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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 400g - Real Estate Appraisers and Appraisal Management Companies › Section 20-512. - Regulations concerning approval of schools. Registration prior to offering approved courses. Fees. Course approval.

(a) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, with the advice and assistance of the commission, may adopt such reasonable regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, as the commissioner may deem necessary relating to the approval of schools offering courses in real estate appraisal principles and practice and related subjects, the content of such courses and the advertising to the public of the services of such schools. Such regulations may require approval of instructors at such schools.
(b) Each such school shall obtain a registration as a real estate appraisal school from the commission before offering approved courses in real estate appraisal prerequisite education or continuing education. Each application for such school registration shall be made on forms prescribed by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection.
(c) Each real estate appraisal school registration shall expire biennially and may be renewed. The application fee for such registration shall be one hundred dollars. The initial registration fee and renewal fee for such registration shall be two hundred dollars each.
(d) Each course in appraisal prerequisite education or continuing education shall require a separate application and be approved by the commissioner. The application fee for each course in appraisal prerequisite education or continuing education shall be one hundred dollars.
(P.A. 93-354, S. 37, 54; P.A. 94-36, S. 41, 42; P.A. 98-10, S. 75; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 13-196, S. 15; P.A. 14-52, S. 10.)
History: P.A. 93-354 effective in accordance with Sec. 20-528; P.A. 94-36 changed effective date of P.A. 93-354 but without affecting this section; P.A. 98-10 made technical changes; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 13-196 changed “shall not” to “may” re regulations requiring approval of instructors at schools, effective June 21, 2013; P.A. 14-52 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same by deleting “or programs”, and added Subsec. (b) re registration of real estate appraisal schools, Subsec. (c) re expiration of and fee for registration and Subsec. (d) re course application and fee, effective July 1, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 400g - Real Estate Appraisers and Appraisal Management Companies › Section 20-513. - Validity of certification or provisional license.

Any person holding a certification or provisional license under the provisions of sections 20-500 to 20-528, inclusive, shall be permitted to perform the work covered by such certification or provisional license in any municipality of this state without further examination or the imposition of any additional requirements by such municipality.
(P.A. 93-354, S. 38, 54; P.A. 94-36, S. 41, 42; P.A. 00-192, S. 64, 102; P.A. 14-52, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 93-354 effective in accordance with Sec. 20-528; P.A. 94-36 changed effective date of P.A. 93-354 but without affecting this section; P.A. 00-192 replaced references to “tenured license” with references to “limited license”, effective May 26, 2000; P.A. 14-52 deleted references to license and limited license and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 400g - Real Estate Appraisers and Appraisal Management Companies › Section 20-514. - Grounds for refusal of certification or provisional license.

(a) No certification or provisional license, as the case may be, shall be denied by the commission under the provisions of sections 20-500 to 20-528, inclusive, to any applicant who has been convicted of forgery, embezzlement, obtaining money under false pretenses, extortion, criminal conspiracy to defraud, or other like offense or offenses, or to any association or partnership of which such person is a member, or to any corporation of which such person is an officer or in which as a stockholder such person has or exercises a controlling interest either directly or indirectly except in accordance with the provisions of section 46a-80.
(b) No certification or provisional license, as the case may be, shall be issued by the Department of Consumer Protection under the provisions of sections 20-500 to 20-528, inclusive, to any applicant (1) whose application for a certification or provisional license, as the case may be, has, within one year prior to the date of the applicant's application, been rejected in this state, in any other state or in the District of Columbia or (2) whose certification or provisional license, as the case may be, has, within one year prior to the date of the applicant's application, been revoked in this state, in any other state or in the District of Columbia.
(c) No certification or provisional license, as the case may be, shall be issued under the provisions of sections 20-500 to 20-528, inclusive, to any person who has not attained the age of eighteen years.
(P.A. 93-354, S. 39, 54; P.A. 94-36, S. 41, 42; P.A. 98-10, S. 76; P.A. 00-192, S. 65, 102; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 14-52, S. 12.)
History: P.A. 93-354 effective in accordance with Sec. 20-528; P.A. 94-36 changed effective date of P.A. 93-354 but without affecting this section; P.A. 98-10 made technical changes; P.A. 00-192 replaced references to “tenured license” with references to “limited license” and made technical changes in Subsec. (b) for the purposes of gender neutrality, effective May 26, 2000; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 14-52 deleted references to license and limited license and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 400g - Real Estate Appraisers and Appraisal Management Companies › Section 20-516. - Evidence of real estate appraiser status. Fee.

