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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 2a - Personal Data › Section 19a-2a-20 - Payroll records data system

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
General
			 nature and purpose
(1) Location.
			 Payroll records for all department employees, are maintained at 150 Washington
			 Street, Hartford, Connecticut.
(2)
			 Format. Payroll records are maintained in automated and manual forms.
(3) Purpose. The purpose of the system is to
			 facilitate the department's activities regarding payroll, budgeting, cost
			 accounting, personnel planning and compliance with state and federal reporting
			 requirements.
(4) Official
			 responsible. The Chief Administrator of Fiscal Services is located at 150
			 Washington Street, Hartford, Connecticut, and is the official responsible for
			 the payroll records data system. Requests for disclosure or amendment of the
			 records in the system should be directed to this official.
(5) Routine sources. Routine sources of
			 information in payroll records include:
(A)
			 employee;
(B) employee's
			 supervisor;
(C) attendance
			 sheets;
(D) contracts;
(E) the Comptroller's Office;
(F) the Department of Administrative
			 Services;
(G) the Division of
			 Personnel and Labor Relations; and
(H) insurance carriers.
(6) Legal authority. Payroll data are
			 collected, maintained and used under authority of the State Personnel Act,
			 Connecticut General Statutes Section
			 5-193
			 through
			 5-269.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 2a - Personal Data › Section 19a-2a-21 - Employee assistance program (EAP) data system

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
General Nature and Purpose
(1)
			 Location. All EAP client records are located in the Employee Assistance
			 Program, 150 Washington Street, Hartford, Connecticut.
(2) Format. Records are maintained in
			 automated and manual form.
(3)
			 Purpose
The purpose of this system is to document the diagnosis,
				treatment planning, treatment process and response of the EAP client.
(4) Official responsible. The
			 affirmative action officer is located at 150 Washington Street, Hartford,
			 Connecticut, and is the official responsible for the EAP data system. Requests
			 for disclosure or amendment of the records in the system should be directed to
			 this official.
(5) Routine sources.
			 Routine sources of data include interviews, examinations, observations or
			 evaluations of the patient or client, information provided by family members,
			 public and private health care providers, social workers, and professionals and
			 other state agencies.
(6) Legal
			 authority. Personnel data in EAP client records are collected, maintained and
			 used under authority of Section 19a-126h of the Connecticut General Statutes
			 and 42 C.F.R. (Code of Federal Regulations) Part 2.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 2a - Personal Data › Section 19a-2a-22 - AIDS/HIV data system

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
General
			 nature and purpose
(1) Location. All
			 data collected in the AIDS/HIV data system is housed at 21 Grand Street,
			 Hartford, Connecticut.
(2) Format.
			 This data system is all automated.
(3) Purpose. The purpose for this system is
			 disease surveillance.
(4) Official
			 responsible. The chief of the Epidemiology Section/AIDS division is located at
			 21 Grand Street, Hartford, Connecticut, and is the official responsible for the
			 AIDS/HIV data system. Requests for disclosure or amendment of the records in
			 this system should be directed to this official.
(5) Routine sources. Personal data is
			 routinely received from physicians, institutions, laboratories, infection
			 control practitioners, AIDS coordinators in various health care facilities or
			 private practice, and from death certificates.
(6) Legal authority. The legal authority for
			 the AIDS/HIV data system is Connecticut General Statutes, Sections:
(A) 19a-2a; and
(B) 19a-581 through 19a-592.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 2a - Personal Data › Section 19a-2a-23 - Maintenance of personal data

