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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368g - Lung Disease, Tuberculosis, Chronic Illness and Breast and Cervical Cancer › Section 19a-251. (Formerly Sec. 19-113b). - Chronic disease hospital superintendents.

Section 19a-251 is repealed.
(1959, P.A. 148, S. 15; 1972, P.A. 113, S. 5; P.A. 77-614, S. 340, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 15, 136; P.A. 85-424, S. 2, 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368g - Lung Disease, Tuberculosis, Chronic Illness and Breast and Cervical Cancer › Section 19a-252. (Formerly Sec. 19-117). - Administration of lung disease control funds, including tuberculosis funds.

The Department of Public Health is designated as the state agency to administer and distribute state funds to be used for the control of lung diseases, including tuberculosis, within the state. The director of health of any town or of any district department of health or any nonprofit corporation may apply to said department for funds to be used to assist in establishing, maintaining or expanding services for treatment or control of lung diseases within the state.
(1957, P.A. 538, S. 1; 1959, P.A. 148, S. 17; 1972, P.A. 113, S. 6; P.A. 76-139, S. 4; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 31, 39; P.A. 93-435, S. 59, 95; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: 1959 act substituted for the commission on tuberculosis and other chronic illness, as agency to administer and distribute funds, the state department of health through office of tuberculosis control, hospital care and rehabilitation; 1972 act replaced office of tuberculosis control, hospital care and rehabilitation with office of public health; P.A. 76-139 made expenditures applicable to lung diseases generally and included expenditures for treatment; P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 19-117 transferred to Sec. 19a-252 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. 93-435 authorized substitution of “department” for “office”, referring to office of public health, to carry out purpose of P.A. 93-381 which deleted reference to office of public health appearing earlier in text, effective June 28, 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 368g - Lung Disease, Tuberculosis, Chronic Illness and Breast and Cervical Cancer › Section 19a-253. (Formerly Sec. 19-119). - Chronic disease hospitals: Admissions.

Except as provided in section 17a-502, on and after October 1, 2005, no patient shall be admitted to a chronic disease hospital, unless the medical director of the hospital determines that the hospital and its medical staff are capable of providing adequate care and treatment to the patient, consistent with the hospital's by-laws. In making such determination, the medical director shall have access to the patient's medical records and may examine the patient.
(1957, P.A. 586, S. 21; 1972, P.A. 113, S. 7; P.A. 76-139, S. 5; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 32, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 05-80, S. 1; P.A. 07-49, S. 2.)
History: 1972 act replaced office of tuberculosis control, hospital care and rehabilitation with office of public health; P.A. 76-139 deleted redundant reference to admission to chronic disease hospitals, removed first preference for tuberculosis patients and third preference for “other chronic cases in the order of application”; P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 19-119 transferred to Sec. 19a-253 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; P.A. 05-80 removed preferences for patients with chronic illnesses and patients receiving public assistance, required medical director, rather than department, to determine the appropriateness of admitting a patient to a chronic disease hospital and granted medical director access to patient medical records in order to make such determination; P.A. 07-49 added exception re Sec. 17a-502.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368g - Lung Disease, Tuberculosis, Chronic Illness and Breast and Cervical Cancer › Section 19a-254. (Formerly Sec. 19-120). - Commitment of tuberculous persons.

Section 19a-254 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4129; 1955, S. 2124d; 1957, P.A. 586, S. 16; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 84-336, S. 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368g - Lung Disease, Tuberculosis, Chronic Illness and Breast and Cervical Cancer › Section 19a-256. (Formerly Sec. 19-121a). - Liability for cost of care after October 1, 1967.

Section 19a-256 is repealed, effective October 6, 2009.
(1967, P.A. 839, S. 2; P.A. 76-139, S. 7; P.A. 79-376, S. 24; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 61; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7, S. 176.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368g - Lung Disease, Tuberculosis, Chronic Illness and Breast and Cervical Cancer › Section 19a-257. (Formerly Sec. 19-125). - Support of patients with chronic illness other than tuberculosis.

Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 17b-222 and 17b-223, the maximum rate to be charged for the care of patients with chronic illness other than tuberculosis in the state chronic disease hospitals shall be determined by the Commissioner of Administrative Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health. The same persons and estates as are legally liable for support of patients in state humane institutions shall be liable for support of patients with chronic illness other than tuberculosis in said chronic disease hospitals in accordance with ability to pay and the commissioner shall make the determination of such ability, shall bill for and shall collect for care of such patients in the same manner and under the same procedures, terms and conditions as are authorized under the laws governing cases of patients in state humane institutions. If town paupers with chronic illnesses other than tuberculosis admitted to said chronic disease hospitals are deemed by the Commissioner of Public Health not to be in need of definitive hospital or restorative care, towns shall be liable for the support of such paupers after two weeks' notice from said commissioner.
(1957, P.A. 586, S. 20; 1959, P.A. 148, S. 19; 1967, P.A. 314, S. 15; P.A. 77-614, S. 70, 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: 1959 act substituted commissioner of health for commission on tuberculosis and other chronic illness and clarified provision re town's liability for support of paupers; 1967 act deleted responsibility of welfare commissioner to investigate financial circumstances of relatives, substituted health commissioner for welfare commissioner as authority determining status of paupers and provided for finance commissioner rather than health commissioner to determine maximum rate chargeable for care; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with commissioner of administrative services and, effective January 1, 1979, replaced commissioner of health with commissioner of health services; Sec. 19-125 transferred to Sec. 19a-257 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.
Annotation to former section 19-125:
Statute does not incorporate the limitation on liability provided for in Sec. 17-295; designated commissioners are authorized to set maximum rates for support of patients in chronic disease hospitals. 183 C. 330.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368g - Lung Disease, Tuberculosis, Chronic Illness and Breast and Cervical Cancer › Section 19a-258 to 19a-261. (Formerly Secs. 19-126 to 19-129). - Discharge of tuberculosis patients. Complaint against tuberculosis patient leaving hospital against advice. Apprehension of person leaving hospital before termination of commitment. Security facilities.

Sections 19a-258 to 19a-261, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4123; 1955, S. 2123d, 2125d, 2126d; 1957, P.A. 586, S. 9, 15, 17, 18; 1967, P.A. 656, S. 17; 1972, P.A. 113, S. 8, 9; P.A. 76-139, S. 8; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 84-336, S. 2, 3; 84-546, S. 172.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368g - Lung Disease, Tuberculosis, Chronic Illness and Breast and Cervical Cancer › Section 19a-262. (Formerly Sec. 19-133). - Report and record of cases.

Each physician, physician assistant and advanced practice registered nurse shall report in writing the name, age, sex, race, ethnicity, occupation, place where last employed, if known, and address of each person under his or her care known or suspected by such physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse to have tuberculosis, to the Department of Public Health and the director of health of the town, city or borough in which such person resides, not later than twenty-four hours after the physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse knows or suspects the presence of such disease, and the officer in charge of any hospital, dispensary, asylum or other similar institution shall report in like manner concerning each patient having tuberculosis who comes under the care or observation of such officer, not later than twenty-four hours thereafter. The Commissioner of Public Health and the director of health of each town, city or borough shall keep a record of all such reports received by them, but such records shall not be open to inspection by any person other than the health authorities of the state and of such town, city or borough, and the identity of the person to whom any such report relates shall not be divulged by such health authorities except as may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this section, section 19a-263, and section 19a-264. For purposes of this section and said sections a person may be suspected of having tuberculosis if he or she has (1) an acid fast bacilli identified on a smear of his body fluids or tissue, (2) been prescribed at least two antituberculosis drugs, (3) a preliminary diagnosis which includes ruling out active tuberculosis, or (4) signs or symptoms of active tuberculosis.
(1949 Rev., S. 4115; P.A. 76-139, S. 9; P.A. 90-13, S. 4; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 16-39, S. 17; P.A. 21-196, S. 26.)
History: P.A. 76-139 removed reference to repealed Secs. 19-134 and 19-135; Sec. 19-133 transferred to Sec. 19a-262 in 1983; P.A. 90-13 replaced reference to “color” with references to race and ethnicity, applied provisions to persons suspected of having tuberculosis and specified grounds for determining whether person is suspected of having tuberculosis and required that physicians report to health services commissioner as well as to local director of health; 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. 16-39 added references to advanced practice registered nurse and made technical changes; P.A. 21-196 added references to physician assistant and made technical changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368g - Lung Disease, Tuberculosis, Chronic Illness and Breast and Cervical Cancer › Section 19a-263. (Formerly Sec. 19-136). - Instruction by physicians to individuals.

