety; and because of the foregoing, and in order further to safeguard and insure a high standard of sale, dispensing and distribution of such optical appliances, instruments and aids to human vision, it is necessary that there should be legislation pertaining to the quality, sale, dispensing and distribution of such optical appliances, instruments and aids to human vision, and also to persons engaged in the optical industry. The foregoing statements of facts, purposes, policy and application are declared to be matters of intended legislative determination and are declared to be applicable to the provisions of this chapter.
(1949 Rev., S. 4500; P.A. 80-484, S. 50, 176.)
History: P.A. 80-484 substituted “registered” for “licensed”.
Cited. 15 CA 205.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 381 - Opticians › Section 20-139a. - Board of Examiners for Opticians.

(a) There shall be within the Department of Public Health a Connecticut Board of Examiners for Opticians. Said board shall consist of three members appointed by the Governor, subject to the provisions of section 4-9a, as follows: Two practicing licensed opticians in good professional standing who reside in this state and one public member. The Governor shall appoint a chairman from among such members.
(b) Said board shall meet at least once during each calendar quarter and at such other times as the chairman deems necessary. Special meetings shall be held on the request of a majority of the board after notice in accordance with the provisions of section 1-225. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum. Members shall not be compensated for their services. Any member who fails to attend three consecutive meetings or who fails to attend fifty per cent of all meetings held during any calendar year shall be deemed to have resigned from office. Minutes of all meetings shall be recorded by the board. No members shall participate in the affairs of the board during the pendency of any disciplinary proceedings by the board against such member. No professional member shall be an elected or appointed officer of a professional society of opticians or have been such an officer during the year immediately preceding his appointment.
(c) The Commissioner of Public Health, with advice and assistance from the board, may make and enforce such regulations as the commissioner deems necessary to maintain proper professional and ethical standards for opticians. The board may revoke or suspend licenses for cause.
(d) The Board of Examiners for Opticians shall (1) hear and decide matters concerning suspension or revocation of licensure, (2) adjudicate complaints filed against practitioners licensed under this chapter and (3) impose sanctions where appropriate.
(P.A. 80-484, S. 51, 52, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 34, 71; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-12, S. 22, 55; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 98-143, S. 11, 24.)
History: P.A. 81-471 changed “elected official” to “elected or appointed officer” in Subsec. (b) as of July 1, 1981; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-12 in Subsec. (b) eliminated expense reimbursement for board members; P.A. 93-381 replaced department and commissioner of health services with department and commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 98-143 added quorum provision in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 1998.
See Sec. 4-9a for definition of “public member”.
Cited. 15 CA 205.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 381 - Opticians › Section 20-140. - Commission of Opticians. Appointment and qualifications.

Section 20-140 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4501; 1951, S. 2239d; P.A. 77-614, S. 415, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 175, 176.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 381 - Opticians › Section 20-140a. - Receipts credited to General Fund.

All moneys received by the Department of Public Health under the provisions of this chapter shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund.
(1959, P.A. 616, S. 49; P.A. 80-484, S. 53, 176; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 80-484 substituted “department of health services under the provisions of this chapter” for “commission of opticians”; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 381 - Opticians › Section 20-141. - Powers and duties of board and commissioner.

(a) The Commissioner of Public Health, with advice and assistance from the Board of Examiners for Opticians, shall make regulations not inconsistent with law, and in conformity with the declared policy of this chapter, as may be necessary to govern the conduct of the business of dispensing or grinding optical glasses and instruments for the optical business and the producing and reproducing of ophthalmic lenses and kindred products and the mounting of the same to supporting materials and the fitting of the same to the eyes. Said board may revoke, suspend or refuse to issue licenses, certificates of registration or permits for cause. The commissioner may issue subpoenas, administer oaths and take testimony.
(b) Said board shall keep a record of its proceedings and a copy of any such record, certified by the commissioner, shall be admitted as evidence in any civil or criminal action in lieu of such record.
(1949 Rev., S. 4502; June, 1955, S. 2241d; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 13; P.A. 77-614, S. 416, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 54, 176; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 77-614 transferred power to make regulations from commission to commissioner of health services, retaining commission in advisory capacity, deleted provision providing that bylaws govern licensing hearings and rephrased provision re subpoenas, oaths and testimony in Subsec. (a), deleted provision re election of commission president and secretary/treasurer, required that reports be made to commissioner of health services rather than to governor and required certification of records by commissioner of health services rather than by commission secretary in Subsec. (b), effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-484 replaced commission with board of examiners for opticians throughout section, except that power to subpoena, administer oaths and take testimony transferred to commissioner of health services and deleted provision re reports to commissioner and Opticians' Association in Subsec. (b); 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.
Purpose of statute discussed. 13 CS 147.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 381 - Opticians › Section 20-143. - Commissioner may employ inspectors. Duties of inspectors.

