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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 36 - Reportable Diseases and Laboratory Findings › Clinical Laboratories › Section 19a-36-D35 - Responsibilities of licensee and director

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The licensee
				shall ensure that the laboratory is at all times under the direction of a
				director who meets the qualification standards identified in Section
				19a-13
				-D33 of the regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. Whenever the designated
				director is to be on leave for more than thirty (30) calendar days, the
				licensee shall so notify the department in advance and shall designate an
				interim supervisor of the laboratory who meets the qualifications identified in
				subsection (c) of this section. The licensee shall notify the department at
				least thirty (30) days in advance of any proposed change of ownership or major
				expansion or alteration in quarters. At such time that the director severs
				connection with the laboratory, the department may grant permission for the
				continued operation of the laboratory under an interim supervisor for not more
				than six (6) weeks. In extenuating circumstances, permission to operate longer
				without a permanent director may be granted subject to conditions specified in
				writing by the department.
(b) The
				licensee and director, if different persons, shall be jointly and severally
				responsible for the operation of the laboratory in compliance with sections
				19a-36
				-D20 through
				19a-36
				-D38 of the regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, and with other pertinent
				regulatory and statutory requirements. They shall advise the department within
				seven (7) days of changes in operations or personnel. They shall submit to the
				department an annual report on forms provided for the purpose which shall
				relate to the numbers and types of laboratory examinations performed during the
				preceding year.
(c) The director
				shall be responsible for the work of subordinates, the proper management of
				patient test specimens and records, the proper performance of all tests in the
				laboratory, and the continual application of quality control procedures to the
				work in accordance with recommendations and directives of the department. In
				the absence of the director for any cause, the interim supervisor shall assume
				the director's responsibilities. Such interim supervisor shall meet the
				qualification requirements identified in Section 19a-36-D34 of the regulations
				of Connecticut State Agencies.
(d)
				Except for illness, vacation or other justifiable leave, the director shall be
				responsible for the overall operation of the laboratory. No person shall act as
				director of more than five (5) laboratories.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 36 - Reportable Diseases and Laboratory Findings › Clinical Laboratories › Section 19a-36-D36 - Unethical practices prohibited

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Definitions.
As used in this section:
(1) "Bribe" means any valuable consideration
				given or promised by a laboratory providing service with a view to influence
				the behavior of a requester of laboratory services.
(2) "Fee-splitting inducement" means offering
				or implying a division of payment in any manner between a requester of
				laboratory services and the laboratory providing the service.
(3) "Fraudulent practice" means one that
				involves deceit, trickery or cheating.
(4) "Requester of laboratory services" means
				any person, firm, corporation or other entity that submits specimens, refers
				specimens for laboratory services or requests or prescribes laboratory
				tests.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 36 - Reportable Diseases and Laboratory Findings › Clinical Laboratories › Section 19a-36-D37 - Referral of specimens to out-of-state laboratories

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A
				Connecticut licensed laboratory may refer specimens for testing to an
				out-of-state clinical laboratory if the out-of-state laboratory is CLIA
				certified and is licensed, certified, registered, or approved in the state in
				which the laboratory is located, if applicable.
(b) The Connecticut licensed clinical
				laboratory shall maintain documentation which verifies that the out-of-state
				clinical laboratory, to which specimens are referred from Connecticut, meets
				the specimen collection, identification, examination, and reporting
				requirements specified in Sections
				19a-36
				-D29 through 19a-36-D32; the referral requirements specified in subsection (a)
				of this section; the specimen collection, identification, urine drug testing,
				and reporting requirements specified in sections
				31-51t
				through
				31-51z
				of the Connecticut General Statutes; and the informed consent, HIV confirmation
				testing and confidentiality requirements specified in sections
				19a-581 through
				19a-590
				of the Connecticut General Statutes if applicable. This documentation shall be
				verified as correct on a yearly basis.
(c) The laboratory shall maintain a list of
				out-of-state laboratories to which specimens are referred, stating the types of
				tests or examinations for which such specimens are submitted, which list shall
				be available to the department upon its request.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 36 - Reportable Diseases and Laboratory Findings › Clinical Laboratories › Section 19a-36-D38 - Minimum standards for the operation of private clinical laboratories