(a) The Department of Consumer Protection shall issue to each certified and provisionally licensed appraiser a certificate or provisional license, as the case may be, in such size and form as it determines, evidencing the real estate appraiser's status.
(b) A fee of twenty-five dollars shall be paid to the commission for the issuance of a proof of certification or provisional licensing or a duplicate certification or provisional license.
(P.A. 93-354, S. 41, 54; P.A. 94-36, S. 41, 42; P.A. 00-192, S. 67, 102; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 14-52, S. 14.)
History: P.A. 93-354 effective in accordance with Sec. 20-528; P.A. 94-36 changed effective date of P.A. 93-354 but without affecting this section; P.A. 00-192 replaced references to “tenured license” with references to “limited license”, effective May 26, 2000; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 14-52 deleted references to licensing and limited licensing and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 400g - Real Estate Appraisers and Appraisal Management Companies › Section 20-519. - Notice and hearing. Refusal, suspension or revocation of certification or license.

Before refusing, suspending or revoking any certification or provisional license, or imposing any fine, the commission shall give notice and afford an opportunity for hearing as provided in the regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection. Any such refusal, suspension or revocation of a certification or license by the commission shall be a proposed final decision and submitted to the commissioner in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of section 21a-7.
(P.A. 93-354, S. 44, 54; P.A. 94-36, S. 41, 42; P.A. 98-10, S. 80; P.A. 00-192, S. 70, 102; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 14-52, S. 17; P.A. 16-185, S. 42.)
History: P.A. 93-354 effective in accordance with Sec. 20-528; P.A. 94-36 changed effective date of P.A. 93-354 but without affecting this section; P.A. 98-10 made technical changes; P.A. 00-192 replaced reference to “tenured license” with reference to “limited license”, effective May 26, 2000; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 14-52 deleted reference to license and limited license, effective July 1, 2014; P.A. 16-185 added provision re commission's refusal, suspension or revocation of certification or license to be proposed final decision and submitted to commissioner, effective July 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 400g - Real Estate Appraisers and Appraisal Management Companies › Section 20-520. - Appeal.

Any person aggrieved by any decision or order of the commission may appeal in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183.
(P.A. 93-354, S. 45, 54; P.A. 94-36, S. 41, 42.)
History: P.A. 93-354 effective in accordance with Sec. 20-528; P.A. 94-36 changed effective date of P.A. 93-354 but without affecting this section.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 400g - Real Estate Appraisers and Appraisal Management Companies › Section 20-521. - Revocation of certification or provisional license upon conviction of crime.

Any certification holder or provisional licensee convicted of a violation of any of the offenses enumerated in subdivision (4) of section 20-518 shall incur a forfeiture of his or her certification or provisional license and all moneys that may have been paid for such certification or provisional license. The clerk of any court in which such conviction has been rendered shall forward to the commission without charge a certified copy of such conviction. The commission, upon the receipt of a copy of the judgment of conviction, shall, not later than ten days after such receipt, notify the certification holder or provisional licensee, in writing, of the revocation of his or her certification or provisional license, as the case may be, which notice shall be conclusive of such revocation. Application for reinstatement of such certification or provisional license shall be subject to the provisions of section 46a-80.
(P.A. 93-354, S. 46, 54; P.A. 94-36, S. 41, 42; P.A. 98-10, S. 81; P.A. 00-192, S. 71, 102; P.A. 14-52, S. 18.)
History: P.A. 93-354 effective in accordance with Sec. 20-528; P.A. 94-36 changed effective date of P.A. 93-354 but without affecting this section; P.A. 98-10 made technical changes; P.A. 00-192 replaced references to “tenured license” with references to “limited license” and made technical changes for the purposes of gender neutrality, effective May 26, 2000; P.A. 14-52 deleted references to license, limited license, licensee and limited licensee, effective July 1, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 400g - Real Estate Appraisers and Appraisal Management Companies › Section 20-522. - Misrepresentation; penalty.

