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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 512 - Real Estate Appraisers › Section 20-512-2 - School registration and requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Each college,
			 university, community college, junior college, real estate appraisal
			 organization, real estate organization, state agency, federal agency,
			 proprietary school or other provider of education shall obtain a registration
			 as a real estate appraisal school from the commission before offering approved
			 courses in real estate appraisal prerequisite education or continuing
			 education. School registration shall be obtained before any courses will be
			 considered for approval for the purpose of becoming a state certified general
			 appraiser, state certified residential appraiser or state provisional appraiser
			 in the state of Connecticut, or for the purpose of renewing or maintaining any
			 such license or certification. Application for such school registration shall
			 be made on forms prescribed by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, and
			 accompanied by such evidence in support of such application as is prescribed by
			 the commission.
(b) All registered
			 schools shall:
(1) Be responsible for keeping
			 course material current and accurate;
(2) Permit the commission, without prior
			 notice, to visit the school and observe the instruction given to insure proper
			 standards as to method and content of any approved courses;
(3) Conduct each course of study in a
			 classroom or other facility which is adequate to implement the offering. No
			 course shall be conducted in a classroom location that is not approved by the
			 local fire marshal for such use. Courses shall not be held on the premises of a
			 real estate appraisal office, real estate brokerage office or real estate
			 franchise; and
(4) Abide by the
			 regulations established under the authority of section
			 20-512
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, including sections
			 20-512-1
			 to
			 20-512-11,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 512 - Real Estate Appraisers › Section 20-512-3 - Prerequisite course approval

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) All
			 prerequisite courses, prior to submission to the commission, shall have
			 received a Course Approval Program certification by the AQB. No courses shall
			 commence, or be advertised as approved, without prior written approval of the
			 commission.
(b) A separate
			 application for commission approval shall be required for each course in real
			 estate appraisal prerequisite education.
(c) The application for each prerequisite
			 course shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) A detailed course outline or course
			 syllabus;
(2) A copy of the text or
			 related teaching materials;
(3) A
			 copy of the affidavits or certificates to be issued by the school to each
			 student upon successful completion of the course;
(4) A copy of all proposed
			 advertising;
(5) The names,
			 addresses, and qualifications of all instructors to be used;
(6) The tuition, other related costs,
			 cancellation and refund policy;
(7)
			 A copy of all tests, quizzes and exams with answer key; and
(8) A description of the grading system to be
			 used, and the policy regarding attendance.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 512 - Real Estate Appraisers › Section 20-512-4 - Prerequisite course content

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Various courses
			 may be credited toward the classroom hour requirement for licensure or
			 certification. The contents of such prerequisite course programs shall provide
			 meaningful education in real estate appraisal, standards of professional
			 practice, real estate appraisal law, general real estate and related topics
			 that are broad-based and essential to the role of a real estate appraiser as
			 the appraiser acts in the best interests of the consumer.
(b) Prerequisite course content shall
			 include, but not be limited to, the fundamentals expected to be obtained from
			 such a course.
(c) For prerequisite
			 courses, no course of less than fifteen (15) classroom hours, including
			 examination, shall be approved. All prerequisite courses shall have received a
			 Course Approval Program certification by the AQB and require successful
			 completion of an examination that is pertinent to that educational offering as
			 a condition to granting prerequisite course credit.
(d) There shall be no change or alteration in
			 any approved prerequisite course without prior written notice and approval of
			 the commission.
(e) A distance
			 education course as referred to in the Interpretations of the Appraiser
			 Qualification Criteria of the AQB shall meet the classroom hour requirement
			 specified in subsection (c) of this section or its equivalent, provided that
			 the course is approved by the commission and meets at least one of the
			 qualification criteria established by the AQB. Copies of the Interpretations of
			 the Appraiser Qualification Criteria of the AQB are available for inspection at
			 the main office of the Department of Consumer Protection during regular
			 business hours. Alternatively, copies may be obtained from the Appraisal
			 Foundation located in Washington, D.C. or from the Appraisal Foundation's
			 website at
www.appraisalfoundation.org
. All
			 approved distance education courses shall be approved by the International
			 Distance Education Certification Center (IDECC) prior to submission to the
			 commission.
(f) Open book exams are
			 not acceptable in prerequisite courses.
(g) At least one of the course instructors of
			 the 15 hour USPAP Course or its equivalent shall be an AQB Certified USPAP
			 Instructor who is also a state certified appraiser.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 512 - Real Estate Appraisers › Section 20-512-5 - Continuing education course approval

