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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-32n. - Information and education re umbilical cord blood collection programs.

(a) A physician or other health care provider who provides health care services to a pregnant woman during the last trimester of her pregnancy, which health care services are directly related to her pregnancy, shall provide the woman with timely, relevant and appropriate information sufficient to allow her to make an informed and voluntary choice regarding options to bank or donate umbilical cord blood following the delivery of a newborn child.
(b) The Connecticut Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Board, established pursuant to section 19a-32q, shall, within available appropriations, engage in public education and marketing activities that promote and raise awareness among physicians and pregnant women of the umbilical cord blood collection program established pursuant to section 19a-32r.
(P.A. 09-232, S. 21; P.A. 11-160, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 09-232 effective July 1, 2009; P.A. 11-160 designated existing provision as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re Connecticut Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Board's public education and marketing activities, effective July 13, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-32o. - Short title: Connecticut Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Program Act.

Sections 19a-32o to 19a-32v, inclusive, shall be known and may be cited as the “Connecticut Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Program Act”.
(P.A. 11-160, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 11-160 effective July 13, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-32p. - Legislative findings and declaration of policy.

The General Assembly finds that umbilical cord blood is rich in stem cells that may be used to treat blood cancers, such as leukemia, myeloma and lymphoma, and inherited immunodeficiencies and blood diseases, including sickle cell anemia, thalassemias, hemoglobinopathies, aplastic anemias and marrow failure disorders. Currently, such cord blood is most often discarded as medical waste. As a result, the current inventory of umbilical cord blood is insufficient to meet the medical demand and especially fails to provide matched units for many ethnic and racial groups, including multiethnic individuals. Therefore, the General Assembly declares that it is in the public interest and shall be the public policy of this state to encourage and facilitate the donation, collection and storage of umbilical cord blood and to make such blood units available for medical research and treatment.
(P.A. 11-160, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 11-160 effective July 13, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-32r. - Board to establish and administer umbilical cord blood collection program.

(a) The purpose of the Connecticut Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Board is to establish, on or before July 1, 2012, the umbilical cord blood collection program and thereafter administer the program. The umbilical cord blood collection program shall facilitate and promote the collection of units of umbilical cord blood from genetically diverse donors for public use. As used in this subsection, “public use” means (1) use of umbilical cord blood units by state, national and international cord blood registries and transplant centers in order to increase the likelihood of providing suitably matched donor umbilical cord blood units to patients in need of such units or research participants who are in need of a transplant, (2) biological research and new clinical use of stem cells derived from the blood and tissue of the umbilical cord, and (3) medical research that utilizes umbilical cord blood units that could not otherwise be used for transplantation or clinical use.
(b) In order to carry out its statutory purpose, the board may raise funds, apply for and accept any public or private grant money, accept contributions, enter into contracts and, within available resources, hire any necessary staff, including, but not limited to, an executive director.
(P.A. 11-160, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 11-160 effective July 13, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-32t. - Umbilical cord blood collection account.

There is established an account to be known as the “umbilical cord blood collection account” which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account may contain any moneys required or permitted by law to be deposited in the account and any moneys received from any public or private contributions, gifts, grants, donations, bequests or devises to the account. The Connecticut Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Board may expend moneys from the account as is necessary to carry out the board's statutory purpose established by sections 19a-32n to 19a-32v, inclusive.
(P.A. 11-160, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 11-160 effective July 13, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-32u. - Copies of independent audits to be submitted to General Assembly.

The members of the Connecticut Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Board shall submit to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies a copy of any audit of the board conducted by an independent auditing firm, not later than seven days after the audit is received by the board.
(P.A. 11-160, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 11-160 effective July 13, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-32v. - Reports to Governor and General Assembly.

On or before January 1, 2012, and quarterly thereafter, the Connecticut Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Board shall report to the Governor and the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, on the status and effectiveness of the umbilical cord blood collection program.
(P.A. 11-160, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 11-160 effective July 13, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-33. (Formerly Sec. 19-10a). - Regulation of traffic at department facilities.