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The laboratory shall be operated in
				compliance with all applicable state and federal laws and regulations,
				including but not necessarily limited to CLIA Title 42 Part 493 of the code of
				federal regulations and with all reasonable administrative directives pursuant
				thereto.
(b) Quarters in which
				laboratory work is performed or specimens collected shall be kept free from
				filth, excessive dirt or litter or other objectionable condition, shall be
				adequately lighted and ventilated, shall be equipped with utilities adequate
				for the work, shall be of adequate size and arrangement for the proper conduct
				of the work and shall be free from unnecessary safety hazards. Smoking and the
				consumption of food or beverages shall be prohibited in those areas where the
				examination of specimens is being carried out. No food or beverage shall be
				stored in a refrigerator or freezer used for storing patient specimens or
				potentially infectious materials.
(c) Equipment shall be adequate and in good
				order at all times as considered necessary for the proper handling of work for
				which licensure may be granted.
(d)
				The laboratory shall at all times be operated under the supervision of a
				director or other qualified person acceptable to the department.
(e) No misrepresentation of the scope of
				laboratory services or of the qualifications or special abilities of persons
				associated with the laboratory shall be permitted.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 36h - Model Food Code Implementation › Section 19a-36h-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in Sections
				19a-36h-1 to
				19a-36h-7, inclusive, of the
				Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(1) "Alternate person in charge" means the
			 person designated by the owner or manager of the food establishment to be in
			 charge of the food establishment when the certified food protection manager
			 cannot be present;
(2) "Certified
			 food protection manager" has the same meaning as provided in section 19a-36g of
			 the Connecticut General Statutes;
(3) "Class 1 food establishment" has the same
			 meaning as provided in section 19a-36g of the Connecticut General
			 Statutes;
(4) "Class 2 food
			 establishment" has the same meaning as provided in section 19a-36g of the
			 Connecticut General Statutes;
(5)
			 "Class 3 food establishment" has the same meaning as provided in section
			 19a-36g of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(6) "Class 4 food establishment" has the same
			 meaning as provided in section 19a-36g of the Connecticut General
			 Statutes;
(7) "Commissioner" has
			 the same meaning as provided in section 19a-36g of the Connecticut General
			 Statutes;
(8) "Department" has the
			 same meaning as provided in section 19a-36g of the Connecticut General
			 Statutes;
(9) "Director of health"
			 has the same meaning as provided in section 19a-36g of the Connecticut General
			 Statutes;
(10) "Food code" has the
			 same meaning as provided in section 19a-36g of the Connecticut General
			 Statutes;
(11) "Food establishment"
			 has the same meaning as provided in section 19a-36g of the Connecticut General
			 Statutes;
(12) "Food inspector" has
			 the same meaning as provided in section 19a-36g of the Connecticut General
			 Statutes;
(13) "Full-time" means a
			 person normally employed and on duty not less than thirty hours per week on a
			 regular basis, or the total number of hours the food establishment is open per
			 week, if less than thirty hours;
(14) "Operator" means a person who is the top
			 manager or who otherwise controls the operations of a food
			 establishment;
(15) "Person in
			 charge" has the same meaning as provided in section 1-201.10 of the food
			 code;
(16) "Priority foundation
			 item" has the same meaning as provided in section 1-201.10 of the food code;
			 and
(17) "Regulatory authority"
			 means the commissioner or director of health, or the commissioner and the
			 director of health as follows:
(A) In the
			 following food code sections, the regulatory authority means the commissioner:
(i) Section 2-102.12;
(ii) Section 2-103.11;
(iii) Section 3-301.11(E)(1) and
			 (6);
(iv) Section
			 3-401.11;
(v) Section
			 3-502.11;
(vi) Section
			 4-204.110;
(vii) Section
			 4-501.114(D);
(viii) Section
			 7-202.12;
(ix) Section
			 8-103.10;
(x) Section 8-103.12
			 except paragraph (C); and
(xi)
			 Section 8-201.13 except subparagraphs (A)(3) and (B).
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 36h - Model Food Code Implementation › Section 19a-36h-2 - Applicability and variance

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Applicability.
(1) All food establishments shall comply with
			 the requirements of the food code, as amended from time to time, any food code
			 supplement published by the United States Food and Drug Administration, and the
			 Connecticut General Statutes and the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies,
			 as applicable.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 36h - Model Food Code Implementation › Section 19a-36h-3 - Inspection observations and documentation

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The food
			 inspector shall complete all sections of the commissioner's prescribed
			 inspection report form, as amended from time to time, to document inspection
			 observations and other findings, and correction of violations or corrective
			 actions implemented, if any.
(b)
			 The food inspector shall provide the owner or operator or person in charge of
			 the food establishment with a copy of the inspection report form not later than
			 forty-eight hours after the inspection.
(c) The food inspector shall sign the
			 inspection report form, which shall serve as the legal notice of violation and
			 order to correct violations within the time period specified by the food
			 code.
(d) The food inspector may
			 use a different inspection report form, including an electronic form, if such
			 inspection report form is substantially equivalent to the commissioner's
			 inspection report form, and the director of health has obtained written
			 approval from the commissioner to use such inspection report form.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 36h - Model Food Code Implementation › Section 19a-36h-4 - Certified food protection manager and alternate person in charge