The Commissioner of Public Health may, from time to time, employ an inspector or inspectors, who shall inspect during usual business hours, licensees or optical permittees and places in which eyeglasses are sold or dispensed or ground in accordance with a given formula. Such inspectors shall report to said commissioner any violation of the provisions of this chapter.
(1949 Rev., S. 4517; P.A. 77-614, S. 417, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 55, 176; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced commission of opticians with commissioner of health services as inspection authority, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-484 deleted reports re irregularities re registration of optical establishments, etc. or re methods of keeping, dispensing or retailing optical merchandise; 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 381 - Opticians › Section 20-144. - Compensation and expenses of commission. Executive secretary.

Section 20-144 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4521; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 50.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 381 - Opticians › Section 20-145. - Definition of licensed optician.

A licensed optician, for the purposes of this chapter, shall be defined as follows: One having a knowledge of optics and skilled in the technique of producing and reproducing ophthalmic lenses and kindred products and mounting the same to supporting materials and the fitting of the same to the eyes.
(1949 Rev., S. 4520; P.A. 80-484, S. 154, 176.)
History: P.A. 80-484 deleted definition of “mechanical optician”.
Cited. 132 C. 35.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 381 - Opticians › Section 20-146a. - Registration of inmates as apprentices. Credit toward licensure.

Any inmate employed in an optical shop established and maintained by the Commissioner of Correction, as provided in section 18-88, shall be entitled to register as an apprentice with the Department of Public Health and shall receive credit for such period of employment towards fulfillment of the requirements for licensure under this chapter.
(P.A. 78-293, S. 5, 6; P.A. 80-484, S. 57, 176; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 80-484 required registration of apprenticeship with department of health services rather than with commission of opticians; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 381 - Opticians › Section 20-147. - Waiver of requirements in case of veterans.

The department may, in its discretion, suspend any of the provisions of the statutes governing qualifications for examinations for opticians as to veterans of the Second World War and of the Korean hostilities, as defined by section 27-103, if said department deems such provisions to be unjust to such veterans, provided the public health and safety shall not be jeopardized by such suspension.
(1949 Rev., S. 4509; 1957, P.A. 163, S. 36; P.A. 80-484, S. 58, 176.)
History: P.A. 80-484 replaced “commission”, i.e. commission of opticians, with “department”, i.e. department of health services.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 381 - Opticians › Section 20-147a. - Students enrolled in opticianry programs.

Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter to the contrary, any student enrolled in an educational program in opticianry in a regionally accredited institution of higher education may (1) perform such work as is incidental to his course of study at such institution and (2) participate in the operation of any course of study within such institution for the practical training of students in the technique of producing and reproducing ophthalmic lenses and kindred products and mounting the same to supporting materials and the fitting of the same to the eyes under the direct supervision of an optician licensed pursuant to this chapter.
(P.A. 90-325, S. 20, 32.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 381 - Opticians › Section 20-148. - Qualifications of assistant licensed opticians and assistant mechanical opticians.

Section 20-148 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4510; P.A. 77-614, S. 419, 610; 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 381 - Opticians › Section 20-149. - License fees. Renewal.