The superintendent or director of any state-operated facility within the Department of Public Health, subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Public Health and the Office of the State Traffic Administration, may: (1) Prohibit, limit, restrict or regulate the parking of vehicles; (2) determine speed limits; (3) install stop signs; (4) restrict roads or portions thereof to one-way traffic; (5) designate the location of crosswalks on any portion of any road or highway upon the grounds of the respective facilities; and (6) erect and maintain signs designating such prohibitions or restrictions. Security officers or institutional patrolmen appointed to act as state policemen on state institution grounds under the provisions of section 29-18 may arrest or issue summons for violation of such restrictions or prohibitions. Any person who fails to comply with any such prohibition or restriction shall be fined not more than twenty-five dollars, and the court or traffic or parking authority having jurisdiction of traffic or parking violations in the town in which such facility is located shall have jurisdiction over violations of this section.
(P.A. 80-49, S. 1; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 11-256, S. 6; P.A. 12-132, S. 45.)
History: Sec. 19-10a transferred to Sec. 19a-33 in 1983; 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. 11-256 added provision re installation of stop signs, inserted numeric Subdiv. designators and made technical changes; P.A. 12-132 replaced “State Traffic Commission” with “Office of the State Traffic Administration”, effective July 1, 2012.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-34. (Formerly Sec. 19-11). - Administration of federal funds for hospital survey and construction.

The Department of Public Health is designated as the state agency to administer the Hospital Survey and Construction Act authorized under Title VI, Construction of Hospitals, of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, and shall receive and distribute federal, state and other funds which may become available for such services.
(1949 Rev., S. 4198; 1955, S. 2138d; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 19-11 transferred to Sec. 19a-34 in 1983; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-35. (Formerly Sec. 19-12). - Federal funds for health services to children. Advisory board.

(a) The Department of Public Health is designated as the state agency to receive and administer federal funds which may become available for health services to children.
(b) The Commissioner of Public Health may create an advisory board composed of representatives of public departments and private agencies concerned with welfare and educational interests and individuals to assist him in making plans and allotting funds.
(1949 Rev., S. 3826; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner and department of health with commissioner and department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 19-12 transferred to Sec. 19a-35 in 1983; 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.
See Sec. 19a-50 re crippled children and those with cardiac defects.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-35b. - Expiration of permit or approval for on-site sewage disposal system with design flows of less than five thousand gallons per day.

For any permit or approval issued prior to July 1, 2011, for any on-site sewage disposal system with design flows of less than five thousand gallons per day, such on-site sewage disposal system permit or approval shall expire nine years after the date of approval, provided such on-site sewage disposal system permit or approval has not expired prior to July 11, 2013, and further provided none of the following changes has occurred since such permit or approval was issued: (1) A change in ownership of the property on which the on-site sewage disposal system is to be installed, (2) a change to an approved site or building plan issued in conjunction with such permit or approval, or (3) a change in the property on which the on-site sewage system is to be installed or adjacent property that is deemed by the municipal health authority or district department of health from which the permit or approval was issued to prevent the effective operation of such on-site sewage disposal system. If the on-site sewage disposal system permit or approval was issued in conjunction with a site plan approved pursuant to section 8-3, a plan of subdivision approved pursuant to section 8-26, or a permit to conduct a regulated activity issued pursuant to section 22a-42a and the applicant has received one or more extensions of time in which to complete all or part of the work in connection with such approved site plan, plan of subdivision or permit to conduct a regulated activity, the on-site sewage disposal system permit or approval shall not expire until the latest date on which such site plan, subdivision or permit to conduct a regulated activity expires.
(P.A. 13-257, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 13-257 effective July 11, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-36a. - Regulations concerning food operators.

The Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to assure that food service establishments employ as food operators persons who have a knowledge of safe food handling techniques and to set requirements for the employment of food operators by such establishments. Such regulations shall include, but not be limited to, responsibilities of food service establishments and their employees, exemptions for certain classes of food establishments and responsibilities of local health departments in monitoring compliance of food establishments.
(P.A. 89-308; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: 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 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-36b. - Persons exempt from examination requirement for qualified food operators. Regulations.

(a) Any person who serves meals to individuals at registered congregate meal sites funded under Title III of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, which were prepared under the supervision of a qualified food operator, shall be exempt from the examination requirement for qualified food operators.
(b) Any volunteer who serves meals for a nonprofit organization shall be exempt from the examination requirement for qualified food operators.
(c) The Commissioner of Public Health, in conjunction with the Commissioner of Social Services, shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to establish training procedures for persons exempt from the examination requirement for qualified food operators under the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section.
(P.A. 98-75, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-36c to 19a-36e. - Display of sign re signs of choking by food service establishments. Sous vide processing by food service establishments. Acidification of sushi rice.

