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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 384a - Massage Therapists › Section 20-206f. - Continuing education requirements.

(a) Each person licensed in accordance with the provisions of sections 20-206a to 20-206e, inclusive, shall complete a minimum of twenty-four hours of continuing education every four years. Such four-year period shall commence on the first date of renewal of the licensee's license after October 1, 2003. The continuing education shall be in areas related to the licensee's practice, including, but not limited to, courses offered by providers that are approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork.
(b) No more than six continuing education units shall be completed via the Internet or distance learning and no more than twelve continuing education units shall be obtained from providers that are not approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork. For purposes of this section, “continuing education unit” means fifty to sixty minutes of participation in accredited continuing professional education.
(c) The Department of Public Health may require an applicant for license renewal to submit evidence of continuing education on forms that may be prescribed by the department. Each licensee shall maintain records, or certificates or other evidence of compliance with continuing education requirements for a period of six years. Failure on the part of the licensee to demonstrate that such continuing education requirements have been met shall be grounds for disciplinary action pursuant to section 20-206c.
(d) This section shall not apply to licensees who have been continuously licensed since February 1, 1994. The continuing education requirements shall be waived for licensees applying for licensure renewal for the first time. The department may, for a licensee who has a medical disability or illness, grant a waiver of the continuing education requirements for a specific period of time or may grant the licensee an extension of time in which to fulfill the requirements.
(P.A. 03-118, S. 3; P.A. 04-221, S. 25.)
History: P.A. 04-221 amended Subsec. (d) by changing beginning date for continuous licensure from October 1, 1993, to February 1, 1994, effective June 8, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 384a - Massage Therapists › Section 20-206g. - Advertising by massage therapists. Requirements and prohibitions. Exemption.

(a) As used in this section, “advertise” includes, but is not limited to, the issuance of any card, sign or device to any person; causing, permitting or allowing any sign or marking on or in any building, vehicle or structure; advertising in any newspaper or magazine, or the placement of any listing or advertisement in any directory under a classification or heading that includes the words “massage”, “massage therapist”, “massage therapy”, “massage therapy establishment”, “shiatsu”, “acupressure”, “Thai massage”, “Thai yoga massage” or “Thai yoga”.
(b) No person, firm, partnership or corporation shall advertise any of the services included in the definition of massage therapy in any manner using the term or title “massage”, “shiatsu”, “acupressure”, “Thai massage”, “Thai yoga massage” or “Thai yoga”, except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, unless such services are performed by a massage therapist.
(c) Each person who holds a license as a massage therapist shall include his or her license number in any advertisement for such person's massage therapy services that appears in a newspaper, telephone directory or other advertising medium.
(d) It shall be a violation of this section for any person who does not hold a current license as a massage therapist to advertise massage therapy services by using the term “massage”, “massage therapist”, “licensed massage therapist”, “massage practitioner”, “massagist”, “masseur” or “masseuse”, “shiatsu”, “acupressure”, “Thai massage”, “Thai yoga massage” or “Thai yoga”, except as provided in subsection (e) of this section.
(e) A person who does not hold a current license as a massage therapist but who is registered as a yoga teacher with the Yoga Alliance Registry and has completed two hundred hours of training in Thai yoga may advertise “Thai yoga” services.
(P.A. 07-35, S. 3; P.A. 12-64, S. 2; P.A. 13-37, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 07-35 effective January 1, 2008; P.A. 12-64 amended Subsecs. (a), (b) and (d) by adding references to shiatsu, acupressure, Thai massage, Thai yoga massage and Thai yoga; P.A. 13-37 amended Subsecs. (b) and (d) by adding reference to exception in Subsec. (e), and added Subsec. (e) re Thai yoga.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 384a - Massage Therapists › Section 20-206h. - Enforcement within available appropriations. Formal investigations.