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Each Class 1, 2, 3, and 4 food
			 establishment shall have a person in charge who meets the requirements of
			 section 2-102.11 of the food code and who is on-site at the food establishment
			 at all times the establishment is operating.
(b) At all times, a class 2, 3 and 4 food
			 establishment is operating, the person in charge shall be a certified food
			 protection manager, except as permitted by subsection (c) of this section, who
			 shall:
(1) Have obtained certification as
			 required pursuant to section 19a-36i of the Connecticut General
			 Statutes;
(2) Maintain such
			 certification on file at the food establishment and provide such certification
			 to the food inspector upon request; and
(3) Be a full-time employee, and assigned as
			 the certified food protection manager to only one food
			 establishment.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 36h - Model Food Code Implementation › Section 19a-36h-5 - Employee health

Current through July 10, 2024
If the owner, operator, or person in charge of a food
				establishment has reason to suspect that any employee has contracted any
				reportable diagnosis as specified in section 2-201.11(A)(2) of the food code,
				or any other communicable disease included on the commissioner's list of
				reportable diseases, emergency illnesses and health conditions adopted pursuant
				to section 19a-2a of the Connecticut General Statutes and that the commissioner
				deems reportable in relation to a foodborne outbreak, such owner, operator, or
				person in charge shall immediately notify the local director of
				health.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 36h - Model Food Code Implementation › Section 19a-36h-6 - Hold order, or destruction of food

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The food
			 inspector may issue a hold order to the owner or operator of a food
			 establishment for any food or drink suspected to be unsafe for human
			 consumption, while verification of its safety is conducted.
(b) Such food or drink that may be subject to
			 the hold order shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) Food that may have originated from an
			 unapproved source;
(2) Food that
			 may be unsafe, adulterated or not honestly presented;
(3) Food that is not labeled in accordance
			 with the food code, or if raw molluscan shellfish, is not tagged or labeled
			 according to the Connecticut General Statutes and Regulations of Connecticut
			 State Agencies or the food code; or
(4) Food that is otherwise not in compliance
			 with the food code.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 36h - Model Food Code Implementation › Section 19a-36h-7 - Enforcement

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The director of health shall ensure all
			 food establishments are inspected pursuant to the schedule in section 19a-36j
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(b) A food inspector shall, immediately upon
			 discovering any violations of the Connecticut General Statutes or Regulations
			 of Connecticut State Agencies, as applicable or any provision of the food code,
			 document the violations and order corrective action on the inspection report
			 form. Such documentation shall include specific timeframes for completion of
			 the corrective action if the violation cannot be corrected at the time of the
			 inspection, or documentation that a violation has been corrected.
(c) The owner, operator or person in charge
			 may submit documentation of the completion of corrective action to the food
			 inspector in a form and manner acceptable to the food inspector. Such
			 documentation may include, but not be limited to, photographic evidence of the
			 correction or the owner's or operator's notarized attestation affirming that
			 the required corrective action has been completed.
(d) A food inspector shall ensure the owner,
			 operator or person in charge has corrected any violations in accordance with
			 the specified time frames in the food code and in the form and manner required
			 by the food inspector as documented on the inspection report form. Correction
			 may be verified by reviewing photographic evidence, conducting a re-inspection
			 or upon receiving a notarized attestation from the owner, operator or person in
			 charge affirming that the correction has been completed. The food inspector
			 shall document on the inspection report form how each correction was made for
			 each violation.
(e) A complete
			 inspection may be conducted if deemed necessary by the food inspector based on
			 the nature and number of violations noted on a previous inspection report form,
			 or the inspector's observations at the time of the re-inspection.
(f) If any violations identified by the food
			 inspector have not been corrected within the timeframe provided the following
			 orders may be issued, at the discretion of the director of health, to correct
			 the violations:
(1) Re-issuance of an order to
			 correct the identified violations;
(2) Training of food workers;
(3) Replacement of the person in charge,
			 alternate person in charge, or both;
(4) Development and implementation of a risk
			 control plan;
(5) Increased
			 inspection frequency;
(6)
			 Suspension of the permit or license; or
(7) Another action deemed appropriate by the
			 director of health.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 37a - Fire Sprinkler Regulations › Section 19a-37a-1 - Notification of sprinkler installation