Sections 19a-36c to 19a-36e, inclusive, are repealed, effective October 1, 2017.
(P.A. 05-134, S. 1; P.A. 15-140, S. 1; P.A. 15-220, S. 1; P.A. 17-93, S. 16.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-36f. - Prohibition on use of disposable natural rubber latex gloves at retail food establishments.

(a) No person shall use or require the use of disposable, nonsterile or sterile natural rubber latex gloves at a retail food establishment.
(b) Any person who violates subsection (a) of this section shall be fined not less than two hundred fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars.
(P.A. 15-242, S. 31; P.A. 17-93, S. 13; P.A. 18-168, S. 23.)
History: P.A. 15-242 effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 17-93 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “food service establishment” with “food establishment”; P.A. 18-168 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting reference to the types of retail food establishments.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-36h. - Adoption by reference of United States Food and Drug Administration's Food Code. Regulations.

(a) Not later than January 1, 2023, the commissioner shall adopt and administer by reference the United States Food and Drug Administration's Food Code, as amended from time to time, and any Food Code Supplement published by said administration as the state's food code for the purpose of regulating food establishments.
(b) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this section and sections 19a-36i to 19a-36m, inclusive.
(P.A. 17-93, S. 3; P.A. 18-168, S. 46; P.A. 19-118, S. 23; P.A. 21-121, S. 61.)
History: P.A. 18-168 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “July 1, 2018” with “January 1, 2019”, effective June 13, 2018; P.A. 19-118 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “January 1, 2019” with “January 1, 2020”, effective July 1, 2019; P.A. 21-121 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “January 1, 2020” with “January 1, 2023”, effective July 6, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-36k. - Food-borne illness or outbreak. Investigation.

If a director of health has reasonable cause to suspect the possibility of a food-borne illness or food-borne outbreak, such director shall complete an investigation and take action to control the illness or outbreak. Such action may include, but need not be limited to, securing employee morbidity histories, requiring medical and laboratory examinations of an employee, modification of a menu and any other restriction or action deemed necessary by such director of health to control the illness or outbreak. A person who violates any provision of sections 19a-36h to 19a-36m, inclusive, section 22-6r, or section 22-6s, or who provides false information during an investigation, refuses to cooperate with an investigation or otherwise impedes an investigation that is conducted under this section or section 19a-36i or 19a-36j shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
(P.A. 17-93, S. 6; P.A. 18-48, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 18-48 made a technical change, effective May 29, 2018.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-36l. - Inspection violations. Appeal process.

The owner or operator of a food establishment aggrieved by an order to correct any inspection violations identified by the food inspector or to hold, destroy or dispose of unsafe food may appeal such order to the director of health not later than forty-eight hours after issuance of such order. The director of health shall review the request for an appeal and, upon conclusion of the review, may vacate, modify or affirm such order. If affirmed by the director of health, the corrective actions specified by the food inspector shall be so ordered by the director of health. An owner or operator of a food establishment who is aggrieved by the affirmation or modification of an order by the director of health, including, but not limited to, an order to suspend the permit or license to operate the food establishment, may appeal to the department pursuant to section 19a-229. During such appeal, the order shall remain in effect unless the commissioner orders otherwise.
(P.A. 17-93, S. 7; P.A. 19-118, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 19-118 replaced “food service establishment” with “food establishment”, effective July 1, 2019.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-36n. - Commissioner's authority to make public announcement re identity of source of food-borne illness or outbreak.

Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the Commissioner of Public Health may announce to the public, at the commissioner's sole discretion, the identity of the food establishment that was the source of any food-borne illness or food-borne outbreak that has been verified by the department for the purpose of reducing morbidity and mortality from any cause or condition of such illness or outbreak. The commissioner shall make every effort to limit the disclosure of personally identifiable health data to the minimal amount necessary to accomplish such purpose.
(P.A. 17-93, S. 9.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-36o. - Variance from requirements of Public Health Code for sous vide processing and acidification of sushi rice.

Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, from June 30, 2017, until December 31, 2022, a food service establishment may request a variance from the Commissioner of Public Health from the requirements of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies, established under section 19a-36, to utilize the process of sous vide and acidification of sushi rice, as defined in section 3-502.11 of the United States Food and Drug Administration's Food Code, as amended from time to time. The Commissioner of Public Health shall review the request for a variance and provide the food establishment with notification regarding the status of its request not later than thirty days after the commissioner receives such request. The commissioner may grant such variance if he or she determines that such variance would not result in a health hazard or nuisance.
(P.A. 17-93, S. 10; P.A. 18-168, S. 48; P.A. 21-121, S. 63.)
History: P.A. 17-93 effective June 30, 2017; P.A. 18-168 replaced “June 30, 2018” with “December 31, 2018”, effective June 13, 2018; P.A. 21-121 replaced “December 31, 2018” with “December 31, 2022” and “Public Health Code” with “regulations of Connecticut state agencies”, effective July 6, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-37a. - Regulations establishing standards to prevent contamination of public water supplies. Civil penalties.

(a) The Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 establishing standards to prevent contamination of public water supplies which may result from the installation of automatic fire extinguishing systems, irrigation systems or other physical connections between the distribution system of a public water system and any other water system in any building served by a public water system as defined in subsection (a) of section 25-33d. Regulations concerning automatic fire extinguishing systems shall: (1) Delete the requirement for a reduced pressure principle backflow preventer (RPD) on fire sprinkler systems with siamese connections unless chemicals are added to such systems; (2) require owners to install a double check valve assembly (DCVA) on fire sprinkler systems with siamese connections unless chemicals are added to such systems; (3) allow owners to install an RPD instead of a DCVA on fire sprinkler systems with siamese connections; and (4) provide that any person engaged in the installation of an automatic fire extinguishing system shall notify the water company servicing the building of such installation, and shall be subject to all applicable rules and regulations of such water company.
(b) The commissioner shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 concerning automatic fire extinguishing systems that provide for a civil penalty of not more than two thousand dollars if a required device is not installed on existing systems by July 1, 1999, or if the required device is not installed on new systems after June 23, 1999.
(P.A. 87-193; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 99-188, S. 5, 6; P.A. 08-137, S. 4.)
History: 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; P.A. 99-188 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a), adding Subdivs. (1) to (3), inclusive, requiring that the regulations provide for reduced pressure principle backflow preventers and double check valve assemblies and added new Subsec. (b) re civil penalties, effective June 23, 1999; P.A. 08-137 amended Subsec. (a) by adding “irrigation systems or other physical connections between the distribution system of a public water system and any other water system” and making corresponding technical changes and amended Subsec. (b) by specifying that subsection pertains to regulations “concerning automatic fire extinguishing systems”.
See Sec. 19a-37c for effective date of regulations adopted pursuant to this section.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-37b. - Regulations establishing radon measurement requirements and procedures for evaluating radon in indoor air and reducing radon in public schools.

The Department of Public Health may adopt regulations pursuant to chapter 54 to establish radon measurement requirements and procedures for evaluating radon in indoor air and reducing elevated radon gas levels when detected in public schools.
(P.A. 90-114, S. 1, 3; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 09-220, S. 5; P.A. 19-118, S. 14.)
History: P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 09-220 deleted requirement that regulations be adopted not later than January 1, 1991, and replaced “acceptable levels of radon in ambient air and drinking water in schools” with “radon measurement requirements and procedures for evaluating radon in indoor air and reducing elevated radon gas levels when detected in public schools”; P.A. 19-118 replaced “shall” with “may”, effective July 1, 2019.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-37c. - Effective date of regulations re installation of backflow preventer or air gap on a line to existing fire sprinkler system.

The provisions of Section 19-13-B38a(c)(2)(I) of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies, adopted pursuant to section 19a-37a, concerning requirements for installation of a reduced pressure principle backflow preventer or an air gap on a line to an existing fire sprinkler system, shall be effective July 1, 1999.
(P.A. 98-188, S. 3, 5.)
History: P.A. 98-188, S. 3 effective June 4, 1998.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-37d. - Changes to public water supply systems. Required notifications to water company and local building inspector. Authority of local director of public health to implement mitigation measures.