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Approval of
			 continuing education courses for the purpose of renewing or maintaining an
			 appraiser license or certification in the state of Connecticut shall be
			 obtained from the commission before a course is conducted. No courses shall
			 commence, or be advertised as approved, without prior written approval of the
			 commission.
(b) A separate
			 application for commission approval shall be required for each course in real
			 estate appraisal continuing education.
(c) The application for each continuing
			 education course shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) A detailed course outline;
(2) A copy of the inside cover of the text
			 and related teaching materials;
(3)
			 A copy of the affidavits or certificates to be issued by the school upon
			 completion of the course;
(4) A
			 copy of all proposed advertising, internet advertising, and
			 publicity;
(5) The tuition, other
			 related costs and the cancellation and refund policy;
(6) A description of the policy regarding
			 minimum attendance; and
(7) The
			 location of the classroom.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 512 - Real Estate Appraisers › Section 20-512-6 - Continuing education course content

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The contents of
			 continuing education programs shall consist of current real estate appraisal
			 practices, real estate practices, laws and standards of professional practice
			 that are broad-based and essential to the role of a real estate appraiser as
			 the appraiser acts in the best interests of the consumer. These contents shall
			 directly relate to real estate appraisal principles and practices such as
			 described in Connecticut's real estate appraisal statutes and regulations and
			 any overview text on real estate appraisal principles and practices, or to new
			 developments in the field for which licensed or certified appraisers have a
			 demonstrated need.
(b) Generally
			 acceptable continuing education courses may include, but shall not be limited
			 to:
(1) Ad valorem taxation;
(2) Arbitration;
(3) Business courses related to real estate
			 appraisal;
(4) Construction
			 estimating;
(5) Ethics and
			 standards of professional practice;
(6) Land use planning, zoning and
			 taxation;
(7) Property
			 development;
(8) Real estate
			 appraisal (valuation or evaluation, or both);
(9) Real estate appraisal laws and
			 regulations;
(10) Real estate
			 appraisal related computer applications;
(11) Real estate financing and
			 investment;
(12) Real estate
			 law;
(13) Real estate
			 litigation;
(14) Real estate
			 management, leasing, brokerage or time-sharing;
(15) Real estate securities and
			 syndication;
(16) Real estate taxes
			 and liens;
(17) Real estate
			 principles and practices; and
(18)
			 Real property exchange.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 512 - Real Estate Appraisers › Section 20-512-8 - Notification of course offerings and locations

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Each school
			 conducting an approved prerequisite or continuing education course shall, at
			 least ten (10) days prior to the first scheduled session of each course, submit
			 to the commission a schedule of the dates, hours, locations, tuition fees and
			 instructors for each course to be offered.
(b) The name, address and qualifications for
			 each instructor not previously submitted to the commission shall be included
			 with the course notification.
(c) A
			 local fire marshal certificate for each classroom location shall be included
			 with the course notification, if not already on file with the
			 commission.
(d) If the course is
			 not held in a public building or place of public assembly, the facility must be
			 adequate to hold such an offering and have been approved by the local fire
			 marshal for such purpose.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 512 - Real Estate Appraisers › Section 20-512-9 - Advertising

Current through July 10, 2024
All schools advertising courses shall comply with the following
				requirements:
(1) All advertising
			 materials shall be submitted to the commission prior to publication;
(2) All advertising and notices shall not be
			 deceptive or misleading and shall reveal significant facts, the concealment of
			 which would mislead the public;
(3)
			 Advertisers and their agents shall substantiate claims made in an advertisement
			 upon request of the commission;
(4)
			 No advertising or written or oral statements shall use misleading or unprovable
			 claims. In discussing the students' possible or potential economic future in
			 the field of real estate appraisal, no misleading claims may be made;
(5) No unfounded guarantee shall be offered.
			 All notices shall clearly and conspicuously disclose the full nature of
			 services offered;
(6) False or
			 misleading claims as to tuition and other course costs are
			 prohibited;
(7) Material containing
			 testimonials shall be clearly limited to those individuals reflecting their own
			 personal experiences;
(8) In any
			 advertising all schools are to refrain from using the wording "Approved by the
			 Department of Consumer Protection and Real Estate Appraisal Commission" or
			 other like wording. The following wording may be used: "This course meets the
			 minimum requirements as set forth by the Department of Consumer Protection and
			 Real Estate Appraisal Commission"; and
(9) The size of the type setting forth the
			 wording in subdivision (8) of this section shall be no larger than the smallest
			 type used on the advertisement.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 512 - Real Estate Appraisers › Section 20-512-10 - Records