Current through July 10, 2024
Any person engaged in the installation or modification of an
				automatic fire extinguishing system in any building served by a public water
				system, as defined in subsection (a) of section
				25-33d of
				the General Statutes, shall notify that public water system of such
				installation. Such persons shall be subject to all applicable rules of such
				public water system.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 41 - Birth Certificates: Filing Requirements and Access › Section 19a-41-1 - Birth certificates: Filing requirements for births occurring outside of an institution

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) When a birth
			 occurs outside an institution, as defined in subdivision (2) of Section
			 7-47a of the
			 Connecticut General Statutes, the birth certificate shall be prepared by the
			 physician or nurse midwife licensed pursuant to Chapter 377 of the Connecticut
			 General Statutes in attendance at or immediately after the birth. For purposes
			 of this subsection the words "immediately after" mean within thirty (30)
			 minutes. If there is no physician or licensed nurse midwife in attendance at or
			 immediately after the birth, the father or mother shall complete a draft birth
			 certificate, also called a worksheet, which he or she may obtain from the town
			 registrar of vital statistics. The completed certificate of live birth, or
			 worksheet with the documentation described in this subsection, shall be filed
			 with the registrar of vital statistics in the town in which the birth occurred
			 or the town in which the newborn child is first removed from a moving
			 conveyance in accordance with subdivision (d) of Section
			 7-48
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, not later than ten (10) days after the
			 birth. Prior to preparation and filing of such certificate, the father or
			 mother shall verify the fact and circumstances of that birth by providing to
			 the town registrar of vital statistics documentation of:
(1) proof of pregnancy to include either:
(A) a signed and dated report from either the
			 physician or clinic that provided prenatal care to the mother; or
(B) notarized affidavits provided by two (2)
			 adults, other than the father and mother, having firsthand knowledge of the
			 pregnancy; or
(C) a signed and
			 dated report from either the physician or clinic that provided postpartum care
			 to the mother within twenty-four (24) hours after the birth; and
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 41 - Birth Certificates: Filing Requirements and Access › Section 19a-41-2 - A certified copy of or access to birth certificates

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Anyone requesting a copy of, or
			 permission to examine the original or copy of, a birth certificate or birth
			 record in the custody of any registrar of vital statistics or the Department of
			 Public Health shall provide proof, as specified in subsection (b) of this
			 section, that the person is eligible to receive or examine such certificate or
			 record under Section
			 7-51
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(b) The person whose birth is recorded, if
			 over eighteen (18) years of age, or other requester as authorized by section
			 7-51
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes shall submit a valid, government issued
			 photographic identification that includes the person's or requester's date of
			 birth, signature, and an expiration date. Should such photographic
			 identification be unavailable, originals or photocopies of the following
			 documents shall be substituted for it. Unless otherwise indicated, such person
			 or requester shall provide the documents listed in two (2) of the following
			 subdivisions. If a registrar or the department has reason to doubt the
			 authenticity of a document presented by such person or requester, such
			 registrar or the department may request any additional document listed in
			 subdivisions (1) to (15), inclusive, of this subsection:
(1) social security card;
(2) social security card supplemented with
			 either an employment identification card, a paycheck stub or a W-2 form.
			 Providing the documents in this subdivision fully satisfies the identification
			 requirements of this section;
(3)
			 automobile registration;
(4) copy
			 of utility bill showing name and current address;
(5) checking account deposit slip or bank
			 statement stating name and current address;
(6) voter registration card;
(7) valid government issued trade or
			 professional license;
(8) valid
			 government issued firearm permit;
(9) probation documents issued by a court or
			 other government agency, pursuant to a criminal conviction;
(10) letter from a government agency
			 verifying identity. The letter shall be dated within six months prior to the
			 date of the request;
(11) release
			 documentation from a correctional institution containing a photograph of the
			 former inmate and a release date within 12 months prior to the date of the
			 request;
(12) birth certificate of
			 the requester;
(13) military
			 discharge papers;
(14) current
			 school or college photographic identification; or
(15) government issued photographic
			 identification that has expired within 12 months prior to the date of the
			 request.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 41 - Birth Certificates: Filing Requirements and Access › Section 19a-41-3 - Belated registration of birth