(a) The Commissioner of Public Health shall carry out the commissioner's responsibilities with respect to enforcement of the provisions of sections 20-206b, 20-206d and 20-206g within available appropriations.
(b) If the commissioner has cause to believe, based upon credible information or complaint, that any person has violated the provisions of section 20-206b, 20-206d or 20-206g, the commissioner may, not later than thirty days after receiving such information or complaint, begin a formal investigation of the alleged violation. In the course of such formal investigation, the commissioner may inquire as to whether a person under investigation obtained a license from the department legally by comparing the photograph on such person's identification with a photograph of such person obtained from the organization that administered the examination prescribed by the department pursuant to section 20-206b. Photographs that do not match shall constitute prima facie evidence that such person is engaging in the practice of massage therapy without a license in violation of section 20-206b. For purposes of this subsection, “identification” means a motor vehicle operator's license issued pursuant to section 14-36 or any other valid form of identification issued by the federal government or a state or municipal government, provided such identification includes a photograph.
(P.A. 07-252, S. 49; P.A. 12-64, S. 3; P.A. 15-3, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 07-252 effective July 12, 2007; P.A. 12-64 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re formal investigations; P.A. 15-3 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing reference to National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork or company contracted by board with reference to organization that administered examination prescribed by department, effective April 16, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 384a - Massage Therapists › Section 20-206i. - Indemnity against liability for professional malpractice.

(a) A person licensed to practice massage therapy pursuant to this chapter who provides direct patient care services shall maintain professional liability insurance or other indemnity against liability for professional malpractice. The amount of insurance that each such person shall carry as insurance or indemnity against claims for injury or death for professional malpractice shall not be less than five hundred thousand dollars for one person, per occurrence, with an aggregate of not less than one million dollars.
(b) Each insurance company that issues professional liability insurance, as defined in section 38a-393, shall render, on and after January 1, 2019, to the Commissioner of Public Health a true record of the names and addresses, according to the classification, of cancellations of and refusals to renew professional liability insurance policies and the reasons for such cancellations or refusals to renew said policies for the year ending on the thirty-first day of December next preceding.
(P.A. 18-168, S. 65.)
History: P.A. 18-168 effective October 1, 2019.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 384b - Dietitian-Nutritionists › Section 20-206m. - Definitions.

As used in this section and sections 20-206n to 20-206t, inclusive:
(1) “Department” means the Department of Public Health.
(2) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Public Health.
(3) “Nutrition assessment” means the evaluation of the nutrition needs of individuals and groups based upon appropriate biochemical, physical, and dietary data to determine nutrient needs and recommend appropriate nutrition intake including enteral and parental nutrition.
(4) “Nutrition counseling” means advising and assisting individuals or groups on appropriate nutrition intake by integrating information from the nutrition assessment.
(5) “Dietetics or nutrition practice” means the integration and application of the principles derived from the sciences of nutrition, biochemistry, food, physiology, and behavioral and social sciences to provide nutrition services that include: (A) Nutrition assessment; (B) the establishment of priorities, goals, and objectives that meet nutrition needs; (C) the provision of nutrition counseling in health and disease; (D) the development, implementation and management of nutrition care plans; and (E) the evaluation and maintenance of appropriate standards of quality in food and nutrition. The term “dietetics or nutrition practice” includes the ordering of oral diets and enteral and parenteral nutrition support and the physical administration of oral diets, but does not include the administration of nutrition by any route other than oral administration, the administration of enteral or parenteral diets or the issuance of orders for laboratory or other diagnostic tests or orders intended to be implemented by any person licensed pursuant to chapter 378.
(P.A. 94-210, S. 12; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 15-242, S. 56.)
History: 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. 15-242 amended Subdiv. (5) by redefining “dietetics or nutrition practice”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 384b - Dietitian-Nutritionists › Section 20-206o. - Certification without examination of applicants currently licensed or certified in another jurisdiction.

The department may, upon receipt of an application and fee of one hundred ninety dollars, issue a certificate without examination to any person who presents proof of current licensure or certification as a dietitian or nutritionist in another state, the District of Columbia, or territory of the United States which maintains standards for certification determined by the department to be equal to or higher than those of this state. No certificate shall be issued under this section to any applicant against whom professional disciplinary action is pending or who is the subject of an unresolved complaint.
(P.A. 94-210, S. 14; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 220.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fee from $150 to $190.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 384b - Dietitian-Nutritionists › Section 20-206p. - Use of title.