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) All schools, institutions or
			 organizations conducting approved courses shall:
(1) Furnish to the student, within thirty
			 (30) days of satisfactory completion of any approved course, a certificate, as
			 approved by the commission; and
(2)
			 Keep and retain complete records of student attendance and evidence of
			 completion for a period of at least six (6) years after the completion of each
			 course. Such records shall be available for inspection by the
			 commission.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 512 - Real Estate Appraisers › Section 20-512-11 - Hearings on denial of school or course approval

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Upon
			 the refusal of the commission to approve a school or a particular course, or
			 upon the decision of the commission to withdraw such approval the commission
			 shall notify the applicant of such denial or withdrawal and of the applicant's
			 right to request a hearing within ten (10) days from the date of receipt of the
			 notice of denial or withdrawal.
(b)
			 In the event the applicant requests a hearing within such ten (10) days, the
			 commission shall give notice of the grounds for the denial or withdrawal and
			 shall conduct a hearing in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the
			 Connecticut General Statutes concerning contested matters.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 529e - Appraisal Management Companies › Section 20-529e-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
(1) "Appraisal Subcommittee or (ASC)" means
			 the Appraisal Subcommittee (ASC) of the Federal Financial Institutions
			 Examination Council (FFIEC). The ASC oversees the real estate appraisal process
			 as it relates to federally related transactions as defined in Title XI.3. of
			 the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of
			 1989;
(2) "Commissioner" means the
			 Commissioner of Consumer Protection or the commissioner's designee;
(3) "Department" means the Department of
			 Consumer Protection;
(4) "National
			 Registry" means a database containing selected information about state
			 certified and licensed appraisers maintained by the Appraisal Subcommittee of
			 the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) which was
			 created on August 9, 1989, pursuant to Title XI of the Financial Institutions
			 Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (Title XI) ; and
(5) "USPAP" means the Uniform Standards of
			 Professional Appraisal Practice issued by the Appraisal Standards Board of the
			 Appraisal Foundation pursuant to Title XI of FIRREA.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 529e - Appraisal Management Companies › Section 20-529e-2 - Qualifications for registration

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Registration of
			 appraisal management companies shall be granted only to persons or recognized
			 legal entities who have, as determined to the commissioner's satisfaction, an
			 appropriate knowledge of real estate appraisal practice, are competent to
			 transact the business of an appraisal management company in such manner as to
			 safeguard the interests of the public, and who bear a good reputation for
			 honesty, truthfulness and fair dealing. Appraisal management companies shall:
(1) Register with and be subject to
			 supervision by the Department of Consumer Protection;
(2) Verify that only certified appraisers or
			 properly licensed provisional appraisers are used to complete appraisals on
			 properties located within the state of Connecticut;
(3) Ensure that all company employees or
			 agents directly involved with the review of appraisals comply with chapter 400g
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes and the USPAP;
(4) Require that appraisals are conducted
			 independently and are free from inappropriate influence or coercion, and that
			 appraisers are not encouraged by any means to misstate or misrepresent the
			 value of a subject property, pursuant to section
			 20-529b(d)
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 529e - Appraisal Management Companies › Section 20-529e-3 - Application and renewal procedure

