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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 195c - Continuing Education for Marital and Family Therapists › Section 20-195c-6 - Exemptions from and waiver of the continuing education requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A waiver of the continuing education
			 requirements may be extended to a licensee who is not engaged in active
			 practice during a given registration period provided the licensee submits,
			 prior to the expiration of the registration period, a notarized application on
			 a form provided by the department. The application shall contain a statement
			 that the licensee shall not engage in active practice until the licensee has
			 shown proof of completion of the requirements specified in sections
			 20-195c-1
			 to
			 20-195c-7,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(b) The Department may, in individual cases
			 involving a medical disability or illness, grant waivers of the minimum
			 continuing education requirements or extensions of time within which to fulfill
			 the same. The application for waiver or time extension shall be accompanied by
			 a verifying document signed by a licensed physician. Waivers of the minimum
			 continuing education requirements or extensions of time may be granted by the
			 department for a period not to exceed one (1) calendar year. If the medical
			 disability or illness, upon which a waiver or time extension has been granted
			 continues beyond the period of the waiver or extension, the licensee shall
			 reapply for the waiver or extension.
(c) A licensee whose license is due to expire
			 within twelve months of the effective date of sections
			 20-195c-1
			 to
			 20-195c-7,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, shall be exempt
			 from continuing education requirements until such licensee's next registration
			 period.
(d) A licensee applying for
			 license renewal for the first time is exempt from continuing education
			 requirements.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 195c - Continuing Education for Marital and Family Therapists › Section 20-195c-7 - Requirements for return to active practice following waiver of the continuing education requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A licensee who
			 has received a waiver pursuant to subsection (a) of section
			 20-195c-6
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies shall successfully complete
			 seven contact hours of qualifying continuing education prior to returning to
			 active practice, which shall be applied to the continuing education
			 requirements for the current registration period.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 195cc - Continuing Education for Professional Counselors › Section 20-195cc-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
For the purposes of sections 20-195cc-1 to
				20-195cc-7,
				inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(1) "Active practice" means the treatment in
			 Connecticut of one or more patients by a licensee during any given registration
			 period;
(2) "Certificate of
			 completion" means a document issued to a participant by a provider which
			 certifies that the participant has successfully completed a continuing
			 education activity;
(3) "Contact
			 hour" means a minimum of fifty minutes of continuing education
			 activity;
(4) "Department" means
			 the Department of Public Health;
(5) "Face-to-face instruction" means
			 in-person, live instruction which a participant physically attends, either
			 individually or as a part of a group of participants;
(6) "Home study program" means continuing
			 education activities, clearly related to maintaining skills necessary for the
			 safe and competent practice of professional counseling that require the
			 successful completion of a proficiency examination and are sponsored, endorsed
			 or approved by the National Board of Certified Counselors, the American
			 Counseling Association, the American Association of Marriage and Family
			 Therapy, the National Association of Social Workers, the Association of Social
			 Work Boards, the American Psychological Association, or their affiliates, a
			 regionally accredited academic institution, the Connecticut Department of
			 Education or the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction
			 Services;
(7) "Licensee" means a
			 professional counselor licensed pursuant to section
			 20-195cc
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(8) "License renewal due date" means the last
			 day of the month of the licensee's date of birth;
(9) "Participant" means a licensee who
			 successfully completes a continuing education activity;
(10) "Provider" means the individual educator
			 or sponsoring organization conducting a continuing education activity;
			 and
(11) "Registration period"
			 means the one-year period for which a license has been renewed in accordance
			 with section
			 19a-88
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes and is current and valid.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 195cc - Continuing Education for Professional Counselors › Section 20-195cc-2 - Number of contact hours required

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Each licensee
			 applying for license renewal shall have completed a minimum of fifteen contact
			 hours of qualifying continuing education during the preceding registration
			 period.
(b) Continuing education
			 contact hours completed in one registration period shall not carry over to a
			 subsequent registration period.
(c)
			 Each licensee applying for license renewal shall sign a statement attesting
			 that he satisfies the continuing education requirements specified in section
			 20-195cc-1
			 to section
			 20-195cc-7,
			 inclusive of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 195cc - Continuing Education for Professional Counselors › Section 20-195cc-3 - Basic requirements for qualifying continuing education activities