No person who is not certified by the Department of Public Health as a dietitian-nutritionist shall represent himself as being so certified or use in connection with his name the term “Connecticut Certified Dietitian-Nutritionist”, “Connecticut Certified Dietitian”, “Connecticut Certified Nutritionist”, or the letters “C.D.-N.”, “C.D.”, “C.N.” or any other letters, words or insignia indicating or implying that he is a certified dietitian-nutritionist in this state. Any person who violates the provisions of this section or who obtains or attempts to obtain certification as a dietitian-nutritionist by any wilful misrepresentation or any fraudulent representation shall be guilty of a class D felony. Failure to renew a certificate in a timely manner shall not constitute a violation for the purposes of this section.
(P.A. 94-210, S. 15; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 13-258, S. 83.)
History: 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. 13-258 changed penalty from fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment of not more than 5 years to a class D felony.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 384b - Dietitian-Nutritionists › Section 20-206q. - Orders for a patient diet.

A certified dietitian-nutritionist may write an order for a patient diet, including, but not limited to, a therapeutic diet for a patient in an institution, as defined in section 19a-490. The certified dietitian-nutritionist shall write such order in the patient's medical record. Any order conveyed under this section shall be acted upon by the institution's nurses and physician assistants with the same authority as if the order were received directly from a physician or an advanced practice registered nurse. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a physician or an advanced practice registered nurse from conveying a verbal order for a patient diet to a certified dietitian-nutritionist, which verbal order shall be reduced to writing and countersigned by a physician or advanced practice registered nurse not later than seventy-two hours after being conveyed, unless otherwise provided by state or federal law.
(P.A. 94-210, S. 16; P.A. 15-242, S. 54; P.A. 16-39, S. 28; 16-66, S. 25.)
History: P.A. 15-242 replaced provision re physician conveying order for diet with provision allowing dietitian-nutritionist to write order for patient diet, added provision requiring orders to be written in patient's medical record, replaced “twenty-four” with “seventy-two”, added provision re physicians not prohibited from conveying verbal orders for patient diet, and made technical and conforming changes; P.A. 16-39 added references to an advanced practice registered nurse; P.A. 16-66 added references to advanced practice registered nurse, deleted provision re order conveyed to be countersigned by physician and added provision re verbal order to be reduced to writing and countersigned by physician or advanced practice registered nurse.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 384b - Dietitian-Nutritionists › Section 20-206r. - Renewal of certificates.

Certificates issued under section 20-206n or 20-206o shall be renewed annually, subject to the provisions of section 19a-88, upon payment of a renewal fee of one hundred five dollars.
(P.A. 94-210, S. 17; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 221; P.A. 15-244, S. 128; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 474.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fee from $50 to $100; P.A. 15-244 increased renewal fee from $100 to $105, effective July 1, 2015; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 changed effective date of P.A. 15-244, S. 128, from July 1, 2015, to October 1, 2015, and applicable to the renewal of a license or certificate that expires on or after that date, effective June 30, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 384b - Dietitian-Nutritionists › Section 20-206s. - Denial of application. Disciplinary action. Grounds.

The department may deny an application of an individual or take any action set forth in section 19a-17 if the certificate holder fails to conform to the accepted standards of the dietitian-nutritionist profession, including, but not limited to, the following: Conviction of a felony, provided any action taken is based upon (1) the nature of the conviction and its relationship to the certificate holder's ability to safely or competently perform the duties or responsibilities associated with such certificate, (2) information pertaining to the degree of rehabilitation of the certificate holder, and (3) the time elapsed since the conviction or release; fraud or deceit in professional practice; illegal conduct; negligent, incompetent or wrongful conduct in professional activities; emotional disorder or mental illness; physical illness including, but not limited to, deterioration through the aging process; abuse or excessive use of drugs, including alcohol, narcotics or chemicals; wilful falsification of entries in any client or patient record; misrepresentation or concealment of a material fact in the obtaining or reinstatement of a dietitian-nutritionist certificate; or violation of any provision of sections 20-206m to 20-206t, inclusive.
(P.A. 94-210, S. 18; P.A. 22-88, S. 10.)
History: P.A. 22-88 added provision re application denial and added provisos re felony conviction.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 384b - Dietitian-Nutritionists › Section 20-206t. - Construction of chapter.