The physician attending a patient having or suspected of having tuberculosis shall take all necessary precautions and give adequate instructions to provide for the safety of all individuals occupying the same house or apartments, and, if no physician is attending such patient, such duties shall be performed by the local director of health.
(1949 Rev., S. 4118; P.A. 90-13, S. 5.)
History: Sec. 19-136 transferred to Sec. 19a-263 in 1983; P.A. 90-13 applied provisions to persons “suspected of having” tuberculosis.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368g - Lung Disease, Tuberculosis, Chronic Illness and Breast and Cervical Cancer › Section 19a-264. (Formerly Sec. 19-137). - Instructions by local director of health to physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse.

The local director of health shall transmit to any physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse reporting a case or suspected case of tuberculosis as provided in section 19a-262, a printed statement describing such procedure and precautions as are deemed necessary or advisable to be taken on the premises occupied by a tuberculosis patient, and such precautions shall be communicated to the family of the patient. Any physician licensed pursuant to chapter 370, physician assistant licensed pursuant to chapter 370 or advanced practice registered nurse licensed pursuant to chapter 378, who wilfully makes any false statements in the reports provided for in said section, and any person violating any of the provisions of said section, shall be fined not less than five dollars nor more than fifty dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or be both fined and imprisoned.
(1949 Rev., S. 4119; P.A. 76-139, S. 10; P.A. 90-13, S. 6; P.A. 16-39, S. 74; P.A. 21-196, S. 27.)
History: P.A. 76-139 dropped references to repealed Secs. 19-134 and 19-135 and to Sec. 19-136; Sec. 19-137 transferred to Sec. 19a-264 in 1983; P.A. 90-13 applied provisions to “suspected cases”; P.A. 16-39 added references to advanced practice registered nurse and replaced “physician or person practicing as a physician” with “physician licensed pursuant to chapter 370”; P.A. 21-196 added references to physician assistant.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368g - Lung Disease, Tuberculosis, Chronic Illness and Breast and Cervical Cancer › Section 19a-266a. - Gynecologic cancers information pamphlet.

The Department of Public Health shall develop a pamphlet containing summary information concerning gynecologic cancers, including cervical, ovarian and uterine cancer. Such pamphlet shall contain standardized information with respect to such cancers, written in plain language, that includes (1) signs and symptoms, (2) risk factors, (3) the benefits of early detection through appropriate diagnostic testing, (4) treatment options, and (5) such other information as the department deems necessary. The department shall make such pamphlet available to hospitals, physicians and other health care providers for distribution to patients. The department shall also prepare appropriate multilingual versions of such pamphlet for use by Spanish-speaking and other non-English-speaking patients.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-4, S. 7, 58.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-4 effective July 1, 2001.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368h - Kidney Disease › Section 19a-269. (Formerly Sec. 19-138a). - Commissioner to recommend policies for treatment of kidney disease.

(a) The Commissioner of Public Health shall: (1) Recommend minimum criteria for dialysis facilities and transplantation centers; (2) recommend medical criteria for eligibility of kidney disease patients for any available state assistance; (3) recommend programs of detection, prevention and public education concerning kidney disease; (4) recommend research into problems associated with kidney disease; (5) review all existing medical and social programs related to kidney disease to assure that all patients shall receive, with a minimum of duplication of financial and physical resources, the best possible health care.
(b) In the performance of his duties, the Commissioner of Public Health may order the preparation of books, reports and records and may pay for the expert advisors and assistants for making his studies and formulating his recommendations from funds made available by the Department of Public Health from the appropriation to said Department of Public Health.
(P.A. 73-463, S. 1–3; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 335, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 03-252, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced kidney disease advisory commission with commissioner of health services and department of health with department of health services, deleted Subsec. (a) containing provisions re members of commission, their terms etc., relettering remaining subsections accordingly, dropped provision re quarterly meetings in former Subsec. (b), redesignated as (a), and changed deadline for report from November 30, 1974, to November 30, 1978, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 19-138a transferred to Sec. 19a-269 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. 03-252 deleted former Subsec. (b) re annual reports from Commissioner to Governor and General Assembly and redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as new Subsec. (b).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368h - Kidney Disease › Section 19a-269a. - Administration of dialysis medications by certified dialysis patient care technicians.