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Qualifying continuing education
			 activities are the following:
(1)
			 courses offered or approved by the National Board of Certified Counselors, the
			 American Counseling Association, the American Association of Marriage and
			 Family Therapy, the National Association of Social Workers, the Association of
			 Social Work Boards, the American Psychological Association, or their
			 affiliates, or the Connecticut Department of Education or the Connecticut
			 Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services;
(2) graduate coursework in or related to the
			 discipline of professional counseling offered by a regionally accredited
			 academic institution, either audited or by credit; or
(3) programs in or related to the discipline
			 of professional counseling sponsored or approved by a regionally accredited
			 academic institution, provided the coursework is clearly related to maintaining
			 skills necessary for the safe and competent practice of professional
			 counseling.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 195cc - Continuing Education for Professional Counselors › Section 20-195cc-4 - Award of contact hours

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Continuing education contact hours shall be awarded as follows:
(1) Courses, institutes, seminars, programs,
			 clinics, conferences and teleconferences: one contact hour for each hour of
			 attendance;
(2) first presentation
			 by licensee of an original paper, essay or formal lecture in professional
			 counseling to a recognized group of fellow professionals at a scientific
			 meeting: five contact hours; and
(3) original paper published by licensee in a
			 professional journal that accepts papers only on the basis of independent
			 review by experts: six contact hours for the first publication of the material;
			 and
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 195cc - Continuing Education for Professional Counselors › Section 20-195cc-5 - Record retention by licensees

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Each licensee
			 shall obtain a certificate of completion from the provider of continuing
			 education activities. Certificates of completion shall be retained by the
			 licensee for a minimum of three years following the license renewal due date
			 for which the activity satisfies license renewal requirements.
(b) The department may inspect such licensee
			 records as it deems necessary. Certificates of completion shall be submitted by
			 the licensee to the department only upon the department's request. The licensee
			 shall submit such records to the department within 45 days of the department's
			 request.
(c) A licensee who fails
			 to comply with the continuing education requirements of sections
			 20-195cc-1
			 to
			 20-195cc-7,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies may be subject to
			 disciplinary action, pursuant to section
			 20-195ee
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 195cc - Continuing Education for Professional Counselors › Section 20-195cc-6 - Exemptions from and waiver of the continuing education requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A waiver of the continuing education
			 requirements may be extended to a licensee who is not engaged in active
			 practice during a given registration period provided he submits, prior to the
			 expiration of the registration period, a notarized application on a form
			 provided by the department. The application shall contain a statement that the
			 licensee shall not engage in active practice until the licensee has shown proof
			 of completion of the requirements specified in sections
			 20-195cc-1
			 to
			 20-195cc-7,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(b) The department may, in individual cases
			 involving a medical disability or illness, grant waivers of the minimum
			 continuing education requirements or extensions of time within which to fulfill
			 the same. The application for waiver or time extension shall be accompanied by
			 a verifying document signed by a licensed physician. Waivers of the minimum
			 continuing education requirements or extensions of time may be granted by the
			 department for a period not to exceed one (1) calendar year. If the medical
			 disability or illness, upon which a waiver or time extension has been granted
			 continues beyond the period of the waiver or extension, the licensee shall
			 reapply for the waiver or extension.
(c) A licensee whose license is due to expire
			 within twelve months of the effective date of sections
			 20-195cc-1
			 to
			 20-195cc-7,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, shall be exempt
			 from continuing education requirements until such licensee's next registration
			 period.
(d) A licensee applying for
			 license renewal for the first time is exempt from continuing education
			 requirements.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 195cc - Continuing Education for Professional Counselors › Section 20-195cc-7 - Requirements for return to active practice following waiver of the continuing education requirements. Reinstatement of lapsed licenses

