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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420 › l › - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 21a-430. - Donation bins. Placement in public place. Notice required. Penalty.

(a) No person shall place or cause to be placed in a public place a donation bin for the donation of clothing or other articles unless such person has been granted permission to place such donation bin in such public place by the owner of such public place or by such owner's duly authorized agent and unless such bin contains a notice in block letters at least two inches high stating: (1) If the donation is for a charitable purpose, (A) the name of the nonprofit organization that will benefit from the donation and the percentage of the donated articles or of the proceeds from the sale of the donated articles that the nonprofit organization will receive from the owner of such bin, (B) the name and contact information of the owner of such bin, and (C) that the public may contact the Department of Consumer Protection for further information, or (2) if not intended for a charitable purpose, that such donation is not for a charitable purpose. Such notice shall be on the same side of the bin where the donation is likely to be made. As used in this section, “public place” means any area that is used or held out for use by the public, whether owned or operated by public or private interests, and “donation bin” means a large container commonly placed in a parking lot for the purpose of encouraging individuals to donate clothing or other items.
(b) Any person who violates any provision of subsection (a) of this section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars.
(P.A. 09-119, S. 1; P.A. 11-247, S. 2; P.A. 18-141, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 11-247 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same by adding requirement that notice contain name of bin's owner and adding Subpara. designators in Subdiv. (1), and added Subsec. (b) re fine of not more than $500; P.A. 18-141 amended Subsec. (a)(1) by adding provision re notice to include percentage of donated articles or proceeds of sale that nonprofit organization will receive from bin owner and contact information of bin owner, effective June 11, 2018.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420 › l › - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 21a-431. - Persons under eighteen years of age required to wear protective headgear in certain baseball batting cages.

(a) No person under eighteen years of age may enter into a commercial, nonprofit or municipally operated baseball batting cage for the purpose of hitting from an automated pitching machine unless such person is wearing protective headgear that meets standard performance specifications, as defined by the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment.
(b) Failure to comply with this section shall not be a violation, offense or statutory cause of action.
(P.A. 11-244, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 11-244 effective July 13, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420 › l › - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 21a-433. - Snow removal and ice control services contracts.

(a) As used in this section:
(1) “Service provider” means a person providing services under a snow removal and ice control services contract;
(2) “Service receiver” means a person receiving services under a snow removal and ice control services contract;
(3) “Snow removal and ice control services contract” means a contract or agreement for the performance of: (A) Plowing, shoveling or removal of snow or ice, (B) de-icing services, or (C) a service incidental to subparagraph (A) or (B) of this subdivision, including, but not limited to, operating or moving snow removal or de-icing equipment or materials.
(b) A provision, clause, covenant or agreement that is part of or in connection with a snow removal and ice control services contract and that: (1) Requires or has the effect of requiring a service provider to indemnify a service receiver for acts that the service provider is not required to perform, or is instructed by the service receiver not to perform, under a snow removal and ice control services contract, or (2) requires, or has the effect of requiring, a service provider to hold a service receiver harmless from any tort liability for damages resulting from the acts or omissions of the service receiver or the service receiver's agents or employees is against public policy and void if it prohibits the service provider, by express contract terms or in writing, from mitigating a specific snow, ice or other mixed-precipitation event or risk.
(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to snow removal and ice control services contracts to be performed on municipal or state-owned roadways or property.
(P.A. 19-161, S. 38.)
History: P.A. 19-161 effective July 1, 2019, and applicable to contracts entered into on and after July 1, 2019.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420 › l › - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 21a-434. - Prohibition against retailers refusing to accept cash or charging a higher price for cash payments.

(a) For purposes of this section, (1) “at retail” includes any retail transaction conducted in person, excluding any transaction: (A) By telephone, mail or the Internet, (B) for parking at a parking lot or a parking garage, (C) at a wholesale club that sells consumer goods and services through a membership model, (D) at a retail store selling consumer goods exclusively through a membership model that requires payment by means of an affiliated mobile device application, (E) for the rental of consumer goods, services or accommodations for which posting of collateral or security is typically required, and (F) for consumer goods or services provided exclusively to employees and individuals other than customers who are authorized to be on the employer's premises, and (2) “cash” means legal tender.
(b) A person selling or offering for sale goods or services at retail in this state shall not: (1) Refuse to accept cash as a form of payment for such goods or services, (2) post signs stating that cash payment is not accepted, or (3) charge a customer paying cash a higher price than such customer would pay using any other form of payment.
(c) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this section.
(P.A. 21-60, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420 › l › - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 21a-435. - Online dating operator. Definitions.

