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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 378a - Nurse's Aides › Section 20-102ee. - Nurse's aides: Regulations; training requirements.

(a) The Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, concerning the regulation of nurse's aides. Such regulations shall require a training program for nurse's aides of not less than one hundred hours. Not less than seventy-five of such hours shall include, but not be limited to, basic nursing skills, personal care skills, care of cognitively impaired residents, recognition of mental health and social service needs, basic restorative services and residents' rights. Not less than twenty-five of such hours shall include, but not be limited to, specialized training in understanding and responding to challenging behaviors related to physical, psychiatric, psychosocial and cognitive disorders. On and after January 1, 2022, not less than two of such hours shall include (1) screening for post-traumatic stress disorder, risk of suicide, depression and grief, and (2) suicide prevention training offered or approved by the American Nurses Association, Connecticut Hospital Association, Connecticut Nurses Association or Connecticut League for Nursing, a specialty nursing society or equivalent organization in another jurisdiction, a hospital or other health care institution, a regionally accredited academic institution, or a state or local health department. The requirement described in subdivision (2) of this section may be satisfied by the completion of the evidence-based youth suicide prevention training program administered pursuant to section 17a-52a.
(b) Notwithstanding any change in training requirements the commissioner may establish, a person enrolled in a program prior to October 1, 2000, may complete such program in accordance with the requirements as they existed at the time of enrollment.
(P.A. 93-121, S. 6, 8; 93-381, S. 9, 39; 93-435, S. 59, 95; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 00-59; P.A. 21-46, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 93-121 effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 93-381 and P.A. 93-435 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of public health and addiction services for commissioner and department of health 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. 00-59 designated existing language as Subsec. (a), adding provisions therein re training requirements, and added Subsec. (b) re completion of training program in accordance with existing requirements; P.A. 21-46 amended Subsec. (a) by adding requirement re screening for post-traumatic stress disorder, risk of suicide, depression and grief as Subdiv. (1) and suicide prevention training as Subdiv. (2), and adding provision re completion of program administered pursuant to Sec. 17a-52a, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 378a - Nurse's Aides › Section 20-102ff. - Nurse's aides: Not permitted to perform licensed activity.

Nothing in subsection (c) of section 19a-14 or sections 20-102aa to 20-102ff, inclusive, shall authorize any person to engage in any activity for which a license is required pursuant to chapter 378.
(P.A. 93-121, S. 7, 8.)
History: P.A. 93-121 effective June 14, 1993.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 379 - Dentistry › Section 20-103. - Dental commissioners.

Section 20-103 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4439; P.A. 77-169, S. 1, 3; 77-614, S. 395, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 119, 136.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 379 - Dentistry › Section 20-104 and 20-105. - Qualifications and duties; regulations. Compensation; counsel.

Sections 20-104 and 20-105 are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4440, 4441; 1953, S. 2229d; 1957, P.A. 253, S. 1; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 13; 1959, P.A. 91; 616, S. 30, 31, 78; February, 1965, P.A. 160; 1967, P.A. 766; P.A. 77-169, S. 2, 3; 77-614, S. 396, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 119, 136.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 379 - Dentistry › Section 20-106. - License.

No person shall engage in the practice of dentistry or dental medicine unless such person has first obtained a license from the Department of Public Health.
(1949 Rev., S. 4446; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 32; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 149, 176; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: 1959 act required registration with state department of health; P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-484 required that license be obtained from department rather than commissioners and deleted reference to registration with department; 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.
Prohibition against practicing without license penal in its nature; “practicing” construed. 83 C. 300; 109 C. 74. Hospital which employed unlicensed dental assistant in violation of statute found guilty of corporate negligence; principles governing malpractice are determinative. 133 C. 64. Cited. 141 C. 288; 149 C. 262.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 379 - Dentistry › Section 20-106a. - Designation of limited practice.

No licensed and registered dentist shall designate in any manner that he has limited his practice to one of the specialty areas of dentistry expressly approved by the American Dental Association unless such dentist has completed two years of advanced or postgraduate education in the area of such specialty and has notified the Dental Commission of such limitation of practice. Nothing contained herein shall prohibit any licensed and registered dentist who has limited his practice prior to May 8, 1975, from continuing to designate such limitation.
(P.A. 75-75, S. 1, 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 379 - Dentistry › Section 20-109. - Fee for examination.