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A licensee who has received a waiver
			 pursuant to subsection (a) of section
			 20-195cc-6
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies shall successfully complete
			 seven contact hours of qualifying continuing education prior to returning to
			 active practice, which shall be applied to the continuing education
			 requirements for the current registration period.
(b) Any licensee whose license has been void
			 and applies to the Department for reinstatement shall be required to submit
			 certificates of completion documenting successful completion of qualifying
			 continuing education as follows:
(1) if the
			 license has been void for two years or less, a minimum of fifteen contact hours
			 of qualifying continuing education during the one year period immediately
			 preceding application for reinstatement; or
(2) if the license has been void for more
			 than two years, a minimum of thirty contact hours of qualifying continuing
			 education during the two year period immediately preceding application for
			 reinstatement.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 195o(c) - Continuing Education for Clinical Social Workers › Section 20-195o(c)-1 - Definitions (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 195o(c) - Continuing Education for Clinical Social Workers › Section 20-195o(c)-2 - Number of credits required (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 195o(c) - Continuing Education for Clinical Social Workers › Section 20-195o(c)-3 - Basic requirements for qualifying continuing education activities (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 195o(c) - Continuing Education for Clinical Social Workers › Section 20-195o(c)-4 - Award of credit hours (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 195o(c) - Continuing Education for Clinical Social Workers › Section 20-195o(c)-5 - Record retention by licensees (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 195o(c) - Continuing Education for Clinical Social Workers › Section 20-195o(c)-6 - Exemptions from and waiver of the continuing education requirements (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 195o(c) - Continuing Education for Clinical Social Workers › Section 20-195o(c)-7 - Requirements for return to active practice following waiver of the continuing education requirements (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 196 - Rules of Practice › Part I - Procedure governed › Section 20-196-1 - Procedure governed

Current through July 10, 2024
These regulations govern the use of any facility for the
				  treatment of animals, used by a veterinarian licensed by the State of
				  Connecticut for the practice of veterinary medicine, surgery and dentistry.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 196 - Rules of Practice › Part II - Definitions as used in these regulations › Section 20-196-3 - Definitions as used in these regulations

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) "Office" means
				a building, room or series of rooms in which the practice of a veterinarian is
				conducted.
(b) "Clinic" means a
				veterinary clinic is a facility giving medical and surgical care to patients. A
				facility that meets the definition of a hospital may be called either hospital
				or clinic, but if the facility meets the definition of a clinic and not a
				hospital, it must be called a clinic.
(c) "Hospital" means a veterinary hospital is
				a facility for medical and surgical treatment of animals. The practice
				conducted within this facility includes the confinement as well as the
				treatment of patients. Veterinary service should be available 7 days a week and
				emergency service should be available on a 24-hour basis.
Types of Hospitals
(a) Private or partnership hospital-a
				facility operated by one or two individuals.
(b) Group hospital-a facility organized,
				controlled and operated by a group of veterinarians for the medical and
				surgical treatment of their own patients.
(c) Central hospital-a central veterinary
				hospital organized, controlled and operated by licensed veterinarians as a
				facility with a fixed location, which receives patients from offices, clinics
				or other hospitals, is equipped to care for medical, surgical and dental cases
				and has a resident veterinarian in attendance at all times.
(d) Veterinary medical center-a veterinary
				medical center is a facility that performs full and complete consultative,
				clinical, and hospital services by an adequate staff of duly accredited
				veterinary scientists who perform scientific research and conduct advanced
				professional educational programs. (e) Large animal veterinary medical
				facility-any facility used as a treatment center for the care of equines and
				bovines under the direct supervision of a veterinarian identified as such.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 196 - Rules of Practice › Part III - Standards for all facilities › Section 20-196-4 - Standards for all facilities

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Structural strength.
Housing facilities for animals shall be
				structurally sound and shall be maintained in good repair to protect the
				animals from injury, to contain the animals and to restrict the entrance of
				other animals.
(b)
Water and
				electrical power.
Reliable and adequate electrical power and adequate
				potable water shall be available.
(c)
Storage.
Supplies of food
				and bedding shall be stored in facilities which adequately protect such
				supplies against infestation or contamination by vermin and rodents.
				Refrigeration shall be provided for supplies of perishable food.
(d)
Washrooms and sinks.
Facilities such as washrooms, basins or sinks shall be provided to maintain
				cleanliness among animal caretakers.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 196 - Rules of Practice › Part III - Standards for all facilities › Section 20-196-5 - Standards for indoor facilities

