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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 638 - Certificate of Need Determination Request; Policies Concerning Outpatient Operating Room Increases, Cardiac Services and Imaging Equipment Replacement › Section 19a-638-3 - Replacement of imaging equipment

Current through July 10, 2024
Any health care facility, person or provider that replaces
				equipment shall notify the Office of the date on which the equipment was
				replaced and the disposition of the replaced equipment pursuant to section
				19a-638
				of the Connecticut General Statutes. The notification shall also include the
				docket number of the certificate of need or certificate of need determination.
				The Office shall place the notification in the original file for the
				corresponding docket number.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 638 - Certificate of Need Determination Request; Policies Concerning Outpatient Operating Room Increases, Cardiac Services and Imaging Equipment Replacement › Section 19a-638-4 - Determinations

Current through July 10, 2024
All requests for determinations as to whether a certificate of
				need is required shall be submitted to the Office on a Determination Form,
				which is available on the Office's website. The Office shall not review a
				request for determination until a complete form has been submitted and all
				required information has been provided to the Office. Requests for
				determination may be submitted electronically in PDF format or via
				facsimile.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 639a - Certificate of Need Application Process › Section 19a-639a-1 - Public notification of certificate of need application

Current through July 10, 2024
Pursuant to section
				19a-639a
				of the Connecticut General Statutes, not later than twenty days prior to the
				submission of a certificate of need application, the applicant shall publish
				notice that an application is to be submitted in a newspaper having substantial
				circulation in the area where the project is to be located. An applicant shall
				file the application not later than ninety days after publishing notice. The
				notice shall contain the following information:
(1) A statement that the applicant is
			 applying for a certificate of need pursuant to section
			 19a-638
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(2) A description of the scope and nature of
			 the project;
(3) The street address
			 where the project is to be located; and
(4) The total capital expenditure for the
			 project.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 639a - Certificate of Need Application Process › Section 19a-639a-3 - Certificate of need application

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The application
			 shall consist of the following:
(1) The
			 appropriate application form which should be filled out in its entirety and all
			 supporting documents should be attached to the application and referenced as
			 either an attachment or exhibit in the order in which they appear in the
			 application for the specific type of proposal, as follows, which are available
			 and may be downloaded from the Office's website:
(A) Establishment of a new health care
			 facility as defined in section
			 19a-630
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(B) Establishment of an outpatient surgical
			 facility;
(C) Establishment of a
			 freestanding emergency department;
(D) Transfer of ownership of a health care
			 facility;
(E) Termination of
			 inpatient or outpatient services by a short-term acute care general hospital or
			 children's hospital;
(F)
			 Termination of surgical services by an outpatient surgical facility or a
			 facility that provides outpatient surgical services as part of the outpatient
			 surgery department of a hospital pursuant to section
			 19a-638
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(G) Termination of an emergency department by
			 a short-term acute care general hospital;
(H) Establishment of cardiac
			 services;
(I) Acquisition of any of
			 the equipment enumerated in section
			 19a-638
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(J) Increase in licensed bed capacity;
			 and
(K) Increase in operating rooms
			 by an outpatient surgical facility pursuant to section
			 19a-638
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 639a - Certificate of Need Application Process › Section 19a-639a-4 - Certificate of need - completeness review

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Pursuant to
			 section
			 19a-639a
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, the Office shall have thirty days to
			 review the application and request additional information as necessary to
			 complete the application. The applicant shall have sixty days from the date of
			 the request to provide responses to the request for additional information and
			 said responses may be filed electronically in PDF format or via facsimile. If
			 the applicant fails to respond within the sixty day time frame, the application
			 shall be deemed withdrawn in accordance with section
			 19a-639a
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(b) Upon receipt of the responses, the Office
			 shall have thirty days to review the responses and make a determination with
			 respect to whether the application is complete or if further information is
			 needed. If additional information is sought, the applicant shall have another
			 sixty days to respond. If the applicant fails to respond within the sixty day
			 time frame, the application shall be deemed withdrawn in accordance with
			 section
			 19a-639a
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(c) The review cycle described above shall
			 continue until the Office deems an application complete.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 639a - Certificate of Need Application Process › Section 19a-639a-5 - Certificate of need review period