Upon the payment of a fee of five hundred sixty-five dollars by an applicant, the Department of Public Health, under the supervision of the dental commissioners shall examine applicants. All examinations shall be given at least once per year and at other times prescribed by the department. The department shall grant licenses to such applicants as are qualified.
(1949 Rev., S. 4454; 1957, P.A. 181; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 33; 1963, P.A. 257; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 53; P.A. 77-614, S. 398, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 150, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 28, 71; P.A. 89-251, S. 87, 203; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 200.)
History: 1959 act increased fee from $35 to $50, deleted provisions for reexamination, updated statute, eliminating provisions for duties of recorder re fees and required payments of moneys collected by dental commissioners to general fund; 1963 act added requirement for $100 fee for nonresidents and provided that meetings be held in June and November; 1971 act removed fee differential for residents and nonresidents, raising fee for all applicants to $150; P.A. 77-614 made department of health services, rather than dental commissioners, responsible for examinations, retaining commissioners in supervisory role and retaining their power to grant licenses, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-484 transferred licensing power to health services department and deleted provision re payment of moneys collected to general fund; P.A. 81-471 deleted requirement that examinations be held in June and November and substituted requirement that exams be held at least once per year and at other times prescribed by the department; P.A. 89-251 increased fee from $150 to $450; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fee from $450 to $565.
See Sec. 4-32 re state revenue accounting system.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 379 - Dentistry › Section 20-111 to 20-111c and 20-112. - Dental hygienists; definitions; scope of practice; continuing education. Application for license; requirements; fee. Examination of applicants. Licensure without examination; fee. Unlicensed registered assistants.

Sections 20-111 to 20-111c, inclusive, and 20-112 are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4455, 4456; 1957, P.A. 236; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 35, 36; 1963, P.A. 220; 642, S. 23; 1967, P.A. 240; 1969, P.A. 248; 1971, P.A. 15; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 55; 1972, P.A. 223, S. 5; June, 1972, P.A. 1, S. 10; P.A. 73-399, S. 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 399, 610; P.A. 79-86; P.A. 80-484, S. 151, 174, 176; P.A. 85-178; P.A. 86-148; P.A. 87-139, S. 1; P.A. 89-251, S. 89, 203; P.A. 92-35, S. 1–4; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; 93-435, S. 7, 8, 95; P.A. 94-149, S. 25.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 379 - Dentistry › Section 20-113. - Display of license.

The license for the current year shall be displayed conspicuously in the office, place of business or place of employment of each licensee. Each licensed dentist shall forthwith notify the department of any change of address or employment subsequent to his licensure. Any association of dentists which has registered with the Secretary of the State as required under section 34-82 shall also register annually as an association with the secretary of the Dental Commission.
(1949 Rev., S. 4442; 1955, S. 2230d; 1959, P.A. 94; 616, S. 37; 1963, P.A. 642, S. 24; 1969, P.A. 111; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 56; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 152, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 29, 71; P.A. 94-149, S. 17.)
History: 1959 acts deleted obsolete provisions re recorder, added requirement for registering according to Sec. 19-45, provided that payment for restoring license be made to the commission rather than the commissioners, deleted provisions re nonresident Connecticut licensed dentists, unlicensed assistant dentists and licensed dental hygienists who fail to register, allowed commission to require that licensed dentist pass practical examination if he fails to register for two successive years and required that commission secretary be notified when dentist or hygienist changes address or employment; 1963 act deleted obsolete provisions re registration of unlicensed assistant dentists; 1969 act required that association of dentists register with secretary of dental commission as well as with secretary of state; 1971 act raised fee for restoration of license from $25 to $50; P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-484 replaced certificates of registration with licenses, deleted provisions re failure of dentist or hygienist to register, suspension and restoration of licenses for failure to register, etc. and required notification of department rather than of secretary of dental commission when address or employment changed; P.A. 81-471 changed “registration” to “licensure”; P.A. 94-149 deleted reference to dental hygienist.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 379 - Dentistry › Section 20-113a. - Renewal of licenses.

Licenses issued under this chapter shall be renewed annually in accordance with the provisions of section 19a-88.
(P.A. 80-484, S. 42, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 30, 71.)
History: P.A. 81-471 deleted reference to certificates.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 379 - Dentistry › Section 20-113b. - Renewal of license by person who practices dentistry for no fee.