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Heating.
Indoor housing facilities for animals shall be
				sufficiently heated when necessary to protect the animals from cold and provide
				for their health and comfort.
(b)
Ventilation.
Indoor housing facilities for animals shall be
				adequately ventilated to provide for the health and comfort of the animals at
				all times.
(c)
Lighting.
Indoor housing facilities for animals shall have ample
				light by natural or artificial means, of good quality and well distributed to
				permit routine examination and cleaning during the entire working period. The
				enclosure shall be so placed as to protect the animals from excessive
				illumination.
(d)
Interior
				surfaces.
The interior building surfaces of indoor housing facilities
				shall be constructed and maintained so that they are substantially impervious
				to moisture and shall be readily sanitized.
(e)
Drainage.
A suitable method
				shall be provided in rapidly eliminating excess water from indoor housing
				facilities. If drains are used, they shall be equipped with traps and so
				installed as to prevent any backup of sewerage onto the floor of the room.
(f)
Solid wastes.
All
				solid wastes must be removed from enclosures as often as is necessary.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 196 - Rules of Practice › Part III - Standards for all facilities › Section 20-196-6 - Standards for outdoor facilities

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Shelter
				from sunlight.
When sunlight causes overheating or dis comfort,
				sufficient shade shall be provided to allow all animals kept outdoors to
				protect themselves from the direct rays of the sun.
(b)
Shelter from rain or snow.
Animals kept outdoors shall be provided with access to shelter to allow them to
				remain dry during rain or snow.
(c)
Drainage.
A suitable method
				shall be provided in rapidly eliminating excess water from outdoor housing
				facilities. If drains are used, they shall be equipped with traps and so
				installed as to prevent any back-up of sewerage.
(d)
Solid wastes.
All solid
				wastes must be removed from animal enclosure as often as is necessary.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 196 - Rules of Practice › Part III - Standards for all facilities › Section 20-196-7 - Enclosures for animals for all facilities shall conform to the following requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Primary
				enclosures shall be structurally sound and maintained in good repair to protect
				the animals from injury, to contain them and to keep predators out.
(b) Primary enclosure shall be constructed
				and maintained so as to enable the animals to remain dry and clean.
(c) Primary enclosures shall be constructed
				and maintained so that the animals contained therein have convenient access to
				clean food and water as required for their general health and well-being.
(d) The floors, doors, and gates
				of the primary enclosure shall be constructed so as to protect the animals feet
				and legs from injury.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 196 - Rules of Practice › Part III - Standards for all facilities › Section 20-196-7-1 - Additional requirements for primary enclosures housing cats

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) In all enclosures having a solid floor,
				sufficient clean litter shall be provided to contain excreta.
(b) Each primary enclosure housing more than
				one cat shall be provided with a solid resting surface or surfaces which shall
				be of adequate size to hold all the occupants of the primary enclosure at the
				same time comfortably. Such resting surface or surfaces shall be elevated in
				primary enclosures housing two or more cats.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 196 - Rules of Practice › Part III - Standards for all facilities › Section 20-196-7-2 - Space requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Dogs and
				cats.
Primary enclosures shall be constructed and maintained so as to
				provide sufficient space to allow each dog and cat to turn about freely and to
				stand, sit and lie in a comfortable, normal position with ease.
(b)
Dogs.
Each dog housed in any
				primary enclosure shall be provided a minimum square footage of floor space
				equal to the mathematical square (1.) of the sum of the length of the dog in
				inches as measured from the tip of its nose to the base of its tail expressed
				in square feet. Not more than 12 adult non-conditioned dogs shall be housed in
				the same primary enclosure. Cats-Each adult cat housed in any primary enclosure
				shall be provided a minimum of 21/2 square feet of floor space; not more than
				12 adult non-conditioned cats shall be housed in the same primart enclosure.
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Required square feet of floor space.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 196 - Rules of Practice › Part III - Standards for all facilities › Section 20-196-8 - Feeding

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Animals shall be fed at least once each
				day except as otherwise might be required to provide adequate veterinary care.
(b) Food receptacles shall be
				accessible to all animals and shall be located so as to minimize contamination
				by body wastes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 196 - Rules of Practice › Part III - Standards for all facilities › Section 20-196-9 - Watering