Any certified dialysis patient care technician employed in an outpatient or hospital dialysis unit may administer saline, heparin or lidocaine as necessary to initiate or terminate a patient's dialysis. The ratio of on-duty staff providing direct patient care to dialysis patients shall be at least three to nine, and at least one of the three on-duty direct patient care staff persons shall be a registered nurse licensed to practice in this state. For purposes of this section, “certified dialysis patient care technician” means a person who has obtained certification as a dialysis patient care technician by an organization approved by the Department of Public Health.
(P.A. 05-66, S. 1; P.A. 06-195, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 06-195 provided that dialysis patient care technicians are to be certified, specified that dialysis units must be outpatient or hospital dialysis units, deleted Subdiv. designators (1) and (2) and made technical changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368h - Kidney Disease › Section 19a-269b. - Screening for kidney disease. Clinical laboratories.

(a) As used in this section, “clinical laboratory” has the same meaning as provided in section 19a-490.
(b) Beginning September 1, 2006:
(1) Any person, firm or corporation operating a clinical laboratory licensed in this state shall ensure that when the clinical laboratory tests a specimen to determine a patient's serum creatinine level, as ordered or prescribed by a physician or provider in a hospital, the clinical laboratory shall (A) calculate the patient's estimated glomerular filtration rate using the patient's age and gender, which information shall be provided to the clinical laboratory by the physician or the provider in a hospital, and (B) include the patient's estimated glomerular filtration rate with its report to the physician or the provider in a hospital.
(2) A person, firm or corporation operating a clinical laboratory licensed in this state shall be deemed in compliance with subdivision (1) of this subsection if the clinical laboratory makes available to the ordering physician or provider in a hospital test order codes for serum creatinine that include eGFR.
(P.A. 06-120, S. 1; 06-195, S. 53; P.A. 07-53, S. 1; P.A. 08-184, S. 36; P.A. 22-58, S. 27.)
History: P.A. 06-120 effective June 2, 2006; P.A. 06-195 amended Subsec. (b)(2) by replacing requirement that hospitals order serum creatinine tests for all admitted patients at least once during patient's hospital stay with requirement that if such test is performed on a patient admitted as an inpatient, the ordering provider must request, at least once during patient's stay, that testing lab report an estimated glomerular filtration rate if patient hasn't submitted to such test within the preceding year, and made conforming changes in Subsec. (b)(3) and (4), effective June 7, 2006; P.A. 07-53 amended Subsec. (a) to define “routine general medical examination” to exclude annual gynecological examinations, and amended Subsec. (b)(1) to replace “annual physical examination” with “routine general medical examination”; P.A. 08-184 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting definitions of “patient” and “routine general medical examination” and amended Subsec. (b) by deleting former Subdivs. (1) and (2), redesignating existing Subdivs. (3) and (4) as new Subdivs. (1) and (2) and making technical changes; P.A. 22-58 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “19a-30” with “19a-490”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368i - Anatomical Donations › Section 19a-270a. (Formerly Sec. 19a-283). - Disposition of remains of bodies.

The professors and teachers in the institutions designated in section 19a-270 shall dispose of the remains of all bodies, received in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, in a manner consistent with public propriety and as directed by the Department of Public Health, after the same have answered the purposes of study. Said department shall keep a record of the name, sex and last residence, if known, of each person whose body is so received.
(1949 Rev., S. 4216; 1953, S. 2145d; 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. 19-141 transferred to Sec. 19a-283 in 1983; Sec. 19a-283 transferred to Sec. 19a-270a in 1993; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
Annotation to former section 19a-283:
Cited. 194 C. 635.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368i - Anatomical Donations › Section 19a-270b. (Formerly Sec. 19a-284). - Bodies to be used for medical study.