As used in this section and sections 21a-436 to 21a-439, inclusive:
(1) “Connecticut user” means a user who provides a Connecticut home address or zip code when registering with an online dating operator or a user who is known or determined by an online dating operator or its online dating platform to be in Connecticut at the time of registration;
(2) “Criminal background screening” means a name search for an individual's history of criminal convictions that is conducted by searching an (A) available and regularly updated government public record database that in the aggregate provides national coverage for searching an individual's history of criminal convictions; or (B) a regularly updated database maintained by a private vendor that provides national coverage for searching an individual's history of criminal convictions and sexual offender registries;
(3) “Criminal conviction” means a conviction for a crime in this state, another state, or under federal law;
(4) “Online dating” means the act of using a digital service to initiate relationships with other individuals for the purpose of romance, sex or marriage;
(5) “Online dating operator” means a person who operates a software application designed to facilitate online dating;
(6) “Online dating platform” means a digital service designed to allow users to interact through the Internet to participate in online dating; and
(7) “User” means an individual who uses the online dating services of an online dating operator.
(P.A. 22-82, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420 › l › - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 21a-436. - Online dating operator. Criminal background screening.

(a) An online dating operator that does not conduct a criminal background screening on each user shall, before permitting a Connecticut user to communicate through the online dating platform with another user, provide the Connecticut user with a clear and conspicuous notification that the online dating operator does not conduct a criminal background screening on each user.
(b) An online dating operator that offers services to residents of this state and conducts a criminal background screening on each user shall, before permitting a Connecticut user to communicate through the platform with another user: (1) Provide to the Connecticut user with a clear and conspicuous notification indicating that the online dating operator conducts a criminal background screening on each user, which notification shall include a statement of whether the platform excludes an individual who is identified as having a criminal conviction and a statement that a criminal background screening may: (A) Be inaccurate or incomplete; (B) give a user a false sense of security; and (C) be circumvented by an individual who has a criminal history; and (2) include on the online dating platform a notification containing the information described in subdivision (1) of this subsection.
(P.A. 22-82, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420 › l › - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 21a-437. - Online dating operator. Safety awareness notification.

(a) An online dating operator that offers services to residents of this state shall clearly and conspicuously provide a safety awareness notification on the online dating platform to all Connecticut users that includes a list of safety measures reasonably designed to increase awareness of safer online dating practices.
(b) A safety awareness notification described in subsection (a) of this section shall include the following statements in substantially similar form:
(1) “Use caution when communicating with a stranger who wants to meet you.”;
(2) “You should not include your last name, electronic mail address, home address, phone number or any other identifying information in your online dating profile or electronic mail messages or communications until you feel comfortable with the other user. Stop communicating with anyone who pressures you for personal or financial information or attempts in any way to coerce you into revealing such information.”;
(3) “If you choose to have a face-to-face meeting with another user who you met on the online dating platform, tell a family member or friend where you will be meeting and when you will return. You should not agree to be picked up at your home. Always provide your own transportation to and from your date and meet in a public place with many people around.”; and
(4) “Anyone who is able to commit identity theft can also falsify a dating profile.”
(P.A. 22-82, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420 › l › - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 21a-438. - Online dating operator. Means of communicating required notifications.

An online dating operator providing the notifications required under sections 21a-436 and 21a-437 shall provide such notification at the time a Connecticut user registers with the online dating operator by way of a communication, which may be in the form of electronic mail, text message, push notification, inbox message or in-product message. Such notifications may be provided in the same communication. The communication shall not address matters other than the criminal background screening notification and the safety awareness notification. In the event that the means of communication is character limited, the online dating operator may include the full content of the information by means of a link to a separate Internet web site, provided such Internet web site does not address matters other than the notifications required under sections 21a-436 and 21a-437.
(P.A. 22-82, S. 4.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420 › l › - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 21a-439. - Online dating operator. Fines, investigations and hearings. Powers of the Department and Commissioner of Consumer Protection.