Any person who practices dentistry for no fee, for at least one hundred hours per year at a public health facility, as defined in section 20-126l, and does not otherwise engage in the practice of dentistry, shall be eligible to renew a license, as provided in subsection (a) of section 19a-88, without payment of the professional services fee specified in said subsection (a).
(P.A. 03-124, S. 1; P.A. 05-213, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 05-213 eliminated $100-dollar license renewal fee and provided exemption re professional services fee specified in Sec. 19a-88(a) for dentist who provides at least 100 hours per year of free care at public health facility.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 379 - Dentistry › Section 20-115 to 20-117. - Complaints against dentists or dental hygienists. Grievance committee. Restoration of licenses.

Sections 20-115 to 20-117, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4451, 4452; 1953, S. 2234d; 1957, P.A. 182, S. 1; 192, S. 1; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 39, 40; 1963, P.A. 642, S. 26; 1967, P.A. 239; P.A. 77-614, S. 401, 402, 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 379 - Dentistry › Section 20-118. - Dentist removing from state.

Any licensed dentist changing his residence or place of business to another state shall, upon application to the dental commissioners, receive a certificate which shall state that he is a licensed dentist in this state; and such certificate shall be given without payment of any fee.
(1949 Rev., S. 4457; P.A. 94-149, S. 18.)
History: P.A. 94-149 deleted references to dental hygienists.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 379 - Dentistry › Section 20-119. - Employer to file list of dentists and hygienists with commission.

Section 20-119 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4443; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 41; 1963, P.A. 642, S. 27; P.A. 92-35, S. 10.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 379 - Dentistry › Section 20-120. - Practice of dentistry in clinics, schools of dentistry and state institutions.

(a) Any graduate of a recognized dental college may practice dentistry in a clinic for a period not exceeding six months, provided he shall obtain the written consent and approval of the Dental Commission.
(b) A full-time faculty member of a school of dentistry in this state who is licensed in another state or who has exceptional qualifications as approved by the Dental Commission may be granted a provisional license upon consent and approval of the Dental Commission which provisional license shall be in effect during such time as the licensee is in the full-time employment of a school of dentistry within the state. Such provisional license shall limit the licensee to the practice of dentistry in the school of dentistry of which he is a member of the faculty or in any hospital affiliated with such school.
(c) Any graduate of a foreign dental school, who has exceptional qualifications, as approved by the Dental Commission, may practice dentistry in any state institution.
(1949 Rev., S. 4461; 1969, P.A. 316, S. 1; P.A. 73-105.)
History: 1969 act added provisions re provisional licenses; P.A. 73-105 divided section into Subsecs., allowed granting provisional license to faculty member “who has exceptional qualifications as approved by the dental commission” and added Subsec. (c) allowing graduates of foreign dental schools to practice in state institutions.
Cited. 133 C. 63.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 379 - Dentistry › Section 20-121. - Operation of dental offices.

Section 20-121 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4459; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 42; 1963, P.A. 642, S. 28; P.A. 74-92; 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 379 - Dentistry › Section 20-122a. - Work authorization for unlicensed person.

No dentist shall use the services of any person not licensed to practice dentistry in this state, or the services of any partnership, corporation or association, to construct, alter, repair or duplicate any denture, plate, bridge, splint or orthodontic or prosthetic appliance, without first furnishing such unlicensed person, partnership, corporation or association with a written work authorization on forms prescribed by the Dental Commission, and no unlicensed person, partnership, association or corporation shall perform any of such services for a dentist without first obtaining such written work authorization. Such authorization, which shall be retained by the unlicensed person, partnership, corporation or association to whom it is issued, and a copy thereof, which shall be retained by the issuing dentist, shall be subject to inspection by the Department of Public Health or its authorized agents for a period of one year from its issuance.
(1963, P.A. 450, S. 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 403, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 77-614 transferred inspection power from dental commission to department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 379 - Dentistry › Section 20-122b. - Subwork authorization. Failure of dentist to provide written authorization.