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any person
			 making an affidavit under Section
			 7-57
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes for the preparation and filing of a belated
			 certificate of birth shall include the following information on the individual
			 whose certificate is being requested:
(1)
			 first, middle, and last name;
(2)
			 sex;
(3) date of birth;
(4) place of birth;
(A) town;
(B) county; and
(C) hospital name or address of
			 out-of-hospital birth;
(5) mother's maiden name; and
(6) father's full name.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 41 - Birth Certificates: Filing Requirements and Access › Amendments and Corrections to Vital Records › Section 19a-41-5 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
For the purposes of sections
				  19a-41-6
				  through
				  19a-41-11,
				  inclusive of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(1) "Medical Examiner" means any physician
				licensed to practice medicine in this state who is employed by the Office of
				the Chief Medical Examiner for the purpose of investigating and certifying the
				cause and manner of death. For the purpose of these regulations, "medical
				examiner" does not include physicians who perform the duties of a medical
				examiner through a contractual agreement with the Department of Administrative
				Services;
(2) "Certifier" means the
				practitioner who attests to the cause and manner of death and signs the death
				certificate.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 41 - Birth Certificates: Filing Requirements and Access › Amendments and Corrections to Vital Records › Section 19a-41-6 - General instructions for amending and correcting vital records

Current through July 10, 2024
If a vital record is electronically filed, amendments and
				  corrections shall be completed through methods incorporated into the electronic
				  vital records system. If the original source of the vital record is in a paper
				  format, the local registrar shall insert the information that was left
				  incomplete, or in the case of inaccurate information, type a single line
				  through the data that is to be changed. The added or modified information shall
				  be typed onto the certificate in the box designated for such information. If a
				  document is bound, the changes shall be legibly printed in black ink. In the
				  alternative, a vital record in paper format may be corrected or amended by
				  converting the certificate to an electronic format, if such electronic format
				  is available. For all corrections, as defined in section
				  7-36 of the
				  Connecticut General Statutes, the date of the correction and a summary
				  description of the evidence submitted in support of the correction shall be
				  maintained as part of the record. For all amendments, as defined in section
				  7-36 of the
				  Connecticut General Statutes, excluding amendments related to parentage, gender
				  change or cause of death, the word "Amended" shall be recorded on the face of
				  the certificate along with the item category, the information that was changed,
				  the date of the amendment, and a description of the documentation provided to
				  support the amendment. The documentation provided to support the amendment or
				  the correction shall be maintained in an evidence file.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 41 - Birth Certificates: Filing Requirements and Access › Amendments and Corrections to Vital Records › Section 19a-41-7 - Supporting documentation for amendment or correction. Due process when request for amendment or correction is denied

Current through July 10, 2024
A registrar of vital statistics shall amend or correct a
				  vital record upon the written request of a party authorized under section
				  19a-41-8
				  of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies to make such request when the
				  party provides documentation to support the requested change. Only unaltered
				  documents will be accepted. In addition to documentary evidence, the requesting
				  party shall also provide an affidavit affirming that the existing vital record
				  is incorrect or incomplete, and that the newly provided information is
				  accurate. A registrar shall waive the requirement of an affidavit when the
				  party requesting the amendment or correction is the funeral director, birth
				  registrar, or certifying practitioner who created the vital record. The
				  registrar shall evaluate the supporting documentation. If the documentation
				  justifies the requested change, the registrar shall amend or correct the record
				  as requested, and maintain the supporting documentation and the written request
				  in an evidence file. If the registrar finds reason to doubt the validity of the
				  documentation, or if the documentation is not adequate to support the requested
				  amendment or correction, the registrar shall deny the request in writing. In
				  such a case, the local registrar shall notify the applicant in writing that the
				  applicant may request that the Department review the matter. The local
				  registrar shall send a copy of the denial letter to the Department. On the
				  applicant's request, the State Registrar of Vital Records shall review the
				  information. If the State Registrar of Vital Records finds that the submitted
				  documentation is authentic and supports the requested change, the State
				  Registrar shall amend or correct the vital record to reflect the change. If the
				  State Registrar of Vital Records finds that the documentation is not authentic
				  or that it does not support the requested change, the State Registrar shall
				  deny the request and notify the applicant in writing of the denial. The
				  Department shall also notify the applicant in writing that the applicant has
				  the right to a hearing on the matter. The hearing shall be held in accordance
				  with Chapter 54 of the Connecticut General Statutes and sections
				  19a-9-1 to
				  19a-9-29,
				  inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. If the hearing
				  officer finds that the submitted documentation is authentic and supports the
				  requested change, the State Registrar shall amend or correct the vital record
				  to reflect the change.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 41 - Birth Certificates: Filing Requirements and Access › Amendments and Corrections to Vital Records › Section 19a-41-8 - Who may apply to modify a vital record