Current through July 10, 2024
If potable water is not accessible to the animals at all
				  times, potable liquids shall be offered to such animals at least twice daily
				  for periods of not less than one hour except as might otherwise be required to
				  provide adequate veterinary care.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 196 - Rules of Practice › Part III - Standards for all facilities › Section 20-196-10 - Sanitation

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Cleaning of primary enclosures. Body
				waste shall be removed from primary enclosures as often as necessary to prevent
				contamination of animals contained therein and to reduce disease hazards and
				odors.
(b) Sanitation of primary
				enclosures. Prior to the introduction of non- conditioned animals into empty
				primary enclosures previously occupied, such enclosures shall be sanitized by
				washing them with hot water and soap or detergent, followed by a safe and
				effective sanitizing agent.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 196 - Rules of Practice › Part III - Standards for all facilities › Section 20-196-11 - Housekeeping

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Premises (buildings and grounds) shall be
				kept clean and in good repair in order to protect the animals form injury and
				to promote their good health. Premises shall remain free of accumulations of
				trash.
(b) Pest control. An
				effective program for the control of insects, ectoparasites and avian and
				mammalian pests, shall be established and maintained.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 196 - Rules of Practice › Part III - Standards for all facilities › Section 20-196-12 - Employees

Current through July 10, 2024
A sufficient number of employees shall be utilized to
				  maintain the prescribed level of husbandry practices set forth in this section.
				  Such practices shall be under the direct supervision of the veterinarian in
				  charge.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 196 - Rules of Practice › Part III - Standards for all facilities › Section 20-196-13 - Veterinary care

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) All programs of
				disease control and prevention, euthanasia and veterinary care shall be
				established and maintained under the supervision and assistance of a Doctor of
				Veterinary Medicine who shall assume direct responsibility for meeting the
				requirements of these regulations by the Connecticut State Board of Veterinary
				Registration and Examination. Each animal shall be observed daily by the
				veterinarian in charge or by a qualified person under his direct supervision.
(b) Animals under quarantine or
				treatment for a communicable disease shall be separated from other animals and
				other susceptible species of animals in such a manner as to minimize
				dissemination of such disease.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 196 - Rules of Practice › Part III - Standards for all facilities › Section 20-196-14 - Large animal veterinary medical facility

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Surgery area
				should be a minimum of 20' × 20' with the ceiling sealed overhead, and
				constructed with impervious material to facilitate cleaning.
(b) Surgical area should be dust free.
(c) Holding pen size should be a
				minimum of 10' × 10' and should be covered, preferably.
(d) Box stalls shall be covered and cleaned
				daily when in use.
(e) Fly control
				shall be maintained.
(f) Adequate
				storage facilities shall be provided.
(g) Feed stuffs and bedding shall be
				maintained in a separate room in the hospital barn.
(h) Adequate drainage for holding pens shall
				be provided.
(i) Floors may be
				dirt or of impervious material, but must be kept clean and free of manure.
(j) Recovery stalls must be
				padded, and should be a minimum of 10' × 10'.
(k) Bovine chutes must be kept clean.
(1) Solid waste shall be kept in a covered
				area and removed daily.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 211 - Embalmers › General › Section 20-211-17 - Employment of registered students to be full time

Current through July 10, 2024
Employment of registered student embalmers or student funeral
				  directors shall be on a full-time paid basis. Part-time or side-line employment
				  is not sufficient to meet the board's requirement. "Full time" means working a
				  minimum of forty hours per week under a licensed funeral director or embalmer.
				  Other employment may be allowed provided the student shall have obtained the
				  prior written approval of the board.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 211 - Embalmers › General › Section 20-211-19 - Licenses and certificates. Display

Current through July 10, 2024
Licenses and certificates issued by this board are
				  nonassignable and nontransferable and shall be displayed by the holder thereof
				  in a conspicuous place in his office or his place of business. Pocket licenses
				  shall be carried on the person of the licensee at all times.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 211 - Embalmers › General › Section 20-211-20a - Registration procedures