(a) The Department of Consumer Protection may issue fines of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars per violation, accept an offer in compromise, or take other actions permitted by the general statutes or the regulations of Connecticut state agencies if an online dating operator fails to comply with the provisions of sections 21a-435 to 21a-438, inclusive.
(b) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, or the commissioner's designee, may conduct investigations and hold hearings on any matter under the provisions of this section and sections 21a-435 to 21a-438, inclusive. The commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, may issue subpoenas, administer oaths, compel testimony and order the production of books, records and documents. If any person refuses to appear, to testify or to produce any book, record or document when so ordered, upon application of the commissioner or the commissioner's designee, a judge of the Superior Court may make such order as may be appropriate to aid in the enforcement of this section.
(c) The Attorney General, at the request of the commissioner or the commissioner's designee, may apply in the name of the state to the Superior Court for an order temporarily or permanently restraining and enjoining any person from violating any provision of this section and sections 21a-435 to 21a-438, inclusive.
(P.A. 22-82, S. 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420a - Manufacture of Bedding and Upholstered Furniture › Section 21a-235. (Formerly Sec. 19-423). - Enforcement; regulations.

The commissioner shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54, necessary for the proper enforcement of this chapter.
(1949 Rev., S. 4175; P.A. 82-326, S. 5, 7.)
History: P.A. 82-326 entirely replaced previous provisions which had empowered commissioner to inspect, examine and seize articles subject to this chapter; Sec. 19-423 transferred to Sec. 21a-235 in 1983.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420a - Manufacture of Bedding and Upholstered Furniture › Section 21a-236. (Formerly Sec. 19-424). - Inspection by commissioner. Disciplinary action. Penalties.

(a) Each place where bedding or filling material is made, renovated, sterilized, sanitized or sold shall be subject to inspection by the commissioner who may examine the contents of bedding and filling material and order off sale and hold for evidence any bedding or filling material which the commissioner has reason to believe was made or is being sold in violation of this chapter. No bedding or filling material placed off sale by the commissioner shall be sold, altered, interfered with or moved, in whole or in part, until the bedding or filling material is released by the commissioner.
(b) The commissioner may revoke or suspend any license or permit, reprimand any licensee or permittee, deny an application for a license or permit or renewal thereof, upon proof that: The applicant has made a false statement in the application for or renewal of a license or permit; the applicant has violated any of the provisions of this chapter; or the applicant has engaged in any fraud, deceit or misrepresentation.
(c) The department shall have the power to impose a civil penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars for any violation.
(d) Upon notification of revocation or suspension, the person to whom a license or permit was issued or his successor shall immediately return the licensee or permit to the department.
(e) No license or permit shall be denied, suspended or revoked nor shall any civil penalty be imposed until after a hearing held in accordance with chapter 54.
(f) Whenever the commissioner has reason to believe that any person has been engaged or is engaged in an alleged violation of any provision of this chapter, the commissioner may request the Attorney General to apply to the Superior Court for an order temporarily or permanently restraining and enjoining the continuance of such violation and such other relief as may be granted in equity. In such action the commissioner shall be responsible for all necessary investigative support.
(1949 Rev., S. 4176; P.A. 82-326, S. 6, 7; P.A. 04-22, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 82-326 deleted previous provisions re fines and imprisonment imposed on violators of chapter provisions and inserted listing of specific enforcement powers of commissioner; Sec. 19-424 transferred to Sec. 21a-236 in 1983; P.A. 04-22 amended Subsec. (a) by adding reference to “sanitized”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420b - Dependency-Producing Drugs › Section 21a-241. (Formerly Sec. 19-449). - Prior regulations continued.

Regulations promulgated under chapter 344 of the general statutes, revision of 1958, as amended, and chapters 344a and 344b of the 1965 supplement thereto, in effect on October 1, 1967, shall, unless clearly in conflict with the provisions of this chapter, continue in effect until superseded by regulations hereunder.
(1967, P.A. 555, S. 79.)
History: Sec. 19-449 transferred to Sec. 21a-241 in 1983.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420b - Dependency-Producing Drugs › Section 21a-242. (Formerly Sec. 19-450a). - Schedules of controlled substances. Exceptions.

Section 21a-242 is repealed.
(1972, P.A. 278, S. 30; P.A. 73-221, S. 1, 2; 73-616, S. 17, 67; 73-681, S. 2, 29; P.A. 74-338, S. 32, 94; P.A. 75-318; P.A. 77-142; 77-604, S. 48–50, 84; P.A. 78-35, S. 1–7; P.A. 79-12, S. 1–4, 6; P.A. 81-148, S. 1, 4; P.A. 82-355, S. 2; P.A. 83-171, S. 1–3; P.A. 84-498, S. 1–3; P.A. 85-107, S. 1–5; 85-613, S. 126, 154.; P.A. 86-96, S. 1–5, 7; P.A. 87-129, S. 12.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420b - Dependency-Producing Drugs › Section 21a-244. (Formerly Sec. 19-451a). - Regulations re storage and retrieval of prescription information.