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The local
				registrar at the town of occurrence or the State Registrar may correct or amend
				obvious errors, omissions, or transpositions of letters in words of common
				knowledge, upon his or her own observation or query.
(b) An individual responsible for filing a
				birth certificate may request in writing the correction or amendment of the
				certificate. In addition, a registrant, if over 18 years old, may request in
				writing a correction or amendment of the registrant's own birth certificate. A
				custodial parent or legal guardian of a minor child may request in writing the
				correction or amendment of the child's birth certificate. Only a registrant
				over 18 years old, or a custodial parent or legal guardian of a minor
				registrant, may request the amendment of a birth certificate to reflect the
				registrant's gender change. Only the commissioner shall make amendments
				pertaining to adoption, gestational agreements, or maternity upon receipt of a
				court order. Only the commissioner shall make amendments related to paternity
				based on a court order or on a voluntary acknowledgement of
				paternity.
(c) A custodial parent,
				the certifier, medical examiner or funeral director may apply for the
				modification of a fetal death certificate.
(d) Both parties to a marriage shall apply
				jointly to modify a license and certificate of marriage or an affidavit
				recorded pursuant to subsection (b) of section
				46b-34
				of the Connecticut General Statutes, except that, where one spouse is deceased,
				the surviving spouse may apply individually for the modification of such
				license and certificate or affidavit. A party to an annulled or dissolved
				marriage may only apply for the modification of items on the marriage
				certificate relating to such party.
(e) The next of kin, the informant,
				certifier, medical examiner, or funeral director named on a death certificate
				may apply for the modification of a death certificate. Only the Office of the
				Chief Medical Examiner or the practitioner who originally certified the cause
				of death, may apply for a modification to the cause of death. In the absence or
				inability of the certifying practitioner, or with his or her approval, the
				cause of death may be amended upon receipt of a signed statement from an
				associate practitioner approved to certify the cause of death in accordance
				with section
				7-62b
				of the Connecticut General Statutes, or the chief medical officer of the
				institution in which the death occurred, provided such individual has access to
				the medical history of the case.
(f) Except as otherwise specified by statute,
				no information shall be removed or otherwise changed on a vital record if such
				information is known to be accurate.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 41 - Birth Certificates: Filing Requirements and Access › Amendments and Corrections to Vital Records › Section 19a-41-11 - Amending race information on vital records

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The local
				registrar of the town where the vital event occurred or the Department shall
				correct or amend race information on a vital record upon the request of an
				eligible party as specified in section
				19a-41-8
				of these regulations. The party requesting the modification shall provide
				documentation supporting the requested change. The following documentation is
				acceptable to support a change in race information:
(1) a certified copy of a certificate of
				birth for the registrant's ancestor; or
(2) certification by a state or federally
				recognized Indian tribe that the registrant is a member of a tribe;
				or
(3) other documents as approved
				by the State Registrar of Vital Records.
A local registrar shall contact the Department to obtain
				  approval to accept a document for proof of evidence for any document not listed
				  in this subsection. The Department may grant approval either verbally or in
				  writing.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 41 - Birth Certificates: Filing Requirements and Access › Amendments and Corrections to Vital Records › Section 19a-41-12 - Amendment of the same item more than once

Current through July 10, 2024
Once an amendment of an item is made on a vital record, that
				  item shall not be amended again except upon receipt of a court order from a
				  court of competent jurisdiction.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 41 - Birth Certificates: Filing Requirements and Access › Amendments and Corrections to Vital Records › Section 19a-41-13 - Application for marriage license

Current through July 10, 2024
Each person applying for a marriage license shall provide the
				  local registrar of vital statistics with a valid, government issued
				  photographic identification that includes the applicant's date of birth,
				  signature and an expiration date. Should a photographic identification be
				  unavailable, then the originals or photocopies of the following documents shall
				  be substituted. Unless otherwise indicated, the applicant shall provide the
				  documents listed in two (2) of the following subdivisions. If the registrar has
				  reason to doubt the authenticity of a document presented by the applicant, the
				  registrar may request any additional document listed in subdivisions (1) to
				  (15), inclusive of this subsection:
(1) social security card;
(2) social security card supplemented with
				either an employment identification card, a paycheck stub or a W-2 form.
				Providing the documents in this subdivision fully satisfies the identification
				requirements of this section;
(3)
				automobile registration;
(4) copy
				of utility bill showing name and current address;
(5) checking account deposit slip or bank
				statement stating name and current address;
(6) voter registration card;
(7) valid government issued trade or
				professional license;
(8) valid
				government issued firearm permit;
(9) probation documents issued by a court or
				other government agency, pursuant to a criminal conviction;
(10) letter from a government agency
				verifying identity. The letter shall be dated within six months prior to the
				date of the request;
(11) release
				documentation from a correctional institution containing a photograph of the
				former inmate and a release date within 12 months prior to the date of the
				request;
(12) birth certificate of
				the applicant;
(13) military
				discharge papers;
(14) current
				school or college photographic identification;
(15) government issued photographic
				identification that has expired within 12 months prior to the date of the
				request; or
(16) other documents as
				approved by the State Registrar of Vital Records.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 55 - Newborn Infant Health Screening › Section 19a-55-1 - Newborn infant health screening