Any person wilfully misrepresenting any fact required to be disclosed in any application or in any other form, paper or document required to be filed with the commission in connection with an application for a certification or provisional license shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
(P.A. 93-354, S. 47, 54; P.A. 94-36, S. 41, 42; P.A. 14-52, S. 19.)
History: P.A. 93-354 effective in accordance with Sec. 20-528; P.A. 94-36 changed effective date of P.A. 93-354 but without affecting this section; P.A. 14-52 deleted reference to license and tenured license and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 400g - Real Estate Appraisers and Appraisal Management Companies › Section 20-523. - Engaging in business without certification or provisional license. Misrepresentation. Fines.

(a) Any person who engages in the real estate appraisal business without obtaining a certification or provisional license, as the case may be, as provided in sections 20-500 to 20-528, inclusive, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both, and shall be ineligible to obtain a certification or provisional license for one year from the date of conviction of such offense, except the commission, in its discretion, may grant a certification or provisional license, as the case may be, to such person within such one-year period upon application and after a hearing on such application.
(b) No person who is not certified or provisionally licensed, as the case may be, by the commission as a real estate appraiser shall represent himself or herself as being so certified or provisionally licensed or use in connection with such person's name or place of business the term “real estate appraiser”, “real estate appraisal”, “certified appraiser”, “certified appraisal”, “residential appraiser”, “residential appraisal”, “provisional appraiser” or “provisional appraisal” or any words, letters, abbreviations or insignia indicating or implying that such person is a certified or provisionally licensed, as the case may be, real estate appraiser in this state. Any person who violates the provisions of this subsection shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
(P.A. 93-354, S. 48, 54; P.A. 94-36, S. 41, 42; P.A. 98-10, S. 82; P.A. 00-192, S. 72, 102; P.A. 14-52, S. 20.)
History: P.A. 93-354 effective in accordance with Sec. 20-528; P.A. 94-36 changed effective date of P.A. 93-354 but without affecting this section; P.A. 98-10 made technical changes in Subsec. (a); P.A. 00-192 replaced references to “tenured license” with references to “limited license” and made technical changes in Subsec. (b) for the purposes of gender neutrality, effective May 26, 2000; P.A. 14-52 deleted references to license and limited license and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 400g - Real Estate Appraisers and Appraisal Management Companies › Section 20-524. - Report to Governor.

The commission shall submit to the Governor, as provided in section 4-60, a report of its official acts under the provisions of sections 20-500 to 20-528, inclusive. The commission shall keep a record of proceedings and orders pertaining to the matters under its jurisdiction and of certifications, licenses, limited licenses or provisional licenses granted, refused, suspended or revoked by it and of all reports sent to its office. The commission shall furnish without charge, for official use only, certified copies of certifications, licenses, limited licenses, provisional licenses and documents relating thereto, to officials of this state or any municipality in this state, to officials of any other state and to any court in this state. Any certified copy of any document or record of the commission, attested as a true copy by the chairman of the commission, shall be competent evidence in any court of this state of the facts contained in such document or record.
(P.A. 93-354, S. 49, 54; P.A. 94-36, S. 41, 42; P.A. 98-10, S. 83; P.A. 00-192, S. 73, 102; P.A. 14-52, S. 21.)
History: P.A. 93-354 effective in accordance with Sec. 20-528; P.A. 94-36 changed effective date of P.A. 93-354 but without affecting this section; P.A. 98-10 made technical changes; P.A. 00-192 replaced references to “tenured licenses” with references to “limited licenses”, effective May 26, 2000; P.A. 14-52 made a technical change, effective July 1, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 400g - Real Estate Appraisers and Appraisal Management Companies › Section 20-525. - Periodic publication of information and material.

The Department of Consumer Protection, at the request of the commission, may periodically compile and publish a bulletin containing information and material relating to the commission, its functions and certifications, provisional licenses and other information and material relating to the real estate appraisal industry that might be of help and interest to certificate holders or provisional licensees in their service of the public. The commission may also request the department to publish such information and material in any established periodical published in the state if, in the opinion of the commission, such form of publication would ensure the widest dissemination of such information and material to certification holders and provisional licensees and the public.
(P.A. 93-354, S. 50, 54; P.A. 94-36, S. 41, 42; P.A. 98-10, S. 84; P.A. 00-192, S. 74, 102; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 14-52, S. 22.)
History: P.A. 93-354 effective in accordance with Sec. 20-528; P.A. 94-36 changed effective date of P.A. 93-354 but without affecting this section; P.A. 98-10 made a technical change; P.A. 00-192 replaced references to “tenured licenses” with references to “limited licenses”, effective May 26, 2000; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 14-52 deleted references to licenses, limited licenses, licensees and limited licensees and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 400g - Real Estate Appraisers and Appraisal Management Companies › Section 20-526. - Exceptions.

