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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 411 - Vertical Wheelchair Iifts › Section 19-411-C19 - Platform safeties and governors

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) All devices
			 shall be provided with a platform safety. The safety may be of the inertia type
			 or operated by a speed governor, the safety may be of the type "A" design. If
			 the platform is driven by a screw drive, a follower nut may be used in lieu of
			 the inertia or governor operated safety.
(b)
Data plates.
A data plate
			 shall be provided by the manufacturer (installer) and fastened in a conspicuous
			 place stating the speed, suspension means, manufacturer's name and date of
			 manufacture. The letters and numerals used shall not be less than one-fourth
			 inch (¼") in height.
(c) A capacity
			 shall be furnished by the manufacturer and placed at a conspicuous place on the
			 device stating the rated load in pounds. Letters and numbers used shall be not
			 less than one-fourth (¼) inch in height.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 411 - Vertical Wheelchair Iifts › Section 19-411-C21 - Driving machines and sheaves

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Materials
			 and minimum drum diameters.
Winding drums and overhead deflecting
			 sheaves shall be of cast iron or steel, of a diameter not less than thirty (30)
			 times the diameter of the hoisting ropes. The rope groves shall be machined.
Exception:
Where eight by nineteen (8 ×19) steel
				ropes and seven by nineteen (7 ×19) aircraft cable are used, the diameter of
				drum and sheaves may be reduced to twenty-one (21) times the diameter of the
				rope or cable.
(b)
Factor of safety.
The factor of safety, based on the static load
			 (the rated load plus the weight of the car, ropes, counter-weights, etc.) to be
			 used in the design of driving machines and sheaves shall be not less than:
(1) Eight (8) for wrought iron and
			 steel:
(2) Ten (10) for cast iron,
			 cast steel and other material.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 411 - Vertical Wheelchair Iifts › Section 19-411-C22 - Terminal stopping devices

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Stopping
			 devices.
Upper and lower terminal stopping devices operating by the car
			 shall be provided and shall be set to stop the car at or near the upper and
			 lower terminal landings. Upper and lower final terminal stopping devices
			 operated by the car shall also be provided which will remove power from the
			 motor brake.
(b)
Operation of
			 stopping devices.
The final terminal stopping device shall act to
			 prevent movement of the platform in both directions of travel. The normal and
			 final terminal stopping devices shall not control the same switches on the
			 controller unless two or more separate and independent switches are provided,
			 two of which shall be closed to complete the motor and brake circuit in each
			 direction of travel.
(c)
Assurance of motor reversal.
A protective circuit or device shall
			 be provided where a non-instantly reversible motor is used that will prevent
			 the motor from continuing in the same direction if the reversing control is
			 activated.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 411 - Vertical Wheelchair Iifts › Section 19-411-C23 - Hydraulic driving machines

Current through July 10, 2024
Hydraulic driving machines shall conform to the requirements of
				Section 302. (American National Standard Institute A-17-1-1978).
Exception:
Roped hydraulic machines may be used
				and the design need not conform to the requirements of rules 302.1, 302.2,
				302.3c, and 302.3g (American National Standard Institute
				A-17-1-1978).
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 411 - Vertical Wheelchair Iifts › Section 19-411-C24 - Operating devices

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Types of
			 operation.
Operation of the platform from the upper or lower landings
			 and on the platform shall be controlled by a key. The key operated control
			 shall be operated by a lock having five (5) pins with the key removable only
			 from the "off" position. A key switch shall be provided at each station which
			 will allow a control switch at that station to become effective only when the
			 key is in the "on" position. "Up" and "down" control switches at all stations
			 shall be by means of a constant pressure device.
(b)
Control and operating circuit
			 requirements.
The design and installation of the control and operating
			 circuits shall conform to the following:
(1)
			 Control systems which depend on the completion or maintenance of an electric
			 circuit shall not be used for:
A. Interruption
			 of the power and application of the machine brake at terminals.
B. Stopping the machine when the safety
			 applies.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 411 - Vertical Wheelchair Iifts › Section 19-411-C25 - Suspension means

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Types
			 permitted.
Suspension means shall be any one of the following:
1. Steel or iron elevator wire rope
2. Steel aircraft cable
3. Roller chain
4. Direct plunger hydraulic
5. Roped hydraulic
6. Rack and pinion
7. Screw drive
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 423 - Bedding and Upholstered Furniture › Section 19-423-1 to 19-423-32 - Transferred