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Personal data
			 shall not be maintained unless relevant and necessary to accomplish the lawful
			 purposes of the department. Where the department finds irrelevant or
			 unnecessary public records in its possession, it shall dispose of these records
			 in accordance with its records retention schedule and with the approval of the
			 public records administrator as per Connecticut General Statutes section
			 11-8a,
			 or if the records are not disposable under the records retention schedule,
			 request permission from the public records administrator to dispose of the
			 records under Connecticut General Statutes section
			 11-8a.
(b) The department shall collect and maintain
			 all records accurately and completely.
(c) Insofar as it is consistent with the
			 needs and mission of the department, the department wherever practical shall
			 collect personal data directly from the persons to whom a record
			 pertains.
(d) Department employees
			 involved in the operations of the department's personal data systems shall be
			 informed of the provisions of:
(1) the
			 Personal Data Act, chapter 55 of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(2) the department's regulations adopted
			 pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes section
			 4-196;
(3) the Freedom of Information Act, Sections
			 1-15 and
			 1-18
			 to 1-21l inclusive of the Connecticut General Statutes; and
(4) any other state or federal statutes or
			 regulations concerning maintenance or disclosure of personal data kept by the
			 department.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 2a - Personal Data › J1 Visa Waiver Program › Section 19a-2a-24 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in sections 19a-2a-24 to
				  19a-2a-26,
				  inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(1) "Application" means an application for
				waiver of a two-year foreign residence requirement for a foreign medical
				graduate holding a J-1 VISA, made in accordance with
				22 CFR
				41.63, 8 USC 1182 (e) and
				8 USC
				1184
(I),
as amended from
				time to time;
(2) "Applicant" means
				a foreign medical graduate physician or surgeon licensed pursuant to chapter
				370 of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(3) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of
				Public Health or the commissioner's designee;
(4) "Department" means the Department of
				Public Health;
(5) "Director" means
				the director of the United States Department of State Waiver Review
				Division;
(6) "Federal fiscal year"
				means the period October 1 through September 30; and
(7) " Health care facility" means a medical
				facility, as defined in
				42
				CFR 5.2, as amended from time to
				time.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 2a - Personal Data › J1 Visa Waiver Program › Section 19a-2a-25 - Applications

Current through July 10, 2024
An application form for a J-1 VISA waiver shall be developed
				  by the department and published on the department's internet website. Such
				  application form shall request all information and documentation deemed
				  necessary by the department, in accordance with federal laws and the provisions
				  of sections
				  19a-2a-24 to
				  19a-2a-26,
				  inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies to ensure that the
				  department will be able to submit the completed application materials to the
				  director on behalf of an applicant.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 2a - Personal Data › J1 Visa Waiver Program › Section 19a-2a-26 - Eligibility determination

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) An applicant,
				or his or her attorney, may submit an application to the department for its
				consideration. To the extent permitted by federal law and sections
				19a-2a-24 to
				19a-2a-26, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the
				department may recommend a waiver of the foreign country residence requirement
				for an applicant who agrees to practice medicine in accordance with
				8 USC
				1184 (), as amended from time to time, and
				sections
				19a-2a-24 to
				19a-2a-26, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, as
				amended from time to time.
(b)
				Applications shall be submitted in accordance with subsections (c) and (d) of
				this section by a physician or surgeon who:
(1)Agrees to practice medicine in a health
				care facility that is located in a geographic area designated by the United
				States Secretary of Health and Human Services as having a shortage of health
				care professionals; or
(2)Agrees to
				practice medicine in a health care facility that serves patients who reside in
				one or more geographic areas designated by the United States Secretary of
				Health and Human Services as having a shortage of health care professionals
				without regard to whether such facility is located within such a designated
				area.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 7 - Confidentiality of Health Care Data › Section 19a-7-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in sections 19a-7-1 and
				19a-7-2
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(1) "Agent" means a person or entity which
			 has entered into an agreement or contract with the department to perform
			 administrative, processing, management, analytical, evaluative, or other
			 related service with the data collected under Section
			 19a-7(b)
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(2) "Aggregate health data" means health data
			 that are obtained by adding together like data in a manner that precludes the
			 identification of an individual described by the data;
(3) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of
			 the Department of Public Health;
(4) "Confidential health data" means personal
			 data or patient-identifiable data collected under Section
			 19a-7(b)
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(5) "Department" means the Department of
			 Public Health;
(6) "Disseminate" or
			 "disclose" means the communication of health data to any individual or
			 organization outside the department;
(7) "Health data" means information collected
			 under Section
			 19a-7(b)
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, recorded in any form or medium, that
			 relates to the health status of individuals, the determinants of health and
			 health hazards, the availability of health resources and services, or the use
			 and cost of such resources and services;
(8) "Individual" means a natural
			 person;
(9) "Organization" means
			 any corporation, association, partnership, agency, department, unit, or other
			 legally constituted institution or entity, or part thereof;
(10) "Patient" means an individual who has
			 received health care services and from whom health data have been
			 obtained;
(11)
			 "Patient-identifiable data" means any information that singly or collectively
			 refers to one patient and permits positive or probable identification of that
			 patient;
(12) "Personal data" means
			 "personal data" as defined in Section
			 4-190 of the
			 Connecticut General Statutes;
(13)
			 "Process of establishing a state health plan" means the activities by which the
			 department collects, analyzes, evaluates, and disseminates health data in order
			 to develop public health priorites, goals, and objectives, or other related
			 functions as determined by the commissioner;
(14) "Public health planning" means any
			 activity conducted by the department as provided in Section
			 19a-7
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes; and
(15) "Report" means data or information
			 extracted or prepared in any form or medium.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 7 - Confidentiality of Health Care Data › Section 19a-7-2 - Maintenance of confidentiality