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Appraisal
			 management companies shall be registered with the Secretary of the State prior
			 to submitting an application for registration with the department.
(b) An application for registration shall be
			 submitted on a form prescribed by the department using the name or names of the
			 legal entity under which it conducts or will conduct the business of appraisal
			 management in Connecticut and in other states.
(c) An application for registration as an
			 appraisal management company or any amendment thereto, shall be accompanied by
			 the application fee prescribed in section
			 20-529(b)
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes. Application fees accompanying complete
			 applications are not refundable. The department may return to the applicant any
			 application which is incomplete or not accompanied by the required fee.
			 Applications shall be valid for one (1) year from the date of receipt by the
			 department. The one-year period shall not be extended.
(d) Payment of application fees shall be made
			 by certified check, bank check or money order payable to "Treasurer, State of
			 Connecticut," or via an electronic payment method acceptable to the
			 department.
(e) Any payment found
			 to be dishonored, to have insufficient funds or to be fraudulent shall be
			 returned to the sender and the application associated with that payment shall
			 be denied.
(f) An appraisal
			 management company shall:
(1) Notify the
			 department of any trade name, doing business as, or assumed business name under
			 which it will operate in Connecticut at the time of registration, or if
			 applicable, immediately upon operating under such trade name, doing business
			 as, or assumed business name;
(2)
			 Notify the department when it changes its registered name, trade name, doing
			 business as, or assumed business name. Such notice shall be in writing and be
			 received by the department not later than fourteen business days after making
			 the change; and
(3) Notify the
			 department of any change of contact information not later than fourteen days
			 after making the change.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 529e - Appraisal Management Companies › Section 20-529e-4 - Adherence to standards

Current through July 10, 2024
Upon applying for a registration with the department and
				continuing with each renewal thereafter, an appraisal management company shall
				provide a statement to the department, signed by its designated controlling
				person, certifying that the appraisal management company verifies that each
				appraisal assignment is offered to an appraiser who is in good standing per the
				National Registry. For appraisers acting as independent contractors, the
				appraisal management company shall:
(1) Ensure the appraisal report is signed by
			 an appraiser included on the appraisal management company's panel who is an
			 independent contractor of the company at the time the assignment is
			 offered;
(2) Review work of all
			 such appraisers periodically for compliance with the USPAP; and
(3) Maintain a record of each appraisal
			 request. Each such record shall include the:
(A) Name of the appraiser;
(B) Property address;
(C) Borrower's name, where
			 applicable;
(D) Lender's name;
			 and
(E) Date of
			 assignment.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 529e - Appraisal Management Companies › Section 20-529e-5 - Record keeping

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The
			 certification of recordkeeping required to be filed by an appraisal management
			 company upon registration with the department pursuant to section
			 20-529
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes and annually thereafter pursuant to section
			 20-529a(a)
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes shall be signed by its designated
			 controlling person and shall contain:
(1) A
			 description of the appraisal management company's system for maintaining
			 required records, including the name of the record's custodian and all
			 locations where such records are kept; and
(2) A list of all appraisal assignments given
			 by the appraisal management company that have been accepted during the relevant
			 period, together with the names of the individual appraisers or entities who
			 accepted each assignment and the individual appraiser who signed the
			 corresponding appraisal report.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 529e - Appraisal Management Companies › Section 20-529e-6 - Required disclosure

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) An appraisal
			 management company shall, at the time an assignment is offered, disclose to the
			 appraiser:
(1) The total amount that the
			 appraiser may expect to earn from the assignment, disclosed as a dollar
			 amount;
(2) The property address,
			 or equivalent information that would allow the appraiser to determine whether
			 the appraiser has been involved with any service regarding the subject property
			 within the three years preceding the date on which the assignment is
			 offered;
(3) The assignment
			 conditions and scope of work requirements in sufficient detail to allow the
			 appraiser to determine whether the appraiser is competent to complete the
			 assignment; and
(4) Any known
			 deadlines within which the assignment shall be completed.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 529e - Appraisal Management Companies › Section 20-529e-7 - Unprofessional conduct

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) An appraisal
			 management company commits unprofessional conduct when the appraisal management
			 company:
(1) Intentionally influences or
			 attempts to intentionally influence the development of an appraisal report,
			 review or consulting assignment;
(2) Requires an appraiser to modify any
			 aspect of the appraisal report, unless the modification complies with section
			 20-529b(e)
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(3) Requires the appraiser to do anything
			 that conflicts with the USPAP or any assignment conditions or certifications
			 required by the client; or
(4)
			 Makes any portion of the appraiser's fee or the appraisal management company's
			 fee contingent on a favorable outcome, including but not limited to, a loan
			 closing or a specific dollar amount being achieved by the appraiser in the
			 appraisal report.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 529e - Appraisal Management Companies › Section 20-529e-8 - Controlling person

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) After a hearing
			 held pursuant to chapter 54 of the Connecticut General Statutes, the
			 Commissioner may prohibit an individual from acting as a controlling person, as
			 defined by section
			 20-500 of
			 the Connecticut General Statutes, of an appraisal management company if such
			 person has
(1) entered a plea of guilty or no
			 contest to, or been convicted of, a felony or
(2) has had an appraisal license or
			 certification refused, denied, suspended, revoked or surrendered in lieu of
			 revocation in Connecticut or any other state.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 529e - Appraisal Management Companies › Section 20-529e-9 - Compliance manager