Current through July 10, 2024
Transferred, July 27, 1984.
Former Section
New Section
19-423-1
21a-235-1
19-423-2
21a-235-2
19-423-3
21a-235-3
19-423-4
21a-235-4
19-423-5
21a-235-5
19-423-6
21a-235-6
19-423-7
21a-235-7
19-423-8
21a-235-8
19-423-9
21a-235-9
19-423-10
21a-235-10
19-423-11
21a-235-11
19-423-12
21a-235-12
19-423-13
21a-235-13
19-423-14
21a-235-14
19-423-15
21a-235-15
19-423-16
21a-235-16
19-423-17
21a-235-17
19-423-18
21a-235-18
19-423-19
21a-235-19
19-423-20
21a-235-20
19-423-21
21a-235-21
19-423-22
21a-235-22
19-423-23
21a-235-23
19-423-24
21a-235-24
19-423-25
21a-235-25
19-423-26
21a-235-26
19-423-27
21a-235-27
19-423-28
21a-235-28
19-423-29
21a-235-29
19-423-30
21a-235-30
19-423-31
21a-235-31
19-423-32
21a-235-32
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 451 - Designation of Controlled Drugs › Section 19-451-1 to 19-451-6 - Transferred

Current through July 10, 2024
Transferred, July 27, 1984.
Former Section
New Section
19-451-1
21a-243-1
19-451-2
21a-243-2
19-451-3
21a-243-3
19-451-4
21a-243-4
19-451-5
21a-243-5
19-451-6
21a-243-6
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 451a - Storage and Retrieval of Prescription Information for Controlled Substances › Section 19-451a-1 to 19-451a-11 - Transferred

Current through July 10, 2024
Transferred, July 27, 1984.
Former Section
New Section
19-451a-1
21a-244-1
19-451a-2
21a-244-2
19-451a-3
21a-244-3
19-451a-4
21a-244-4
19-451a-5
21a-244-5
19-451a-6
21a-244-6
19-451a-7
21a-244-7
19-451a-8
21a-244-8
19-451a-9
21a-244-9
19-451a-10
21a-244-10
19-451a-11
21a-244-11
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 469 - Minimum Security and Safeguard Requirements for Storage and Handling of Controlled Substances › Section 19-469-1 to 19-469-10 - Transferred

Current through July 10, 2024
Transferred, July 27, 1984.
Former Section
New Section
19-469-1
21a-262-1
19-469-2
21a-262-2
19-469-3
21a-262-3
19-469-4
21a-262-4
19-469-5
21a-262-5
19-469-6
21a-262-6
19-469-7
21a-262-7
19-469-8
21a-262-8
19-469-9
21a-262-9
19-469-10
21a-262-10
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 488 - Standards for Certification of the Community Treatment Programs which may Administer Controlled Drugs › Section 19-488-1 - Eligible institutions

Current through July 10, 2024
Certification of treatment facilities for the administration of
				controlled drugs fin community treatment programs shall be limited to licensed
				general or psychiatric hospitals, hospitals operated by the state, and
				municipal health departments with full-time public health officers who are
				physicians, provided such hospitals and departments shall be able to provide in
				combination the necessary services and personnel.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 488 - Standards for Certification of the Community Treatment Programs which may Administer Controlled Drugs › Section 19-488-2 - Staff and procedural requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
When a facility provides drug substitution therapy it shall be
				directed by a chief of the service and an assistant chief of the service, both
				of whom shall be doctors of medicine who are members of the staff of the
				applying agency or institution.
(1)
			 All persons employed full-time or in a part-time capacity in drug substitution
			 therapy shall attend and complete a training course as provided by the
			 commissioner of mental health or submit evidence of previous training which
			 meets the training requirements.
(2) Persons may be enrolled and continued as
			 patients in a certified facility only in accordance with standards set by said
			 commissioner.
(3) Admission to and
			 discharge from certified facilities by persons who are under court commitment
			 shall conform to the applicable sections of the general statutes.
(4) Chromatographic test for determination of
			 drugs in registered patients shall be performed.
(5) A licensed pharmacist shall prepare all
			 medication and licensed pharmacies shall be used to the fullest extent
			 feasible.
(6) Administration of
			 medication and the utilization of the laboratory for chromatographic tests
			 shall be provided so far as possible in the certified facility.
(7) Registration of patients shall be with
			 the department of mental health central registry for drug dependent
			 persons.
(8) Maintenance of case
			 records for treatment in sufficient detail for an independent physician to
			 understand the basis for diagnosis, methods of treatment and progress of the
			 patient, and for research purposes.
(9) Psychiatric evaluation of the candidates
			 for drug substitution treatment and psychiatric supervision of the progress of
			 all patients receiving drug substitution or drug maintenance therapy.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 488 - Standards for Certification of the Community Treatment Programs which may Administer Controlled Drugs › Section 19-488-3 - Required services