A license under the provisions of this chapter shall be given under the hand of the Commissioner of Public Health or the commissioner's designee. A fee shall be paid to the department, at the date of application for a license, as follows: For licensed optician, granting full responsibility, two hundred dollars. Such licenses shall be renewed annually in accordance with the provisions of section 19a-88 and a fee shall be paid to the department at the date of renewal application as follows: For a licensed optician, two hundred five dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 4511; 1951, S. 2244d; 1963, P.A. 448; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 58; P.A. 77-614, S. 420, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 29, 136; P.A. 80-484, S. 59, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 36, 71; P.A. 89-251, S. 91, 203; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 24, 117; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 206; P.A. 15-244, S. 118; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 474.)
History: 1963 act changed technical language and added provisions for permits and permit fees; 1971 act doubled fees; P.A. 77-614 deleted requirement that standard examination be “satisfactory to said commission” and reference to commission treasurer as recipient of fee payments, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-303 restored reference to commission treasurer; P.A. 80-484 replaced commission with department and commissioner of health services as licensing authority, deleted differential fee schedules and references to mechanical opticians, making single fees of $50 and $30 for original licenses and renewals, respectively, deleted provisions allowing double charge as penalty for failure to renew in timely fashion and requiring reexamination of those whose licenses have lapsed for five years and adding reference to renewal in accordance with Sec. 19-45; P.A. 81-471 deleted reference to renewal on first day of September; P.A. 89-251 increased the licensing fee from $50 to $75 and increased the renewal fee from $30 to $45; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6 raised initial and renewal license fees to $100; 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; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fees from $100 to $200; P.A. 15-244 increased renewal fee from $200 to $205 and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2015; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 changed effective date of P.A. 15-244, S. 118, 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 381 - Opticians › Section 20-151. - Optical selling permits.

(a) Any licensed optician and any optical department in any establishment, office or store may apply to the Department of Public Health for a registration certificate to sell at retail optical glasses and instruments from given formulas and to make and dispense reproductions of the same, in a shop, store, optical establishment or office owned and managed by a licensed optician as defined in section 20-145 or where the optical department thereof is under the supervision of such a licensed optician, and said registration shall be designated as an optical selling permit. Said department shall grant such permits for a period not exceeding one year, upon the payment of a fee of three hundred fifteen dollars, and upon satisfactory evidence to said department that such optical establishment, office or store is being conducted in accordance with the regulations adopted under this chapter. Such permit shall be conspicuously posted within such optical establishment, office or store. All permits issued under the provisions of this chapter shall expire on September first in each year.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to require a permit from the Department of Public Health for an ophthalmic science educational program offered by a regionally accredited institution of higher education operating an optical establishment for the purpose of providing practical training to students enrolled in such program.
(1949 Rev., S. 4504; 1951, S. 2242d; P.A. 77-614, S. 421, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 61, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 38, 71; P.A. 89-251, S. 92, 203; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 207; P.A. 15-242, S. 26.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced regulations of commission with regulations adopted under chapter, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-484 transferred powers of commission to department of health services, substituted registration certificates and permits for licenses, deleted provisions re optical processing permits and added reference to expiration in accordance with Sec. 19-45; P.A. 81-471 deleted reference to licenses and to renewal in accordance with Sec. 19-45; P.A. 89-251 increased the fee from $50 to $250; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fee from $250 to $315; P.A. 15-242 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same by replacing “said department” with “the Department of Public Health”, and added Subsec. (b) re exception for certain ophthalmic science educational programs, effective June 30, 2015.
Cited. 132 C. 33; 142 C. 229.
Cited. 13 CS 147.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 381 - Opticians › Section 20-152. - Optical retail vendor permit.

Section 20-152 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4506; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 51; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 59; 1972, P.A. 223, S. 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 422, 610; 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 381 - Opticians › Section 20-153a. - Lens and frame requirements.