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The compliance
			 manager shall be a certified real estate appraiser pursuant to sections
			 20-500
			 through
			 20-528,
			 inclusive, of the Connecticut General Statutes or pursuant to the applicable
			 laws of another state.
(b) Each
			 appraisal management company shall, in its initial registration application and
			 not later than fourteen days after any applicable change, provide the
			 department with its compliance manager's name, mailing and physical addresses,
			 phone and email contact information, which shall be signed by the compliance
			 manager.
(c) The compliance manager
			 shall be responsible for:
(1) The retention
			 and maintenance of records relating to appraisals conducted by or on behalf of
			 the appraisal management company;
(2) The maintenance of a record of all
			 appraisers in Connecticut who perform appraisals for the appraisal management
			 company, including a log of payments to such appraisers.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 529e - Appraisal Management Companies › Section 20-529e-10 - Renewals

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Each application for the renewal of a
			 registration as an appraisal management company shall be made on such forms and
			 in such manner as is prescribed by the department, accompanied by such
			 supporting information as is required by the department.
(b) All registrations expire on the
			 thirty-first day of December, biennially, in even-numbered years.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 529e - Appraisal Management Companies › Section 20-529e-11 - Audits

Current through July 10, 2024
The department may review and audit the records of applicants,
				certificate holders, licensees, registered appraisal management companies and
				persons or entities acting in a capacity that requires registration pursuant to
				section
				20-529,
				inclusive, of the Connecticut General Statutes, to determine compliance with
				the requirements of sections
				20-529e-1
				through
				20-529e-17,
				inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, and applicable
				state and federal law. Such applicants, certificate holders, licensees and
				registered appraisal management companies and persons or entities shall
				cooperate with the department in the conduct of such audits and provide access
				during normal business hours to records and any information the department
				deems reasonably necessary for the completion of such a review and
				audit.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 529e - Appraisal Management Companies › Section 20-529e-12 - Appraisal management company prohibitions and requirements. Payment to appraisers

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Appraisal
			 management companies shall adhere to the following business practices when
			 performing appraisal management services related to properties located within
			 the state of Connecticut:
(1) Appraisal
			 management companies shall delegate appraisal assignments for completion only
			 to appraisers who possess the certifications required by the
			 department.
(2) Appraisal
			 management companies shall adopt reasonable procedures designed to ensure that
			 all appraisal assignments completed by its independent contractors or employee
			 appraisers are performed in accordance with the USPAP.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 529e - Appraisal Management Companies › Section 20-529e-13 - Fees

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Application fees shall be paid in the
			 manner and amounts specified in section 20-529 of the Connecticut General
			 Statutes.
(b) The commission shall
			 require an annual registry fee for all appraisal management companies in an
			 amount established by the Appraisal Subcommittee of the Federal Financial
			 Institutions Examination Council pursuant to Title XI of FIRREA. The
			 Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall compile and transmit a roster of such
			 appraisal management companies, along with the registry fees paid, to the
			 appropriate federal regulatory entity-Said commissioner shall report each
			 appraisal management company that meets the following criteria to the
			 appropriate federal regulatory entity and each such company shall pay
			 applicable fees to such entity:
(1) An
			 appraisal management company that provides services in connection with valuing
			 a consumer's principal residence as security for consumer credit transactions
			 or incorporating such transactions into securitizations;
(2) An appraisal management company that,
			 within a given year, oversees an appraisal panel of more than fifteen (15)
			 appraisers certified by the state of Connecticut, or twenty-five (25) or more
			 appraisers certified in two (2) or more states.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 529e - Appraisal Management Companies › Section 20-529e-14 - Investigations; Penalty; Appeal