Current through July 10, 2024
Student embalmers and student funeral directors shall
				  register as apprentices with the Department of Public Health and Addiction
				  Services, for purposes of completing practical training and experience pursuant
				  to chapter 385 of the Connecticut General Statutes. Applications for
				  registration shall be submitted to the department, on forms provided by the
				  department, and shall be accompanied by documentation satisfactory to the
				  department that the applicant has completed a program of education approved
				  pursuant to section
				  20-213
				  or section
				  20-217
				  of the Connecticut General Statutes and has successfully completed an
				  examination in mortuary science prescribed pursuant to section
				  20-213
				  or section
				  20-217
				  of the Connecticut General Statutes. Said application shall include a statement
				  to be signed by the licensed embalmer or funeral director indicating that such
				  licensee shall be responsible for supervising the applicant's practical
				  training and experience. Registration shall be issued to each applicant
				  determined to be eligible under this section, for a period not to exceed one
				  year, and may be renewed for an additional year at the discretion of the
				  department if the department determines that such additional period of time is
				  necessary for satisfactory completion of the practical training and experience.
				  Computation of any period of practical training and experience shall commence
				  at the date of registration by the department.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 211 - Embalmers › General › Section 20-211-21a - Registration of pregraduate students

Current through July 10, 2024
Notwithstanding any provision of section
				  20-211-20a
				  of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies to the contrary, the
				  department may, upon application, issue registration as a pregraduate student
				  embalmer or pregraduate student funeral director to a person who has not yet
				  completed the program of education or examination referenced in said section.
				  Said registration shall be valid for a period not to exceed three months and
				  shall be non-renewable.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 211 - Embalmers › General › Section 20-211-28 - Serving of food or drink in funeral home prohibited. Exception

Current through July 10, 2024
Serving of food or drink in a funeral home or in connection
				  with a funeral service or the storage of equipment and supplies for such
				  purposes in a funeral home is prohibited, provided it shall not be a violation
				  of this section if (a) the proprietor of a funeral home lives upon the premises
				  and serves food or drink to his invitees or family not in connection with a
				  funeral; (b) a proprietor of a funeral home stores equipment and supplies for
				  the use of his employees or otherwise makes available to his employees
				  facilities for food or drink.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 211 - Embalmers › Exception › Section 20-211-29 - Signs identifying funeral service establishments

Current through July 10, 2024
Where a sign is used to identify a funeral service
				  establishment and the name of a licensee is not a part of the corporate or firm
				  name, the name of the licensee of record shall be placed in a conspicuous place
				  easily visible to the public.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 211 - Embalmers › Mandatory Disclosure Rules › Section 20-211-34 - Mandatory disclosure

Current through July 10, 2024
Every funeral firm in this state and/or the funeral service
				  licensee thereof shall give or cause to be given to the person or persons
				  making funeral arrangements or arranging for disposition of a dead human body,
				  at the time such arrangements are completed and prior to the time of rendering
				  the service and/or providing the merchandise, a written statement showing to
				  the extent then known:
(1) the price
				of the service that the person or persons have selected and what is included
				therein;
(2) the price of each of
				the supplemental items of service and/or merchandise requested;
(3) the amount involved for each of the items
				for which the firm will advance monies as an accommodation to the family;
(4) the method of
				payment.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 211 - Embalmers › Mandatory Disclosure Rules › Section 20-211-35 - Billing 'cash advanced' items

Current through July 10, 2024
No funeral firm shall bill or cause to be billed any item
				  that is referred to as a "cash advanced" item (Section
				  20-211-34 )
				  unless the net amount paid for such item or items by the funeral firm is the
				  same as is billed by the funeral firm.
Failure to comply with Sections
				  20-211-34 or
				  20-211-35 shall result in a hearing as provided for in Sections 20-211-30 to
				  20-211-33.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 269 - Board of Examiners of Hypertrichologists › Hypertrichologist Licensure Requirements › Section 20-269-3 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in sections 20-269-3 to
				  20-269-8,
				  inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(a) "Department" means the Department of
				Public Health.
(b) "Board" means
				the Board of Examiners of Electrologists.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 269 - Board of Examiners of Hypertrichologists › Hypertrichologist Licensure Requirements › Section 20-269-4 - Pre-professional education

Current through July 10, 2024
All applicants for licensure shall be high school graduates
				  or hold a high school equivalency diploma issued by the appropriate state
				  educational or federal armed services authority.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 269 - Board of Examiners of Hypertrichologists › Hypertrichologist Licensure Requirements › Section 20-269-5 - Professional education program approval