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Pursuant to
			 section
			 19a-639a
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, the ninety day review period for a
			 completed application shall begin on the date the Office posts notice of the
			 completed application on its website. No later than seven days after the thirty
			 day review period for completeness has expired, the Office shall post notice of
			 the completed application on its website. The Office shall also provide notice
			 to the applicant that its application is complete via first class mail,
			 facsimile or electronic mail and this notice shall include the date on which
			 the ninety day review period expires. The posting on the Office website shall
			 serve as notice to any interested members of the public.
(b) Extensions of the Review Period
(1) The Office may extend the review period
			 for good cause for a total of sixty days in accordance with section
			 19a-639a
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes. If the Office extends the review period,
			 the Office shall provide notice to the applicant that review has been extended
			 via first class mail, facsimile or electronic mail and this notice shall
			 include the date on which the review period expires.
(2) Where a public hearing is held pursuant
			 to section
			 19a-639a
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, the review period shall be extended for
			 another sixty days after the date on which the public hearing record is closed.
			 The Office shall notify the applicant of the date on which the public hearing
			 record is closed via first class mail, facsimile or electronic mail and this
			 notice shall include the date on which the review period expires.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 639a - Certificate of Need Application Process › Section 19a-639a-6 - Notice of public hearing

Current through July 10, 2024
The Office shall provide notice of the date, time and place of
				the public hearing in a newspaper having substantial circulation in the town in
				which the project is to be located not less than two weeks prior to the date of
				the hearing pursuant to section
				19a-639a
				of the Connecticut General Statutes. The Office shall also provide a copy of
				the notice via first class mail, facsimile or electronic mail to the applicant
				and any individuals or entities that have requested a hearing pursuant to
				section
				19a-639a
				of the Connecticut General Statutes. Additionally, the Office shall post the
				notice of public hearing on its website.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 639b - Certificate of Need Expiration, Extension and Non-Transferability › Section 19a-639b-1 - Expiration and extension of certificate of need

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A
			 certificate of need shall expire two years from the date of issuance by the
			 Office unless the applicant has requested an extension of the certificate of
			 need at least thirty days in advance of the expiration of the certificate of
			 need pursuant to section
			 19a-639b
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(b) At a minimum, a request for an extension
			 of a certificate of need shall contain the following:
(1) A detailed description of any change in
			 the cost, configuration, services or scope of the project;
(2) A detailed description and documentation
			 of any progress on the project including preparation of construction drawings,
			 securing of necessary funds and building permits and commencement of any
			 construction;
(3) An estimated
			 timetable for commencement and completion of all remaining components of the
			 project; and
(4) Documentation of
			 an extenuating circumstance, including, but not limited to, delays occasioned
			 by negotiations with vendors or contractors, beyond the control of the
			 applicant that prevented the applicant from completing the project by the
			 expiration date.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 639b - Certificate of Need Expiration, Extension and Non-Transferability › Section 19a-639b-2 - Non- transferability of the certificate of need

Current through July 10, 2024
A certificate of need is non-transferable. A certificate of
				need or rights thereunder may not be sold, assigned, leased, transferred,
				mortgaged, or pledged. Any attempt to transfer a certificate of need shall
				result in the immediate voiding of the certificate of need.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 639c - Healthcare Facility Relocation; Certificate of Need › Section 19a-639c-1 - Relocation of a health care facility

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Pursuant to
			 section
			 19a-639c
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, any health care facility that proposes to
			 relocate its facility, shall submit a letter requesting that the Office make a
			 determination as to whether a certificate of need is required. A form for the
			 relocation of a health care facility, which shall be submitted with such
			 letter, is available on the Office's website.
(b) Based upon the information submitted by
			 the applicant, the Office shall determine whether there has been substantial
			 change in the payer mix or the population served by the health care facility
			 that proposes to relocate. The applicant shall provide the percentages of total
			 patient volume by payer source prior to the relocation and following the
			 relocation.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 639c - Healthcare Facility Relocation; Certificate of Need › Section 19a-639c-2 - Certificate of need for relocation