(a) If upon receiving such written authorization an unlicensed person, partnership, corporation or association, hereinafter referred to as “contractor”, engages another person, partnership, corporation or association, hereinafter referred to as “subcontractor”, to perform some of the services relative to such work authorization, such contractor shall furnish to such subcontractor a written subwork authorization with respect thereto on forms prescribed by the Dental Commission. Such subwork authorization, which shall be retained by the subcontractor, and a duplicate thereof, which shall be attached to the work authorization and retained by the contractor, shall be subject to inspection by the Department of Public Health or its authorized agents for a period of one year from its issuance.
(b) When any unlicensed person, partnership, association or corporation performs for a dentist any service listed in section 20-122a and demands that such dentist furnish him with a written work authorization which such dentist fails or refuses to furnish, such unlicensed person, partnership, association or corporation shall be deemed to have complied with the provisions of this section and said section 20-122a.
(1963, P.A. 450, S. 3, 4; P.A. 77-614, S. 404, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 77-614 transferred dental commission's inspection power to department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 379 - Dentistry › Section 20-122c. - Inspection of authorization files by Department of Public Health.

The Department of Public Health or its authorized agent may inspect the written authorization files of any licensed dentist or unlicensed person, partnership, organization or association to determine its compliance with section 20-122a. Any licensed dentist or unlicensed person, partnership, organization or association which violates any provision of said section 20-122a, or refuses to allow the Department of Public Health or its authorized agents to inspect the work authorization or prosthetic dentures, bridges, orthodontic or other appliances or structures to be used as substitutes for or as a part of natural teeth or jaws or associated structures for the correction of malocclusions or deformities in its possession shall be subject to such penalties as are provided in section 20-126.
(February, 1965, P.A. 115; P.A. 77-614, S. 405, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 77-614 transferred dental commission's inspection power to department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 379 - Dentistry › Section 20-123c. - Point-of-service test for HbA1c percentage.

(a) As used in this section:
(1) “Point-of-service test” means diagnostic testing performed at the site where patients will receive care or treatment; and
(2) “HbA1c percentage” means the proportion of hemoglobin to which glucose is attached and measures the average circulating blood glucose level over the previous two to three-month period.
(b) A dentist licensed under this chapter may, during an office visit or prior to a procedure and with a patient's consent, administer an in-office point-of-service test to the patient to measure the patient's HbA1c percentage utilizing a finger-stick measurement tool if such patient is at an increased risk of diabetes and does not have a previous diagnosis of diabetes. A dentist who does not administer such test pursuant to this section shall not be deemed to have violated the standard of care for a dentist. The Commissioner of Public Health may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to carry out the provisions of this section.
(P.A. 19-72, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 19-72 effective July 1, 2019.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 379 - Dentistry › Section 20-124. - False representations.

No person shall falsely claim to hold a certificate of registration, license, diploma or degree granted by a society, school or by the Board of Dental Commissioners, or, with intent to deceive the public, pretend to be a graduate of any dental college or college, or append the letters “D.D.S.” or “D.M.D.” or “M.D.S.” to his name, without having the degree indicated by such letters conferred upon him by diploma from a college, a school or a board of examiners empowered to confer the same.
(1949 Rev., S. 4460; P.A. 92-35, S. 9; P.A. 94-149, S. 19.)
History: P.A. 92-35 added reference to “school”, “dental hygiene program or college” and “R.D.H.”; P.A. 94-149 deleted references to dental hygienists.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 379 - Dentistry › Section 20-124a. - Dental referral services: Disclosure of acceptance of fee for referral required.

It shall be an unfair or deceptive trade practice, in violation of chapter 735a, for any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation or agent or employee thereof that engages in for profit, any business or service that in whole or in part includes the referral or recommendation of persons to a licensed dentist or dental practice for any form of dental care or treatment, to fail to disclose to a prospective patient, at the time the prospective patient makes initial contact by any means including advertising with the for-profit business or service, that the licensed dentist has paid a fee for such referral.
(P.A. 93-276; 93-435, S. 61, 95.)
History: P.A. 93-435 corrected chapter citation, effective June 28, 1993.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 379 - Dentistry › Section 20-125. - Appeal.