Current through July 10, 2024
The following services shall either be provided or arranged
				for:
(1) Social services, including
			 case work, counselling and arrangements for psychiatric treatment and
			 evaluation.
(2) Hospitalization,
			 when needed for medical and psychiatric diagnosis; psychiatric evaluation and
			 initiation of drug therapy and acute medical or psychiatric
			 treatment.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 488 - Standards for Certification of the Community Treatment Programs which may Administer Controlled Drugs › Section 19-488-6 - Applications for certification

Current through July 10, 2024
Applications for certification shall be made on forms provided
				by the department and shall set forth clearly essential information concerning
				the facility as follows: Its name, location, the name of the person, firm,
				corporation or agency owning or operating it; a definition of the geographic
				area to be served; a table of organization; a budget; a desciption of the
				services; plans for coordination with other related or similar services;
				methods to be employed to balance the use of state and local resources which
				will foster local initiative, responsibility and participation; and a
				description of means for the evaluation of the services and their
				results.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 488 - Standards for Certification of the Community Treatment Programs which may Administer Controlled Drugs › Certified Community Service Facilities or Services for Drug-dependent Persons › Section 19-488-8 - Application for certification

Current through July 10, 2024
Application for certification of a facility or service to
				  provide counseling, rehabili-tational and other related services to
				  drug-dependent persons shall be made on forms provided by the department of
				  mental health and shall set forth clearly essential information concerning the
				  facility or service as follows: the name of the facility or service and its
				  location; the name of the person or organization owning or operating the
				  facility or service; when applicable, a legal document of incorporation or
				  ownership; a list of advisory board members; the name and qualifications of the
				  operating director and of the substitute director who will be in charge in the
				  absence of the director; the geographic area to be served; a line-item budget
				  which clearly shows all sources of income and evidence of continuing local
				  support, defines expected expenditures with reasonable detail, excluding
				  renovations and equipment, and includes all services to be performed by the
				  individual or organization; a description of all programs, with a policy and
				  procedures manual which will cover all aspects of services to be provided. Each
				  facility or service shall designate a suitable community person, who will be
				  acceptable and responsible to the commissioner of mental health, for the
				  operation of the facility or service for a period of at least one
				  year.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 488 - Standards for Certification of the Community Treatment Programs which may Administer Controlled Drugs › Certified Community Service Facilities or Services for Drug-dependent Persons › Section 19-48B-9 - Submission of application; renewal of certificate

Current through July 10, 2024
Such application shall be submitted to the commissioner of
				  mental health, reviewed by the certification committee of the department of
				  mental health and forwarded to the commissioner of mental health for final
				  decision. A certificate is not transferable and shall be renewed every twelve
				  months. Renewal application shall be submitted ninety days prior to the
				  expiration date of the certificate.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 488 - Standards for Certification of the Community Treatment Programs which may Administer Controlled Drugs › Certified Community Service Facilities or Services for Drug-dependent Persons › Section 19-488-10 - Compliance with federal, state and local regulations required

Current through July 10, 2024
A facility or service shall comply with applicable federal
				  and state regulations and statutes covering the care and treatment of
				  drug-dependent persons. The facility or service must meet all state and local
				  regulations concerning fire, safety, health and sanitary conditions and
				  residential facilities shall specify the maximum number of residents allowable.
				  Suitable documents showing compliance with the foregoing regulations shall be
				  submitted as part of the application for certification.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 488 - Standards for Certification of the Community Treatment Programs which may Administer Controlled Drugs › Certified Community Service Facilities or Services for Drug-dependent Persons › Section 19-488-11 - Training program

Current through July 10, 2024
Each facility or service shall have a training program for
				  all staff and volunteer workers, or have an acceptable formal plan for such
				  training.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 488 - Standards for Certification of the Community Treatment Programs which may Administer Controlled Drugs › Certified Community Service Facilities or Services for Drug-dependent Persons › Section 19-488-12 - Cooperative arrangements

Current through July 10, 2024
Each facility or service shall specify cooperative
				  arrangements and coordination of services with other programs and other
				  appropriate agencies in the community.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 488 - Standards for Certification of the Community Treatment Programs which may Administer Controlled Drugs › Certified Community Service Facilities or Services for Drug-dependent Persons › Section 19-488-13 - Admissions and discharges

Current through July 10, 2024
Admissions to and discharge from certified facilities and
				  services by persons who are under court commitment shall conform to the
				  applicable sections of the general statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 488 - Standards for Certification of the Community Treatment Programs which may Administer Controlled Drugs › Certified Community Service Facilities or Services for Drug-dependent Persons › Section 19-488-14 - Medical care program