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Access to
			 confidential health data shall be restricted to those employees or agents
			 engaged in the department's process of establishing a state health
			 plan.
(b) The department may, at
			 the discretion of the commissioner, disseminate aggregate health data or
			 publish reports based upon aggregate health data provided such data and
			 reports:
(1) are used for public health
			 planning and
(2) do not include
			 personal data or patient-identifiable data.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 7h - Reporting Information to and Releasing Information from the Connecticut Immunization Registry and Tracking System › Section 19a-7h-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in Sections 19a-7h-1 to
				19a-7h-5,
				inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(1) "Connecticut electronic birth registry
			 system" means the department's computer database of all birth data from
			 electronic transmission of birth information data by hospitals to the
			 department as authorized by section
			 7-48
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(2) "Department" means the Connecticut
			 Department of Public Health.
(3)
			 "Health care provider" means "health care provider" as defined in section
			 19a-7h
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(4) "Immunization registry" means the
			 department's ongoing computer-based registry of children who have not yet begun
			 first grade of school and their complete immunization history as authorized by
			 section
			 19a-7h
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 7h - Reporting Information to and Releasing Information from the Connecticut Immunization Registry and Tracking System › Section 19a-7h-2 - Registration

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The administrator of the Connecticut
			 electronic birth registry system shall report identifying and locating
			 information and, to the extent the information is contained in it, any
			 information on in-hospital newborn vaccination, non-household contact persons,
			 and designated well child care provider, to the immunization registry on all
			 children born on or after January 1, 1999 in Connecticut hospitals to residents
			 of Connecticut.
The administrator of the Connecticut electronic birth registry
				system shall submit an electronic data file to the immunization registry
				administrator within 7 days of the information being received at the
				department. Identifying and locating information shall be:
(1) the infant's name, birthdate, hospital of
			 birth, birth certificate number, birth document control number, and address,
			 and, if available, social security number;
(2) the infant's mother's name, birthdate,
			 and address; and
(3) the infant's
			 father's name, birthdate and address.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 7h - Reporting Information to and Releasing Information from the Connecticut Immunization Registry and Tracking System › Section 19a-7h-3 - Reporting of vaccination by health care providers

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Health
			 care providers giving vaccinations in an outpatient setting shall report to the
			 immunization registry information on each vaccination given to a child born on
			 or after January 1, 1999 and who currently resides in Connecticut, or when
			 appropriate, permanent exemptions from administration of each vaccine dose
			 within 14 days of giving to or permanently exempting a child from any dose of
			 vaccine. Health care providers shall make similar reports at the request of the
			 immunization registry administrator on children enrolled in the immunization
			 registry including those born before January 1, 1999. Reports shall be made in
			 a written or an electronic format, approved by the commissioner. The reports
			 shall include:
(1) the vaccinated or exempted
			 child's name and date of birth and, if the report is made in electronic format,
			 other unique identifiers approved by the commissioner;
(2) the name of each vaccination given or for
			 permanent exemption, the name of each vaccine exempted and whether the
			 exemption is for medical reasons, religious reasons, or because the child has
			 laboratory confirmation of natural infection with the infecting agent against
			 which the exempted vaccine would provide protection;
(3) the date the vaccine was administered or
			 permanently exempted; and
(4) the
			 name of the health care provider who ordered the dose be given or in the case
			 of a permanent exemption, issued a medical exemption or provided evidence of
			 laboratory confirmation of natural infection.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 7h - Reporting Information to and Releasing Information from the Connecticut Immunization Registry and Tracking System › Section 19a-7h-5 - Refusing participation in the immunization registry

Current through July 10, 2024
The parent or guardian of any child who is listed or eligible
				to be listed in the immunization registry shall receive a written informational
				statement from the department about the immunization registry at the time of
				birth or, for qualifying children who come to Connecticut after birth, at the
				time of their coming to the attention of the immunization registry. Such
				statement shall inform the parent or guardian that their child's immunization
				information will be reported to and maintained by the immunization registry and
				that they may submit a written request to the immunization registry at any time
				requesting that their child's immunization record no longer be maintained. Once
				the request is received, the immunization registry shall no longer update nor
				make available that child's immunization record as specified in section
				19a-7h-4
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 9 - Rules of Practice › Section 19a-9-2 - Organization description