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) In order for a
				professional education program to be utilized by an applicant for licensure, it
				must meet the following requirements:
(1) The
				curriculum shall consist of a minimum of six hundred hours of electrology
				instruction.
(2) The curriculum
				shall include the following:
(A) At least two
				hundred hours of classroom instruction in basic sciences applicable to
				electrology, including but not limited to: bacteriology, sanitation and
				hygiene, biology, dermatology, trichology, theory of electricity, electrolysis
				and principles of infection control.
(B) At least four hundred hours of practical
				instruction in epilation techniques, utilizing electrolysis (direct current/DC)
				and thermolysis (alternating current/AC) modalities.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 269 - Board of Examiners of Hypertrichologists › Hypertrichologist Licensure Requirements › Section 20-269-6 - Professional education

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) All applicants
				for licensure shall have successfully completed a curriculum of electrology
				instruction approved by the Board with the consent of the Department in
				accordance with Section
				20-269-5
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(b) The electrology instruction shall be
				completed within a program which holds all licensure, approval, and
				accreditation required by Connecticut or such other state as the program is
				located within.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 269 - Board of Examiners of Hypertrichologists › Hypertrichologist Licensure Requirements › Section 20-269-7 - Infection control standards

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) All licensed
				electrologists shall maintain infection control standards during the practice
				of electrology to include, but not be limited to the following:
(1) Universal blood and body fluid
				precautions as recommended by the centers for disease control;
(2) A state of cleanliness in all treatment
				areas;
(3) Cleaning and
				sterilization of reusable instruments;
(4) Handling and disposal of instruments,
				needles and contaminated items.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 269 - Board of Examiners of Hypertrichologists › Hypertrichologist Licensure Requirements › Section 20-269-8 - Approved electrical methods

Current through July 10, 2024
The electrical methods approved by the Commissioner of Public
				  Health for the permanent removal of superfluous hair are those utilizing only
				  needle/probe electrode type epilation which includes electrolysis (Direct
				  Current/DC), thermolysis (Alternating Current/AC), or the blend (a combination
				  of both electrolysis and thermolysis).
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 275b - Continuing Education for Electrologists › Section 20-275b-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
For the purposes of sections 20-275b-1 to
				20-275b-7,
				inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(1) "Active practice" means the treatment in
			 Connecticut of one or more patients by a licensee during any given registration
			 period;
(2) "Certificate of
			 completion" means a document issued to a participant by a provider which
			 certifies that the participant has successfully completed a continuing
			 education activity;
(3) "Contact
			 hour" means a minimum of fifty minutes of continuing education activity, unless
			 otherwise specified in these regulations;
(4) "Department" means the Department of
			 Public Health;
(5) "Face-to-face
			 instruction" means in-person, live instruction which a participant physically
			 attends, either individually or as a part of a group of participants;
(6) "Home study program" means continuing
			 education activities, clearly related to maintaining skills necessary for the
			 safe and competent practice of electrology that require the successful
			 completion of a proficiency examination and are sponsored, endorsed or approved
			 by the American Electrology Association or its affiliates;
(7) "Licensee" means an electrologist
			 licensed pursuant to section
			 20-270
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(8) "License renewal due date" means the last
			 day of the month of the licensee's date of birth;
(9) "Participant" means a licensee who
			 successfully completes a continuing education activity;
(10) "Provider" means the individual educator
			 or sponsoring organization conducting a continuing education activity;
			 and
(11) "Registration period"
			 means the one-year period for which a license has been renewed in accordance
			 with section
			 19a-88
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes and is current and valid.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 275b - Continuing Education for Electrologists › Section 20-275b-2 - Number of contact hours required

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Each licensee
			 applying for license renewal shall have completed a minimum of ten contact
			 hours of qualifying continuing education during the preceding registration
			 period, at least two of which shall be in infection control, blood borne
			 diseases, universal precautions or sanitation and sterilization, or any
			 combination thereof.
(b) Continuing
			 education contact hours completed in one registration period shall not carry
			 over to a subsequent registration period.
(c) Each licensee applying for license
			 renewal shall sign a statement attesting that the licensee satisfies the
			 continuing education requirements specified in section
			 20-275b-1
			 to section
			 20-275b-7,
			 inclusive of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 275b - Continuing Education for Electrologists › Section 20-275b-3 - Basic requirements for qualifying continuing education activities

