Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 9 - Rules of Practice › Section 19a-9-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in sections
				19a-9-2
				through
				19a-9-29
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(1) "Adjudicating agency" means the agency
			 with the responsibility of issuing the final decision or declaratory ruling in
			 a given case.
(2) "Agency" means
			 the Department of Public Health, or any board or officer within said department
			 authorized by law to make regulations or to determine contested
			 cases.
(3) "Applicant" means a
			 person who has applied for licensure by the department.
(4) "Board" means any professional board of
			 examiners or commission created by statute within the department.
(5) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of
			 Public Health or the Commissioner's designee.
(6) "Complaint" means a formal statement of
			 charges issued by the department.
(7) "Contested case" has the meaning provided
			 in section
			 4-166 of the
			 Connecticut General Statutes.
(8)
			 "Day" means a calendar day.
(9)
			 "Department" means the Department of Public Health.
(10) "Hearing officer" has the meaning
			 provided in section
			 4-166 of the
			 Connecticut General Statutes.
(11)
			 "Hearing panel" means a panel consisting of board members, designated by the
			 board to conduct a hearing.
(12)
			 "Institution" means what is specified in subsection (a) of section
			 19a-490
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(13) "Intervenor" means a person, other than
			 a party, who is allowed to participate in either a contested case or a hearing
			 on a request for declaratory ruling, as set forth in section
			 4-177a
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, and section
			 19a-9-27
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(14) "License" has the meaning provided in
			 section
			 4-166 of the
			 Connecticut General Statutes.
(15)
			 "Licensee" means a person who holds a license issued by the
			 department.
(16) "Notice of
			 hearing" means the notice required to be provided to the parties pursuant to
			 subsections (a) and (b) of section
			 4-177
			 and section
			 4-182(c),
			 if applicable, of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(17) "Party" has the meaning provided in
			 section
			 4-166 of the
			 Connecticut General Statutes.
(18)
			 "Person" has the meaning provided in section
			 4-166 of the
			 Connecticut General Statutes.
(19)
			 "Petition" means a claim of violation of a statute or regulation committed by a
			 health professional or institution or other entity under the jurisdiction of
			 the agency or department, including an appeal filed with the commissioner
			 pursuant to section
			 19a-535
			 or l9a-535a of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(20) "Petitioner" means a person bringing a
			 petition before the commissioner or department.
(21) "Presiding officer" has the meaning
			 provided in section
			 4-166 of the
			 Connecticut General Statutes.
(22)
			 "Respondent" means any person who is the subject of a petition or against whom
			 a statement of charges has been issued by the department.
(23) "Request for a declaratory ruling" means
			 a request made by any person for a ruling on the validity of any regulation or
			 the applicability to specified circumstances of a provision of the general
			 statutes, a regulation, or a final decision on a matter within the jurisdiction
			 of the agency.
(24) "Request for
			 regulation making" means a request made by any person for the promulgation,
			 amendment, or repeal of a regulation of the department.
(25) "Statement of charges" means a formal
			 complaint issued by the agency either after an investigation of a petition or
			 at the department's own initiative.