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The department
			 operates under the direction of its commissioner who is appointed by the
			 Governor.
(b) The commissioner has
			 the powers and duties specified in section
			 19a-2a and
			 other provisions of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(c) The principal office of the department
			 and each board is located at and all communications should be addressed to the
			 Department of Public Health, P. O. Box 340308, 410 Capitol Avenue, Hartford,
			 Connecticut 06134-0308. This office is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday
			 through Friday except legal holidays.
(d) The public may inspect the regulations,
			 decisions and all public records of each agency at the department's office.
			 Requests for public information shall be in writing and submitted to the
			 department at the address in subsection (c) of this section.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 9 - Rules of Practice › Rules of Practice Receipt and Investigation of Petitions and Adjudication of Complaints › Article ONE - General Provisions › Section 19a-9-3 - Application and severability of regulations

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Sections
				  19a-9-1 through
				  19a-9-29
				  of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies govern practices and
				  procedures before the Department of Public Health and the various professional
				  examining boards and commissions within the department, under the applicable
				  laws of the State of Connecticut except where statutes and regulations
				  otherwise provide.
(b) Each
				  regulation in the provisions of sections
				  19a-9-1 through
				  l9a-9-29 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies and every part of
				  each such regulation is severable. The holding of any regulation or part
				  thereof to be unconstitutional, void or ineffective for any reason shall not
				  affect the validity, enforceability or constitutionality of any other
				  regulation or part thereof.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 9 - Rules of Practice › Rules of Practice Receipt and Investigation of Petitions and Adjudication of Complaints › Article ONE - General Provisions › Section 19a-9-4 - Waiver of rules

Current through July 10, 2024
Where good cause appears, except where precluded by
					 statute, the presiding officer or agency may permit deviation from sections
					 19a-9-1 through
					 19a-9-29
					 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 9 - Rules of Practice › Rules of Practice Receipt and Investigation of Petitions and Adjudication of Complaints › Article ONE - General Provisions › Section 19a-9-5 - Construction

Current through July 10, 2024
Sections
					 19a-9-1 through
					 19a-9-29
					 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies shall be construed liberally
					 by the agency or presiding officer to secure a just and efficient determination
					 of the issues presented.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 9 - Rules of Practice › Rules of Practice Receipt and Investigation of Petitions and Adjudication of Complaints › Article ONE - General Provisions › Section 19a-9-7 - Extension of time for filing

Current through July 10, 2024
Upon application, for good cause shown, the presiding
					 officer or adjudicating agency may extend the time within which any document
					 may be filed.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 9 - Rules of Practice › Rules of Practice Receipt and Investigation of Petitions and Adjudication of Complaints › Article ONE - General Provisions › Section 19a-9-8 - Date due when due date falls on a date the department is closed

Current through July 10, 2024
If the last day of any statutory or regulatory time frame
					 falls on a day on which the department is closed, any paper may be filed or any
					 required action may be taken on the next business day the department is open.
					 Such filing or action shall be deemed to have the same legal effect as if done
					 prior to the expiration of the time frame.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 9 - Rules of Practice › Rules of Practice Receipt and Investigation of Petitions and Adjudication of Complaints › Article TWO - Procedure for Filing Petitions, Requests for Declaratory Rulings and Rulemaking, and Appeals of Orders Issued by Local Directors of Health › Section 19a-9-9 - Who may file a petition

Current through July 10, 2024
Any person may file a petition whenever that person has
					 cause to believe that any health professional or institution licensed by the
					 department, or other entity under the jurisdiction of the department, has been
					 engaged or is engaging in any practice that violates a statute or
					 regulation.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 9 - Rules of Practice › Rules of Practice Receipt and Investigation of Petitions and Adjudication of Complaints › Article TWO - Procedure for Filing Petitions, Requests for Declaratory Rulings and Rulemaking, and Appeals of Orders Issued by Local Directors of Health › Section 19a-9-10 - Petition contents

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A petition
				  shall be in writing and shall contain the following:
(1) the full name and address of the
				  petitioner;
(2) the full name and
				  address of the respondent;
(3) a
				  plain and simple statement of the facts, events or actions on which the claim
				  is based;
(4) the date and
				  approximate time of the alleged violation; and,
(5) the location where the alleged violation
				  occurred.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 9 - Rules of Practice › Rules of Practice Receipt and Investigation of Petitions and Adjudication of Complaints › Article TWO - Procedure for Filing Petitions, Requests for Declaratory Rulings and Rulemaking, and Appeals of Orders Issued by Local Directors of Health › Section 19a-9-11 - Modification or withdrawal of a petition