Current through July 10, 2024
Any health care facility that proposes to relocate its facility
				and is unable to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Office that the
				relocation will not result in a substantial change in the payer mix or
				population served shall file a certificate of need for the establishment of a
				new health care facility pursuant to section
				19a-638
				of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 639e - Termination of Healthcare Facility or Services; Certificate of Need › Section 19a-639e-1 - Termination of a health care facility

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any health care
			 facility that was authorized through a certificate of need shall provide notice
			 that it is terminating services not later than sixty days prior to the
			 termination. The notification shall contain the following:
(1) The name and location of the health care
			 facility;
(2) Reason for closing
			 the facility;
(3) Other facilities
			 where patients may be able to obtain the services that are currently provided
			 by the facility that intends to close; and
(4) Date on which the facility will be
			 closed.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 639e - Termination of Healthcare Facility or Services; Certificate of Need › Section 19a-639e-2 - Termination of services provided by a health care facility

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Unless otherwise required to file a
			 certificate of need application pursuant to the provisions of section
			 19a-638
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, any health care facility that intends to
			 terminate a service or services which were authorized pursuant to a certificate
			 of need shall file a modification of the original certificate of need on the
			 forms available on the Office's website. The applicant shall provide the
			 following information to the Office:
(1) The
			 service or services that the facility will no longer provide;
(2) The reasons that the facility will no
			 longer provide the service or services;
(3) Other facilities where the patients may
			 obtain the service or services which the facility will no longer provide;
			 and
(4) The date on which the
			 service or services will be terminated.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 643 - Administrative Regulations and Rules of Practice Description of Organization › Article 3 - PETITIONS AND APPLICATIONS › Part 2 - Review of Capital Expenditure, Additional Function or Additional Service Proposals › Section 19a-643-83 - Special components for applications under sections 19a-638 and 19a-639 of the Connecticut General Statutes (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 643 - Administrative Regulations and Rules of Practice Description of Organization › Article 3 - PETITIONS AND APPLICATIONS › Part 2 - Review of Capital Expenditure, Additional Function or Additional Service Proposals › Section 19a-643-85 - Proposed introduction into health care program of an additional function or service, termination of service or substantial reduction in bed capacity (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 643 - Administrative Regulations and Rules of Practice Description of Organization › Article 3 - PETITIONS AND APPLICATIONS › Part 3 - Exemption or Waiver of Certificate of Need Review › Section 19a-643-90 - Waiver of certificate of need review for year-2000 computer capability (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 643 - Administrative Regulations and Rules of Practice Description of Organization › Article 3 - PETITIONS AND APPLICATIONS › Part 3 - Exemption or Waiver of Certificate of Need Review › Section 19a-643-92 - Waiver of certificate of need review under section 5 of Public Act 98-150 (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 643 - Administrative Regulations and Rules of Practice Description of Organization › Article 3 - PETITIONS AND APPLICATIONS › Part 4 - Establishment of an Expedited Hearing Process for the Review of Certain Capital Expenditures › Section 19a-643-99 - Disclosure required under Chapter 368z of the Connecticut General Statutes (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 643 - Administrative Regulations and Rules of Practice Description of Organization › Article 3 - PETITIONS AND APPLICATIONS › Part 4 - Establishment of an Expedited Hearing Process for the Review of Certain Capital Expenditures › Section 19a-643-100 to 19a-643-101 - Reserved (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 643 - Administrative Regulations and Rules of Practice Description of Organization › Article 3 - PETITIONS AND APPLICATIONS › Part 5 - Rate Regulation and Budget Review › Section 19a-643-107 - Increases in rates or charges under authority of section 19a-635 of the Connecticut General Statutes (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 643 - Administrative Regulations and Rules of Practice Description of Organization › Article 3 - PETITIONS AND APPLICATIONS › Part 5 - Rate Regulation and Budget Review › Section 19a-643-108 - Increases in rates or charges under authority of section 19a-636 of the Connecticut General Statutes (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 643 - Administrative Regulations and Rules of Practice Description of Organization › Article 3 - PETITIONS AND APPLICATIONS › Part 5 - Rate Regulation and Budget Review › Hospital Financial Review › Section 19a-643-200 - General purpose