Current through July 10, 2024
Each facilily or service shall have a plan for adequate
				  medical care, developed in consultation with appropriate medical personnel.
				  Medication shall be administered only by a licensed physician or nurse. In the
				  absence of the aforementioned personnel, prescribed medicine may be taken by a
				  resident if he maintains it and administers to himself his prescribed
				  dosage.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 488 - Standards for Certification of the Community Treatment Programs which may Administer Controlled Drugs › Certified Community Service Facilities or Services for Drug-dependent Persons › Section 19-488-15 - Patient records

Current through July 10, 2024
A record of each patient shall be kept in a manner approved
				  by the commissioner of mental health. Each facility and service shall furnish
				  data as may be required by the commissioner of mental health, including
				  information regarding all individuals for statistical case reporting for
				  research, coordination, treatment and rehabilitation
				  purposes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 488 - Standards for Certification of the Community Treatment Programs which may Administer Controlled Drugs › Certified Community Service Facilities or Services for Drug-dependent Persons › Section 19-488-16 - Reports of accidents and injuries

Current through July 10, 2024
Serious accidents and injuries shall be reported within
				  twenty-four hours (or the next working day), of discovery to the office of the
				  commissioner of mental health. The facility or service shall make its own
				  investigation, retaining in its files a report of its findings and actions and
				  forwarding a copy of the report to the commissioner of mental health. A serious
				  injury or accident is one which may result in permanent defect, scar or
				  handicap.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 488 - Standards for Certification of the Community Treatment Programs which may Administer Controlled Drugs › Certified Community Service Facilities or Services for Drug-dependent Persons › Section 19-488-17 - Visits by department representatives

Current through July 10, 2024
A facility or service shall accept official visiting teams as
				  designated by the commissioner of mental health and the report of each team
				  shall be made in writing to the facility or service and the commissioner within
				  thirty days of the visit. The person responsible, as designated in section
				  19-488-8,
				  shall respond in writing within thirty days, stipulating any corrective action
				  being instituted, if such was the recommendation of the
				  report.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 488 - Standards for Certification of the Community Treatment Programs which may Administer Controlled Drugs › Certified Community Service Facilities or Services for Drug-dependent Persons › Section 19-488-18 - Right of persons in facilities to communicate with attorney and commissioner

Current through July 10, 2024
Any person in a certified facility or service has a right to
				  communicate with his or her attorney and the commissioner of mental
				  health.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 488 - Standards for Certification of the Community Treatment Programs which may Administer Controlled Drugs › Certified Community Service Facilities or Services for Drug-dependent Persons › Section 19-488-19 - Annual reports

Current through July 10, 2024
An annual report shall be submitted to the commissioner of
				  mental health by each certified facility and service which shall clearly
				  summarize the past years' activities, evaluate results, and describe briefly
				  the plans for the ensuing year.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 488 - Standards for Certification of the Community Treatment Programs which may Administer Controlled Drugs › Certified Community Service Facilities or Services for Drug-dependent Persons › Section 19-488-20 - Application for state grant

Current through July 10, 2024
Any nonprofit certified organization or municipality may
				  apply to the commissioner of mental health for funds to establish, expand, or
				  maintain treatment, rehabilitation, or other related services for
				  drug-dependent persons in the state. Such nonprofit organizations or
				  municipalities shall meet the certification standards herein described and such
				  other requirements as the commissioner may establish, in order to be eligible
				  for funds.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 488 - Standards for Certification of the Community Treatment Programs which may Administer Controlled Drugs › Certified Community Service Facilities or Services for Drug-dependent Persons › Section 19-488-21 - Revocation of certification

Current through July 10, 2024
Revocation of certification for violation of its conditions,
				  as prescribed by the mental health department, can be made after a written
				  notice of thirty days. Due cause shall be specified and a hearing may be
				  requested, at which hearing the aggrieved may be represented by legal counsel
				  or other representative. The aggrieved party shall indicate the respects in
				  which he is aggrieved by the revocation.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 488 - Standards for Certification of the Community Treatment Programs which may Administer Controlled Drugs › Certified Community Service Facilities or Services for Drug-dependent Persons › Section 19-488-22 - Discrimination prohibited