The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall, on or before January 1, 1978, adopt regulations governing the storage and retrieval of prescription information for controlled substances, including refills, by pharmacists through the use of electronic data processing systems or other systems for the efficient storage and retrieval of information.
(P.A. 77-277, S. 1; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: Sec. 19-451a transferred to Sec. 21a-244 in 1983; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420b - Dependency-Producing Drugs › Section 21a-244a. - Drug records maintained on electronic data processing systems or media systems. Electronic identifiers. Regulations.

(a) The following terms shall have the following meanings when used in this section:
(1) “Drug” means (A) articles recognized in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States or official National Formulary, or any supplement to any of them; (B) articles intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease in man or other animals; (C) articles, other than food, intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of man or any other animal; and (D) articles intended for use as a component of any articles specified in this subdivision; but shall not include devices or their components, parts or accessories;
(2) “Licensed practitioner” means a person licensed by the state of Connecticut, any other state, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and authorized to prescribe medication within the scope of his practice; and
(3) “Drug record” means a record maintained pursuant to this chapter or chapter 400j, 417, 418 or 420c of drug ordering, drug distribution, receipt of drugs, storage of drugs, disposition of drugs, and orders of drugs issued by a licensed practitioner for a patient.
(b) In lieu of maintaining written drug records required by state or federal law to be kept in the state, such records may be created and maintained on electronic data processing systems or other electronic media systems. If a conflict exists between maintaining a written drug record and maintaining an electronic drug record, the written drug record shall be maintained.
(c) Electronic identifiers, including, but not limited to, electronic codes or signatures, voice prints, retinal prints or handprints may be substituted in lieu of required written signatures or initials.
(d) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, establishing the use of electronic data processing systems or other electronic media systems for maintaining drug records. No such electronic data processing system shall be implemented prior to the adoption of these regulations.
(P.A. 93-98; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 09-22, S. 4.)
History: 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. 09-22 redefined “drug record” and made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420b - Dependency-Producing Drugs › Section 21a-245. (Formerly Sec. 19-452). - Manufacture, sale, administering of restricted substances regulated.

No person shall manufacture, possess, have under his control, sell, prescribe, dispense, compound, process, deliver or administer to another person any restricted substance, except as authorized in this chapter and section 10-212a, except that no vendor of the volatile substances enumerated in subdivision (49) of section 21a-240 shall be deemed to have violated the provisions of this chapter insofar as sale, dispensing or delivering of one or more of said volatile substances or compounds containing said chemical substances is concerned, unless he knew or should have known of the improper purpose to which such substance was to be put. Insofar as substances containing said substances are possessed, sold, dispensed, compounded or delivered for licit purposes, i.e., other than to produce a stimulant, depressant or hallucinogenic effect upon the higher functions of the central nervous system by breathing, inhaling, sniffing or drinking, such substances are expressly not restricted and neither the regulatory provisions, including but not limited to record keeping, licensing and the writing of prescriptions nor the criminal sanctions and proscriptions of this chapter shall apply.
(1967, P.A. 555, S. 8; 1969, P.A. 391, S. 2; 723, S. 2; 1972, P.A. 278, S. 3.)
History: 1969 acts added exception re vendors of volatile substances and added reference to Sec. 10-212a; 1972 act substituted “substances” for “drugs” and “restricted” substances for “controlled” drugs; Sec. 19-452 transferred to Sec. 21a-245 in 1983.
Annotations to former section 19-452:
Cited. 165 C. 83; 166 C. 439; 169 C. 416; 171 C. 293; 172 C. 16; Id., 223; Id., 385; 176 C. 170.
Cited. 29 CS 134.
Annotations to present section:
Cited. 192 C. 383.
Cited. 25 CA 472.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420b - Dependency-Producing Drugs › Section 21a-247. (Formerly Sec. 19-454). - Qualifications of applicant for license.

No license shall be issued under section 21a-246 until the applicant therefor has furnished proof satisfactory to the licensing authority (1) that the applicant is of good moral character or, if the applicant is an association or corporation, that the managing officers are of good moral character and (2) that the applicant is equipped as to facilities and apparatus properly to carry on the business described in his application and (3) that the applicant conforms to regulations adopted and promulgated pursuant to section 21a-243. No license shall be granted to any person who has, within five years of the date of application, been convicted of a violation of any law of the United States, or of any state, relating to a controlled drug.
(1967, P.A. 555, S. 10.)
History: Sec. 19-454 transferred to Sec. 21a-247 in 1983.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420b - Dependency-Producing Drugs › Section 21a-253. - Possession of marijuana pursuant to a prescription.