Nothing in sections 20-206m to 20-206s, inclusive, shall be construed as prohibiting the activities of: (1) A person who does not hold himself out to be a Connecticut certified dietitian-nutritionist, Connecticut certified dietitian or Connecticut certified nutritionist from engaging in dietetics or nutrition practice; (2) a person who does not hold himself out to be a Connecticut certified dietitian or Connecticut certified nutritionist from marketing or distributing food, food products or dietary supplements, from engaging in the explanation of the use, benefits or preparation of such products, from furnishing nutrition information related to any such products, or from the dissemination of information or literature related to any such products; (3) a person who does not hold himself out to be a Connecticut certified dietitian or Connecticut certified nutritionist from providing weight control services; (4) a person licensed or certified in this state under any other law from engaging in the profession or occupation for which such person is licensed or certified, provided such person does not hold himself out as being certified as a dietitian or nutritionist; (5) a person employed as a nutritionist by the government of the United States, or by the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children, if such person works solely under the direction and control of the organization by which such person is employed; (6) a student enrolled in an accredited academic program leading to certification, provided such student is clearly identified by a title which indicates his status as a student; or (7) a person registered as a diet technician by the Commission on Dietetic Registration under the supervision of a Connecticut certified dietitian-nutritionist in an institution as defined under section 19a-490.
(P.A. 94-210, S. 19.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 384c - Acupuncturists › Section 20-206aa. - Definitions.

As used in this section and sections 20-206bb and 20-206cc:
(1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Public Health.
(2) “Department” means the Department of Public Health.
(3) “The practice of acupuncture” means the system of restoring and maintaining health by the classical and modern Oriental medicine principles and methods of assessment, treatment and prevention of diseases, disorders and dysfunctions of the body, injury, pain and other conditions. “The practice of acupuncture” includes:
(A) Assessment of body function, development of a comprehensive treatment plan and evaluation of treatment outcomes according to acupuncture and Oriental medicine theory;
(B) Modulation and restoration of normal function in and between the body's energetic and organ systems and biochemical, metabolic and circulation functions using stimulation of selected points by inserting needles, including, trigger point, subcutaneous and dry needling, and other methods consistent with accepted standards within the acupuncture and Oriental medicine profession;
(C) Promotion and maintenance of normal function in the body's energetic and organ systems and biochemical, metabolic and circulation functions by recommendation of Oriental dietary principles, including, use of herbal and other supplements, exercise and other self-treatment techniques according to Oriental medicine theory; and
(D) Other practices that are consistent with the recognized standards of the acupuncture and Oriental medicine profession and accepted by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.
(4) “Recognized regional accrediting body” means one of the following regional accrediting bodies: New England Association of Schools and Colleges; Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools; North Central Association of Colleges and Schools; Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges; Southern Association of Colleges and Schools; and Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
(P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; 95-321, S. 1; P.A. 11-242, S. 53.)
History: P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health in 1995 public and special acts, effective July 1, 1995; (Revisor's note: In 1999 a reference in Subdiv. (4) to “North Central Association of College and Schools” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “North Central Association of Colleges and Schools”); P.A. 11-242 amended Subdiv. (3) by replacing definition of “acupuncture” with definition of “the practice of acupuncture”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 384c - Acupuncturists › Section 20-206cc. - Disciplinary actions.