(a) No person shall sell, distribute or deliver any eyeglasses or sunglasses unless they are fitted with impact resistant lenses that fully meet the definitions, specifications, test procedures and tolerances for impact resistance and any exceptions provided for in the statement of policy of the federal Food and Drug Administration and whichever of the following standards may be applicable: (1) American National Standards Institute Z.80.1, as amended, “requirements for first quality prescription ophthalmic lenses”, or such other standard as may be established in regulations adopted pursuant to section 20-141, which standard shall apply to first-quality prescription ophthalmic lenses in edged or assembled form, white, colorless or tinted, single-vision or multifocal, plastic, laminated, impact-resistance-treated or untreated glass lenses, or (2) American National Standards Institute Z.87.1, as amended, “practice for occupational and educational eye and face protection”, or such other standard as may be established in regulations adopted pursuant to section 20-141, which standard shall apply to all occupational and educational operations and processes, excluding those relating to x-rays, gamma rays, high-energy particulate radiations, lasers, or masers; except in those cases where in his professional judgment the physician or optometrist finds that such lenses will not fulfill the visual requirements of the particular patient and directs in writing the use of other lenses.
(b) No person shall fabricate, sell, offer to sell or have in his possession with intent to sell or offer to sell eyeglasses or sunglasses having frames manufactured from cellulose nitrate or materials having flammable characteristics approximately those of cellulose nitrate as found and established in the American National Standards Institute standards, as amended, or such other standard as may be established in regulations adopted pursuant to section 20-141.
(c) Any person who violates this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.
(1969, P.A. 361, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 361; 457, S. 1; P.A. 73-612, S. 2; P.A. 86-43, S. 4.)
History: 1971 acts added Subsec. (d) re remounting lenses or reusing frames owned prior to January 1, 1971, and rephrased Subsec. (a) to replace requirement for plastic, laminated or tempered or case-hardened glass lenses with requirement for impact resistant lenses as specified; P.A. 73-612 required that lenses meet specified standards of American National Standards Institute; P.A. 86-43 changed the standards and deleted Subsec. (d) which pertained to frames owned prior to January 1, 1971.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 381 - Opticians › Section 20-155. - Complaints concerning license or permit holders.

Section 20-155 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4513; P.A. 77-614, S. 425, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 64, 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 381 - Opticians › Section 20-156. - Appeal.

Any licensee or permittee aggrieved by a final decision of the board under section 19a-17 may appeal therefrom as provided in section 4-183, except such appeal shall be made returnable to the judicial district of New Britain.
(1949 Rev., S. 4514; 1971, P.A. 179, S. 12; 870, S. 60; P.A. 76-436, S. 424, 681; P.A. 77-603, S. 65, 125; 77-614, S. 426, 610; P.A. 78-280, S. 39, 40, 127; P.A. 80-484, S. 65, 176; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6; P.A. 96-47, S. 8; P.A. 99-215, S. 24, 29.)
History: 1971 acts required that petitions for restoration of licenses be filed within 15 days, required action between 12 and 30 days after service of petition rather than on next or “next but one” return day and replaced superior court with court of common pleas, effective September 1, 1971, except that courts with cases pending retain jurisdiction unless pending actions deemed transferable; P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with superior court, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-603 replaced detailed provisions re petitions with statement that appeals be brought in accordance with Sec. 4-183, retaining venue in Hartford County; P.A. 77-614 deleted venue provision, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-280 made appeals returnable to judicial district of Hartford-New Britain; P.A. 80-484 replaced commission of opticians with board of examiners and added reference to disciplinary actions under Sec. 19-4s; P.A. 88-230 replaced “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain at Hartford” with “judicial district of Hartford”, effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-47 changed reference to being aggrieved by “the action” to “a final decision” of the board; P.A. 99-215 replaced “judicial district of Hartford” with “judicial district of New Britain”, effective June 29, 1999.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 381 - Opticians › Section 20-157. - License and permit to be conspicuously displayed.

Each person practicing as a licensed optician and each holder of an optical permit shall, at all times, conspicuously display his license or permit in the place in which he practices under such license or permit.
(1949 Rev., S. 4515; P.A. 80-484, S. 66, 176.)
History: P.A. 80-484 deleted reference to mechanical opticians, assistant licensed and assistant mechanical opticians.
Cited. 15 CA 205.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 381 - Opticians › Section 20-158. - Restricted use of license or permit.

Each licensee or permittee licensed under the provisions of this chapter who rents, loans or allows the use of his permit or license to an unlicensed person for unlawful use shall be fined one hundred dollars and shall forfeit his license as such licensee or permittee.
(1949 Rev., S. 4516.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 381 - Opticians › Section 20-159. - Apprentices to register; certification by employer.

Each person entering into employment in an optical office, store or establishment for the purpose of obtaining practical experience and skill required under the provisions of this chapter shall register as an apprentice with the department and the computation of any period of apprenticeship shall commence at the date of such registration. Such application for registration shall be certified to, under oath, by the employer and by such applicant, and the department may issue to such applicant an apprentice's certificate. A renewal of each certification of such apprenticeship shall be filed with the department annually. A fee of fifty dollars shall accompany the original application and any renewals of the same. Any person who served part of his apprenticeship in any other state or country not requiring such registration shall be obliged to give proof of such service satisfactory to the department.
(1949 Rev., S. 4518; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 52; P.A. 80-484, S. 67, 176; P.A. 89-251, S. 93, 203; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 208.)
History: 1959 act increased fee from $3 to $5; P.A. 80-484 replaced “commission”, i.e. commission of opticians, with “department”, i.e. department of health services; P.A. 89-251 increased the fee from $5 to $25; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fee from $25 to $50.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 381 - Opticians › Section 20-160. - Deceptive ownership or management of optical establishments. Misuse of designations.