Current through July 10, 2024
No facility or service shall discriminate or permit
				  discrimination against any person or group of persons on the grounds of race,
				  color, religion, sex or national origin in any manner prohibited by the law of
				  the United States or the state of Connecticut. Each such facility or service
				  shall provide the commission on human rights and opportunities with such
				  information as the commission may request concerning the employment practices
				  and procedures of the facility as related to the provisions of this section.
				  This certification is subject to the provisions of Executive Order Number Three
				  of Governor Thomas J. Meskill, promulgated June 16, 1971, and as such the
				  certification may be cancelled, terminated or suspended by the labor
				  commissioner for violation of or noncompliance with said Executive Order Number
				  Three or any state or federal law concerning nondiscrimination, notwithstanding
				  that the labor commissioner is not a party to this certification. As a
				  prerequisite of certifieation, agreement of the parties that said Executive
				  Order Number Three is incorporated therein by reference and made a part hereof
				  is presumed and it is further presumed that the parties agreed to abide by said
				  Executive Order and agree that the labor commissioner shall have continuing
				  jurisdiction in respect to nondiscrimination until the noted certification is
				  terminated.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 504u - Registration of Practitioners for Controlled Substances › Section 19-504u-1 to 19-504u-5 - Transferred

Current through July 10, 2024
Transferred, July 27, 1984.
Former Section
New Section
19-504u-1
21a-326-1
19-504u-2
21a-326-2
19-504u-3
21a-326-3
19-504u-4
21a-326-4
19-504u-5
21a-326-5
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 508 - Abatement of Air Pollution › Section 19-508-1 to 19-508-27 - Transferred

Current through July 10, 2024
Transferred, August 1, 1983.
Former Section
New Section
19-508-1
22a-174-1
19-508-2
22a-174-2
19-508-3
22a-174-3
19-508-4
22a-174-4
19-508-5
22a-174-5
19-508-6
22a-174-6
19-508-7
22a-174-7
19-508-8
22a-174-8
19-508-9
22a-174-9
19-508-10
22a-174-10
19-508-11
22a-174-11
19-508-12
22a-174-12
19-508-13
22a-174-13
19-508-14
22a-174-14
19-508-15
22a-174-15
19-508-16
22a-174-16
19-508-17
22a-174-17
19-508-18
22a-174-18
19-508-19
22a-174-19
19-508-20
22a-174-20
19-508-21
22a-174-21
19-508-22
22a-174-22
19-508-23
22a-174-23
19-508-24
22a-174-24
19-508-25
22a-174-25
19-508-26
22a-174-26
19-508-27
22a-174-27
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 525 - Administrative Procedures › Section 19-525-10 to 19-525-25 - Transferred

Current through July 10, 2024
Transferred, June 23, 1986.
Former Section
New Section
19-525-10
19a-401-12
19-525-11
19a-401-13
19-525-12
19a-401-14
19-525-13
19a-401-15
19-525-14
19a-401-16
19-525-15
19a-401-17
19-525-16
19a-401-18
19-525-17
19a-401-19
19-525-18
19a-401-20
19-525-19
19a-401-21
19-525-20
19a-401-22
19-525-21
19a-401-23
19-525-22
19a-401-24
19-525-23
19a-401-25
19-525-24
19a-401-26
19-525-25
19a-401-27
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 570 - Rules of Practice › Part I - General Provisions › Section 19-570-1 - Description of organization

Current through July 10, 2024
The Department of Mental Retardation, which derives its
				  duties and authority from Title 19 of the General Statutes, administers a
				  statewide program of services to the mentally retarded through a network of
				  twelve regional centers, two training schools, a special school district and a
				  central office support staff.
Each regional center serves as a central point of referral
				  for residential and day services. Residential services include group homes,
				  supervised apartments and community training homes as well as on-campus
				  facilities. Day services include case management, recreation, vocational
				  counselling, training, diagnostic and evaluation services to both residents and
				  non-residents as well as coordination of activities with many local community
				  agencies and professional services.
Information concerning access to any services offered by the
				  Department of Mental Retardation is available from the regional center that
				  serves the retarded person's residential area (see map attached hereto), or
				  from the Department's Central Office located at 342 North Main Street, West
				  Hartford, Connecticut 06117.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 570 - Rules of Practice › Part I - General Provisions › Section 19-570-3 - Official address

Current through July 10, 2024
All communications should be addressed to the Commissioner of
				  Mental Retardation, 342 North Main Street, West Hartford, Connecticut 06117.
				  Business relating to regional centers, training schools or other facilities
				  under the department's supervision may be addressed to the Superintendent of
				  that facility. (See address list attached hereto).
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 570 - Rules of Practice › Part I - General Provisions › Section 19-570-4 - Maintenance of administrative records: public inspection

Current through July 10, 2024
Department of Mental Retardation official administrative
				  records are maintained by the Commissioner and are available for inspection at
				  his office, 342 North Main Street, West Hartford, during regular business
				  hours.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 570 - Rules of Practice › Part II - Informal Procedures › Section 19-570-6 - Concerns and questions