Any licensee aggrieved by a final decision of the Dental Commission suspending or revoking any license under the provisions of this chapter may appeal therefrom as provided in section 4-183. Appeals brought under this section shall be privileged with respect to the order of trial assignment.
(1949 Rev., S. 4453; 1957, P.A. 398; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 43; 1971, P.A. 179, S. 10; 870, S. 113; P.A. 76-436, S. 421, 681; P.A. 77-603, S. 63, 125; 77-614, S. 406, 587, 610; P.A. 78-280, S. 36, 127; 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 96-47, S. 6.)
History: 1959 act deleted references to certificate of registration; 1971 acts required that petition be brought between 12 and 30 days after service rather than on next or “next but one” return day and, effective September 1, 1971, except that courts with cases pending retain jurisdiction unless pending matters deemed transferable, replaced superior court with court of common pleas; P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with superior court and added reference to judicial districts, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-603 replaced detailed provisions re petitions for restoration of license with statement that appeals be made in accordance with Sec. 4-183, retaining privileged status of appeals; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 deleted provision granting appeals privileged status, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-280 restored provision granting appeals privileged status; P.A. 96-47 changed reference to being aggrieved by “the action” to “a final decision” of the Dental Commission.
Cited. 179 C. 415.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 379 - Dentistry › Section 20-126. - Penalties.

Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a class D felony. Any person who continues to practice dentistry, dental medicine or dental surgery, after his license, certificate, registration or authority to so do has been suspended or revoked and while such disability continues, shall be guilty of a class D felony. For the purposes of this section, each instance of patient contact or consultation which is in violation of any provision of this section shall constitute a separate offense. Failure to renew a license in a timely manner shall not constitute a violation for the purposes of this section.
(1949 Rev., S. 4462; 1951, S. 2235d; 1967, P.A. 128; P.A. 76-436, S. 422, 681; P.A. 77-614, S. 407, 610; P.A. 84-526, S. 9; P.A. 94-149, S. 20; P.A. 13-258, S. 77.)
History: 1967 act added “for a first offense” and “for a second or subsequent offense” to first sentence, increased fine to not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 for first, second or subsequent offenses plus term of imprisonment of not less than 30 days nor more than one year for second or subsequent offense; P.A. 76-436 deleted provision allowing application for injunction to court of common pleas and added reference to judicial districts, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-614 deleted provisions re applications for injunctions, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 84-526 amended section by changing penalty for violation of any provision of chapter to a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment of not more than five years, and added provisions that each instance of patient contact or consultation shall constitute a separate offense and failure to renew license in timely manner is not a violation for purposes of section; P.A. 94-149 deleted references to dental hygienists; P.A. 13-258 amended penalty for violation of chapter or continued practice without authority from fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment of not more than 5 years to a class D felony and made technical changes.
Such part of Sec. 20-123 as deals with making and repairing prosthetic dentures is not unreasonable or arbitrary exercise of police power and is constitutional; such part as deals with advertising is unconstitutional. 141 C. 288. Cited. 159 C. 363.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 379 - Dentistry › Section 20-126a. - Payment for dental care of patients in chronic and convalescent hospitals and convalescent homes.

Payment for dental care rendered to patients in chronic and convalescent hospitals or convalescent homes shall be made directly to the dentist rendering or directing such care. The Commissioner of Social Services shall not be required to recognize the cost of employing or contracting with a dentist in the rates established for convalescent homes pursuant to section 17b-340.
(P.A. 73-206, S. 2; P.A. 87-139, S. 3; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 94-149, S. 21.)
History: P.A. 87-139 applied provisions to convalescent homes, authorized payment directly to dental hygienists and added provision re recognition of cost by the department of income maintenance when establishing rates; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-149 deleted references to dental hygienists.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 379 - Dentistry › Section 20-126b. (Formerly Sec. 20-126v). - Permit for advanced dental education.

No person shall participate in an advanced dental education program unless he has received a permit issued by the Department of Public Health. The permit shall be issued solely for purposes of participation in an advanced dental education program conducted by a dental or medical school or by a hospital operated by the federal government or licensed pursuant to subsection (a) of section 19a-491. No person shall receive a permit until a statement has been filed with the department on his behalf by the program administration certifying that he is to be enrolled in the program and that he has received the degree of doctor of dental medicine or doctor of dental surgery or its equivalent.
(P.A. 94-149, S. 23; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
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; Sec. 20-126v transferred to Sec. 20-126b in 1997.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 379 - Dentistry › Section 20-126e. - Placement of identifying marks on a dental prosthesis. Responsibilities of dentist.