(a) Any person engaged in the installation of an irrigation system or other physical connection between the distribution system of a public water supply system and any other water system shall notify the water company servicing the property or building of such installation and shall be subject to all applicable rules and regulations of such water company. For purposes of this section, “water company” has the same meaning as provided in section 25-32a.
(b) When a permit application is filed with the local building inspector of any municipality concerning any project that includes a change of use or installation of fixtures or facilities in a building that may affect the performance of, or require the installation of, a reduced pressure principle backflow preventer, a double check valve assembly or a pressure vacuum breaker, the local building inspector shall provide written notice of the application to the water company serving the building not later than seven days after the date the application is filed. Upon receipt of such written notice, the water company shall cause to be performed an evaluation of cross-connection protection by a person who has met the requirements prescribed in the regulations of Connecticut state agencies and such water company shall notify the local building inspector regarding its determination. The local building inspector shall not issue a permit or certificate of occupancy until any cross-connection issue has been corrected.
(c) Upon a determination by a local director of health that an automatic fire extinguishing system, irrigation system, change of use, installation of fixtures or facilities in a building or other physical connection between the distribution system of a public water supply system and any other water system creates an unreasonable risk of injury to the health or safety of persons using the water, to the general public, or to any public water supply, the local director of public health may issue an order requiring the immediate implementation of mitigation measures, that include, but are not limited to, the disconnection of the system. In the event that a cross connection with the public water system is found, the owner of such system may terminate services to the premises.
(P.A. 08-137, S. 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-37h. - Water companies to provide multilingual tier 1 notices.

A water company shall provide tier 1 notices to its consumers in the languages predominantly spoken by the consumers in the water company's service area. A water company shall update its emergency response plan prepared pursuant to section 25-32d or pursuant to section 19-13-B102 of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies to include information regarding the provision of such multilingual communications. As used in this section, “water company” has the same meaning as provided in section 25-32a and “tier 1 notices” has the same meaning as provided in section 19-13-B102 of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies.
(P.A. 21-121, S. 83.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-37i. - Community water system reporting re operational status during civil preparedness or public health emergency.

In the event that the Governor declares a state of civil preparedness emergency pursuant to section 28-9, or a public health emergency, pursuant to section 19a-131, each community water system shall report the community water system's operational status to WebEOC as soon as practicable, but not later than eight hours after the time reporting on WebEOC is made available regarding such declaration, and at any time thereafter that the status of such system significantly changes. As used in this section, “community water system” means a public water system that serves at least twenty-five residents, and “WebEOC” means a web-based emergency management information system used by the state to document routine and emergency events or incidents and provide a real-time common operating picture and resource request management tool for emergency managers at the local and state levels during exercises, drills, local or regional emergencies or state-wide emergencies.
(P.A. 21-121, S. 84.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-37k. - Residential or commercial property water supply testing. Notification to tenants and lessees of contamination.

The owner of any residential or commercial property shall notify each tenant of any leased or rented unit located on such property and the lessee of such property whenever any testing of the water supply for such property indicates that the water exceeds a maximum contaminant level applicable to water supply systems for any contaminant listed in the regulations of Connecticut state agencies or for any contaminant listed on the state drinking water action level list established pursuant to section 22a-471. As soon as practicable, but not later than forty-eight hours after receiving notification of the results of such testing, the owner shall forward a copy of such notification to each such tenant and lessee. The local director of health shall take all reasonable steps to verify that such owner forwarded the notice required pursuant to this section.
(P.A. 21-121, S. 7.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-38. (Formerly Sec. 19-13b). - Water company to add fluoride to water supply.

A water company, as defined in section 25-32a, shall add a measured amount of fluoride to the water supply of any water system that it owns and operates and that serves twenty thousand or more persons so as to maintain an average monthly fluoride content that is not more or less than 0.15 of a milligram per liter different than the United States Department of Health and Human Services' most recent recommendation for optimal fluoride levels in drinking water to prevent tooth decay.
(February, 1965, P.A. 156; P.A. 16-4, S. 1.)
History: Sec. 19-13b transferred to Sec. 19a-38 in 1983; P.A. 16-4 substantially amended provisions, including adding provisions requiring water company to add fluoride to water supply to maintain average monthly fluoride content of not more than .15 milligram per liter different than U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' most recent recommended fluoride levels.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-39. (Formerly Sec. 19-13c). - Protection of wells.