Current through July 10, 2024
A petition, or any part thereof, may be withdrawn or
					 modified by the petitioner with the consent of the department upon such
					 conditions as the department may deem proper.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 9 - Rules of Practice › Rules of Practice Receipt and Investigation of Petitions and Adjudication of Complaints › Article TWO - Procedure for Filing Petitions, Requests for Declaratory Rulings and Rulemaking, and Appeals of Orders Issued by Local Directors of Health › Section 19a-9-12 - Requests for declaratory rulings

Current through July 10, 2024
Any interested person may submit a request to the agency
					 for a declaratory ruling regarding the validity of any regulation, or
					 applicability to specified circumstances of a provision of the general
					 statutes, a regulation, or a final decision on a matter within the jurisdiction
					 of the agency. The submittal shall conform to the requirements of subsection
					 19a-9-6(a),
					 and a copy shall be sent to any person that the requester knows or has reason
					 to believe may be substantially affected by the declaratory ruling. It shall
					 contain a detailed statement of the person's interest in such matter and the
					 facts relevant thereto, and the names and addresses of persons to whom it was
					 sent. The agency may request the submission of such additional facts as it
					 deems necessary, and may conduct a hearing.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 9 - Rules of Practice › Rules of Practice Receipt and Investigation of Petitions and Adjudication of Complaints › Article TWO - Procedure for Filing Petitions, Requests for Declaratory Rulings and Rulemaking, and Appeals of Orders Issued by Local Directors of Health › Section 19a-9-13 - Request for regulation

Current through July 10, 2024
Requests for the promulgation, amendment or repeal of a
					 regulation shall be in writing and contain the reasons for the requested
					 action. The department shall act in the manner specified in section
					 4-174 of
					 the Connecticut General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 9 - Rules of Practice › Rules of Practice Receipt and Investigation of Petitions and Adjudication of Complaints › Article TWO - Procedure for Filing Petitions, Requests for Declaratory Rulings and Rulemaking, and Appeals of Orders Issued by Local Directors of Health › Section 19a-9-14 - Appeals of orders issued by a town, city, borough, or district director of health

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any person
				  aggrieved by an order issued by a town, city, borough, or district director of
				  health may appeal said order to the commissioner.
(b) The notice of appeal shall be filed with
				  the commissioner not later than three business days after the date of such
				  person's receipt of such order.
(c)
				  The notice of appeal shall state:
(1) the
				  name, address, and telephone number of the person claiming to be
				  aggrieved;
(2) the name of the
				  issuing authority;
(3) the way in
				  which the order adversely affects the person claiming to be
				  aggrieved;
(4) the order being
				  appealed; and
(5) the grounds for
				  appeal.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 9 - Rules of Practice › Rules of Practice Receipt and Investigation of Petitions and Adjudication of Complaints › Article THREE - Investigations › Section 19a-9-15 - Agency's authority to investigate, refer and dismiss petitions and requests for declaratory rulings

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The agency may
				  initiate and conduct any investigation that the agency deems necessary within
				  the agency's jurisdiction.
(b) If,
				  after receipt or investigation of a petition or request for a declaratory
				  ruling, the agency determines that it lacks jurisdiction or that there is
				  insufficient evidence to establish the alleged violation, it shall dismiss the
				  petition or request. The agency shall notify the petitioner or the person
				  making the request, and any respondent who is the subject of the investigation,
				  in writing, of the dismissal. The agency may, in the exercise of discretion,
				  refer any petition or request to another person, agency, or department within
				  the executive or judicial branch.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 9 - Rules of Practice › Rules of Practice Receipt and Investigation of Petitions and Adjudication of Complaints › Article THREE - Investigations › Section 19a-6-16 - Applications for reconsideration of dismissals of petitions and requests for declaratory rulings

Current through July 10, 2024
A petitioner or a person who requests a declaratory ruling
					 may request reconsideration of a dismissal by the agency within ten (10) days
					 from the date of the notice of the dismissal. The request shall be in writing
					 and shall specify the grounds upon which it is based. New or previously unknown
					 evidence may then be considered.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 9 - Rules of Practice › Rules of Practice Receipt and Investigation of Petitions and Adjudication of Complaints › Article FOUR - Post-Investigative Procedures › Section 19a-9-17 - Designation of hearing entity

Current through July 10, 2024
If the agency determines that the evidence is sufficient to
					 issue a statement of charges or to hold a hearing on a request for a
					 declaratory ruling, or if the legal rights, duties or privileges of a party are
					 required by statute to be determined by the commissioner or an agency after an
					 opportunity for hearing, the adjudicating agency may designate a hearing
					 officer, a member of the agency or a hearing panel to conduct a hearing, unless
					 otherwise provided by statute.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 9 - Rules of Practice › Rules of Practice Receipt and Investigation of Petitions and Adjudication of Complaints › Article FOUR - Post-Investigative Procedures › Section 19a-9-18 - Notice of hearing