Each dentist licensed in this state, who either makes or directs to be made a removable prosthetic denture, bridge, appliance or other structure to be worn in a person's mouth, shall offer to the patient for whom the prosthesis is to be made the opportunity to have such prosthesis marked with the patient's name or initials. Such markings shall be accomplished at the time the prosthesis is made and the location and methods used to apply or implant such markings shall be determined by the dentist or person directed to act on behalf of the dentist. Such marking shall be permanent, legible and cosmetically acceptable. A dentist shall advise the patient of any additional charges that may be incurred to obtain such markings on the prosthesis. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, if in the professional judgment of the dentist or the entity that is making the prosthesis, such markings are not practicable or clinically safe, the identifying marks may be omitted entirely.
(P.A. 08-24, S. 1; P.A. 09-11, S. 8; P.A. 10-18, S. 22.)
History: P.A. 09-11 made a technical change; P.A. 10-18 made a technical change.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 379a - Dental Hygienists › Section 20-126h. - License.

No person shall engage in the practice of dental hygiene unless he has obtained a dental or dental hygiene license issued by the Department of Public Health.
(P.A. 94-149, S. 1; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 379a - Dental Hygienists › Section 20-126i. - Application for license. Application from foreign dental school graduate.

(a) Each application for a license to practice dental hygiene shall be in writing and signed by the applicant and accompanied by satisfactory proof that such person has received a diploma or certificate of graduation from a dental hygiene program with a minimum of two academic years of curriculum provided in a college or institution of higher education the program of which is accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation or such other national professional accrediting body as may be recognized by the United States Department of Education, and a fee of one hundred fifty dollars.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, each application for a license to practice dental hygiene from an applicant who holds a diploma from a foreign dental school shall be in writing and signed by the applicant and accompanied by satisfactory proof that such person has (1) graduated from a dental school located outside the United States and received the degree of doctor of dental medicine or surgery, or its equivalent; (2) passed the written and practical examinations required in section 20-126j; and (3) enrolled in a dental hygiene program in this state that is accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation or its successor organization and successfully completed not less than one year of clinical training in a community health center affiliated with and under the supervision of such dental hygiene program.
(P.A. 94-149, S. 2; P.A. 05-213, S. 10; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 203.)
History: P.A. 05-213 designated existing language as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) specifying requirements for graduates of foreign dental schools seeking licensure as a dental hygienist; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 amended Subsec. (a) to increase fee from $75 to $150.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 379a - Dental Hygienists › Section 20-126j. - Examination of applicants.

Except as provided in section 20-126k, each applicant for a license to practice dental hygiene shall be examined through written and practical examinations by the Department of Public Health, as to his professional knowledge and skill before such license is granted. All examinations shall be given at least once per year and at other times prescribed by the department. Such examination shall be conducted in the English language. The Commissioner of Public Health may accept and approve, in lieu of the written examination required in this section, the results of a written examination given by the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations or comparable national examinations subject to such conditions as said commissioner may prescribe; and said commissioner may accept and approve, in lieu of the practical examination required in this section, the results of practical examinations given by regional testing agencies subject to such conditions as the Department of Public Health may prescribe. Passing scores shall be prescribed by the Department of Public Health. Said department shall grant licenses to such applicants as are qualified.
(P.A. 94-149, S. 3; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 379a - Dental Hygienists › Section 20-126k. - Licensure without examination.

The Department of Public Health may, without examination, issue a license to any dental hygienist who has provided evidence of professional education not less than that required in this state and who is licensed in some other state or territory, if such other state or territory has requirements of admission determined by the department to be similar to or higher than the requirements of this state, upon certification from the board of examiners or like board of the state or territory in which such dental hygienist was a practitioner certifying to his competency and upon payment of a fee of one hundred fifty dollars to said department. No license 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. 94-149, S. 4; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 204.)
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; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fee from $75 to $150.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 379a - Dental Hygienists › Section 20-126m. - Display of license.

The license for the current year shall be displayed conspicuously in the office, place of business or place of employment of each licensee. Each licensed dental hygienist shall forthwith notify the department of any change of address or employment subsequent to his licensure.
(P.A. 94-149, S. 6.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 379a - Dental Hygienists › Section 20-126n. - License renewal.