Current through July 10, 2024
Concerns and questions arising from the activities of the
				  agency may be resolved within the various subdivisions of the department by
				  directing a written request to the appropriate superintendent of the training
				  school or regional center involved, or to the appropriate division head within
				  the central office who will conduct such meetings as reasonably necessary to
				  respond.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 570 - Rules of Practice › Part III - Formal Procedures: General Provisions › Section 19-570-7 - Procedure governed

Current through July 10, 2024
These rules govern practice and procedure before the State
				  Department of Mental Retardation under Chapter 365a and other related and
				  applicable laws of the State of Connecticut except where by statute otherwise
				  provided.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 570 - Rules of Practice › Part III - Formal Procedures: General Provisions › Section 19-570-8 - Definition

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in these rules, except as otherwise required by the
				  context:
(a) "Department" means the
				state department of mental retardation as defined in Sec. 19-570 of the General
				Statutes;
(b) "commissioner" means
				the commissioner of mental retardation as defined in Sec. 19-570 of the General
				Statutes;
(c) "presiding officer"
				means any person duly designated by the commissioner to preside at a
				hearing;
(d) "hearing" means a
				procedure in the disposition of matters delegated to the department wherein a
				presentation of evidence and argument occurs, which is preceded by due notice
				and which includes both an opportunity to present such written and oral
				testimony and argument as a presiding officer deems appropriate and an
				opportunity to examine and cross examine any witness giving testimony
				therein;
(e) "license" includes all
				forms of licenses, permits or certification required of the department under
				the General Statutes, and any other form of permits, certificate, approval, or
				registration whose administration has been delegated to the department by
				law;
(f) "person" means any
				individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental subdivision
				municipality, or public or private organization of any character which appears
				before the department or commissioner, for any purpose:
(g) "complainant" means any person claiming
				to be aggrieved by any alleged illegal action coming under the jurisdiction of
				the state department of mental retardation or any person claiming a right to a
				hearing under a specific statute. A complainant may by himself or his attorney
				make, sign and file with the department a complaint. The commissioner may make,
				sign or file a complaint whenever he has just cause to believe that any person
				has been engaged or is engaging in any practice construed as being a violation
				of a statute or regulation coming under the jurisdiction of the
				department;
(h) "respondent" means
				any person alleged in a complaint to be a violator of a statute or regulation
				properly coming under the jurisdiction of the department.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 570 - Rules of Practice › Part III - Formal Procedures: General Provisions › Section 19-570-10 - Construction and amendment

Current through July 10, 2024
These rules shall be so construed by the commissioner or
				  presiding officer as to secure a just, speedy and inexpensive determination of
				  the issues presented. These rules shall be liberally construed and shall not be
				  deemed to limit the powers conferred by law upon the commissioner or the
				  department. Amendment and additions to these rules may be adopted by the
				  department by being duly promulgated as orders in accordance with the authority
				  delegated to the department and the commissioner by law.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 570 - Rules of Practice › Part III - Formal Procedures: General Provisions › Section 19-570-11 - Date of filing

Current through July 10, 2024
All orders, decisions, findings of fact, correspondence,
				  motions, petitions, applications, and any other documents governed by these
				  rules shall be deemed to have been filed or received on the date on which they
				  were issued or stamped received by the department at its principal office. The
				  principal office of the department is 342 North Main Street, West Hartford,
				  Connecticut 06117. This office is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each weekday
				  except Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 570 - Rules of Practice › Part III - Formal Procedures: General Provisions › Section 19-570-13 - Signatures

Current through July 10, 2024
Each application, notice, motion, petition, complaint, brief
				  and memorandum shall be signed by the filing person or by one or more attorneys
				  in their individual names on behalf of the filing person.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 570 - Rules of Practice › Part IV - Formal Procedures: Contested Cases Complaint Procedure › Section 19-570-14 - Form and filing

Current through July 10, 2024
The complaint shall be in writing with the original signed by
				  the complainant, his attorney, or as otherwise required by statute. The
				  original of the complaint shall be filed with the department.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 570 - Rules of Practice › Part IV - Formal Procedures: Contested Cases Complaint Procedure › Section 19-570-15 - Contents

Current through July 10, 2024
A complaint shall contain the information requested on the
				  appropriate form supplied by the department or if no form is available shall
				  contain the following:
(a) The full
				name and address of the complainant.
(b) The full name and address of the
				respondent if known or identifiable: an alleged respondent may be named if
				expedient.
(c) A reference to the
				section of the General Statutes of the State of Connecticut or to the rules and
				regulations alleged to have been violated by the respondent or reference to the
				section of the General Statutes which confers a right to hearing on the
				complainant.
(d) A plain and simple
				statement of the facts, events or actions on which the claim is
				based.
(e) The dates, date or time
				of the alleged violation.
(f) The
				location or place of violation if pertinent to the complaint.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 570 - Rules of Practice › Part IV - Formal Procedures: Contested Cases Complaint Procedure › Section 19-570-17 - Modification or withdrawal of a complaint