Such bodies shall be used for the purposes of medical and surgical study only, in a manner consistent with public propriety, and in this state only.
(1949 Rev., S. 4217.)
History: Sec. 19-142 transferred to Sec. 19a-284 in 1983; Sec. 19a-284 transferred to Sec. 19a-270b in 1993.
Annotation to former section 19a-284:
Cited. 194 C. 635.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368i - Anatomical Donations › Section 19a-271 to 19a-279. - Donation of bodies for anatomical purposes: Generally.

Sections 19a-271 to 19a-279, inclusive, are repealed.
(1961, P.A. 268; 1969, P.A. 425, S. 1–9; P.A. 77-143, S. 1, 2; 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 79-47, S. 5; 79-556; 79-631, S. 102, 111; P.A. 80-190, S. 7; P.A. 86-88; P.A. 88-318, S. 14, 15.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368i - Anatomical Donations › Section 19a-279a to 19a-281. - Anatomical gifts: Definitions. Making, amending, revoking and refusing to make an anatomical gift by an individual. Classes of persons who may make an anatomical gift of all or a part of decedent's body. Role of Chief Medical Examiner. Discussion and request re anatomical gift, search and notification re document of gift or evidence of refusal. Persons who may become donees, purposes for which anatomical gifts may be made. Delivery of document of gift. Rights and duties at death. Coordination of procurement and use. Examination, autopsy, liability. Transitional provision. Regulations. Sale of blood, tissue and organs. Prohibition against transfer for valuable consideration of any human organ for use in human transplantation; penalty. Removal of corneal or pituitary tissue during autopsy; authorization.

Sections 19a-279a to 19a-281, inclusive, are repealed, effective October 1, 2010.
(1971, P.A. 397; P.A. 79-278; P.A. 82-260; P.A. 88-318, S. 1–13, 15; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-79, S. 60, 189; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 98-172, S. 1, 2, 4; P.A. 99-102, S. 19; P.A. 99-120, S. 1, 2; P.A. 02-105, S. 5; P.A. 04-122, S. 3–6; P.A. 05-288, S. 76; P.A. 06-195, S. 62; P.A. 10-123, S. 31.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368i - Anatomical Donations › Section 19a-282. (Formerly Sec. 19-140). - When the delivery of bodies is prohibited.

No notice shall be given, and no body delivered, under the provisions of section 19a-270, in the case of a person dying of Asiatic cholera, yellow fever, scarlet fever, typhus fever, smallpox, diphtheria, membranous croup or measles; nor shall the body of any person known to any such officer to have relatives, either by blood or marriage, be delivered without their consent; nor shall the body of any person detained on civil process or for trial for any criminal offense, or of any traveler or stranger other than a tramp or vagrant, or of a person who is known to have expressed a desire that his body should be buried, be so delivered. The body of any person so delivered, if subsequently claimed by any relative or friend for burial, shall be given up to him for that purpose.
(1949 Rev., S. 4215; 1953, S. 2144d.)
History: Sec. 19-140 transferred to Sec. 19a-282 in 1983.
Cited. 194 C. 635.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368i - Anatomical Donations › Section 19a-285. (Formerly Sec. 19-142a). - Consent by minor to medical, dental, health or hospital services for child.

(a) Any minor who has been married or who has borne a child may give effective consent to medical, dental, health and hospital services for his or her child.
(b) Any such minor who has given effective consent as provided in subsection (a) of this section shall be legally liable for any fees, costs or expenses incurred as a result of the rendering of any such service.
(1971, P.A. 304, S. 1–3; P.A. 73-616, S. 16.)
History: P.A. 73-616 deleted Subsec. (a) re consent of minors 18 or older for medical, dental, health and hospital services and for organ transplants and relettered remaining Subsecs. accordingly; Sec. 19-142a transferred to Sec. 19a-285 in 1983.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368i - Anatomical Donations › Section 19a-285a. - Donation of blood by minors.

(a) Any person who is seventeen years of age or older shall have the legal capacity, without written authorization of his or her parent or guardian, to donate blood or any component thereof and to consent to the withdrawal of blood from his or her body, in conjunction with any voluntary blood donation program.
(b) Any person who is sixteen years of age shall have the legal capacity, with written authorization of his or her parent or guardian, to donate blood or any component thereof and to consent to the withdrawal of blood from his or her body in conjunction with any voluntary blood donation program.
(P.A. 83-294; P.A. 21-26, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 21-26 designated existing provision re 17-year-olds as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re 16-year-olds to donate blood or any component thereof with written authorization of parent or guardian, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368i - Anatomical Donations › Section 19a-287. (Formerly Sec. 19-144). - Penalty.