The department may take any action set forth in section 19a-17 if a person issued a license pursuant to section 20-206bb fails to conform to the accepted standards of the acupuncturist profession, including, but not limited to, the following: Conviction of a felony; fraud or deceit in the practice of acupuncture; illegal conduct; negligent, incompetent or wrongful conduct in professional activities; emotional disorder or mental illness; physical illness including, but not limited to, deterioration through the aging process; abuse or excessive use of drugs, including alcohol, narcotics or chemicals; wilful falsification of entries into any patient record pertaining to acupuncture; misrepresentation or concealment of a material fact in the obtaining or reinstatement of an acupuncturist license; failure to maintain professional liability insurance or other indemnity against liability for professional malpractice as required under section 20-206bb; or violation of any provisions of subsection (c) of section 19a-14. The commissioner may order a license holder to submit to a reasonable physical or mental examination if his physical or mental capacity to practice safely is the subject of an investigation. The commissioner may petition the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford to enforce such order or any action taken pursuant to section 19a-17. Notice of any contemplated action under said section, the cause of the action and the date of a hearing on the action shall be given and an opportunity for hearing afforded in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.
(P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6; 95-321, S. 3; P.A. 15-242, S. 24.)
History: (Revisor's note: P.A. 88-230, 90-98, 93-142 and 95-220 authorized substitution of “judicial district of Hartford” for “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain”, effective September 1, 1998); P.A. 15-242 added provision re failure to maintain professional liability insurance or other indemnity against liability for professional malpractice.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 384d - Emergency Medical Services Personnel › Section 20-206kk. - Practice restricted to licensed persons. Exceptions. Title protection.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, no person shall practice paramedicine unless licensed as a paramedic pursuant to section 20-206ll or 20-206mm.
(b) No person shall use the title “paramedic”, “emergency medical responder”, “emergency medical technician”, “advanced emergency medical technician” or “emergency medical services instructor” or make use of any title, words, letters or abbreviations that may reasonably be confused with licensure as a paramedic or certification as an emergency medical responder, emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician, or emergency medical services instructor unless licensed or certified pursuant to section 20-206
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or 20-206mm.
(c) No license as a paramedic or certificate as an emergency medical responder, emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician or emergency medical services instructor shall be required of (1) a person performing services within the scope of practice for which he or she is licensed or certified by any agency of this state, or (2) a student, intern or trainee pursuing a course of study in emergency medical services in an accredited institution of education or within an emergency medical services program approved by the commissioner, provided the activities that would otherwise require a license or certificate as an emergency medical services personnel are performed under supervision and constitute a part of a supervised course of study.
(d) Paramedics who are currently licensed by a state that maintains licensing requirements equal to or higher than those in this state shall be eligible for licensure as a paramedic in this state.
(P.A. 97-311, S. 10; P.A. 10-117, S. 31; P.A. 15-223, S. 6; P.A. 19-118, S. 56.)
History: P.A. 10-117 added Subsec. (d) re licensure eligibility for paramedics currently licensed by another state with licensing requirements equal to or higher than those in this state; P.A. 15-223 amended Subsec. (a) by adding reference to Sec. 20-206mm, amended Subsec. (b) by adding references to emergency medical responder, emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician and emergency medical services instructor, certification and Sec. 20-206mm, and amended Subsec. (c) by making conforming changes; P.A. 19-118 amended Subsec. (c) by adding “or she” in Subdiv. (1) and replacing “provider” with “personnel” in Subdiv. (2), effective July 1, 2019.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 384d - Emergency Medical Services Personnel › Section 20-206ll. - Licensure and certification application. Renewal. Fees.

(a) The commissioner shall issue a license as a paramedic to any applicant who furnishes evidence satisfactory to the commissioner that the applicant has met the requirements of section 20-206mm. The commissioner shall develop and provide application forms. The application fee shall be one hundred fifty dollars. The license may be renewed annually pursuant to section 19a-88 for a fee of one hundred fifty-five dollars.
(b) The commissioner shall issue a certification as an emergency medical technician, emergency medical services instructor, emergency medical responder or advanced emergency medical technician to any applicant who furnishes evidence satisfactory to the commissioner that the applicant has met the requirements of section 20-206mm.
(P.A. 97-311, S. 11; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 223; P.A. 15-223, S. 7; 15-244, S. 130; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 474.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fees from $75 to $150; P.A. 15-223 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting reference to Sec. 19a-175, deleted existing Subsec. (b) designator and repositioned existing provision re license renewal to Subsec. (a), and added new Subsec. (b) re certification; P.A. 15-244 amended Subsec. (b) to increase renewal fee from $150 to $155, effective July 1, 2015; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 changed effective date of P.A. 15-244, S. 130, from July 1, 2015, to October 1, 2015, and applicable to the renewal of a license or certificate that expires on or after that date, effective June 30, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 384d - Emergency Medical Services Personnel › Section 20-206nn. - Disciplinary action. Grounds.