Current through July 10, 2024
Each hospital subject to Chapter 368z, including, but not
						limited, to sections
						19a-613,
						19a-637a,
						19a-643,
						19a-644,
						19a-649,
						19a-673c,
						19a-676
						and
						19a-681
						of the Connecticut General Statutes, shall be required to submit certain
						financial information and statistical data annually to the Office of Health
						Care Access for its review.
Nothing in sections 19a-643-200 through
						19a-643-206,
						inclusive, shall be interpreted as preventing the office from reviewing any
						financial or statistical reporting requirement in carrying out its mandate
						under Connecticut laws.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 643 - Administrative Regulations and Rules of Practice Description of Organization › Article 3 - PETITIONS AND APPLICATIONS › Part 5 - Rate Regulation and Budget Review › Hospital Financial Review › Section 19a-643-202 - Consistency

Current through July 10, 2024
Unless otherwise specified, all financial information and
						statistical data submitted to the office in compliance with sections
						19a-643-200
						through
						19a-643-206,
						inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies shall be prepared
						in accordance with the following principles:
(a) "Consistency" means continued uniformity
					 of reporting during a reporting period and from one reporting period to another
					 in methods of accounting, valuation bases, methods of accrual and deferral, and
					 statistical units of measure such as diagnosis related group relative weights.
					 Any change in accounting procedures other than to comply with the filing
					 requirements as prescribed by the office, which results in a lack of
					 consistency and which is material in nature, must be brought to the attention
					 of the office in a cover letter which will accompany the hospital's submission.
					 The cover letter shall include both a description and analysis of the impact
					 that such accounting change has on the data submitted.
(b) "Depreciation policies" means the
					 determination of the estimated useful life of a depreciable asset in its normal
					 operating or service life. The useful lives of hospital assets shall be based
					 on the most recent American Hospital Association's useful life guidelines for
					 depreciable assets.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 643 - Administrative Regulations and Rules of Practice Description of Organization › Article 3 - PETITIONS AND APPLICATIONS › Part 5 - Rate Regulation and Budget Review › Hospital Financial Review › Section 19a-643-203 - Pricemaster

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A pricemaster, also known as a
					 chargemaster, is the detailed schedule of all hospital charges that is required
					 to be on file with the office in accordance with section
					 19a-681
					 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(b) Each acute care general or children's
					 hospital shall file its most current pricemaster with the Office and shall be
					 responsible for maintaining its accuracy and filing it in a timely manner. A
					 hospital may start to charge for new drugs, supplies, tests and procedures that
					 were not listed on its last hospital pricemaster filed with the
					 office.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 643 - Administrative Regulations and Rules of Practice Description of Organization › Article 3 - PETITIONS AND APPLICATIONS › Part 5 - Rate Regulation and Budget Review › Hospital Financial Review › Section 19a-643-204 - Filing of pricemaster data

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Each acute care
					 general or children's hospital shall file with the office a copy of the
					 pricemaster that was in effect on the last day of the month by no later than
					 the fifteenth calendar day of the following month, which shall include all new
					 or revised charges not previously reported to the office. Pricemaster data
					 shall be filed in an electronic format and medium specified by the
					 office.
(b) Each pricemaster shall
					 contain the following:
(1) A column for an
					 item code number which shall uniquely identify each item in the pricemaster and
					 shall be consistent with the item code utilized on the hospital's detailed
					 patient bills. This column shall be labeled "Item Code";
(2) A column for an item description which
					 shall uniquely describe each item in the pricemaster and shall be consistent
					 with the item description utilized on the hospital's detailed patient bills.
					 This column shall be labeled "Item Description"; and
(3) A column for the item price in effect as
					 of the last day of the month for which the pricemaster is applicable. This
					 column shall be labeled "Item Price".
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 643 - Administrative Regulations and Rules of Practice Description of Organization › Article 3 - PETITIONS AND APPLICATIONS › Part 5 - Rate Regulation and Budget Review › Hospital Financial Review › Section 19a-643-206 - Annual reporting and twelve months actual filing