Any person may possess or have under his control a quantity of marijuana less than or equal to that quantity supplied to him pursuant to a prescription made in accordance with the provisions of section 21a-249 by (1) a physician licensed under the provisions of chapter 370 and further authorized by subsection (a) of section 21a-246 by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection to possess and supply marijuana for the treatment of glaucoma or the side effects of chemotherapy, or (2) a physician assistant licensed under the provisions of chapter 370, or an advanced practice registered nurse licensed under the provisions of chapter 378, and further authorized by subsection (a) of section 21a-246 by said commissioner to possess and supply marijuana for the treatment of the side effects of chemotherapy.
(P.A. 81-440, S. 5, 7; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 16-39, S. 46; P.A. 22-103, S. 19.)
History: 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. 16-39 added Subdiv. (1) designator in provision re physician licensed to possess and supply marijuana for treatment of glaucoma or side effects of chemotherapy, and added Subdiv. (2) re advanced practice registered nurse licensed to possess and supply marijuana for treatment of side effects of chemotherapy, effective January 1, 2017; P.A. 22-103 amended Subsec. (a)(2) by adding reference to physician assistants licensed under provisions of Ch. 370, effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420b - Dependency-Producing Drugs › Section 21a-254a. - Appointment of prescription drug monitoring working group. Membership.

The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall appoint a prescription drug monitoring working group for the purpose of advising the commissioner on the implementation of the electronic prescription drug monitoring program established pursuant to section 21a-254, including the adoption of regulations by the commissioner. Such advice shall include, but not be limited to, recommendations on how to effectively use the data collected pursuant to such program to detect fraud while protecting the legitimate use of controlled substances. The working group shall include, but not be limited to: (1) A physician, licensed pursuant to chapter 370, specializing in internal medicine; (2) a board certified oncologist; (3) a person licensed to perform advanced level nursing practice activities pursuant to subsection (b) of section 20-87a; (4) a representative from an acute care hospital licensed pursuant to chapter 368v; (5) a state police officer appointed in accordance with section 29-4; (6) a municipal police chief; (7) a representative from the Division of Criminal Justice; (8) a representative from a hospice licensed by the Department of Public Health or certified pursuant to 42 USC 1395x; (9) a pain management specialist, as defined in section 38a-492i; (10) a pharmacist licensed pursuant to section 20-590, 20-591 or 20-592; and (11) a representative from the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.
(P.A. 06-155, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420b - Dependency-Producing Drugs › Section 21a-255. (Formerly Sec. 19-462). - Penalty for failure to make, furnish or keep records, statements or information. General penalty.

(a) Any person who, either as principal or agent, refuses or fails to make, furnish or keep any record, notification, order form, statement, invoice or information required by sections 21a-243 to 21a-282, inclusive, or regulations adopted pursuant to section 21a-244, (1) for a first offense, may be fined not more than five hundred dollars, and (2) for any subsequent offense, may be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or be both fined and imprisoned.
(b) Any person who, with intent to defeat the purpose of this chapter, fails to keep any record required by sections 21a-243 to 21a-282, inclusive, or regulations adopted pursuant to section 21a-244, (1) for a first offense, may be fined not more than three thousand five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than two years, or be both fined and imprisoned, and (2) for any subsequent offense, shall be guilty of a class C felony.
(c) Any person who violates any provision of sections 21a-243 to 21a-282, inclusive, for which no penalty is expressly provided, (1) for a first offense, may be fined not more than three thousand five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than two years, or be both fined and imprisoned, and (2) for any subsequent offense, shall be guilty of a class C felony.
(1967, P.A. 555, S. 18; 1969, P.A. 753, S. 14; 1972, P.A. 278, S. 10; P.A. 77-277, S. 5; P.A. 87-129, S. 4; P.A. 13-258, S. 13; P.A. 17-17, S. 3.)
History: 1969 act made imposition of fines and terms of imprisonment optional rather than mandatory and standardized wording and penalties so that penalty in all cases is fine and/or imprisonment; 1972 act replaced reference to repealed Sec. 19-450 with reference to Sec. 19-451; P.A. 77-277 added reference to regulations under Sec. 19-451a; Sec. 19-462 transferred to Sec. 21a-255 in 1983; P.A. 87-129 substituted reference to Sec. 21a-243 for Sec. 21a-242, repealed by the same act; P.A. 13-258 amended Subsec. (b) to change fine for first offense from $1,000 to $3,500 and penalty for second or subsequent offense from fine of not more than $10,000 or 10 years imprisonment to a class C felony; P.A. 17-17 substantially amended Subsec. (a) by replacing provisions re person who fails to make, furnish or keep record, notification, order form, statement, invoice or information with provisions re same, substantially amended Subsec. (b) by replacing provisions re person who fails to keep required record with intent to defeat purpose of chapter or who violates provisions of Secs. 21a-243 to 21a-282 with provisions re person who with intent to defeat purpose of chapter fails to keep required record, and added Subsec. (c) re person who violates provisions of Secs. 21a-243 to 21a-282.
Cited. 207 C. 698.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420b - Dependency-Producing Drugs › Section 21a-257. (Formerly Sec. 19-464). - Person receiving narcotic drug to keep it in original container. Exceptions. Class D misdemeanor.