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A person or
			 entity registered pursuant to chapter 400g of the Connecticut General Statutes
			 shall cooperate with the department staff if such registrant is contacted in
			 connection with an investigation performed by the department concerning
			 possible violations of chapter 400g of the Connecticut General Statutes or
			 sections
			 20-529e-1
			 through
			 20-529e-17,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. Such registrant
			 shall not make any untruthful or misleading statements in connection with any
			 department investigation or hearing.
(b) Any person may request the department to
			 initiate disciplinary action against an applicant, a certified appraiser,
			 registrant or person or entity acting in a capacity requiring a registration
			 pursuant to chapter 400g of the Connecticut General Statutes as follows:
(1) The request shall be in writing or
			 submitted in a form prescribed by the commissioner, shall identify the
			 applicant, certified appraiser, or registrant, and shall set forth the nature
			 of the complaint. Such request may, but need not, specify the statutes or
			 regulations alleged to have been violated;
(2) The complainant shall be notified that a
			 confidential investigation has been commenced not later than fourteen business
			 days after receipt by the department of the verified complaint. The complainant
			 shall be notified of final action taken on the complaint.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 529e - Appraisal Management Companies › Section 20-529e-15 - Penalty, Civil Penalty

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Upon the
			 verified complaint, in writing, of any person concerning a violation by an
			 appraisal management company of the provisions of sections
			 20-529
			 to
			 20-529c,
			 inclusive, of the Connecticut General Statutes, or sections
			 20-529e-1
			 through
			 20-529e-17,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut Agencies the department may
			 investigate such company.
(b) Upon
			 a determination by the department that an appraisal management company violated
			 any provision of sections
			 20-529
			 through
			 20-529c,
			 inclusive, of the Connecticut General Statutes, or sections
			 20-529e-1
			 through
			 20-529e-17,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies the department may
			 impose the penalty prescribed in section
			 20-529d
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(c) Before denying, refusing to renew,
			 suspending or revoking a certificate of registration, or imposing any civil
			 penalty, the department shall give notice and afford an opportunity for a
			 hearing in accordance with chapter 54 of the Connecticut General Statutes and
			 any applicable regulations.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 529e - Appraisal Management Companies › Section 20-529e-16 - Background investigation

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The department
			 shall have the authority to conduct investigations and examinations for:
(1) The purposes of initial registration,
			 registration renewal, registration suspension, registration conditioning,
			 registration revocation or termination, or general or specific inquiry or
			 investigation to determine compliance with sections
			 20-529e-1
			 to
			 20-529e-17,
			 inclusive of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. The department
			 shall have the authority to access, receive and use any books, accounts,
			 records, files, documents, information or evidence including, but not limited
			 to:
(A) criminal, civil and administrative
			 history information, including non-conviction data as specified in applicable
			 provisions of the Connecticut General Statues; and
(B) any other documents, information or
			 evidence the department deems relevant to the inquiry or investigation
			 regardless of the location, possession, control or custody of such documents,
			 information or evidence; and
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 529e - Appraisal Management Companies › Section 20-529e-17 - Department record keeping; Reports

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The department
			 shall keep a record of proceedings and orders pertaining to the matters under
			 its jurisdiction regarding appraisal management companies and of related
			 certifications granted, refused, denied, suspended, revoked or surrendered in
			 lieu of revocation by it and of all reports sent to its office. The department
			 may furnish, for official use only, certified copies of certifications,
			 provisional licenses and documents relating thereto, to officials of this state
			 or any municipality in this state, to officials of any other state and to any
			 court in this state.
(b) Pursuant
			 to FIRREA, the department shall transmit reports on a timely basis to the
			 Appraisal Subcommittee of any and all supervisory activities involving
			 appraisal management companies or other third-party providers of appraisals and
			 appraisal management services, including any disciplinary actions taken, to the
			 National Registry.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Section 20-576-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
For the purpose of sections 20-576-1 through
				20-576-53
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the following terms shall
				have the meanings indicated:
(a)
			 "Commission" means the Commission of Pharmacy;
(b) "Department" means the Department of
			 Consumer Protection;
(c) "Legend
			 drug" has the meaning given to this term by Section
			 20-571
			 of the General Statutes;
(d)
			 "Prescribing practitioner" has the meaning given to this term by Section
			 20-571
			 of the General Statutes; and
(e)
			 "Prescription department" means that area within a pharmacy where drugs are
			 compounded and dispensed pursuant to the order of a prescribing
			 practitioner.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Section 20-576-2 - Applications