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Applicability to hospitals:
(1) Each acute care general or children's
					 hospital subject to the provisions of section
					 19a-644(a)
					 of the Connecticut General Statutes shall report to the office by February
					 28th of each year with respect to its operations for
					 the most recently completed fiscal year in such form as the office may require;
					 and
(2) Each specialty hospital
					 subject to the provisions of section
					 19a-644(d)
					 of the Connecticut General Statutes shall report to the office by the end of
					 the fifth month after the hospital's fiscal year ending date. The specialty
					 hospital shall submit audited financial statements that are general purpose
					 financial statements, which express the unqualified opinion of an independent
					 certified public accounting firm for the most recently completed fiscal year
					 for the hospital, or audited consolidated financial statements for the
					 hospital's parent corporation and consolidating financial statements that at a
					 minimum contain a balance sheet and statement of operations and that provide a
					 breakout of the hospital's and each affiliate's numbers with a report of
					 independent accountants on other financial information.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 643 - Administrative Regulations and Rules of Practice Description of Organization › Article 3 - PETITIONS AND APPLICATIONS › Part 5 - Rate Regulation and Budget Review › Office of Healthcare Access Rules of Practice › Section 19a-643-207 - Rules of practice

Current through July 10, 2024
The Office of Health Care Access division of the
						Department of Public Health shall follow the Rules of Practice under section
						19a-9-1, et seq., of
						the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 643 - Administrative Regulations and Rules of Practice Description of Organization › Article 3 - PETITIONS AND APPLICATIONS › Part 5 - Rate Regulation and Budget Review › Office of Healthcare Access Rules of Practice › Section 19a-643-208 - Consolidation of proceedings

Current through July 10, 2024
Proceedings involving related questions of law or fact
						may be consolidated at the direction of the commissioner, the commissioner's
						designee or a presiding officer.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 653 - Civil Penalties Assessed by the Office of Healthcare Access › Section 19a-653-1 - Notification of a civil penalty

Current through July 10, 2024
The commissioner or the commissioner's designee, prior to the
				imposition of any civil penalty under section
				19a-653
				of the Connecticut General Statutes, shall notify any facility, institution or
				person subject to such civil penalty in accordance with section
				19a-653
				of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 653 - Civil Penalties Assessed by the Office of Healthcare Access › Section 19a-653-2 - Civil penalty - request for hearing

Current through July 10, 2024
Pursuant to section
				19a-653
				of the Connecticut General Statutes, any health care facility or person to whom
				the notice of civil penalty was addressed may request a hearing to contest the
				imposition of the civil penalty. The Office shall notify the health care
				facility or person of the date, time and place of the hearing, not later than
				ten days after the Office's receipt of the request.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 653 - Civil Penalties Assessed by the Office of Healthcare Access › Section 19a-653-3 - Civil penalty - request for extension of time

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A request for an extension of time within
			 which to file required data or information shall contain the following:
(1) The reason why the health care facility
			 or person was unable to comply with the original due date; and
(2) The date on which the information or data
			 will be filed.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 10 - Medical Educational Requirements › Section 20-10-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in Sections 20-10-1 through
				20-10-3,
				inclusive:
(a) "Accredited hospital"
			 means a hospital accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of
			 Hospitals.
(b) "Department" means
			 the Department of Health Services.
(c) "Liaison Committee on Medical Education"
			 means the Liaison Committee on Medical Education of the Association of American
			 Medical Colleges and of the Council on Medical Education of the American
			 Medical Association.
(d) "Month,"
			 as used in subsection (b) of section
			 20-10-3
			 of these regulations, means a minimum of 30 days. No more than one month of
			 attendance can be credited within any 30-day calendar period.
(e) "Recognized regional accrediting body"
			 means one of the following regional accrediting bodies: New England Association
			 of Schools and Colleges; Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools;
			 North Central Association of Colleges and Schools; Northwest Association of
			 Schools and Colleges; Southern Association of Colleges and Schools; and Western
			 Association of Schools and Colleges.
(f) "Week," as used in subsection (b) of
			 section
			 20-10-3
			 of these regulations, means a minimum of 30 hours of supervised clinical
			 instruction. No more than one week of supervised clinical instruction can be
			 credited within any 7-day calendar period.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 10 - Medical Educational Requirements › Section 20-10-2 - Medical education in the United States, its territories, or Canada