(a) A person to whom or for whose use any narcotic drug has been prescribed, sold or dispensed by a physician, dentist, pharmacist or other person authorized under the provisions of section 21a 248, and the owner of any animal for which any such drug has been prescribed, sold or dispensed may lawfully possess it only in the container in which it was delivered to the recipient by the person selling or dispensing the same except as may be authorized by regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.
(b) Any person who fails to keep such narcotic drug in the original container as provided in subsection (a) of this section, except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor.
(c) The provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall not apply to any person who in good faith places such narcotic drug in either a (1) pill box, case or organizer stored within such person's residence, or (2) secured or locked pill box, case or organizer, provided such pill box, case or organizer is accompanied by proof of such person's prescription.
(1967, P.A. 555, S. 20; 1969, P.A. 753, S. 15; P.A. 99-102, S. 37; P.A. 21-102, S. 19.)
History: 1969 act referred to “narcotic” rather than “controlled” drugs; Sec. 19-464 transferred to Sec. 21a-257 in 1983; P.A. 99-102 deleted obsolete reference to osteopathy and made a technical change; P.A. 21-102 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and required that if regulations are adopted they be adopted in accordance with provisions of Chap. 54, added Subsec. (b) re penalty and added Subsec. (c) re exceptions.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420b - Dependency-Producing Drugs › Section 21a-258. (Formerly Sec. 19-465). - Exceptions concerning possession and control.

The provisions of this part restricting the possession and control of controlled substances shall not apply to common carriers or to warehousemen, while engaged in lawfully transporting or storing such substances, or to any employee of the same acting within the scope of his employment; or to public officers or employees in the performance of their official duties requiring possession or control of controlled substances; or to temporary incidental possession by employees or agents of persons lawfully entitled to possession or by persons whose possession is for the purpose of aiding public officers in performing their official duties.
(1967, P.A. 555, S. 21; 1972, P.A. 278, S. 12.)
History: 1972 act substituted “substances” for “drugs”; Sec. 19-465 transferred to Sec. 21a-258 in 1983.
Annotation to former section 19-465:
Cited. 7 CA 403.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420b - Dependency-Producing Drugs › Section 21a-259. (Formerly Sec. 19-466). - Common nuisances. Receivership of rental housing property development.

(a) As used in this section, “rental housing property development” means any privately owned multifamily dwelling consisting of not less than six units which are not owner-occupied and which has at least one unit available for rent. Any store, shop, warehouse, dwelling house, building, rental housing property development, vehicle, boat, aircraft or any place whatever, other than as authorized by law, which is frequently resorted to by drug-dependent persons for the purpose of using controlled substances or which is used for the illegal keeping or selling of the same, shall be deemed a common nuisance.
(b) Any such rental housing property development deemed a common nuisance under subsection (a) of this section may be subject to an action for private receivership by the Chief State's Attorney, a deputy chief state's attorney, a state's attorney or an assistant or deputy assistant state's attorney on behalf of all the tenants occupying such development by applying to the superior court for the judicial district where the property is situated for an order requiring the owner and any mortgagees or lienors of record to show cause why a receiver of rents, issues and profits should not be appointed and why said receiver should not remove or remedy such common nuisance and obtain a lien in favor of such tenants, having priority with respect to all existing mortgages or liens, to secure payment of the costs incurred by the receiver in removing or remedying such common nuisance. Such application shall contain (A) proof by affidavit that an order of the proper authority has been issued and served on the owner, mortgagees and lienors; and (B) a plan to manage and operate such property following the appointment of a receiver of rents, issues and profits.
(1967, P.A. 555, S. 22; 1972, P.A. 278, S. 13; P.A. 97-161.)
History: 1972 act substituted “substances” for “drugs”; Sec. 19-466 transferred to Sec. 21a-259 in 1983; P.A. 97-161 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended said Subsec. by defining “rental housing property development” and adding such entity to places deemed a common nuisance, and added new Subsec. (b) re procedure for the appointment of a receiver for a rental housing property development deemed a common nuisance.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420b - Dependency-Producing Drugs › Section 21a-260. (Formerly Sec. 19-467a). - Narcotics control section in Department of Consumer Protection.