The provisions of sections 20-500 to 20-528, inclusive, concerning the certification or provisional licensing of real estate appraisers shall not apply to (1) any person under contract with a municipality who performs a revaluation of real estate for assessment purposes pursuant to section 12-62, and (2) any licensed real estate broker or real estate salesperson who estimates the value of real estate as part of a market analysis performed for the owner of the real estate or a designee of the owner, on such terms as may be agreed upon between such owner or the owner's designee and the real estate broker or real estate salesperson, for the purpose of (A) a prospective listing or sale of such real estate, (B) providing information to the seller or landlord under a listing agreement, or (C) providing information to a prospective buyer or tenant under a buyer or tenant agency agreement, provided such estimate of value shall not be referred to or be construed as an appraisal. If such owner executes a listing contract with the real estate broker or real estate salesperson who so estimated the value of the real estate for the sale of the real estate and such real estate contains any building or other structure, occupied or intended to be occupied by no more than four families, then such owner shall be credited against any compensation the owner pays on account of such listing contract for any fee paid by the owner for such estimate of value.
(P.A. 93-354, S. 51, 54; P.A. 94-36, S. 41, 42; P.A. 96-200, S. 23; P.A. 98-123; P.A. 00-192, S. 75, 102; P.A. 03-101, S. 1; P.A. 14-52, S. 23.)
History: P.A. 93-354 effective in accordance with Sec. 20-528; P.A. 94-36 changed effective date of P.A. 93-354 but without affecting this section; P.A. 96-200 substituted “salesperson” for “salesman”; P.A. 98-123 amended Subdiv. (2) by designating existing language as Subpara. (A) and adding reference to sale of real estate, adding new Subpara. (B) re providing information to the seller or landlord, and adding new Subpara. (C) re providing information to a prospective buyer or tenant P.A. 00-192 replaced reference to “tenured licensing” with reference to “limited licensing”, effective May 26, 2000; P.A. 03-101 amended Subdiv. (2) to include the owner of the real estate or designee, on terms agreed between the owner or designee and broker or salesperson, and to add provision requiring owner to be credited for any fee paid on account of a listing contract for an estimate of value on real estate that contains a building or other structure occupied or intended to be occupied by no more than four families; P.A. 14-52 deleted reference to licensing and limited licensing, effective July 1, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 400g - Real Estate Appraisers and Appraisal Management Companies › Section 20-527. - Federal transactions.

Section 20-527 is repealed.
(P.A. 93-354, S. 52, 54; P.A. 94-36, S. 41, 42; P.A. 95-186, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 400g - Real Estate Appraisers and Appraisal Management Companies › Section 20-528. - Regulations. Effective date.

(a) On or before May 1, 1994, the Department of Consumer Protection shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to implement the purposes of sections 20-311 to 20-311b, inclusive, 20-311d, 20-311e, 20-312, 20-312b to 20-314b, inclusive, 20-316, 20-317, 20-319, 20-320 to 20-324, inclusive, 20-325, 20-326, 20-327a to 20-329, inclusive, and 20-500 to 20-526, inclusive.
(b) Sections 20-311 to 20-311b, inclusive, 20-311d, 20-311e, 20-312, 20-312b to 20-314b, inclusive, 20-316, 20-317, 20-319, 20-320 to 20-324, inclusive, 20-325, 20-326, 20-327a to 20-329, inclusive, and 20-500 to 20-526, inclusive, shall take effect on the effective date of regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
(P.A. 93-354, S. 53, 54; P.A. 94-36, S. 41, 42; P.A. 98-10, S. 85; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 94-36 clarified effective date of P.A. 93-354, which was codified as Subsec. (b), but made no substantive change, effective January 1, 1995; (Revisor's note: In 1997 references to Sec. 20-527 were changed editorially by the Revisors to Sec. 20-526 to reflect the repeal of Sec. 20-527 by P.A. 95-186); P.A. 98-10 made a technical change in Subsec. (a); June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 400g - Real Estate Appraisers and Appraisal Management Companies › Section 20-529a. - Certification to commissioner. Audits. Disclosures to client. Appraisal management company not to prohibit inclusion of certain information in appraisal report.