The Commissioner of Public Health may take any disciplinary action set forth in section 19a-17 against a paramedic, emergency medical technician, emergency medical responder, advanced emergency medical technician or emergency medical services instructor for any of the following reasons: (1) Failure to conform to the accepted standards of the profession; (2) conviction of a felony, in accordance with the provisions of section 46a-80; (3) fraud or deceit in obtaining or seeking reinstatement of a license to practice paramedicine or a certificate to practice as an emergency medical technician, emergency medical responder, advanced emergency medical technician or emergency medical services instructor; (4) fraud or deceit in the practice of paramedicine, the provision of emergency medical services or the provision of emergency medical services education; (5) negligent, incompetent or wrongful conduct in professional activities; (6) physical, mental or emotional illness or disorder resulting in an inability to conform to the accepted standards of the profession; (7) alcohol or substance abuse; or (8) wilful falsification of entries in any hospital, patient or other health record. The commissioner may take any such disciplinary action against emergency medical services personnel for violation of any provision of section 20-206mm or any regulations adopted pursuant to section 20-206oo. The commissioner may order a license or certificate holder to submit to a reasonable physical or mental examination if his or her physical or mental capacity to practice safely is the subject of an investigation. The commissioner may petition the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford to enforce such order or any action taken pursuant to section 19a-17. The commissioner shall give notice and an opportunity to be heard on any contemplated action under said section 19a-17.
(P.A. 88-230, S. 10, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6; P.A. 97-311, S. 14; P.A. 13-306, S. 1; P.A. 15-223, S. 9.)
History: (Revisor's note: P.A. 88-230, 90-98, 93-142 and 95-220 authorized substitution of “judicial district of Hartford” for judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” in 1997 public and special acts, effective September 1, 1998); P.A. 13-306 added provisions re emergency medical technician, emergency medical responder, advanced emergency medical technician and emergency medical services instructor, added reference to provisions of Sec. 46a-80 in Subdiv. (2), deleted Subdiv. (9) designator, and made technical and conforming changes; P.A. 15-223 replaced “a paramedic” with “emergency medical services personnel” and “20-206jj” with “20-206mm”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 384d - Emergency Medical Services Personnel › Section 20-206oo. - Regulations.

(a) The Commissioner of Public Health may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to carry out the provisions of subdivision (24) of subsection (c) of section 19a-14, subsection (e) of section 19a-88, subsection (b) of section 20-9, subsection (d) of section 20-195c, and sections 20-206jj to 20-206nn, inclusive.
(b) The commissioner may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to (1) provide for state-wide standardization of certification for each class of emergency medical services personnel, including, but not limited to, (A) emergency medical technicians, (B) emergency medical services instructors, (C) emergency medical responders, and (D) advanced emergency medical technicians, (2) allow course work for such certification to be taken state-wide, and (3) allow persons so certified to perform work within their scope of certification state-wide. Such regulations shall include methods and conditions for the issuance, renewal and reinstatement of certification or recertification of emergency medical technicians, emergency medical services instructors, emergency medical responders and advanced emergency medical technicians.
(P.A. 97-311, S. 13; P.A. 14-231, S. 21; P.A. 15-223, S. 10; P.A. 19-117, S. 172.)
History: P.A. 14-231 replaced reference to Sec. 19a-14(c)(18) with reference to Sec. 19a-14(c)(24); P.A. 15-223 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same to delete “subdivision (15) of section 19a-175”, and added Subsec. (b) re adoption of regulations for state-wide standardization of certification and state-wide course work and performance of work; P.A. 19-117 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing reference to Sec. 20-195c(c) with reference to Sec. 20-195c(d), deleting reference to Secs. 20-195aa to 20-195ff and replacing reference to Sec. 20-206oo with reference to Sec. 20-206nn.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 385 - Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Section 20-208. - Examining board.