The narcotics control section of the Department of Public Health shall be merged into the Department of Consumer Protection.
(P.A. 73-681, S. 28, 29; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 80-306; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-306 deleted reference to “drugs division” of consumer protection department and deleted obsolete reference to transfer of personnel in same pay grade and classification; Sec. 19-467a transferred to Sec. 21a-260 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; 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 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420b - Dependency-Producing Drugs › Section 21a-263. (Formerly Sec. 19-469a). - Power of commissioner to receive and destroy drug paraphernalia. Records.

The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may receive, take into custody or destroy any drug paraphernalia as defined in subdivision (20) of section 21a-240. Said commissioner shall keep a full and complete record of all drug paraphernalia received and disposed of, showing the exact kinds, quantities and forms of such drug paraphernalia, the persons from whom received, by whose authority received and destroyed, and the dates of the receipt or destruction. Drug paraphernalia held by law enforcement agencies or court officials as evidence in criminal proceedings, or drug paraphernalia seized or held as contraband shall be destroyed upon the order of the court by the seizing authority or delivered to the Commissioner of Consumer Protection as soon as possible upon termination of the proceedings or resolution of the case.
(P.A. 80-224, S. 4; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: Sec. 19-469a transferred to Sec. 21a-263 in 1983; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420b - Dependency-Producing Drugs › Section 21a-264. (Formerly Sec. 19-470). - Notice to licensing boards of violations by licensees.

On the conviction of any person of the violation of any provision of this part, a copy of the judgment and sentence and of the opinion of the court, if any opinion is filed, shall be sent by the clerk of the court, or by the judge, to the board or officer, if any, by whom such person has been licensed or registered to practice his profession or to carry on his business and the court may, in its discretion, recommend to the licensing or registering board or officer that the license or registration of such person to practice his profession or to carry on his business be suspended or revoked. On the application of any person whose license or registration has been so suspended or revoked, such board or officer may, for good cause shown, reinstate such license or registration.
(1967, P.A. 555, S. 26.)
History: Sec. 19-470 transferred to Sec. 21a-264 in 1983.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420b - Dependency-Producing Drugs › Section 21a-265. (Formerly Sec. 19-471). - Inspection of prescriptions, orders, records and stocks restricted to government officers and third-party payors. Confidentiality.

Prescriptions, orders and records required by sections 21a-243 to 21a-282, inclusive, and stocks of controlled substances shall be open for inspection only to federal, state, county and municipal officers, whose duty it is to enforce the laws of this state or of the United States relating to controlled substances, and to third party payors having a formal agreement or contract to audit such prescriptions, orders and records in connection with claims submitted to such payors. No such officer or third party payor having knowledge by virtue of his office of any such prescription, order or record shall divulge such knowledge, except in connection with a civil action or criminal prosecution in court or before a licensing or registration board or officer, to which action, prosecution or proceeding the person to whom such prescriptions, orders or records relate is a party.
(1967, P.A. 555, S. 27; 1972, P.A. 278, S. 17; P.A. 73-203; P.A. 87-129, S. 6.)
History: 1972 act substituted “substances” for “drugs” and replaced reference to repealed Sec. 19-450 with reference to Sec. 19-451; P.A. 73-203 required that prescriptions, orders, etc. be open to inspection by third party payors having formal agreement or contract to perform audit and specified that information is to be divulged in connection with civil actions or criminal prosecutions; Sec. 19-471 transferred to Sec. 21a-265 in 1983; P.A. 87-129 substituted reference to Sec. 21a-243 for Sec. 21a-242, repealed by the same act.
Cited. 207 C. 698. Law enforcement officials allowed access to prescription records for controlled substances upon consent of pharmacist in possession of those records, without the need for search warrant or defendant's prior consent; absent search warrant, no requirement for pharmacist to comply with request by law enforcement officials to review prescription records in pharmacist's possession. 259 C. 436.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420b - Dependency-Producing Drugs › Section 21a-268. (Formerly Sec. 19-473). - Misrepresentation of substance as controlled substance. Exemption.