(a) Each appraisal management company shall certify annually to the commissioner that it maintains a detailed record of each appraisal request or order it receives and of the appraiser who performs such appraisal.
(b) Each appraisal management company may audit the appraisals completed by appraisers on its appraiser panel to ensure that such appraisals are being performed in accordance with the USPAP.
(c) Each appraisal management company shall disclose to a client prior to providing, or along with, the appraisal report (1) the dollar amount of the total compensation to be paid by such company to the appraiser who performed the appraisal; and (2) the dollar amount of the total compensation to be retained by such company from the appraisal fee paid to such company for such appraisal.
(d) No appraisal management company shall prohibit or attempt to prohibit an appraiser from including or referencing in an appraisal report the appraisal fee, the name of the appraisal management company or the client's or lender's name or identity.
(P.A. 10-77, S. 3; P.A. 11-19, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 11-19 made a technical change in Subsec. (d).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 400g - Real Estate Appraisers and Appraisal Management Companies › Section 20-529c. - Removal of appraiser from appraiser panel. Appraiser complaints.

(a) After an appraiser is initially added to an appraiser panel of an appraisal management company, such company shall not remove an appraiser from its appraiser panel or otherwise refuse to assign requests or orders for appraisals without:
(1) Notifying the appraiser in writing of the reasons why the appraiser is being removed;
(2) If the appraiser is being removed for alleged illegal conduct, violation of the USPAP or violation of state licensing standards, notifying the appraiser in writing of the nature of the alleged conduct or violation; and
(3) Providing the appraiser with an opportunity to respond to such notice.
(b) (1) Any appraiser who is removed from an appraiser panel of an appraisal management company for alleged illegal conduct, violation of the USPAP or violation of state licensing standards may file a complaint with the commissioner and request a review of the removal decision, except that the commissioner shall not make any determination regarding the nature of the business relationship between the appraiser and the appraisal management company that is unrelated to the actions specified in subsection (a) of this section.
(2) If an appraiser files a complaint against an appraisal management company pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection, the commissioner shall notify such company not later than ten days after such complaint is filed. The commissioner may schedule a hearing and shall render a decision not later than one hundred eighty days after the date such complaint is filed.
(3) If the commissioner determines to the commissioner's satisfaction that the appraiser did not engage in illegal conduct, violate the USPAP or violate state licensing standards, the commissioner shall order such appraiser to be reinstated to the appraiser panel of the appraisal management company.
(4) The appraisal management company that was the subject of the complaint shall not (A) refuse to assign requests or orders for appraisals or reduce the number of assignments to the reinstated appraiser, or (B) otherwise penalize the reinstated appraiser.
(P.A. 10-77, S. 5; P.A. 19-177, S. 34.)
History: P.A. 19-177 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting “Except within the first thirty days” and making a technical change, effective July 9, 2019.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 400g - Real Estate Appraisers and Appraisal Management Companies › Section 20-529d. - Investigations. Penalty. Appeal.

(a) Upon the verified complaint, in writing, of any person concerning a violation by an appraisal management company of the provisions of sections 20-529 to 20-529c, inclusive, the Department of Consumer Protection may investigate such company. Upon a determination by the commissioner that an appraisal management company has made any materially false, fictitious or fraudulent statement or violated any provision of sections 20-529 to 20-529c, inclusive, the commissioner may deny, refuse to renew, suspend or revoke a certificate of registration issued in accordance with section 20-529 and may impose a civil penalty of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars.
(b) Before denying, refusing to renew, suspending or revoking a certificate of registration or imposing any civil penalty, the commissioner shall give notice and afford an opportunity for hearing in accordance with chapter 54.
(c) Any person aggrieved by any decision or order of the commissioner under this section may appeal therefrom in accordance with section 4-183.
(P.A. 10-77, S. 6.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 400g - Real Estate Appraisers and Appraisal Management Companies › Section 20-529e. - Regulations.