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The
			 administrator or other person in charge of any institution providing medical
			 care of newborn infants twenty-eight days of age or younger shall cause to be
			 taken from every newborn infant in its care a blood specimen for tests pursuant
			 to section
			 19a-55
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(b) A newborn infant shall be tested for the
			 following: phenylketonuria and other metabolic diseases, hypothyroidism,
			 galactosemia, sickle cell disease, maple syrup urine disease, homocystinuria,
			 biotinidase deficiency, congenital adrenal hyperpla-sia, amino acid disorders,
			 organic acid disorders and fatty acid oxidation disorders, including, but not
			 limited to, 3-Hydroxy Long-Chain ACYL-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency (LCHADD),
			 Medium-Chain ACYL-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency (MCADD), Tyrosine and such other
			 tests for inborn errors of metabolism as shall be prescribed by the
			 Commissioner of Public Health.
(c)
			 Testing shall be subject to the following conditions:
(1) Materials for the collection of the
			 specimen and forms to accompany the specimen shall be of a type furnished by or
			 acceptable to the Department of Public Health.
(2) The specimen shall be collected prior to
			 the newborn's discharge from the institution. If the newborn is discharged
			 prior to 24 hours of life, the specimen shall be collected as close to the time
			 of discharge as practicable. If the newborn's medical condition permits, the
			 specimen shall be collected before the fourth day of life, transfer to another
			 institution, transfusion of blood or blood products, or dialysis. If the
			 newborn expires before discharge from the institution, the specimen shall be
			 collected as soon as practicable after death.
(3) Each specimen shall be submitted within
			 forty-eight (48) hours after collection to the Department of Public Health
			 Laboratory, or to a laboratory approved by the Department of Public
			 Health.
(4) Information
			 accompanying each specimen shall identify for future reference the newborn from
			 whom the specimen was taken, the time and date of birth, the time and date of
			 specimen collection, by whom the specimen was collected, and the primary care
			 provider after discharge from the institution.
(5) Laboratory tests shall be performed by
			 methods approved by the Department of Public Health.
(6) Records of tests shall clearly indicate
			 the disorders tested for, and the results thereof, and shall be maintained for
			 a minimum of five years.
(7) The
			 primary care provider identified in subdivision (4) of this section shall
			 receive notification of any abnormal test result.
(8) Each specimen shall be stored at the
			 laboratory of the Department of Public Health for not less than six months
			 after testing.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 55 - Newborn Infant Health Screening › Section 19a-55-2 - Administration of HIV related test

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The
			 administrative officer or other person in charge of each institution caring for
			 newborn infants shall cause to have administered to every such infant in its
			 care an HIV-related test, as defined in section
			 19a-581 of the
			 Connecticut General Statutes, if the mother has not had an HIV-related test
			 pursuant to section
			 19a-90
			 or
			 19a-593
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes. It shall be administered:
(1) by the institution caring for the newborn
			 infant, and
(2) as soon after the
			 birth as is medically appropriate.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 55 - Newborn Infant Health Screening › Section 19a-55-3 - Objection of parents to newborn infant health screening

Current through July 10, 2024
If the parents or legal guardians of a newborn infant object to
				newborn infant health screening as being in conflict with their religious
				tenets and practice, such objection shall be reported on a waiver form provided
				by the Department of Public Health. The parents or legal guardians shall sign
				the waiver form. The original shall be placed in the newborn infant's medical
				record, and a copy submitted with the newborn infant's unused specimen
				collection materials to the Department of Public Health
				Laboratory.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 59 - Newborn Hearing Screening Program › Section 19a-59-1 - Newborn hearing screening program