Current through July 10, 2024
A complaint or any part thereof may be withdrawn only with
				  the consent of the commissioner and upon such conditions as he may deem proper.
				  When specific forms are available from the department the complainant may be
				  requested to complete the form and if necessary to have the complaint notarized
				  before further steps are taken. A complaint or any part thereof may be fairly
				  and reasonably amended as a matter of right at any time before hearing thereon
				  and thereafter at the descretion of the commissioner or the presiding officer
				  at the hearing.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 570 - Rules of Practice › Part IV - Formal Procedures: Contested Cases Complaint Procedure › Investigations › Section 19-570-19 - Dismissal of complaint

Current through July 10, 2024
If after investigation of the complaint the commissioner is
					 of the opinion that there was no substantial and competent evidence of
					 violation or of entitlement to hearing, the complaint shall be dismissed. In
					 the event of such dismissal the complainant shall be notified including the
					 reasons for dismissal of the complaint by the same method by which the
					 complaint was filed, or by certified or registered mail.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 570 - Rules of Practice › Part IV - Formal Procedures: Contested Cases Complaint Procedure › Investigations › Section 19-570-20 - When hearings ordered

Current through July 10, 2024
In the cases where an investigation reveals a probable
					 cause to believe a violation exists, or that an entitlement exists, the
					 investigator shall report the facts ascertained concerning the complaint and
					 the results of his investigation to the commissioner for whatever action he
					 deems appropriate within his statutory authority. Except as otherwise provided
					 by statute, the commissioner may in his discretion appoint a sole presiding
					 officer or a hearing panel of not less than three persons who in either case
					 shall be members of the Mental Retardation Council or of the department
					 including himself to hear such complaints and shall cause to be delivered by
					 certified or registered mail notification of such complaint to the respondent.
					 In the instance where the department is the complaintant the preliminary
					 investigation of the alleged violation by the department preceding the issuance
					 of the complaint shall be construed to comply with the investigation unless
					 otherwise required by statute.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 570 - Rules of Practice › Part IV - Formal Procedures: Contested Cases Complaint Procedure › Investigations › Section 19-570-21 - Notice of hearing

Current through July 10, 2024
The notice of hearing shall state the time and place of
					 hearing which shall be not less than 14 days from the date of the notice, and
					 shall inform the respondent that he may file an answer to the complaint. Notice
					 of the hearing shall be given to the complainant and to other interested
					 persons as may be deemed appropriate.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 570 - Rules of Practice › Part IV - Formal Procedures: Contested Cases Complaint Procedure › Investigations › Section 19-570-22 - Place of hearing

Current through July 10, 2024
Unless by statute or by direction of the commissioner a
					 different place is designated, all hearings of the department shall be held at
					 the principle office of the department at 342 North Main Street, West Hartford,
					 Connecticut 06117.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 570 - Rules of Practice › Part IV - Formal Procedures: Contested Cases Complaint Procedure › Filing of Answer › Section 19-570-23 - Contents

Current through July 10, 2024
The respondent may by himself or his attorney answer the
					 complaint. The answer shall be in writing, signed by the respondent or his
					 attorney and filed with two copies at the office of the department within seven
					 days from the date of the notice of the hearing. The answer shall contain a
					 general or specific denial or admission of each and every allegation of the
					 complaint controverted by the respondent or a denial of any knowledge or
					 information thereof sufficient to form a belief and a statement of any matter
					 constituting a defense. The answer shall contain the post office address of the
					 respondent.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 570 - Rules of Practice › Part IV - Formal Procedures: Contested Cases Complaint Procedure › Filing of Answer › Section 19-570-25 - Failure to deny or admit

Current through July 10, 2024
Any allegation in the complaint which is not denied or
					 admitted in the answer unless the respondent shall state in the answer that he
					 is without knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief shall be deemed
					 admitted.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 570 - Rules of Practice › Part IV - Formal Procedures: Contested Cases Complaint Procedure › Filing of Answer › Section 19-570-28 - Amendments

Current through July 10, 2024
The answer or any part thereof may be amended as a matter
					 of right at any time before the first hearing and thereafter at the discretion
					 of the presiding officer on application duly made therefore. An original with a
					 copy of the amended answer shall be filed with the
					 department.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 570 - Rules of Practice › Part IV - Formal Procedures: Contested Cases Complaint Procedure › Filing of Answer › Section 19-570-29 - Amendment of answer upon amendment of complaint