The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to carry out the provisions of sections 20-529 to 20-529c, inclusive.
(P.A. 10-77, S. 7.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 400h - Public Service Gas Technicians › Section 20-541. - Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to ensure public service company recovers costs of gas service work.

Pursuant to sections 16-19 and 16-19a, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall ensure that a public service company, as defined in section 16-1, fully recovers the costs of performing gas service work exclusively from charges for the performance of such work. The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall receive complaints concerning potential violations of this section, and, for those complaints which the authority determines warrant an investigation, conduct such investigations.
(P.A. 95-295, S. 2, 3; P.A. 98-3, S. 69; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 95-295 effective July 6, 1995; P.A. 98-3 made a technical change; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011.
Cited. 43 CA 196.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 400i - Uniform Athlete Agents Act › Section 20-553 to 20-558. - Definitions. Certificate of registration required; fees; renewal; right to cancel agent contracts; schedule of athlete agent fees; athlete interviews. Prohibited acts. Regulations. Revocation or suspension of certificate of registration; civil penalty; restitution; unfair or deceptive trade practice; Class B misdemeanor. Athlete not required to utilize athlete agent; ability to contract for services outside state unaffected.

Sections 20-553 to 20-558, inclusive, are repealed, effective January 1, 2005.
(P.A. 95-331, S. 1–7; P.A. 97-120, S. 1–5; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c), (d); P.A. 04-55, S. 21; 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 400i - Uniform Athlete Agents Act › Section 20-559 to 20-559s. - Short title. Definitions. Service of process. Athlete agents: Registration required, void contracts. Registration as athlete agent, form, requirements. Certificate of registration, issuance or denial, renewal. Suspension, revocation or refusal to renew registration. Temporary registration. Registration and renewal fees. Required form of contract. Notice to educational institution. Student-athlete's right to cancel. Required records. Prohibited conduct. Criminal penalties. Civil remedies. Administrative penalty. Uniformity of application and construction. Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. Severability.

Sections 20-559 to 20-559s, inclusive, are repealed, effective January 1, 2018.
(P.A. 04-55, S. 1–20; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 272; P.A. 17-75, S. 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 400j - Pharmacy › Section 20-570. - Short title: Pharmacy Practice Act.

Sections 20-570 to 20-630, inclusive, may be cited as the “Pharmacy Practice Act”.
(P.A. 95-264, S. 1; P.A. 99-175, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 99-175 replaced reference to Sec. 20-625 with reference to Sec. 20-630.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 400j - Pharmacy › Section 20-573. (Formerly Sec. 20-165). - Meetings of commission. Records.

(a) Meetings of the commission for the purpose of conducting business of the commission shall be held at the office of the commission at least six times per calendar year and at such other times and places in each year as the chairperson or a majority of the commission deems necessary.
(b) The commission shall keep a record of its proceedings. Such record shall be made available to the public upon request and shall contain the name and license number of any pharmacist or pharmacy that the commission has recommended formal disciplinary action against. A copy of any such record, certified by the commissioner, shall be admitted as evidence in any civil or criminal action in lieu of the record.
(1949 Rev., S. 4475; P.A. 82-419, S. 41, 47; P.A. 95-264, S. 4; P.A. 99-175, S. 8; P.A. 09-150, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 82-419 amended section to allow calling of meetings by chairperson; P.A. 95-264 required the commission to conduct business at its office at least six times a year and added Subsec. (b) requiring that record of proceedings be kept; Sec. 20-165 transferred to Sec. 20-573 in 1997; P.A. 99-175 made technical changes; P.A. 09-150 amended Subsec. (b) by adding provision re record being made available by request to public and containing certain information when commission has recommended formal disciplinary action.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 400j - Pharmacy › Section 20-574. (Formerly Sec. 20-164a). - Supervision by Commissioner of Consumer Protection.