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) An applicant graduating from a medical
			 school located in the United States, its territories, or Canada shall be a
			 graduate of a school which held accreditation by the Liaison Committee on
			 Medical Education throughout the period of his attendance.
(b) An applicant attending, but not
			 graduating from, a medical school located in the United States, its
			 territories, or Canada shall attend a school which held accreditation by the
			 Liaison Committee on Medical Education throughout the period of his attendance,
			 in order to receive advanced standing credit for coursework successfully
			 completed at such school.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 10 - Medical Educational Requirements › Section 20-10-3 - Medical education outside the United States, its territories, or Canada

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) An applicant graduating from a medical
			 school located outside the United States, its territories, or Canada shall be
			 deemed to have satisfied educational requirements for licensure, pursuant to
			 subsection (1) (B) of section
			 20-10
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, provided he is a graduate of a school
			 which was listed in the
World Directory of Medical Schools:
			 1970,
published by the World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland,
			 1973.
(b) An applicant graduating
			 from a medical school located outside the United States, its territories, or
			 Canada which was not listed in the
World Directory of Medical Schools:
			 1970
shall be deemed to have satisfied educational requirements for
			 licensure, pursuant to subsection (1) (B) of section
			 20-10
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, provided he demonstrates, to the
			 satisfaction of the Department, successful completion of a program of education
			 satisfying all requirements of this subsection. Documentation, satisfactory to
			 the Department, of the program of education shall be the responsibility of the
			 applicant.
(1) The applicant shall have
			 successfully completed a minimum of 2 years of post-secondary study prior to
			 enrollment in the medical education program.
(A) Such study shall consist of a minimum of
			 60 semester units, or its equivalent, of post-secondary coursework successfully
			 completed.
(B) Such study shall
			 include post-secondary coursework in the following areas: biology; inorganic
			 chemistry; organic chemistry; and physics.
(C) Post-secondary education shall, if
			 undertaken in the United States or its territories, be done in an institution
			 of post-secondary education accredited by a recognized regional accrediting
			 body.
(D) Post-secondary education
			 shall, if undertaken outside the United States or its territories, be done in
			 an institution of post-secondary education legally chartered to grant
			 post-secondary degrees in the country in which located, and shall be
			 demonstrated to provide the equivalent of 60 semester units granted by an
			 institution of post-secondary education accredited by a recognized regional
			 accrediting body in the United States.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 10 - Medical Educational Requirements › Standards for the Review of Graduate Medical Training › Section 20-10-4 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
For the purposes of sections 20-10-4 to
				  20-10-6,
				  inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(1) "Applicant" means a person seeking
				physician licensure pursuant to Chapter 370 of the Connecticut General
				Statutes.
(2) "Department" means
				the Department of Public Health.
(3) "Senior physician executive" means a
				sponsoring department chair, training program director or medical staff officer
				in the United States.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 10 - Medical Educational Requirements › Standards for the Review of Graduate Medical Training › Section 20-10-5 - Equivalent training program

Current through July 10, 2024
An applicant may be deemed to have completed an equivalent
				  program, pursuant to subdivision (2) of section
				  20-10
				  of the Connecticut General Statutes, provided he has had no lapse greater than
				  six consecutive months of active clinical practice during the twenty-four
				  months immediately preceding the submission of his application to the
				  department and satisfies one of the following criteria:
(1) Holds current certification by a
				specialty board approved by the American Board of Medical Specialties or has
				been admitted for the certification examination by such board;
(2) Holds current certification by a foreign
				specialty board accepted as meeting the education and training requirements for
				certification examination by a board approved by the American Board of Medical
				Specialties; or
(3) Has
				successfully completed, at a level greater than the second post graduate year,
				one year of an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education accredited
				residency or fellowship training program.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 10 - Medical Educational Requirements › Standards for the Review of Graduate Medical Training › Section 20-10-6 - Individual review

Current through July 10, 2024
An applicant who does not satisfy the criteria of section
				  20-10-5
				  of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies may petition the department
				  for an individual review of his credentials. Such petition shall be supported
				  by evidence of education and training and a letter of reference from a senior
				  physician executive. If deemed appropriate by the department, the request will
				  be presented for review before the Connecticut Medical Examining
				  Board.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 13d - Reporting Actions Taken Against Physicians › Section 20-13d-1 - Reporting disciplinary actions taken against physicians