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) All notices of
				  hearing shall be in writing and shall comply with the provisions of subsections
				  (a) and (b) of section
				  4-177
				  and subsection (c) of section
				  4-182,
				  if applicable, of the Connecticut General Statutes, as they may be amended from
				  time to time.
(b) A notice of
				  hearing shall be delivered to all designated parties and intervenors or their
				  authorized representative personally or by United States mail, certified or
				  registered, postage prepaid, return receipt requested.
(c) A notice of hearing shall be effective if
				  delivered or sent to the party's last known address of record on file with the
				  department. If such notice is not actually received by a party, or if the party
				  is not currently licensed, service shall be deemed sufficient provided that the
				  department or board, if applicable, has made all reasonable efforts to
				  effectuate notice.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 9 - Rules of Practice › Rules of Practice Receipt and Investigation of Petitions and Adjudication of Complaints › Article FOUR - Post-Investigative Procedures › Section 19a-9-19 - Filing of answer in a contested case

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) An answer shall
				  be in writing, signed by a respondent or his or her authorized representative,
				  and shall be filed with the agency within fourteen (14) days from the date of
				  the notice of the hearing, or such other time specified in the notice of
				  hearing.
(b) An answer shall
				  contain a specific denial, admission, or denial of any knowledge sufficient to
				  form a belief regarding each allegation of the complaint, and a statement of
				  any facts or claims that may constitute a defense.
(c) Any allegation not answered in accordance
				  with subsection (b) of this section shall be deemed admitted.
(d) An answer shall contain the mailing
				  address and telephone number of the respondent, and the mailing address and
				  telephone number of the respondent's authorized representative, if
				  any.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 9 - Rules of Practice › Rules of Practice Receipt and Investigation of Petitions and Adjudication of Complaints › Article FOUR - Post-Investigative Procedures › Section 19a-9-20 - Failure to file answer in a contested case

Current through July 10, 2024
The presiding officer shall proceed with the hearing at the
					 time and place specified in the notice of hearing, notwithstanding any failure
					 of the respondent to file an answer within the time provided. If no answer has
					 been timely filed, the allegations shall be deemed admitted.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 9 - Rules of Practice › Rules of Practice Receipt and Investigation of Petitions and Adjudication of Complaints › Article FOUR - Post-Investigative Procedures › Section 19a-9-21 - Acceleration of hearings

Current through July 10, 2024
With the approval of the presiding officer, the parties to
					 any proceeding may consent by written stipulation to a hearing earlier than
					 that provided in the notice of the hearing.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 9 - Rules of Practice › Rules of Practice Receipt and Investigation of Petitions and Adjudication of Complaints › Article FOUR - Post-Investigative Procedures › Section 19a-9-22 - Joinder of proceedings

Current through July 10, 2024
Two (2) or more hearings on requests for declaratory
					 rulings, or two (2) or more contested cases against a respondent may be joined
					 together by the presiding officer in the presiding officer's discretion,
					 provided that in hearings conducted pursuant to sections l9a-535 and l9a-535a
					 of the Connecticut General Statutes, as they may be amended from time to time,
					 two (2) or more proceedings may be joined only when the sole issue involved is
					 one of federal or state law or policy.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 9 - Rules of Practice › Rules of Practice Receipt and Investigation of Petitions and Adjudication of Complaints › Article FOUR - Post-Investigative Procedures › Section 19a-9-23 - Continuation of hearing

Current through July 10, 2024
The presiding officer may continue a hearing from day to
					 day or adjourn it to a later date or to a different place by announcement
					 thereof at the hearing or by other appropriate notice, at the presiding
					 officer's discretion.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 9 - Rules of Practice › Rules of Practice Receipt and Investigation of Petitions and Adjudication of Complaints › Article FIVE - Hearing Procedures for Contested Cases and Declaratory Ruling Proceedings › Section 19a-9-24 - Hearings

Current through July 10, 2024
Hearings shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 54
					 of the Connecticut General Statutes. The rules of evidence shall be as
					 prescribed in section
					 4-178
					 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 9 - Rules of Practice › Rules of Practice Receipt and Investigation of Petitions and Adjudication of Complaints › Article FIVE - Hearing Procedures for Contested Cases and Declaratory Ruling Proceedings › Section 19a-9-25 - Powers and duties of the presiding officer