The commissioner shall exercise supervision over the operations of the commission pursuant to sections 20-570 to 20-630, inclusive.
(1959, P.A. 412, S. 30; P.A. 77-614, S. 198, 610; P.A. 95-264, S. 5; P.A. 99-175, S. 9; P.A. 16-185, S. 43.)
History: P.A. 77-614 deleted statement placing commission within consumer protection department “for fiscal and budgetary purposes”, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 95-264 made technical change; Sec. 20-164a transferred to Sec. 20-574 in 1997; P.A. 99-175 made technical changes and replaced reference to Sec. 20-625 with reference to Sec. 20-630; P.A. 16-185 deleted “general”, effective July 1, 2016.
Commissioner has the authority to review defendant pharmacy's billing records. 53 CA 129.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 400j - Pharmacy › Section 20-575. - Powers and responsibilities.

(a) The commission shall administer and enforce the provisions of sections 20-570 to 20-630, inclusive. The commission has all powers specifically granted in the general statutes, including the powers set forth in sections 21a-7 and 21a-9, and all further powers that are reasonable and necessary to enable the commission to protect the public interest in accordance with the duties imposed by sections 20-570 to 20-630, inclusive.
(b) The commission may compel attendance of witnesses and the production of documents by subpoena and may administer oaths. If any person refuses or fails to appear, testify or produce any document when so ordered, a judge of the Superior Court may, upon application of the commission, make such order as may be appropriate to enforce this subsection.
(c) The commission may apply to the Superior Court for and the court may, upon hearing and for cause shown, grant a temporary or permanent injunction enjoining any person from violating any provision of sections 20-570 to 20-630, inclusive, or any regulation adopted in accordance with chapter 54 by the commissioner, with the advice and assistance of the commission, pursuant to sections 20-570 to 20-630, inclusive, irrespective of whether an adequate remedy at law exists. The commission also may apply to the Superior Court for, and the court shall have jurisdiction to grant, a temporary restraining order pending a hearing.
(d) An application to the Superior Court under subsection (b) or (c) of this section shall be brought by the Attorney General.
(P.A. 95-264, S. 6; P.A. 99-175, S. 10.)
History: P.A. 99-175 made technical changes, replaced references to Sec. 20-625 with references to Sec. 20-630, amended Subsec. (c) to delete provision requiring department to adopt regulations and to instead require adoption of regulations by commissioner, with advice and assistance of commission and designated provisions re application to Superior Court by the Attorney General as Subsec. (d).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 400j - Pharmacy › Section 20-576a. - Acceptance and disposal of unused prescription drugs at pharmacies. Regulations.

Not later than July 1, 2018, the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, with the advice and assistance of the Commission of Pharmacy, shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to allow not more than fifty retail locations during the first year and not more than an additional fifty retail locations in each year thereafter, at pharmacies licensed pursuant to chapter 400j, to accept and dispose of unused prescription drugs. Such regulations shall: (1) Comply with federal law regarding the acceptance and disposal of unused prescription drugs at pharmacies, (2) establish a tracking and monitoring system and security requirements for such drugs, and (3) specify locations within pharmacies where such drugs may be accepted and stored. The commissioner, after consulting with the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, shall establish a process in such regulations to ensure the secure removal and destruction of such unused prescription drugs including, but not limited to, allowing for optional prescription drug disposal agreements with law enforcement authorities.
(P.A. 17-109, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 17-109 effective July 6, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 400j - Pharmacy › Section 20-577. (Formerly Sec. 20-179). - Employment of inspectors by Commissioner of Consumer Protection; duties. Inspection of correctional, juvenile training and care-giving institutions, dispensing outpatient facilities, institutional and retail pharmacies by commissioner.