Licenses issued under sections 20-126h to 20-126w, inclusive, shall be renewed annually in accordance with the provisions of section 19a-88.
(P.A. 94-149, S. 7.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 379a - Dental Hygienists › Section 20-126p. - Change of residence out of state.

Any licensed dental hygienist changing his residence or place of business to another state shall, upon application to the Department of Public Health, receive a certificate which shall state that he is a licensed dental hygienist and such certificate shall be given without payment of any fee.
(P.A. 94-149, S. 9; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 379a - Dental Hygienists › Section 20-126q. - False representations.

No person shall falsely claim to hold a certificate of registration, license, diploma or degree granted by a society, school or by the Department of Public Health, or, with intent to deceive the public, pretend to be a graduate of any dental hygiene program or college, or append the letters “R.D.H.” to his name, without having the degree indicated by such letters conferred upon him by diploma from a college, a school, a board of examiners, or other agency empowered to confer the same.
(P.A. 94-149, S. 10; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 379a - Dental Hygienists › Section 20-126r. - Appeal.

Any licensee aggrieved by a final decision of the Department of Public Health in suspending or revoking any license under the provisions of sections 20-126h to 20-126w, inclusive, may appeal therefrom as provided in section 4-183. Appeals brought under this section shall be privileged with respect to the order of trial assignment.
(P.A. 94-149, S. 11; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 96-47, S. 7.)
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. 96-47 changed reference to being aggrieved by “the action” to “a final decision” of the Department of Public Health.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 379a - Dental Hygienists › Section 20-126s. - Payment for dental hygiene care of patients in chronic and convalescent hospitals and convalescent homes.

Payment for dental hygiene care rendered to patients in chronic and convalescent hospitals or convalescent homes shall be made directly to the dental hygienist rendering such care. The Commissioner of Social Services shall not be required to recognize the cost of employing or contracting with a dental hygienist in the rates established for convalescent homes pursuant to section 17b-340.
(P.A. 94-149, S. 12.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 379a - Dental Hygienists › Section 20-126t. - Penalties.

Any person who violates any provision of sections 20-126h to 20-126w, inclusive, or section 20-126y shall be guilty of a class D felony. Any person who continues to practice dental hygiene or engage as a dental hygienist, after his license or authority to so do has been suspended or revoked and while such disability continues, shall be guilty of a class D felony. For the purposes of this section, each instance of patient contact or consultation which is in violation of any provision of this section shall constitute a separate offense. Failure to renew a license in a timely manner shall not constitute a violation for the purposes of this section.
(P.A. 94-149, S. 13; P.A. 13-258, S. 78; P.A. 19-72, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 13-258 amended penalty for violation of Secs. 20-126h to 20-126w or continued practice without authority from fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment of not more than 5 years to a class D felony and made technical changes; P.A. 19-72 added reference to Sec. 20-126y, effective January 1, 2020.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 379a - Dental Hygienists › Section 20-126u. - Regulations.

The Commissioner of Public Health may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to implement the provisions of sections 20-126h to 20-126w, inclusive.
(P.A. 94-149, S. 14; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 379a - Dental Hygienists › Section 20-126w. - Construction of chapter.

Nothing in sections 20-126h to 20-126u, inclusive, shall be construed to (1) allow a dental hygienist to practice beyond the parameters of section 20-126l, or (2) prevent a licensed dentist from providing dental hygiene services.
(P.A. 94-149, S. 24; P.A. 99-197, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 99-197 deleted “the general supervision of a licensed dentist, as defined in”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 379a - Dental Hygienists › Section 20-126x. - Professional liability insurance required, when. Amount of insurance. Reporting requirements.

(a) Each person licensed to practice dental hygiene under the provisions of 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 five hundred thousand dollars.
(b) Each insurance company that issues professional liability insurance, as defined in subdivisions (1), (6), (7), (8) and (9) of subsection (b) of section 38a-393, shall, on and after January 1, 1997, render to the Commissioner of Public Health a true record of the names, according to classification, of cancellations of and refusals to renew professional liability insurance policies and the reasons for such cancellations or refusal to renew said policies for the year ending on the thirty-first day of December next preceding.
(P.A. 96-133, S. 4.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards › Chapter 380 - Optometry › Section 20-128. - Examining board.

Section 20-128 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4489; 1957, P.A. 610, S. 1; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 44; P.A. 77-614, S. 408, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 175, 176.)