Current through July 10, 2024
The presiding officer shall rule on all motions and preside
					 at the hearing. If a hearing is held before less than a majority of the members
					 of a board who are authorized by law to render a final decision, a majority of
					 the members of a board shall review all rulings on dispositive motions and
					 shall render the final decision. If a hearing is held before a hearing officer
					 or hearing panel authorized to issue a final decision, the hearing officer or
					 hearing panel shall also rule on all dispositive motions. If the hearing
					 officer or hearing panel is authorized to issue a proposed final decision, the
					 hearing officer or hearing panel shall issue proposed rulings on dispositive
					 motions. Proposed rulings on dispositive motions shall be reviewed at the same
					 time and in the same manner as proposed final decisions.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 9 - Rules of Practice › Rules of Practice Receipt and Investigation of Petitions and Adjudication of Complaints › Article FIVE - Hearing Procedures for Contested Cases and Declaratory Ruling Proceedings › Section 19a-9-26 - Designation of parties

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Designation as
				  a party in contested cases. In addition to any parties designated in the
				  agency's notice of hearing, the presiding officer may designate other parties
				  in accordance with applicable law.
(b) Designation as a party in actions for
				  declaratory rulings. Any person who proposes to be admitted as a party to an
				  action for a declaratory ruling shall file a written request to be so
				  designated with the adjudicating agency, and shall mail copies of the request
				  to all parties and intervenors not later than seven (7) days before the date of
				  the hearing of the proceeding. The request shall state:
(1) the name and address and telephone number
				  of the person filing the request and that of the person's authorized legal
				  representative, if any;
(2) the
				  manner in which the person making the request claims to be substantially and
				  specifically affected by the proceeding;
(3) the factual and legal issues to be
				  addressed in the proceeding;
(4)
				  the relief sought;
(5) the
				  statutory or other authority for such relief; and
(6) a summary of any evidence that the person
				  making the request intends to present.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 9 - Rules of Practice › Rules of Practice Receipt and Investigation of Petitions and Adjudication of Complaints › Article FIVE - Hearing Procedures for Contested Cases and Declaratory Ruling Proceedings › Section 19a-9-27 - Designation as an intervenor

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Request
				  to participate.
A request to participate as an intervenor in a contested
				  case or declaratory ruling hearing shall be in writing and mailed to the agency
				  and all parties and intervenors at least five (5) days before the date of the
				  hearing.
(b)
Contents of
				  request.
The request of the proposed intervenor shall:
(1) state such person's name and
				  address;
(2) state the interest
				  affected by the proceeding;
(3)
				  describe the manner and extent to which such person proposes to participate in
				  the hearing;
(4) describe the
				  manner in which such participation will furnish assistance to the agency in
				  resolving the issues; and
(5)
				  summarize any evidence such person proposes to offer.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 9 - Rules of Practice › Rules of Practice Receipt and Investigation of Petitions and Adjudication of Complaints › Article FIVE - Hearing Procedures for Contested Cases and Declaratory Ruling Proceedings › Section 19a-9-28 - Notice of appearance in contested cases and actions for declaratory ruling and proceedings

Current through July 10, 2024
Each party and intervenor or their duly authorized
					 representative shall file a written notice of appearance with the presiding
					 officer prior to the commencement of the hearing.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 14 - Evaluation of Candidates with Previous Licensure › Section 19a-14-1 - Application for licensure after license has become void

Current through July 10, 2024
A person previously licensed in Connecticut whose license has
				become void pursuant to section
				19a-88
				of the Connecticut General Statutes, may apply for licensure under the terms of
				these regulations. In determining the qualifications of such a candidate,
				pursuant to section
				19a-14
				of the Connecticut General Statutes, the Department of Health Services shall
				refer the application to the appropriate Board or Commission for review,
				evaluation, and recommendations. If no Board or Commission exists for the
				profession in question, the Department of Health Services may make the review
				and evaluation.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 14 - Evaluation of Candidates with Previous Licensure › Section 19a-14-2 - Review and evaluation of applications

Current through July 10, 2024
When reviewing and evaluating applications pursuant to section
				19a-14-1
				of these regulations, the Board, Commission or Department shall consider at
				least the following:
(1) credentials
			 presented for initial licensure;
(2) length of practice as a licensed
			 professional;
(3) time elapsed
			 since leaving active practice;
(4)
			 whether the candidate had been the subject of complaints, investigations or
			 disciplinary actions as a licensed professional; and
(5) any continuing education undertaken by
			 the candidate. The Board, Commission or Department must determine whether or
			 not these factors, taken together, meet current licensure
			 requirements.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 14 - Evaluation of Candidates with Previous Licensure › Section 19a-14-3 - Recommendations regarding acceptability