(a) Any person who knowingly delivers or attempts to deliver a noncontrolled substance (1) upon the express representation that such substance is a controlled substance or (2) under circumstances which would lead a reasonable person to believe that such substance is a controlled substance, shall be guilty of a class D felony.
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to any transaction in the ordinary course of business by any licensed practitioner or licensed pharmacist.
(1967, P.A. 109, S. 2; 555, S. 29; 1972, P.A. 278, S. 19; P.A. 81-199; P.A. 82-472, S. 68, 183.)
History: 1972 act substituted “substance” for “drug” and “licensed practitioner” for “physician or dentist”; P.A. 81-199 replaced previous provisions re fraudulent sale, dispensing etc. of noncontrolled substances with more detailed provisions and imposed specific penalty where previously such conduct was stated to be “a violation of this chapter”; P.A. 82-472 made technical correction; Sec. 19-473 transferred to Sec. 21a-268 in 1983.
Cited. 2 CA 513; 8 CA 248.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420b - Dependency-Producing Drugs › Section 21a-269. (Formerly Sec. 19-474). - Burden of proof of exception, excuse, proviso or exemption.

In any complaint, information or indictment, and in any action or proceeding brought for the enforcement of any provision of this part, it shall not be necessary to negative any exception, excuse, proviso or exemption contained in said section, and the burden of proof of any such exception, excuse, proviso or exemption shall be upon the defendant.
(1967, P.A. 555, S. 30.)
History: Sec. 19-474 transferred to Sec. 21a-269 in 1983.
Annotations to former section 19-474:
Defendant held to have burden of proving that tablets found in his possession, which he had obtained by prescription, were in container in which he received them. 148 C. 57. Cited. 163 C. 62. Where defendant offered no evidence of a license to sell narcotics but requested a charge to jury, no charge need have been given, but charge stating exemption and its inapplicability was a correct statement of law and in no way prejudicial. 164 C. 224. Determination of defendant's status as a person who is not drug-dependent under Sec. 19-480a(b) (21a-278(b)) is an exemption under this statute and examination of language of both statutes leads to conclusion that burden of producing evidence of drug dependency initially rests on defendant. 182 C. 142.
Annotations to present section:
Cited. 197 C. 67; 221 C. 595.
Cited. 7 CA 403; 17 CA 257; 19 CA 668; 20 CA 386; 27 CA 596; Id., 713; 32 CA 724; Id., 842; 35 CA 360; Id., 609; 41 CA 604.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420b - Dependency-Producing Drugs › Section 21a-270. (Formerly Sec. 19-474a). - Drug paraphernalia: Factors to be considered by court or other authority in determination.

In determining whether any object or material listed in subdivision (20) of section 21a-240 shall be deemed “drug paraphernalia”, a court or other authority shall, in addition to all other logically relevant factors, consider the following:
(1) Statements by an owner or by anyone in control of the object concerning its use;
(2) The proximity of the object to any controlled substances;
(3) The existence of any residue of controlled substances on the object;
(4) Evidence of the intent of an owner, or of anyone in control of the object, to deliver it to persons whom he knows, or should reasonably know, intend to use the object to facilitate a violation of this section, subdivision (20) of section 21a-240, and sections 21a-263, 21a-267 and 21a-271;
(5) Instructions, oral or written, provided with the object concerning its use with a controlled substance;
(6) Descriptive materials accompanying the object which explain or depict its use with a controlled substance;
(7) National and local advertising concerning its use;
(8) The manner in which the object is displayed for sale;
(9) Whether the owner, or anyone in control of the object, is a legitimate supplier of like or related items to the community, such as a licensed distributor or dealer of tobacco products;
(10) Evidence of the ratio of sales of the object to the total sales of the business enterprise;
(11) The existence and scope of legitimate uses for the object in the community;
(12) Expert testimony concerning its use.
(P.A. 80-224, S. 2; P.A. 84-233.)
History: Sec. 19-474a transferred to Sec. 21a-270 in 1983; P.A. 84-233 replaced “Direct evidence” with “Evidence” in Subdivs. (4) and (10).
See Sec. 21a-267 re prohibited acts with respect to drug paraphernalia.