Any selectman, or mayor, the Chief Medical Examiner or deputy medical examiner or an assistant medical examiner, or the administrative head of any state correctional institution, or the superintendent or person in charge of any almshouse, asylum, hospital, morgue or other public institution which is supported, in whole or in part, at public expense, who delivers a corpse, for the purposes of medical and surgical study, to any person in violation of any provision of this chapter, or any person who violates any provision of this chapter for which no other penalty is prescribed, or any person knowing that the deceased had relatives, either by blood or marriage, who desired to give the body a decent burial, or to whom the deceased had expressed a desire that his body should be buried, who wilfully neglects or refuses to give information thereof to the persons in charge of such body, having reasonable opportunity for so doing and having knowledge of the fact that such body may be delivered for medical or surgical purposes, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 4220; 1963, P.A. 642, S. 19; 1969, P.A. 425, S. 10; 699, S. 26.)
History: 1963 act deleted obsolete references to delivery by sheriff or jailer, substituting state jail administrator; 1969 acts deleted coroners, added chief, deputy and assistant medical examiners and replaced state jail administrator with administrative heads of state correctional institutions and replaced masters of almshouses, asylums, hospitals, etc. with superintendents or persons in charge of such facilities as persons subject to fine; Sec. 19-144 transferred to Sec. 19a-287 in 1983.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368i - Anatomical Donations › Section 19a-288. (Formerly Sec. 19-145). - Delivering or receiving corpse for speculation; penalty.

Any person who delivers or receives a corpse for the purpose of speculation or pecuniary profit shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than one year.
(1949 Rev., S. 4221.)
History: Sec. 19-145 transferred to Sec. 19a-288 in 1983.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368i - Anatomical Donations › Section 19a-289. - Short title: Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act.

Sections 19a-289 to 19a-289v, inclusive, may be cited as the “Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act.”
(P.A. 10-123, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368i - Anatomical Donations › Section 19a-289b. - Scope.

The provisions of sections 14-42 and 19a-289 to 19a-289v, inclusive, apply to an anatomical gift or amendment to, revocation of, or refusal to make an anatomical gift, whenever made.
(P.A. 10-123, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368i - Anatomical Donations › Section 19a-289c. - Persons who may make an anatomical gift during the life of the donor.

Subject to the provisions of section 19a-289g, an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part may be made during the life of the donor for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research or education in the manner provided in section 19a-289d by: (1) The donor, if the donor is an adult or if the donor is a minor and is: (A) Emancipated; or (B) authorized under state law to apply for an operator's license or identification card; (2) an agent of the donor, including, but not limited to, a health care representative appointed under section 19a-576, unless the power of attorney for health care or other record prohibits the agent from making an anatomical gift; (3) a parent of the donor, if the donor is an unemancipated minor; or (4) the donor's guardian.
(P.A. 10-123, S. 4.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368i - Anatomical Donations › Section 19a-289d. - Methods of making anatomical gifts.

(a) A donor may make an anatomical gift: (1) By authorizing donor designation in a donor registry; (2) by means of a will; (3) during a terminal illness or injury of the donor, by any form of communication addressed to at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness; or (4) through execution of a record pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
(b) A donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 19a-289c may make a gift by a donor card or other record signed by the donor or other person making the gift or by authorizing that a statement or symbol indicating that the donor has made an anatomical gift be included on a donor registry. If the donor or other person is physically unable to sign a record, the record may be signed by another individual at the direction of the donor or other person and shall: (1) Be witnessed by at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness, who have signed at the request of the donor or the other person; and (2) state that it has been signed and witnessed as provided in subdivision (1) of this subsection.
(c) Revocation, suspension, expiration or cancellation of an operator's license or identification card issued to a donor shall not invalidate an anatomical gift.
(d) An anatomical gift made by will takes effect upon the donor's death whether or not the will is probated. Invalidation of the will after the donor's death shall not invalidate the gift.
(P.A. 10-123, S. 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368i - Anatomical Donations › Section 19a-289e. - Methods of amending or revoking an anatomical gift.