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Not later than
			 July 1, 2000, each institution as defined in section
			 19a-490
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes that provides childbirth services shall
			 develop and implement a universal newborn hearing screening program which shall
			 at a minimum include the following:
(1) A
			 physiologic technologies testing mechanism which employs automated or
			 diagnostic auditory brainstem response (ABR) or otoacustic emissions (OAE), or
			 subsequently developed or improved physiologic technologies that substantially
			 enhance newborn hearing assessment that are recognized by the American Academy
			 of Audiology or American Speech Language Association; and
(2) a mechanism for monitoring the
			 institution's compliance with the newborn hearing screening program which shall
			 include, but not necessarily be limited to, the following information:
(A) name of each newborn infant;
(B) date of birth;
(C) date infant received hearing screening or
			 documentation of parent refusal for newborn hearing screening;
(D) method of screening;
(E) results of screening;
(F) person performing screening;
			 and
(G) to whom referral for
			 further evaluation was made, if applicable.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 59c - Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) › Section 19a-59c-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in Sections 19a-59c-1 to
				19a-59c-6,
				inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(a) "Allowable Costs" means "food costs" and
			 "administrative and program services costs" in accordance with
			 7
			 CFR 246.14.
(b) "Applicant" means a person who appears in
			 person at the local WIC office to request WIC program benefits.
(c) "Authorized Foods" means foods authorized
			 by the department for purchase with WIC checks.
(d) "Authorized Vendor" means a food store or
			 pharmacy that has met the minimum qualifications for participation and has been
			 approved for authorization by the Connecticut WIC Program and has entered into
			 a duly executed contract with the Department of Public Health.
(e) "Breastfeeding Women" means women up to
			 one year postpartum who are breastfeeding their infants an average of at least
			 once per day.
(f) "Caseload
			 Management" means the process of distributing the program resources to the
			 neediest individuals.
(g)
			 "Category" means an indication of whether an individual is a pregnant woman,
			 breastfeeding woman, postpartum woman, infant or child.
(h) "Categorical Eligibility" means persons
			 who meet the definitions of pregnant women, breastfeeding women, postpartum
			 women, or infants or children.
(i)
			 "Certification" means the implementation of criteria and procedures to assess
			 and document each applicant's eligibility for the program.
(j) "Certified" means that an applicant has
			 been determined eligible by a Competent Professional Authority to receive
			 program benefits.
(k)
			 "Certification Period" means the period which begins on the date the individual
			 is certified. Duration of the certification period is defined as follows:
(1) for pregnant women - the duration of
			 pregnancy and up to six weeks postpartum,
(2) for postpartum women - up to six months
			 after the termination of pregnancy,
(3) for breastfeeding women - intervals of
			 approximately six months and ending with the breastfed infant's first
			 birthday,
(4) for infants and
			 children - approximately six months. Infants under six months of age may, when
			 authorized by the department, be certified for a period extending up to their
			 first birthday.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 59c - Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) › Section 19a-59c-2 - Eligibility criteria

Current through July 10, 2024
To be eligible for State WIC Program benefits an individual
				shall:
(a) reside in Connecticut,
			 and
(b) be recipients of Food
			 Stamps or assistance under Temporary Assistance To Needy Families (TANF) or
			 Medicaid, or be a member of a family that contains a TANF recipient or a
			 pregnant woman or infant who receives Medicaid benefits, or have household
			 income at or below 185% of the poverty income guidelines established by the
			 Federal Office of Management and Budget, and
(c) fit one of the following nutritional risk
			 priorities:
(1) Priority I
(A) The presence of one or more of the
			 following nutritional risk criteria shall qualify a pregnant or breastfeeding
			 woman for Priority I:
(i) Anemia,
(ii) Past or present pregnancy induced
			 hypertension,
(iii) Past or present
			 gestational diabetes,
(iv) Severe
			 nausea and vomiting,
(v) Nutrition
			 related non-infectious chronic disease,
(vi) Recent or present nutrition related
			 infectious disease,
(vii)
			 Nutritionally significant genetic disease,
(viii) Clinical sign(s) of
			 malnutrition,
(ix) Severe oral
			 problems which impair ingestion of nutrients,
(x) Alcohol consumption,
(xi) Drug use,
(xii) Smoking,
(xiii) Other nutrition related medical
			 condition(s),
(xiv) Underweight for
			 height,
(xv) Overweight for
			 height,
(xvi) Insufficient or
			 excessive weight gain during pregnancy,
(xvii) Short interconceptional
			 period,
(xviii) High
			 parity,
(xix) Birth of a low birth
			 weight infant,
(xx) Birth of a
			 premature infant,
(xxi) Fetal or
			 neonatal death or miscarriage,
(xxii) Inadequate or excessive weight gain in
			 recent pregnancy,
(xxiii) Multiple
			 pregnancy,
(xxiv) Teenager or over
			 35 years of age at conception,
(xxv) Breastfeeding woman whose infant is at
			 nutritional risk, or
(xxvi)
			 Possible regression to a prior medical condition if removed from
			 program.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 59c - Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) › Section 19a-59c-3 - Provision of WIC benefits

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Supplemental
			 foods must meet the requirements of:
(1)
									7 CFR 246.10,
			 as amended, and
(2) food package
			 criteria in the State WIC Manual, as amended, and
(3) authorized food list as defined in
			 subsection
			 19a-59c-1(c)
			 of Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.