(a) The commissioner shall employ inspectors whose duty it shall be to inspect all pharmacies and other places in which drugs and devices are or may be dispensed or retailed, and to report any violations of sections 20-570 to 20-630, inclusive, or other laws relating to drugs and devices and violations of laws regarding pharmacy licenses, nonlegend drug permits, licenses of pharmacists and supervision of pharmacy interns and pharmacy technicians.
(b) The commissioner shall inspect correctional or juvenile training institutions and care-giving institutions throughout the state with respect to the handling of drugs, shall report violations of law and make recommendations for improvements in procedures to the authority responsible for the operation of the institution and shall take such other steps as may be necessary to ensure proper and adequate storage, handling and administration of drugs in such institutions. The commissioner may also inspect dispensing outpatient facilities and institutional pharmacies and take such steps as the commissioner considers appropriate to correct deficiencies found in such facilities or institutional pharmacies with respect to their operation.
(c) The commissioner shall inspect each retail pharmacy not less than once every four years and shall develop a methodology to sample prescriptions dispensed by retail pharmacies for compliance with state laws concerning the dispensing of prescriptions. Such methodology shall be based on the number of prescriptions received by such retail pharmacies.
(1949 Rev., S. 4479; 1969, P.A. 593, S. 15; P.A. 77-614, S. 205, 610; P.A. 95-264, S. 8; P.A. 99-175, S. 12; P.A. 05-212, S. 3.)
History: 1969 act made employment of inspectors mandatory rather than optional, deleted requirement that inspections be made during usual business hours and included inspections of institutional pharmacies; P.A. 77-614 replaced commission of pharmacies with commissioner of consumer protection, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 95-264 deleted obsolete reference to assistant pharmacist and added Subsec. (b) re commissioner's inspection of correctional, juvenile training and care-giving institutions, dispensing outpatient facilities and institutional pharmacies; Sec. 20-179 transferred to Sec. 20-577 in 1997; P.A. 99-175 made technical and gender neutral changes and amended Subsec. (a) to replace reference to Sec. 20-625 with reference to Sec. 20-630; P.A. 05-212 added Subsec. (c) re inspection of retail pharmacies, effective July 6, 2005.
See Sec. 21a-244 re regulations concerning storage and retrieval of prescription information for controlled substances.
Annotation to former section 20-179:
Cited. 207 C. 698.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 400j - Pharmacy › Section 20-580. (Formerly Sec. 20-167). - Revocation or suspension of nonlegend drug permit.

A permit to sell nonlegend drugs issued under section 20-624 may be revoked or suspended by the commission for any violation of the provisions of chapter 419 or of sections 20-570 to 20-630, inclusive, or for any violation of any federal law concerning the sale or offer for sale of any nonlegend drug, or for the violation of any regulation concerning the sale or offer for sale of any nonlegend drugs.
(1949 Rev., S. 4466; 1959, P.A. 270; February, 1965, P.A. 304, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 200, 610; P.A. 95-264, S. 11; P.A. 99-175, S. 15.)
History: 1959 act applied commission's authority to make regulations to sale or offer for sale of compounds, etc. rather than to the grant of a selling permit to an unlicensed pharmacy, specified above provision's application to proprietary or patent medicinal compounds be in the alternative and extended conditions under which permit may be revoked or suspended from violation of commission's regulations to those stated in second sentence; 1965 act added reference to chapter 343; P.A. 77-614 transferred power to make regulations from commission of pharmacy to commissioner of consumer protection, retaining commission as advisor and replaced permittee's right to appeal with right to judicial review, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 95-264 deleted provisions concerning adoption of regulations re proprietary or patent medicines and substituted provisions re revocation or suspension of nonlegend drug permits; Sec. 20-167 transferred to Sec. 20-580 in 1997; P.A. 99-175 made a technical change and replaced reference to Sec. 20-625 with reference to Sec. 20-630.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 400j - Pharmacy › Section 20-581. (Formerly Sec. 20-185). - Penalty for violation of Pharmacy Practice Act. Exception.

Any person who violates any provision of sections 20-570 to 20-631, inclusive, and section 20-635 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 that is in violation of any provision of sections 20-570 to 20-631, inclusive, and section 20-635 shall be a separate offense. Failure to renew in a timely manner any license issued under said sections is not a violation for purposes of this section.
(1949 Rev., S. 4486; P.A. 84-526, S. 12; P.A. 95-264, S. 12; P.A. 99-175, S. 16; P.A. 05-73, S. 1; P.A. 13-258, S. 87.)
History: P.A. 84-526 amended section by changing penalty for violation of any provision of Secs. 20-163 to 20-184c, inclusive, 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. 95-264 increased maximum fine from $500 to $5,000 for violations of the Pharmacy Practice Act, excluding failure to renew license in a timely manner; Sec. 20-185 transferred to Sec. 20-581 in 1997; P.A. 99-175 made technical changes and replaced references to Sec. 20-625 with references to Sec. 20-630; P.A. 05-73 included references to Secs. 20-631 and 20-635, effective May 31, 2005; P.A. 13-258 changed penalty from fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment of not more than 5 years to a class D felony and made a technical change.