Connecticut Administrative Code

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A19. Duty of local director of health to quarantined persons in needWhen a person under quarantine is, in the opinion of the local director of health, unable to obtain medical care, food or other actual necessities, the local d…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A2. List of reportable diseases and laboratory findingsThe commissioner shall issue a list of reportable diseases and laboratory findings within sixty days of the effective date of these regulations, on the next January 1, and …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A20. Preventing spread of disease by common carriersIn the event of the epidemic prevalence of a communicable disease, when a written declaration to that effect has been made by the state commissioner of health, any person, fir…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A21. Food and food handlers restrictedWhen a case of any of the reportable diseases listed pursuant to section 19a-36-A2 occurs on the premises where milk or food is produced, kept, handled or sold, the local director of health…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A22. Use of milk, food and water containers restrictedThe local director of health in charge of a case or a suspected case of a communicable disease that may be conveyed by milk, food or water shall forbid the return of any con…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A23. Regulation of traffic in psittacine birds(a) As used in this section: \"Psittacine birds\" means, unless otherwise specified, all birds commonly known as parrots, macaws, cockatoos, lovebirds, parakeets, cockatiels and all…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A24. Distribution and use of microbial agents for control of animal lifeMicrobial agents capable of producing disease in man shall not be sold, distributed or used for the control or destruction of any form of animal life. (Eff…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A25. Laboratories to registerAny person, firm or corporation, or the duly authorized agent thereof, operating or maintaining a laboratory in which there is made any examination, determination or test specified in section 19a-36…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A26. Registration required when. Exemptions(a) Except for laboratory work of the types hereinafter exempted, registration is required for any of the following laboratory procedures: (1) Those which utilize any living agent capa…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A27. Application for registration or reregistration(a) Application for registration shall be made on forms provided for the purpose by the state department of health and shall set forth clearly essential information concerning …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A28. Conditional permission to operate laboratoryThe state department of health may extend conditional permission to operate an unregistered laboratory for a period not to exceed thirty days pending completion of investigation …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A29. Granting of registrationRegistration or reregistration of a laboratory will be granted only after the state department of health has determined by inspection and investigation that no condition or circumstance exists which…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A3. Persons required to report reportable diseases and laboratory findings(a) Reportable Diseases.(1) Every health care provider who treats or examines any person who has or is suspected to have a reportable disease shall repor…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A30. Suspension or revocation of registrationRegistration of a laboratory may be suspended at any time when investigation has shown that the registration agreement has been violated or that the laboratory is being operated in a…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A31. Inspections and investigation by state department of healthRepresentatives of the state department of health shall be granted reasonable access to laboratory quarters and records for inspection and investigation. Whenever …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A32. Prohibition of transmission of material to unregistered laboratoryNo person, firm or corporation shall, without approval in writing from the state department of health, maintain, conduct or operate a station or office for …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A33. Requirements and standards for approval(a) The department of Public Health will approve registered laboratories only under the following circumstances: (1) When such approval is sought in order to comply with provisions of…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A34. Serologists to be certifiedBefore any serological test for syphilis may be reported for use or used as an aid to the diagnosis or the exclusion of syphilis, any person performing such test shall have demonstrated a standar…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A35. Standard tests for syphilisA standard laboratory blood test or a standard serological test for syphilis as required under the provisions of the general statutes or the public acts shall be a serological test approved by, a…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A36. Funeral directors to report deaths of reportable communicable diseasesWithin twelve hours after being called to take charge of a human body dead of a communicable disease listed pursuant to section 19a-36-A2, the funeral d…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A37. Funerals of persons dead of reportable communicable diseasesFunerals of persons dead of any communicable disease listed pursuant to section 19a-36-A2 shall be conducted in such a manner that the family and public shall hav…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A38. DefinitionsThe intent and meaning of certain words and phrases as used in sections 19a-36-A39, 19a-36-A40, 19a-36-A41 and 19a-36-A42 are as follows: (a) Washed. A dead human body shall be considered as washed when the enti…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A39. Preparation for burial of persons dead of reportable communicable diseasesHuman bodies dead of any communicable disease listed pursuant to section 19a-36-A2 shall be prepared for burial by being washed with a disinfecting …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A4. Content of report and reporting of reportable diseases and laboratory findings(a) Reportable diseases.(1) Each report of a case or suspected case of reportable disease shall include the full name and address of the person r…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A40. Transportation of dead bodies(a) Dead human bodies to be transported by common carrier shall be embalmed or wrapped and then enclosed in a casket, and outside box or, in lieu of such double container, be enclosed in an imp…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A41. Disinterment permitsEmbalmed bodies which have been placed in receiving vaults shall not be regarded the same as disinterred bodies until after the expiration of thirty days. All bodies remaining in a receiving vault over …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A42. Care in handling bodies dead of a communicable diseaseAny licensed embalmer who has in charge the preparation of a body dead of a communicable disease shall take the necessary precautions to prevent the spread of infection…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A43. Sanitation of buildings, equipment and instrumentsAll buildings occupied or used and all equipment and instruments used or owned by funeral directors or licensed embalmers shall be kept in a sanitary condition acceptable t…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A44. Inspection of buildings, equipment and instrumentsThe state department of health may, at any time, make an inspection of the buildings occupied or used or the equipment or instruments owned or used by funeral directors or …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A45. (Repealed) Repealed April 20, 1995.