Current through July 10, 2024
In any case where a complaint has been amended the
					 respondent shall have an opportunity to amend his answer within such period as
					 may be fixed by the presiding officer.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 570 - Rules of Practice › Part IV - Formal Procedures: Contested Cases Complaint Procedure › Filing of Answer › Section 19-570-30 - Failure to file answer

Current through July 10, 2024
The presiding officer may proceed with the hearing,
					 notwithstanding any failure of the respondent to file an answer within the time
					 provided, holding the hearing at the time and place specified in the notice of
					 hearing and may make findings of fact and enter orders in the testimony taken
					 at the hearing.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 570 - Rules of Practice › Part IV - Formal Procedures: Contested Cases Complaint Procedure › Service of All Documents and Other Papers › Section 19-570-31 - Procedure

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Service of all documents and other papers
				  filed in all proceedings, including but not limited to motions, petitions,
				  applications, notices, briefs, and exhibits shall be by delivery in person or
				  by first class mail, except as otherwise provided by statute.
(b) All such documents and other papers shall
				  be served by the person filing the same on all parties to the proceeding and
				  all such additional persons as the commissioner may require.
(c) A copy of any document or other papers
				  served by the department, showing the address where such document or other
				  paper was mailed shall be placed in the commissioner's files and shall be prima
				  facie evidence of such service and the date thereof.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 570 - Rules of Practice › Part IV - Formal Procedures: Contested Cases Complaint Procedure › Pre-Hearing Conferences › Section 19-570-32 - Informal dispositions

Current through July 10, 2024
The presiding officer may call and hold conferences to
					 consider simplifying, clarifying or joining issues, and disposing of any action
					 by consent order or license, unless prohibited by statute. Within a reasonable
					 time prior to any such conference, the presiding officer shall notify the
					 parties of it. If the parties who attend the conference agree to a disposition
					 of the actions, the presiding officer shall so inform the commissioner who may
					 then issue a consent order or license which shall embody the terms of such
					 disposition, and which shall be a final decision of the
					 department.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 570 - Rules of Practice › Part IV - Formal Procedures: Contested Cases Complaint Procedure › Pre-Hearing Conferences › Section 19-570-33 - Pre-hearing conferences

Current through July 10, 2024
The presiding officer may direct the parties to appear at
					 specified times and places for conferences to consider (a) simplification and
					 clarification of issues for hearings; (b) consolidation or joinder of parties;
					 (c) stipulations and admissions of act and of document; (d) limitation of
					 expert witness, exchange of lists of witnesses and summaries of testimony, and
					 other steps to expedite the presentation of evidence; and (e) such other
					 matters as may aid in the orderly disposition of the hearing. The presiding
					 officer shall notify the parties of the date, time and place of the conference.
					 Following any conference, the presiding officer may enter an order which (a)
					 recites the action taken at the conference, and any agreements made by the
					 parties as to any of the matters considered; (b) states the issues for the
					 hearing; (c) consolidates parties at hearing; or (d) otherwise aids in the
					 orderly disposition of the hearing. Any such order shall control the subsequent
					 course of the action unless modified by the presiding officer for good
					 cause.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 570 - Rules of Practice › Part IV - Formal Procedures: Contested Cases Complaint Procedure › Hearings › Section 19-570-34 - Acceleration of hearings

Current through July 10, 2024
The parties to the proceedings may consent by written
					 stipulation to a hearing within less than the time required in the notice of
					 the hearing after said notice has been received.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 570 - Rules of Practice › Part IV - Formal Procedures: Contested Cases Complaint Procedure › Hearings › Section 19-570-35 - Powers and duties of presiding officer

Current through July 10, 2024
A presiding officer shall have full authority to control
					 the procedure of a hearing; to admit or exclude testimony or other evidence;
					 and to rule upon all motions and objections. The presiding officer shall make
					 full inquiry into all facts at issue and shall obtain a full and complete
					 record of all facts necessary for a fair determination of the issues. The
					 presiding officer may call and examine witnesses, direct the production of
					 papers and introduce the same into the record of the
					 proceedings.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 570 - Rules of Practice › Part IV - Formal Procedures: Contested Cases Complaint Procedure › Hearings › Section 19-570-36 - Improper conduct

Current through July 10, 2024
The presiding officer may exclude from the hearing room or
					 from further participation in the proceedings any person who engages in
					 improper conduct during the hearing.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 570 - Rules of Practice › Part IV - Formal Procedures: Contested Cases Complaint Procedure › Hearings › Section 19-570-37 - Motions and objections at hearings

Current through July 10, 2024
Motions made during a hearing and objections with respect
					 to the conduct of a hearing including objections to the introduction of
					 evidence shall be stated orally and shall with the ruling of the presiding
					 officer be included in the stenographic report of the
					 hearing.