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The Department of Public Health shall
			 post a summary of disciplinary actions taken by the Connecticut Medical
			 Examining Board on the Board's web page within five business days of the
			 Board's monthly meeting.
(b) The
			 summary posted to the Board's web page in accordance with subsection (a) of
			 this section shall note specifically any disciplinary actions that are stayed
			 pursuant to section
			 4-183(f)
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes while an appeal is pending.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 32b - Continuing Education for Chiropractors › Section 20-32b-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
For the purpose of sections 20-32b-1 through
				20-32b-7
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the following definitions
				apply:
(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 said participant has successfully completed a
			 continuing education activity. Such certificate shall include:
(A) participant's name;
(B) provider's name;
(C) title or subject area of the
			 activity;
(D) date and location of
			 attendance; and
(E) number of
			 contact hours completed.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 32b - Continuing Education for Chiropractors › Section 20-32b-2 - Number of credits required

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Each licensee
			 shall complete a minimum of forty-eight credit hours of continuing education
			 during each continuing education monitoring period.
(b) A licensee shall not carry over
			 continuing education credit hours to a subsequent continuing education
			 monitoring period.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 32b - Continuing Education for Chiropractors › Section 20-32b-3 - Basic requirements for continuing education programs

Current through July 10, 2024
Continuing education activities shall meet the following
				requirements:
(a) the activity
			 involves face-to-face instruction or a self-assessment program;
(b) the provider implements a mechanism to
			 monitor and document attendance at face-to-face instruction or, in the case of
			 a self-assessment program, the provider implements a mechanism to document
			 completion of such program;
(c) the
			 provider retains written records for three years from the participant's actual
			 successful completion of the activity, including but not necessarily limited
			 to:
(1) content description;
(2) instructor;
(3) date of course;
(4) location of course;
(5) list of participants; and
(6) number of contact hours;
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 32b - Continuing Education for Chiropractors › Section 20-32b-4 - Qualifying programs

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Content.
To qualify for award hours in accordance with subsection
			 (b) of this section, continuing education programs shall concentrate on one or
			 more of the topics in subdivision (1) of section
			 20-24 and
			 section
			 20-28
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes. Self-assessment programs shall be offered
			 or sponsored by a college of chiropractic accredited by the Council on
			 Chiropractic Education or a provider of continuing medical education approved
			 or accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
			 Education.
(b)
Award of
			 credit hours
(1) Continuing education
			 credit hours shall be awarded as follows:
(A)
			 courses, institutes, seminars, programs, clinics and scientific meetings: one
			 credit hour for each contact hour of attendance;
(B) first presentation by licensee of an
			 original paper, essay or formal lecture in chiropractic to a recognized group
			 of fellow professionals at a scientific meeting: two credit hours for the first
			 presentation of the material in any two year period;
(C) original scientific paper published by
			 licensee in a scientific professional journal that accepts papers only on the
			 basis of independent review by experts: six credit hours for the first
			 publication only of the material; and
(D) self-assessment programs: one credit hour
			 for each contact hour of time spent completing the self-assessment program.
			 Self-assessment programs may include distance learning and internet-based
			 educational programs.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 32b - Continuing Education for Chiropractors › Section 20-32b-5 - Record retention by licensees

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Each licensee
			 shall obtain a certificate of completion from the provider for each continuing
			 education activity successfully completed. Each licensee shall maintain, for
			 continuing education activities specified in (B), (C) and (D) in subdivision
			 (1) of subsection (b) of section
			 20-32b-4 of
			 the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, written documentation of
			 completion. The licensee shall retain certificates of completion if issued or,
			 if not, other written evidence of completion for a minimum of three years after
			 the end of the continuing education monitoring period during which the licensee
			 successfully completed the activity.
(b) The Department may inspect such licensee
			 records as it deems necessary. The licensee shall submit certificates of
			 completion if applicable or other written evidence of completion to the
			 Department only upon the Department's request. The licensee shall submit such
			 records to the Department within forty-five days of the Department's
			 request.
(c) A licensee who fails
			 to comply with the requirements of sections
			 20-32b-1
			 through
			 20-32b-6
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies may be subject to disciplinary
			 action, pursuant to Section
			 20-29
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, or a non-renewal of his or her
			 license.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 32b - Continuing Education for Chiropractors › Section 20-32b-6 - Waiver of the continuing education requirement for good cause