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) All applications for licenses or permits
			 shall be made on forms furnished by the department. All such forms shall be
			 signed by the applicant thereby indicating that all information contained in
			 the application is true and accurate.
(b) Proper proof of all requirements for
			 applications for admission to examinations and for applications for licenses
			 and permits shall be provided to the department with each such
			 application.
(c) Applications for
			 licenses for which an examination is required shall be submitted to the
			 department at least forty-five days prior to the date on which the examination
			 is to be taken unless this is deemed by the commission to be unnecessary based
			 upon the manner in which the exam is to be administered.
(d) Applications for new pharmacy licenses
			 and applications for the relocation of a pharmacy shall be made at least
			 fifteen days prior to the next scheduled meeting of the commission.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Section 20-576-3 - Applications for pharmacist license

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) An applicant
			 for a license to practice pharmacy other than by reciprocity shall be required
			 to take a two part examination consisting of the following:
(1) Part I. The North American Pharmacist
			 Licensure Exam or such other examination as may be required by the commission
			 and approved by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection; and
(2) Part II. Pharmaceutical
			 jurisprudence.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Section 20-576-4 - Eligibility for examination

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) An applicant
			 who is a graduate of a school or college of pharmacy accredited by the American
			 Council on Pharmaceutical Education and approved by the commission, and who has
			 had at least fifteen hundred hours of the practical experience required of a
			 pharmacy intern shall be eligible to take the required examination, except as
			 provided in section
			 20-576-6
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(b) An applicant who is a graduate of a
			 foreign college or school of pharmacy shall be eligible to take the required
			 examination if the following requirements are met:
(1) Documentation of date and place of
			 birth;
(2) Proof of having passed
			 the paper-based, computer-based or internet-based Test of English as a Foreign
			 Language with the minimum score approved by the National Association of Boards
			 of Pharmacy;
(3) Proof of having
			 passed the Test of Spoken English with a minimum score of fifty-five (55) if
			 the applicant has taken either the paper-based or the computer-based Test of
			 English as a Foreign Language;
(4)
			 Proof of United States citizenship or a visa permitting employment in the
			 United States;
(5) Proof of at
			 least fifteen hundred hours of the practical experience required of a pharmacy
			 intern as provided by section
			 20-576-8
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(6) Proof of passage of the Foreign Pharmacy
			 Graduate Equivalency Examination; and
(7) Appearance before the commission for a
			 personal interview prior to the commencement of the practical experience
			 required of a pharmacy intern in subsection (b)(5) of this section, at which
			 time such training requirement as well as the other criteria established in
			 this subsection will be reviewed.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Section 20-576-6 - Exception to intern requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
If a candidate for the examination for licensure to practice
				pharmacy as a pharmacist in Connecticut as prescribed by section
				20-590
				of the General Statutes and section
				20-576-3
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies has not fulfilled the law as
				required by section
				20-598
				of the General Statutes, the candidate, upon completion of the examination,
				shall immediately register and fulfill the requirements of said section
				20-598,
				or, submit to the commission evidence of the completion of a program as
				described in section
				20-576-8(b)
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Section 20-576-7 - Reciprocity

Current through July 10, 2024
A pharmacist who is licensed as such in any other state of the
				United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any
				territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United
				States, may be licensed to practice as such in this state provided:
(1) the qualifications necessary to secure
			 such license in the state or jurisdiction in which the pharmacist is licensed
			 were, at the time of first securing such license, at least equal to those
			 required in this state at that time;
(2) the pharmacist is a graduate with a
			 professional undergraduate degree from those schools of pharmacy that are
			 accredited by the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education, or is a
			 graduate with a professional undergraduate degree from a foreign college or
			 school of pharmacy and has complied with the requirements of section
			 20-576-4(b)
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(3) the pharmacist is a resident of the state
			 of Connecticut at the time of making application to be licensed as a pharmacist
			 or has indicated an intention to practice pharmacy within the state of
			 Connecticut;
(4) the pharmacist has
			 practiced the profession of pharmacy for at least one year in any other state
			 or jurisdiction within the last five years at the time of application or has
			 been licensed by examination in another state or jurisdiction within the
			 previous twelve months. In lieu of the practice requirement, the commission may
			 accept, in its discretion, equivalent experience as determined by the
			 commission;
(5) the pharmacy board
			 or commission in the state or jurisdiction from which the pharmacist is
			 reciprocating grants similar reciprocal privileges to pharmacists licensed in
			 this state;
(6) the pharmacist
			 passes that portion of the commission's licensure examination relating to
			 pharmacy law; and
(7) the
			 pharmacist appears before the commission for a personal interview in which the
			 criteria established in this section will be reviewed.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Section 20-576-8 - Registration of pharmacy interns