The owner of any well which is being constructed or which has been completed shall securely protect or fence the same, and the owner of any well which is no longer used or which has been abandoned shall effectively cover and seal the same so as to prevent danger to any human being or domestic dog, cat or pet or any cattle, horses, asses, mules, sheep, swine or goats. Any person violating any provision of this section shall be fined not less than fifty dollars and not more than one hundred dollars for a first offense, and for each subsequent offense shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars and not more than two hundred dollars. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to repeal any local ordinance, the provisions of which require at least the degree of protection herein required. The local health officer of each municipality is empowered to promulgate and enforce regulations consistent with this section and to carry out its intent.
(1969, P.A. 75.)
History: Sec. 19-13c transferred to Sec. 19a-39 in 1983.
See chapter 482 re regulation of well drilling.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-40. (Formerly Sec. 19-14). - Supervision of vital statistics.

The Department of Public Health shall have general supervision of the state system of registration of births, marriages, deaths and fetal deaths, and shall develop the necessary uniform methods and forms for obtaining and preserving such records in order to insure the faithful registration of such records in the several towns and in the department. The department shall recommend such forms, procedures and legislation as are necessary to secure complete and accurate registration of vital statistics throughout the state. The Commissioner of Public Health shall be the superintendent of registration of vital statistics.
(1949 Rev., S. 3812; 1959, P.A. 148, S. 8; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 01-163, S. 30.)
History: 1959 act deleted provision re insuring faithful registration in central bureau of vital statistics, substituting reference to department; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner and department of health with commissioner and department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 19-14 transferred to Sec. 19a-40 in 1983; P.A. 93-381 replaced department and commissioner of health services with department and commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 01-163 added provisions re fetal deaths, development of uniform methods and forms and recommendation of procedures and made technical changes.
See Sec. 7-36 for applicable definitions.
Annotation to former section 19-14:
Admissibility of medical examiner's report to show cause of death. 102 C. 486.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-40a. - Criminal history records checks required for applicants for employment in the vital records unit.

The Commissioner of Public Health shall require each applicant for employment in, and each employee applying for transfer to, the vital records unit of the Department of Public Health to (1) state whether such applicant or employee has ever been convicted of a crime or whether criminal charges are pending against such applicant or employee at the time of application for employment or transfer, and (2) submit to state and national criminal history records checks. The criminal history records checks required pursuant to this section shall be conducted in accordance with section 29-17a.
(P.A. 07-79, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-41. (Formerly Sec. 19-15). - Compilation of vital records and statistics. Regulations.

The Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, specifying the methods of reporting, recording, issuing, maintaining, indexing, correcting and amending vital records and statistics collected under the provisions of sections 19a-42 to 19a-45, inclusive, chapter 93 or chapter 815e. The commissioner shall develop such forms, formats and uniform procedures as the commissioner deems necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 19a-42 to 19a-45, inclusive, chapter 93 and chapter 815e.
(1949 Rev., S. 3818; 1959, P.A. 148, S. 9; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 79-434, S. 16; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-8, S. 45, 88; P.A. 01-163, S. 31.)
History: 1959 act deleted reference to bureau of vital statistics of department carrying out provisions of sections, substituting reference to department; P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-434 replaced “department” with “commissioner” and reworded powers re regulations and recording, preserving and indexing of vital statistics; Sec. 19-15 transferred to Sec. 19a-41 in 1983; 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 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-8 deleted references to Sec. 46b-68, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 01-163 deleted provision re specifying methods of preserving vital records and statistics, added provisions re specifying methods of reporting, issuing, maintaining and correcting vital records and statistics, added provisions re development of forms, formats and uniform procedures, deleted provisions re penalty under Sec. 7-41 and made a technical change.
See Sec. 7-36 for applicable definitions.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-42a. - Record of acknowledgment, recission or adjudication of parentage to be maintained in parentage registry. Disclosure of information to IV-D agency. Access to copies of acknowledgments of parentage.