(a) Subject to the provisions of section 19a-289g, a donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 19a-289c may amend or revoke an anatomical gift by: (1) A record signed by (A) the donor; (B) the other person; or (C) subject to subsection (b) of this section, another individual acting at the direction of the donor or the other person if the donor or other person is physically unable to sign; or (2) a subsequently executed document of gift that amends or revokes a previous anatomical gift or portion of an anatomical gift, either expressly or by inconsistency.
(b) A record signed pursuant to subparagraph (C) of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section shall: (1) Be witnessed by at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness, who have signed at the request of the donor or the other person; and (2) state that such record has been signed and witnessed as provided for in subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Subject to the provisions of section 19a-289g, a donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 19a-289c may revoke an anatomical gift by the destruction or cancellation of the document of gift, or the portion of the document of gift used to make the gift, with the intent to revoke the gift.
(d) A donor may amend or revoke an anatomical gift that was not made in a will by any form of communication during a terminal illness or injury addressed to at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness.
(e) A donor who makes an anatomical gift in a will may amend or revoke the gift in the manner provided for amendment or revocation of wills or as provided in subsection (a) of this section.
(P.A. 10-123, S. 6.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368i - Anatomical Donations › Section 19a-289f. - Methods of refusing to make an anatomical gift.

(a) An individual may refuse to make an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part by: (1) A record signed by: (A) The individual; or (B) subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, another individual acting at the direction of the individual if the individual is physically unable to sign; (2) the individual's will, whether or not the will is admitted to probate or invalidated after the individual's death; or (3) any form of communication made by the individual during the individual's terminal illness or injury addressed to at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness.
(b) A record signed pursuant to subparagraph (B) of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section shall: (1) Be witnessed by at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness, who have signed at the request of the individual; and (2) state that such record has been signed and witnessed as provided for in subsection (a) of this section.
(c) An individual who has made a refusal may amend or revoke such refusal: (1) In the manner provided in subsection (a) of this section for making a refusal; (2) by subsequently making an anatomical gift pursuant to section 19a-289d that is inconsistent with the refusal; or (3) by destroying or canceling the record evidencing the refusal, or the portion of the record used to make the refusal, with the intent to revoke the refusal.
(d) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g) of section 19a-289g, in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the individual set forth in the refusal, an individual's unrevoked refusal to make an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part bars all other persons from making an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part.
(P.A. 10-123, S. 7.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368i - Anatomical Donations › Section 19a-289g. - Effect of anatomical gift, amendment, revocation or refusal.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (g) of this section and subject to the provisions of subsection (f) of this section, in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor, a person other than the donor is barred from making, amending or revoking an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part if the donor made an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under section 19a-289d or an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under section 19a-289e.
(b) A donor's revocation of an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under section 19a-289e is not a refusal and does not bar another person specified in section 19a-289c or 19a-289h from making an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under section 19a-289d or 19a-289i.
(c) If a person other than the donor makes an unrevoked anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under section 19a-289d or an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under section 19a-289e, another person may not make, amend or revoke the gift of the donor's body or part under section 19a-289i.
(d) A revocation of an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part under section 19a-289e by a person other than the donor shall not preclude another person from making an anatomical gift of the body or part under section 19a-289d or 19a-289i.
(e) In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 19a-289c, (1) an anatomical gift of a part is neither a refusal to give another part nor a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of another part at a later time by the donor or another person; and (2) an anatomical gift of a part for one or more of the purposes set forth in section 19a-289c is not a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of the part for any of the other purposes by the donor or any other person under section 19a-289d or 19a-289i.
(f) If a donor who is an unemancipated minor dies, a parent of the donor who is reasonably available may revoke or amend an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part.
(g) If an unemancipated minor who signed a refusal dies, a parent of the minor who is reasonably available may revoke the minor's refusal.
(P.A. 10-123, S. 8.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368i - Anatomical Donations › Section 19a-289h. - Priority of persons who may make an anatomical gift of a decedent's body or part.