(a) The board shall consist of five members, who shall be residents of the state, three of whom shall be practical arterial embalmers, shall be actively engaged in the practice of embalming at the time of their respective appointments and shall be licensed embalmers as hereinafter provided; and two of whom shall be public members. The Governor shall appoint the members of said board in accordance with the provisions of section 4-9a. Any vacancy in said board shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired portion of the term. No member of said board shall be an elected or appointed officer of any professional association of embalmers or funeral directors or have been such an officer during the year immediately preceding his appointment. The Governor shall appoint a chairperson from among such members. No member shall serve for more than two full consecutive terms commencing after July 1, 1980. Members shall not be compensated for their services.
(b) Said board shall meet at least once during each calendar quarter and at such other times as the chairman deems necessary. Special meetings shall be held on the request of a majority of the board after notice in accordance with the provisions of section 1-225. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum. Any member who fails to attend three consecutive meetings or who fails to attend fifty per cent of all meetings held during any calendar year shall be deemed to have resigned from office. Minutes of all meetings shall be recorded by the board. No member shall participate in the affairs of the board during the pendency of any disciplinary proceedings by the board against such member.
(1949 Rev., S. 4525; 1951, S. 2247d; P.A. 77-614, S. 431, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 83, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 47, 71; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-12, S. 25, 55; P.A. 98-143, S. 14, 24.)
History: P.A. 77-614 revised membership of board, substituting two public members for two practical arterial embalmers and deleted provision for July first as appointment date and five-year terms, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-484 specified that appointments to be made in accordance with Sec. 4-9a, deleted provision requiring professional members to have five years' experience in state, prohibited membership of persons who have held office in professional association within one year of appointment, limited terms served to two, provided for reimbursement for expenses and added Subsec. (b) re meetings, members' attendance, etc.; P.A. 81-471 changed “elected official” to “elected or appointed officer” as of July 1, 1981; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-12 eliminated expense reimbursement for board members; P.A. 98-143 added quorum provision in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 1998.
See Sec. 4-9a for definition of “public member”.
See Secs. 19a-8 to 19a-12, inclusive, re powers and duties of boards and commissions within Department of Public Health.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 385 - Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Section 20-209. - Powers and duties. Oath.

Section 20-209 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4526; 1951, June, 1955, S. 2248d; P.A. 77-614, S. 432, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 175, 176.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 385 - Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Section 20-209a. - Duties of board.

The Board of Examiners of Embalmers and Funeral Directors shall (1) hear and decide matters concerning suspension or revocation of licensure, (2) adjudicate complaints filed against practitioners licensed under this chapter and (3) impose sanctions where appropriate.
(P.A. 80-484, S. 84, 176.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 385 - Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Section 20-210. - Compensation of members; secretary.

Section 20-210 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4527; 1951, June, 1955, S. 2249d; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 60.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 385 - Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Section 20-211. - Regulations.

The Commissioner of Public Health, with advice and assistance from the board, shall from time to time adopt regulations for the purpose of carrying out the board's duties.
(1949 Rev., S. 4528; 1951, S. 2250d; P.A. 77-614, S. 433, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 85, 176; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 77-614 removed distinction between regulatory powers divided between board and health department, transferring all regulatory powers to department of health services, successor agency to department of health, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-484 deleted regulation power re advertisements, deleted provision requiring at least one meeting a year and deleted provision for three-member quorum; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 385 - Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Section 20-211a. - Reciprocal agreements waiving apprenticeships.

The Connecticut Board of Examiners of Embalmers and Funeral Directors may, upon the affirmative vote of a majority of its members, enter into an agreement with the corresponding licensing authority of any other state competent to enter into such agreement which agreement shall be in substantially the following form: “We, the undersigned representatives of the various states, by and through their respective licensing authorities, hereby jointly agree that a person duly registered and licensed as a funeral director or embalmer in either one of the several states may be licensed as a funeral director or embalmer in the other state upon payment of the appropriate license fee without the necessity of completing an apprenticeship period.”
(P.A. 73-511.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 385 - Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Section 20-214. - Examination questions.