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A licensee who is not engaged in any
			 active practice during a given continuing education monitoring period shall be
			 exempt from continuing education requirements on submission, prior to the
			 expiration of the continuing education monitoring period, of a notarized
			 application on a form provided by the Department. The application shall contain
			 the statement that the licensee shall not engage in active practice until the
			 licensee has shown proof of completion of requirements specified in section
			 20-32b-2
			 through Section
			 20-32b-5
			 of the Regulations of the Connecticut State Agencies.
(b) 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 › 32b - Continuing Education for Chiropractors › Section 20-32b-7 - Requirements for return to active practice following exemption from continuing education requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
A licensee who has been exempt, pursuant to subsection (a) of
				section
				20-32b-6
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, shall submit to the
				department evidence of successful completion of twenty-four credit hours of
				continuing education within six months after returning to active
				practice.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 44 - Permits to Physicians to Serve As Interns or Residents in Hospitals in This State for the Purpose of Extending Their Education › Section 20-44-1 - Education permits for physicians ineligible for license

Current through July 10, 2024
Physicians ineligible for licensure to practice medicine in the
				state of Connecticut, for lack of residence or citizenship requirements, or
				because they are graduates of foreign medical schools not accredited in this
				state, seeking permits to serve as interns or residents in Connecticut
				hospitals for the purpose of extending their education, shall complete the
				following application in all of its details and submit it to the hospitals for
				its endorsement, and shall file the same together with a ten dollar fee, to the
				Connecticut medical examining board.
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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 44 - Permits to Physicians to Serve As Interns or Residents in Hospitals in This State for the Purpose of Extending Their Education › Section 20-44-2 - Term of permit

Current through July 10, 2024
Permits shall be for the term of one year from date of issuance
				and may be renewed at the board's discretion for an additional year in the
				original or another hospital in Connecticut upon reapplication by the
				physician.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 44 - Permits to Physicians to Serve As Interns or Residents in Hospitals in This State for the Purpose of Extending Their Education › Section 20-44-3 - Cancellation or revocation

Current through July 10, 2024
Permits shall be subject to cancellation or revocation (a) if
				the physician holding the permit is separated from the hospital where he is
				serving for any cause; (b) if in the opinion of the hospital he is not
				competent because of lack of education and training; (c) if the physician is
				guilty of unprofessional conduct or misconduct.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 74i - Continued Competency Requirements for Biennial License Renewal by Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Assistants › Section 20-74i-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
For the purpose of these regulations, the following definitions
				shall apply.
(a) "Department" means
			 the Department of Public Health.
(b) "Licensee" means an occupational
			 therapist or occupational therapy assistant licensed pursuant to Connecticut
			 General Statutes, Chapter 376a.
(c)
			 "License renewal due date" means the last day of the month of July during an
			 odd-numbered year in which licenses expire.
(d) "Registration period" means the two-year
			 period during which a license which has been renewed in accordance with
			 Connecticut General Statutes, Section
			 20-74h, is
			 current and valid and which two-year period terminates on the license renewal
			 due date.
(e) "Active practice"
			 means the treatment in Connecticut of one or more patients by a licensee during
			 any given registration period.
(f)
			 "Provider" means an individual health care provider or educator, organization,
			 educational institution or other entity conducting a continued competency
			 activity. Providers shall include but not necessarily be limited to:
			 educational institutions accredited by the Accreditation Council for
			 Occupational Therapy Education or its successor organization and its
			 constituent organizations; and the Veterans Administration and Armed Forces
			 when conducting programs at United States governmental facilities.
(g) "Participant" means a licensee who
			 completes a continued competency activity.
(h) "Contact hour" means a minimum of 50
			 minutes of continued competency activity.
(i) "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.
(j) "Home study program" means continued
			 competency activities clearly related to maintaining skills necessary for the
			 safe and competent practice of occupational therapy that require successful
			 completion of a proficiency examination, and may include distance learning and
			 internet-based educational programs.
(k) "Certificate of completion" means a
			 document issued to a participant by a provider which certifies that said
			 participant has successfully completed a continued competency
			 activity.