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Qualifying continuing education
			 activities are the following:
(1) courses
			 offered or approved by the American Electrology Association or its
			 affiliates;
(2) hospital or medical
			 school sponsored educational offerings, provided the coursework is related to
			 health issues of practitioners;
(3)
			 post-graduate coursework offered at electrology schools approved in accordance
			 with section
			 20-269
			 of the General Statutes of Connecticut for the purposes of licensure, either
			 audited or by credit;
(4)
			 credit-bearing college courses and other post-graduate classes for continuing
			 education credit offered at a regionally accredited academic institution,
			 provided the coursework is clearly related to electrology theory, technical and
			 clinical aspects of electrolysis, electrology research, ethical or legal
			 aspects of practicing electrolysis or health issues of
			 electrologists;
(5) cardiopulmonary
			 resuscitation (CPR) course given by an American Heart Association or American
			 Red Cross qualified instructor;
(6)
			 presentation by a licensee of an original paper, essay or formal lecture in
			 electrology; or
(7) original paper
			 published by a licensee in a professional journal.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 275b - Continuing Education for Electrologists › Section 20-275b-4 - Award of contact hours

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Continuing
			 education contact hours shall be awarded as follows:
(1) Courses, institutes, seminars, programs,
			 clinics, conferences and teleconferences: one contact hour for each hour of
			 attendance;
(2) first presentation
			 by licensee of an original paper, essay or formal lecture in electrology to a
			 recognized group of fellow professionals at a scientific meeting: five contact
			 hours;
(3) original paper published
			 by licensee in a professional journal that accepts papers only on the basis of
			 independent review by experts: six contact hours for the first publication of
			 the material; and
(4) post-graduate
			 coursework shall be credited at one contact hour for each hour of attendance.
			 Audited courses shall have hours of attendance documented.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 275b - Continuing Education for Electrologists › Section 20-275b-5 - Record retention by licensees

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Each licensee
			 shall obtain a certificate of completion from the provider of continuing
			 education activities. Certificates of completion shall be retained by the
			 licensee for a minimum of three years following the license renewal due date
			 for which the activity satisfies license renewal requirements.
(b) The department may inspect such licensee
			 records as it deems necessary. Certificates of completion shall be submitted by
			 the licensee to the department only upon the department's request. The licensee
			 shall submit such records to the department within 45 days of the department's
			 request.
(c) A licensee who fails
			 to comply with the continuing education requirements of sections
			 20-275b-1
			 to
			 20-275b-7,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies may be subject to
			 disciplinary action, pursuant to section
			 20-271
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 275b - Continuing Education for Electrologists › Section 20-275b-6 - Exemptions from and waiver of the continuing education requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A waiver of the continuing education
			 requirements may be extended to a licensee who is not engaged in active
			 practice during a given registration period provided the licensee submits,
			 prior to the expiration of the registration period, a notarized application on
			 a form provided by the department. The application shall contain a statement
			 that the licensee shall not engage in active practice until the licensee has
			 shown proof of completion of the requirements specified in sections
			 20-275b-1
			 to
			 20-275b-7,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(b) The department may, in individual cases
			 involving a medical disability or illness, grant waivers of the minimum
			 continuing education requirements or extensions of time within which to fulfill
			 the requirements. The application for waiver or time extension shall be
			 accompanied by a verifying document signed by a licensed physician. Waivers of
			 the minimum continuing education requirements or extensions of time may be
			 granted by the department for a period not to exceed one (1) calendar year. If
			 the medical disability or illness, upon which a waiver or time extension has
			 been granted continues beyond the period of the waiver or extension, the
			 licensee shall reapply for the waiver or extension.
(c) A licensee whose license is due to expire
			 within twelve months of the effective date of sections
			 20-275b-1
			 to
			 20-275b-7,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, shall be exempt
			 from continuing education requirements until such licensee's next registration
			 period.
(d) A licensee applying for
			 license renewal for the first time is exempt from continuing education
			 requirements.