Examinations for the purpose of examining applicants for licenses as embalmers shall be upon the questions prescribed by the Commissioner of Public Health with the advice and consent of the board.
(1949 Rev., S. 4531; 1951, S. 2253d; February, 1965, P.A. 574, S. 29; P.A. 77-614, S. 435, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 87, 176; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: 1965 act substituted reference to Sec. 4-40a for obsolete reference to repealed section; P.A. 77-614 deleted references to examiner appointed by health department (succeeded by health services department) to act with board in conducting examinations and specified that questions to be prescribed by board with consent of health services commissioner rather than by department choosing from list of questions submitted by board, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-484 specified that questions are prescribed by health services commissioner, rather than board, but retained board in advisory capacity; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 385 - Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Section 20-215. - Affidavit re preparation or embalming of body.

No licensed embalmer shall sign an affidavit attesting the preparation or embalming of any body unless such body has been prepared or embalmed by such licensed embalmer, or by a registered apprentice embalmer under such licensed embalmer's personal supervision.
(1949 Rev., S. 4535; 1951, S. 2254d; P.A. 04-255, S. 25; P.A. 21-121, S. 15.)
History: P.A. 04-255 changed “certificate” to “affidavit”; P.A. 21-121 replaced references to registered student embalmer with references to registered apprentice embalmer and made technical changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 385 - Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Section 20-216. - Medical examiner's permission for embalming.

No person shall inject any fluid or substance into the body of any person whose death is subject to investigation by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner until permission has been obtained from the Chief Medical Examiner, Deputy Chief Medical Examiner, an associate medical examiner or an authorized assistant medical examiner.
(1949 Rev., S. 4536; 1951, S. 2255d; 1969, P.A. 699, S. 29; 1971, P.A. 412, S. 11; P.A. 79-47, S. 17.)
History: 1969 act prohibited injections into body of person “whose death is subject to investigation by the office of medicolegal investigations”, replacing reference to person “who has come to a sudden, violent or untimely death or ... found dead the manner of whose death is not known” and replaced reference to town medical examiner with reference to chief, deputy or authorized assistant medical examiner; 1971 act deleted reference to permission of county coroner and replaced office of medicolegal investigations with office of the medical examiner; P.A. 79-47 changed office title to office of the chief medical examiner, replaced deputy medical examiner with deputy chief medical examiner and added associate medical examiner.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 385 - Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Section 20-218. - Display of licenses.

Each license shall be signed by the Commissioner of Public Health or his designee, and shall specify the name of the person to whom issued. Each license shall be nonassignable and nontransferable and shall be displayed by the holder thereof in a conspicuous place in his office or place of business.
(1949 Rev., S. 4533; 1951, S. 2257d; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 89, 176; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of health with commissioner of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-484 required that license be signed by health services commissioner or his designee reflecting transfer of licensing power from board and deleted obsolete provision requiring that board notify department of name and address of persons it grants licenses; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 385 - Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Section 20-219. - Renewal.

Section 20-219 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4543; 1951, S. 2258d; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 63; 1967, P.A. 835, S. 8.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 385 - Embalmers and Funeral Directors › Section 20-220. - Requirements for engaging in funeral directing business. Exemption.

Except as provided in section 20-223, no person shall carry on or engage in the business of funeral directing, or hold himself out to the public as a funeral director, unless he is licensed by the Department of Public Health as a funeral director and unless he owns his business of funeral directing or is an employee or member of a firm, partnership or corporation operating a funeral directing business at an established place of business, for which place of business there has been issued a certificate of inspection by said department as provided in section 20-222. Facilities that accept bodies for anatomical purposes pursuant to section 19a-270 are exempt from this section.
(1949 Rev., S. 4545; 1951, S. 2259d; P.A. 80-484, S. 90, 176; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 05-272, S. 33.)
History: P.A. 80-484 replaced “board”, i.e. board of examiners of embalmers and funeral directors, with references to department of health services; 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. 05-272 exempted facilities that accept bodies for anatomical purposes pursuant to Sec. 19a-270, effective July 13, 2005.