(a) Subject to the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of this section and unless precluded by section 19a-289f or 19a-289g, an anatomical gift of a decedent's body or part for purpose of transplantation, therapy, research or education may be made by any member of the following classes of persons who is reasonably available, in the order of priority listed:
(1) An agent of the decedent who could have made an anatomical gift under subdivision (2) of section 19a-289c immediately before the decedent's death;
(2) The spouse of the decedent;
(3) A person designated by the decedent pursuant to section 1-56r;
(4) Adult children of the decedent;
(5) Parents of the decedent;
(6) Adult siblings of the decedent;
(7) Adult grandchildren of the decedent;
(8) Grandparents of the decedent;
(9) An adult who exhibited special care and concern for the decedent;
(10) The persons who were acting as the guardians or conservator of the person of the decedent at the time of death; and
(11) Any other person having the authority to dispose of the decedent's body.
(b) If there is more than one member of a class listed in subdivision (1), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8) or (10) of subsection (a) of this section entitled to make an anatomical gift, an anatomical gift may be made by any member of the class unless that member or a person to which the gift may pass under section 19a-289j knows of an objection by any other member of the class. If an objection is known, the gift may be made only by a majority of the members of the class who are reasonably available.
(c) A person may not make an anatomical gift if, at the time of the decedent's death, a person in a higher priority class under subsection (a) of this section is reasonably available to make or to object to the making of an anatomical gift.
(P.A. 10-123, S. 9.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368i - Anatomical Donations › Section 19a-289i. - Methods of making or revoking an anatomical gift of a decedent.

(a) A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 19a-289h may make an anatomical gift by a document of gift signed by the person making the gift or by that person's oral communication that is electronically recorded or is contemporaneously reduced to a record and signed by the individual receiving the oral communication.
(b) Subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of this section, an anatomical gift by a person authorized under section 19a-289h may be amended or revoked orally or in a record by any member of a higher priority class under subsection (a) of section 19a-289h, who is reasonably available. If more than one member of such higher priority class is reasonably available, the gift made by a person authorized under section 19a-289h may be: (1) Amended, only if a majority of the reasonably available higher priority class members agree to the amending of the gift; or (2) revoked, only if a majority of the reasonably available higher priority class members agree to the revoking of the gift or they are equally divided as to whether to revoke the gift.
(c) A revocation under subsection (b) of this section is effective only if the procurement organization, transplant hospital or physician or technician knows of the revocation before an incision has been made to remove a part from the donor's body or before invasive procedures have begun to prepare the recipient.
(P.A. 10-123, S. 10.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368i - Anatomical Donations › Section 19a-289k. - Persons responsible for making a reasonable search of donor intent to make an anatomical gift.

(a) The following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the person reasonably believes is dead or near death for a document of gift or other information identifying the individual as a donor or as an individual who made a refusal: (1) A law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic or other emergency rescuer finding the individual; and (2) if no other source of the information is immediately available, a hospital, as soon as practical after the individual's arrival at the hospital.
(b) If a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift is located as a result of the search required pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and the individual or deceased individual to whom such search relates is taken to a hospital, the person responsible for conducting such search shall send the document of gift or refusal to the hospital.
(c) A person shall not be subject to criminal or civil liability for failing to discharge the duties imposed by this section, but may be subject to administrative sanctions.
(P.A. 10-123, S. 12.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368i - Anatomical Donations › Section 19a-289l. - Delivery of document of gift.

(a) A document of gift need not be delivered during the donor's lifetime to be effective.
(b) Upon or after an individual's death, a person in possession of a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift with respect to the individual shall allow examination and copying of the document of gift or refusal by a person authorized to make or object to the making of an anatomical gift with respect to the individual or by a person to which the gift could pass under section 19a-289j.
(P.A. 10-123, S. 13.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368i - Anatomical Donations › Section 19a-289o. - Prohibition against transfer for valuable consideration of any part. Permissible charges.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person that for valuable consideration, knowingly purchases or sells a part for transplantation or therapy if removal of a part from an individual is intended to occur after the individual's death shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(b) A person may charge a reasonable amount for the removal, processing, preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, implantation or disposal of a part.
(P.A. 10-123, S. 16.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368i - Anatomical Donations › Section 19a-289p. - Prohibited acts re document of gift.

A person that, in order to obtain a financial gain, intentionally falsifies, forges, conceals, defaces or obliterates a document of gift, an amendment or revocation of a document of gift, or a refusal shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(P.A. 10-123, S. 17.)