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) As used in this
			 section: "pharmacy intern" has the meaning given to this term by Section
			 20-571
			 of the General Statutes; "intern training pharmacy" means a Connecticut
			 pharmacy or an institutional pharmacy approved by the commission, providing
			 training for a pharmacy intern in contemporary pharmacy practice; and "pharmacy
			 intern preceptor" means a Connecticut pharmacist supervising a pharmacy
			 intern.
(b) The professional
			 experience required by section
			 20-590
			 of the General Statutes shall consist of the satisfactory fulfillment of a
			 series of objectives approved by the commission, completed during fifteen
			 hundred clock hours as a registered pharmacy intern. The professional
			 experience may be obtained by completing any combination of the following:
(1) employment or voluntary work in a
			 Connecticut pharmacy or an institutional pharmacy approved by the commission,
			 but no more than 40 clock hours may be obtained in any one week;
(2) completion of an educational experiential
			 program established and monitored by a school or college of pharmacy accredited
			 by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education, or its successor
			 organization recognized by the United States Department of Education as the
			 accrediting body for professional degree programs in pharmacy, and approved by
			 the commission;
(3) an out of state
			 practical experience program approved by the appropriate licensing agency in
			 the state wherein the experience is attained; or
(4) an industrial, research or other
			 professional experience program established by a school or college of pharmacy
			 accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education, or its
			 successor organization recognized by the United States Department of Education
			 as the accrediting body for professional degree programs in pharmacy, and
			 approved by the commission. Hours accumulated under this subdivision shall be
			 limited to a maximum of 400 hours.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Section 20-576-9 - Authority of registered pharmacy intern

Current through July 10, 2024
A registered pharmacy intern may compound and dispense drugs
				and devices and otherwise perform contemporary pharmacy services only when a
				pharmacist is physically present in the pharmacy or institutional pharmacy and
				personally supervising such compounding, dispensing or delivery of contemporary
				pharmacy services.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Section 20-576-10 - Information to be reported

Current through July 10, 2024
Every pharmacist who commences the practice of pharmacy or
				changes the pharmacist's place of employment within the state of Connecticut
				shall report to the department within five days the following
				information:
(1) the date of
			 commencement of the practice of pharmacy;
(2) the name of the pharmacist's
			 employer;
(3) the address of the
			 practice location; and
(4) the type
			 of practice.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Section 20-576-13 - Hours of operation of a pharmacy

Current through July 10, 2024
A pharmacy shall be open at least thirty-five hours per week,
				except as otherwise authorized in regulations concerning classes of pharmacies
				promulgated pursuant to Section
				20-576(a)(2)
				of the General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Section 20-576-14 - Security of the prescription department during momentary absences of a pharmacist

Current through July 10, 2024
During times when the pharmacist leaves the prescription
				department, or leaves the area operated as the pharmacy in accordance with
				sections
				20-576-15
				and
				20-576-16
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, for a few moments, measures
				shall be taken to insure that adequate security of the prescription department
				is provided and that entry by unauthorized personnel is prevented or
				immediately detected. The presence of a pharmacy intern or a pharmacy
				technician in the prescription department, or in the area operated as the
				pharmacy in accordance with section
				20-576-15
				and
				20-576-16
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, during these times shall be
				considered to be providing adequate security. If no such personnel are
				available for this purpose, and the prescription department, or the area
				licensed as the pharmacy in accordance with sections
				20-576-15
				and
				20-576-16
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, is not within the view of the
				pharmacist, a method shall be employed to physically or electronically secure
				the prescription department through the use of mechanisms such as a locked
				barrier or an alarm system that will prevent or immediately detect access to
				that area.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Section 20-576-15 - Licensing as a pharmacy the entire premises of a business not primarily devoted to the operation of a pharmacy

Current through July 10, 2024
The commission shall not be required to license as a pharmacy,
				the entire premises of a business that is not devoted primarily to the
				operation of a pharmacy. In determining whether to license the entire premises
				the commission shall consider, but shall not be limited to the following
				factors:
(1) the primary nature of the
			 business and the type of products sold, especially the relationship of the
			 products sold to the practice of pharmacy; and
(2) the percentage of the floor space of the
			 business devoted to the sale of drugs, medical devices and other health related
			 products.