Any person, firm or corporation, owning, managing or conducting any store, shop or place of business, not holding an optical permit or an optician's license, or not having in his or its employ a licensed optician for the supervision of such store, office, place of business or optical establishment, or including in any advertisement, whether in a newspaper, book, magazine or other printed matter, or by radio, the term “optician”, “licensed optician”, “optical establishment”, “optical office”, “opticians” or any combination of such terms, within or without such store, in such manner as to mislead the public to the belief that the same is a legally established optical place of business, licensed as such, or owned, managed or conducted by a person holding an optician's license, or that such person, firm or corporation is the holder of an optical permit, when, in fact, it is not, shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 4522.)
Cited. 141 C. 288.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 381 - Opticians › Section 20-161. - Penalty.

Any person who violates any provision of this chapter, for the violation of which no other penalty has been provided, shall be guilty of a class D felony. For the purposes of this section, each instance of patient contact or consultation which is in violation of any provision of this section shall constitute a separate offense. Failure to renew a license in a timely manner shall not constitute a violation for the purposes of this section.
(1949 Rev., S. 4523; P.A. 84-526, S. 11; P.A. 13-258, S. 80.)
History: P.A. 84-526 amended section by changing penalty for violation of any provision of chapter to a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment of not more than five years, and added provisions that each instance of patient contact or consultation shall constitute a separate offense and failure to renew license in timely manner is not a violation for purposes of section; 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 technical changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 381 - Opticians › Section 20-162. - Exceptions for certified optometrists and physicians and surgeons.

The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to apply to certified optometrists licensed to practice under the provisions of chapter 380 nor to deny to physicians or surgeons particularly trained and specializing in diseases of the eye and licensed under the provisions of chapter 370 from the same right to fit, apply and dispense contact lenses or other ophthalmic materials to their patients in the course of their practice as is accorded licensed optometrists. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to permit such physicians or surgeons to engage in the business of either grinding lenses or filling prescriptions for optical glasses, lenses or ophthalmic materials unless they are licensed or certified under the provisions of this chapter or chapter 380.
(1949 Rev., S. 4524; February, 1965, P.A. 480.)
History: 1965 act added provisions relative to physicians and surgeons.
Exemption of “certified optometrist” does not include a licensed physician. 13 CS 147.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 381a - Respiratory Care Practitioners › Section 20-162p. - Disciplinary action. Grounds.

The commissioner may take any action set forth in section 19a-17 if the license holder fails to conform to the accepted standards of the respiratory care profession, including, but not limited to, the following: Conviction of a felony, fraud or deceit in the practice of respiratory care; illegal conduct; negligent, incompetent or wrongful conduct in professional activities; emotional disorder or mental illness; physical illness, including, but not limited to, deterioration through the aging process; abuse or excessive use of drugs, including alcohol, narcotics or chemicals; wilful falsification of entries in any hospital, patient or other record pertaining to respiratory care; misrepresentation or concealment of a material fact in the obtaining or reinstatement of a respiratory care practitioner license; failure to comply with the continuing education requirements set forth in section 20-162r; or violation of any provisions of sections 20-162n to 20-162q, inclusive, or any regulation adopted pursuant to said section 20-162o. The Commissioner of Public Health 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 to enforce such order or any action taken pursuant to section 19a-17. Notice of any contemplated action under said section, of the cause therefor and the date of hearing thereon shall be given and an opportunity for hearing afforded as provided in regulations adopted by the commissioner.
(P.A. 86-376, S. 3; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 94-210, S. 6; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6; 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 06-195, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 88-230 replaced “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” with “judicial district of Hartford”, effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-210 changed certificate to license and added as grounds for disciplinary action illegal conduct and misrepresentation or concealment of material fact in obtaining reinstatement; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995; 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. 06-195 added as ground for disciplinary action failure to comply with continuing education requirements specified in Sec. 20-162r.