(a) All (1) voluntary acknowledgments of parentage and rescissions of such acknowledgments executed in accordance with sections 46b-476 to 46b-489, inclusive, and (2) adjudications of parentage issued by a court or family support magistrate under section 46b-171, section 46b-172a, section 46b-471, or any other provision of the general statutes shall be filed in the parentage registry maintained by the Department of Public Health. All information in such registry shall be made available to the IV-D agency, as defined in subdivision (12) of subsection (b) of section 46b-231, for comparison with information in the state case registry established under subsection (l) of section 17b-179. The IV-D agency may disclose information in the parentage registry to an agency under cooperative agreement with the IV-D agency for child support enforcement purposes.
(b) Except for the IV-D agency, as provided in subsection (a) of this section, the department shall restrict access to and issuance of certified copies of acknowledgments of parentage to the following parties: (1) Parents named on the acknowledgment of parentage; (2) the person whose birth is acknowledged, if such person is eighteen years of age or older; (3) a guardian of the person whose birth is acknowledged; (4) an authorized representative of the Department of Social Services; (5) an attorney representing such person or a parent named on the acknowledgment; or (6) agents of a state or federal agency, as approved by the department.
(June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-7, S. 6, 38; P.A. 04-255, S. 16; P.A. 11-219, S. 4; P.A. 18-168, S. 57; P.A. 21-15, S. 97.)
History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-7 effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 04-255 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re access to and issuance of copies of acknowledgments of paternity; P.A. 11-219 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that IV-D agency may disclose information in registry to agency under cooperative agreement; P.A. 18-168 amended Subsec. (b) by making a technical change in Subdiv. (2), adding a new Subdiv. (3) re guardian of person whose birth is acknowledged and redesignating existing Subdivs. (3) to (5) as Subdivs. (4) to (6), effective July 1, 2018; P.A. 21-15 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) by changing “paternity” to “parentage”, amended Subsec. (a)(1) by changing “subsection (a) of section 46b-172” to “sections 46b-476 to 46b-489, inclusive,” and amended Subsec. (a)(2) by adding reference to Sec. 46b-471, effective January 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-42b. - Amendment of out-of-state or foreign birth certificate to reflect gender change. Probate court jurisdiction. Application process.

(a) In the case of a person who is a resident of this state and was born in another state or in a foreign jurisdiction, the probate courts in this state shall have jurisdiction to issue a decree of a change of sex. Such person may apply to the probate court for the district in which such person resides for a decree that such person's gender is different from the sex designated on such person's original birth certificate and that such birth certificate be amended to reflect the change in gender. The application to the probate court shall be accompanied by the following documents: (1) A written statement from the applicant, signed under penalty of law, that the applicant's gender differs from the sex designated on the original birth certificate; and (2) a notarized affidavit by a physician licensed pursuant to chapter 370 or holding a current license in good standing in another state, an advanced practice registered nurse licensed pursuant to chapter 378 or holding a current license in good standing in another state, or a psychologist licensed pursuant to chapter 383 or holding a current license in good standing in another state, stating that the applicant has undergone surgical, hormonal or other treatment clinically appropriate for the applicant for the purpose of gender transition. Upon issuance, such probate court decree shall be transmitted to the registration authority of such person's place of birth.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the authority of the Commissioner of Public Health to amend birth certificates in accordance with section 19a-42.
(P.A. 03-247, S. 1; P.A. 15-132, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 15-132 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provision re court decree required by other state or foreign jurisdiction, adding “of a change in sex”, deleting provision re completion of treatment, adding provision re gender different from sex designated on original birth certificate, replacing provision re affidavits with provisions re required documents, and making technical changes.
See Sec. 7-36 for applicable definitions.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-42c. - Revision of marriage license applications and marriage certificates to replace references to bride and groom and eliminate reference to race or ethnicity.

On or before January 1, 2022, the Commissioner of Public Health shall revise the application for a marriage license made under section 46b-25 and any marriage certificate issued on or after January 1, 2022, under section 7-51a to eliminate (1) the references to “bride” and “groom” and replace such references with “spouse one” and “spouse two”, and (2) any reference to the race or ethnicity of a spouse and any race or ethnicity designation of a spouse.
(P.A. 21-26, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 21-26 effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-43. (Formerly Sec. 19-15b). - Reproduction of vital records.

To preserve vital records, the Commissioner of Public Health is authorized to prepare typewritten, photographic, electronic, or other reproductions of certificates or reports in the Department of Public Health. Such reproductions when certified by the commissioner shall be accepted as the original records. The documents from which permanent reproductions have been made and verified may be disposed of as provided by regulation.
(P.A. 79-434, S. 12; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-8, S. 74, 88.)
History: Sec. 19-15b transferred to Sec. 19a-43 in 1983; 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; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-8 deleted reference to reports received under Sec. 46b-68, effective July 1, 1997.
See Sec. 7-36 for applicable definitions.