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A46. Sale of turtles(1) No live turtle shall be sold in Connecticut until examination in the laboratory of the state department of health of three specimens of water from the tank in which the turtle is kept, taken not less tha…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A47. Plasmapheresis centers and blood collection facilities: Definitions (Repealed) Repealed March 19, 2025.(Effective October 25, 1989; Repealed March 19, 2025)

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A48. Registration of a plasmapheresis center and/or blood collection facility (Repealed) Repealed March 19, 2025.(Effective October 25, 1989; Repealed March 19, 2025)

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A49. Denial, suspension or revocation of registration (Repealed) Repealed March 19, 2025.(Effective October 25, 1989; Repealed March 19, 2025)

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A5. Confidentiality of dataAll epidemiologic information which identifies an individual and which is gathered by the state or local health department in connection with the investigation of reported cases or suspected cases of …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A50. Qualifications of director (Repealed) Repealed March 19, 2025.(Effective October 25, 1989; Repealed March 19, 2025)

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A51. Responsibilities of registrant and director (Repealed) Repealed March 19, 2025.(Effective October 25, 1989; Repealed March 19, 2025)

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A52. Minimum standards for operation of centers (Repealed) Repealed March 19, 2025.(Effective October 25, 1989; Repealed March 19, 2025)

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A53. Standards for plasmapheresis and blood collection (Repealed) Repealed March 19, 2025.(Effective October 25, 1989; Repealed March 19, 2025)

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A54. Maintenance of records and reports (Repealed) Repealed March 19, 2025.(Effective October 25, 1989; Repealed March 19, 2025)

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A55. Laboratory tests (Repealed) Repealed March 19, 2025.(Effective October 25, 1989; Repealed March 19, 2025)

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A56. (Repealed) Repealed October 10, 2008.

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A57. DefinitionsAs used in sections 19a-36-A57 through 19a-36-A63:(1) \"Advisory committee\" means a group of consultants, appointed by the commissioner and serving in a voluntary capacity, to advise the commissioner on matters…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A58. Identification and tracking of samplesEvery sample received in an environmental laboratory for testing shall be numbered or otherwise marked so that it may be identified and related to the source from which it was derived.…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A59. Examination of samplesAn environmental laboratory shall have available at all times in the immediate bench area of personnel engaged in examining samples and performing related procedures within a speciality (e.g., mineral…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A6. Investigation and control of reportable disease and outbreaks by the department(a) The department, in cooperation with the local director of health, in the investigation and control of reportable disease shall make or cause…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A60. Referral of samples(a) An environmental laboratory shall refer samples for testing only to an environmental laboratory that is registered or approved by the department. (b) An environmental laboratory shall perform at leas…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A61. Proficiency testing(a) An environmental laboratory shall enroll in a proficiency testing program approved by the department. (b) An environmental laboratory shall successfully participate in an approved program for each an…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A62. Qualifications of directorNo person shall be a director of an environmental laboratory unless one (1) of the following qualifications are met. (a) When microbiology is performed, the director shall have at least: (1) a bac…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 19a-36-A63. Advisory committeeThe advisory committee shall consist of:(a) two (2) private environmental laboratory directors;(b) two (2) public environment laboratory directors;(c) two (2) members from public water utilities;(d) one (…