Current through July 10, 2024
After completion of the review prescribed in section
				19a-14-2
				of these regulations, the Board or Commission shall make recommendations to the
				Department regarding the acceptability for licensure of the candidate. At its
				discretion, the Department may, after considering all licensure requirements
				and the recommendations of the Board or Commission, grant licensure to the
				candidate.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 14 - Evaluation of Candidates with Previous Licensure › Section 19a-14-4 - License shall not be issued until or unless complaint resolved

Current through July 10, 2024
No license shall be issued if there is a complaint awaiting
				adjudication against the applicant in another state or with the Department of
				Health Services until such a time as it is resolved in favor of the
				candidate.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 14 - Evaluation of Candidates with Previous Licensure › Section 19a-14-5 - Suspended or revoked license

Current through July 10, 2024
An applicant whose license has been suspended or revoked
				pursuant to section
				19a-17
				of the Connecticut General Statutes cannot reapply for licensure under the
				terms of these regulations.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 14 - Evaluation of Candidates with Previous Licensure › Approval of Educational Programs for Candidates for Licensure › Section 19a-14-20 - Approval of educational programs

Current through July 10, 2024
Whenever a Board or Commission identified in Section
				  19a-14
				  of the Connecticut General Statutes is authorized to approve, with the consent
				  of the Commissioner of Health Services, educational programs for candidates for
				  licensure, the following procedure shall apply.
The process of approval shall require the Board or Commission
				  to provide the Department of Health Services with a written statement of the
				  approved educational program. The Department shall provide a written response
				  acknowledging receipt of the approved program and noting either consent or
				  refusal of the program. The approved program and an affirmative response from
				  the Department shall be incorporated into the formal minutes of the Board or
				  Commission.
An agreement between the Department and a Board or Commission
				  regarding educational programs shall remain in effect until such time as both
				  parties have a new agreement regarding this matter.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 14 - Evaluation of Candidates with Previous Licensure › Prescribing and Administering Examinations for Health Care Professionals › Section 19a-14-30 - Prescribing examinations and scores

Current through July 10, 2024
Pursuant to provisions of the Connecticut General Statutes,
				  the Department of Health Services may prescribe licensing examinations and
				  their passing scores for given professions with the consent of certain Boards
				  and Commissions identified in Section
				  19a-14
				  of the General Statutes.
The process of prescribing shall require the Department of
				  Health Services to provide the Board or Commission with a written description
				  of the prescribed examination and passing score. Receipt of this documentation
				  by a board must be noted in the minutes of the next formal Board or Commission
				  meeting. These minutes should also indicate the response of the Board or
				  Commission, i.e., consent or refusal of use of the examination and passing
				  score.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 14 - Evaluation of Candidates with Previous Licensure › Prescribing and Administering Examinations for Health Care Professionals › Section 19a-14-31 - Agreement of parties

Current through July 10, 2024
An agreement between the Department and a Board or Commission
				  regarding examinations and passing scores shall remain in effect until such
				  time as both parties have a new agreement regarding these
				  matters.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 14 - Evaluation of Candidates with Previous Licensure › Prescribing and Administering Examinations for Health Care Professionals › Section 19a-14-32 - Administration of examinations

Current through July 10, 2024
The Department of Health Services shall administer all
				  examinations under the supervision of the respective Board or Commission. The
				  administration process shall include, but not be limited to, scheduling the
				  examination, finding a suitable site and obtaining and training proctors and/or
				  examiners. The Board or Commission may exercise its authority to supervise by
				  monitoring examination administrations in order to ensure compliance with the
				  agreed upon content and format of the examination and to ensure that all
				  examinations are administered in a fair and secure manner.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 14 - Evaluation of Candidates with Previous Licensure › Medical Records › Section 19a-14-40 - Medical records, definition, purpose

Current through July 10, 2024
The purpose of a medical record is to provide a vehicle for:
				  documenting actions taken in patient management; documenting patient progress;
				  providing meaningful medical information to other practitioners should the
				  patient transfer to a new provider or should the provider be unavailable for
				  some reason. A medical record shall include, but not be limited to, information
				  sufficient to justify any diagnosis and treatment rendered, dates of treatment,
				  actions taken by non-licensed persons when ordered or authorized by the
				  provider; doctors' orders, nurses notes and charts, birth certificate
				  worksheets, and any other diagnostic data or documents specified in the rules
				  and regulations. All entries must be signed by the person responsible for
				  them.