Title 19a, Title 19a: Public Health and Well-Being

Sec. 19a-29a. Environmental laboratories. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Environmental laboratory” means any facility or other area, including, but not limited to, an outdoor area where testing occurs, used for microbiological, chemical, radiological or other analyte testing o…

Sec. 19a-2a. Powers and duties. The Commissioner of Public Health shall employ the most efficient and practical means for the prevention and suppression of disease and shall administer all laws under the jurisdiction of the Department of Public Health and the Public Health Code. …

Sec. 19a-2b. Commissioner may appear as intervenor for purpose of determining compliance with state health plan. Section 19a-2b is repealed, effective October 1, 2010. (P.A. 93-381, S. 4, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 39, 58; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 27; P.A. 10-179, S. 161.)

Sec. 19a-2c. Appointment of superintendents of alcohol and drug treatment facilities by the commissioner. Section 19a-2c is repealed, effective July 1, 1995. (P.A. 93-381, S. 5, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 57, 58.)

Secs. 19a-2d to 19a-2f. Transferred to Chapter 319j, Secs. 17a-670 to 17a-672, inclusive.

Secs. 19a-30 to 19a-31. Transferred to Chapter 368v, Secs. 19a-565 to 19a-565b, inclusive.

Sec. 19a-31a. Microbiological and biomedical biosafety laboratories. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Microbiological and biomedical biosafety laboratory” means a laboratory that (A) utilizes any living agent capable of causing a human infection or reportable human disease,…

Sec. 19a-32. (Formerly Sec. 19-10). Department authorized to receive gifts. The Department of Public Health is authorized to receive, hold and use real estate and to receive, hold, invest and disburse money, securities, supplies or equipment offered it for the protection and pres…

Sec. 19a-32a. AIDS research education account. Regulations. (a) There is established an AIDS research education account which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. Any moneys collected under the contribution system established under section 12-743 shall…

Sec. 19a-32b. Breast cancer research and education account. There is established a breast cancer research and education account which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. Any moneys collected under the contribution system established under section 12-7…

Sec. 19a-32c. (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) Biomedical Research Trust Fund. Transfers from Tobacco Settlement Fund. Grants-in-aid. There is created a Biomedical Research Trust Fund which shall be a separate nonlapsing fund. The trust fund may contain a…

Secs. 19a-32d to 19a-32g. Transferred to Chapter 581, Secs. 32-41jj to 32-41mm, inclusive.

Sec. 19a-32m. Information request concerning establishment of public cord blood collection operation. (a) On or before October 1, 2007, the Commissioner of Public Health shall request information from one or more umbilical cord blood banks concerning the establishment of a public…

Sec. 19a-32n. Information re umbilical cord blood collection programs. A physician or other health care provider who provides health care services to a pregnant woman during the last trimester of her pregnancy, which health care services are directly related to her pregnancy, sha…

Secs. 19a-32o to 19a-32v. Short title: Connecticut Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Program Act. Legislative findings and declaration of policy. Connecticut Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Board; membership; meetings. Board to establish and administer umbilical cord blood collecti…

Sec. 19a-33. (Formerly Sec. 19-10a). Regulation of traffic at department facilities. The superintendent or director of any state-operated facility within the Department of Public Health, subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Public Health and the Office of the State Traf…

Sec. 19a-34. (Formerly Sec. 19-11). Administration of federal funds for hospital survey and construction. The Department of Public Health is designated as the state agency to administer the Hospital Survey and Construction Act authorized under Title VI, Construction of Hospitals,…

Sec. 19a-35. (Formerly Sec. 19-12). Federal funds for health services to children. Advisory board. (a) The Department of Public Health is designated as the state agency to receive and administer federal funds which may become available for health services to children. (b) The Com…

Sec. 19a-35a. Alternative on-site sewage treatment systems with capacities of five thousand gallons or less per day. Jurisdiction. Establishment and definition of categories. Minimum requirements. Permits and approvals. Appeals. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 439 a…

Sec. 19a-35b. Expiration of permit or approval for on-site sewage disposal system with design flows of less than five thousand gallons per day. For any permit or approval issued prior to July 1, 2011, for any on-site sewage disposal system with design flows of less than five thou…

Sec. 19a-36. (Formerly Sec. 19-13). Public Health Code. Fees. Public pools. Wells: Use, replacement and mitigation. (a) The Commissioner of Public Health shall establish a Public Health Code and, from time to time, amend the same. The Public Health Code may provide for the preser…

Sec. 19a-36a. Regulations concerning food operators. The Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to assure that food service establishments employ as food operators persons who have a knowledge of safe food handling …

Sec. 19a-36b. Persons exempt from examination requirement for qualified food operators. Regulations. (a) Any person who serves meals to individuals at registered congregate meal sites funded under Title III of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, which were prepared under…

Secs. 19a-36c to 19a-36e. Display of sign re signs of choking by food service establishments. Sous vide processing by food service establishments. Acidification of sushi rice. Sections 19a-36c to 19a-36e, inclusive, are repealed, effective October 1, 2017. (P.A. 05-134, S. 1; P.A…

Sec. 19a-36f. Prohibition on use of disposable natural rubber latex gloves at retail food establishments. (a) No person shall use or require the use of disposable, nonsterile or sterile natural rubber latex gloves at a retail food establishment. (b) Any person who violates subsec…

Sec. 19a-36g. Food code. Definitions. As used in this section and sections 19a-36h to 19a-36o, inclusive: (1) “Catering food service establishment” means a business that is involved in the (A) sale or distribution of food and drink prepared in bulk in one geographic location for …

Sec. 19a-36h. Adoption by reference of United States Food and Drug Administration's Food Code. Regulations. (a) Not later than January 1, 2023, the commissioner shall adopt and administer by reference the United States Food and Drug Administration's Food Code, as amended from tim…

Sec. 19a-36i. Food establishments. Permit. Inspections. Food protection managers. Reciprocal licensing of itinerant food vending establishment. (a) No person, firm or corporation shall operate or maintain any food establishment where food or beverages are served or sold to the pu…

Sec. 19a-36j. Food inspectors. Certification. Employment restrictions. Inspections. (a) No person shall engage in the practice of a food inspector unless such person has obtained a certification from the commissioner in accordance with the provisions of this section. The commissi…

Sec. 19a-36k. Food-borne illness or outbreak. Investigation. If a director of health has reasonable cause to suspect the possibility of a food-borne illness or food-borne outbreak, such director shall complete an investigation and take action to control the illness or outbreak. S…

Sec. 19a-36l. Inspection violations. Appeal process. The owner or operator of a food establishment aggrieved by an order to correct any inspection violations identified by the food inspector or to hold, destroy or dispose of unsafe food may appeal such order to the director of he…

Sec. 19a-36m. Authority of directors of health and Commissioner of Agriculture. Application of provisions of food code re certified food managers. Exceptions. (a) Nothing in this section or sections 19a-36h to 19a-36l, inclusive, shall limit the authority of directors of health u…

Sec. 19a-36n. Commissioner's authority to make public announcement re identity of source of food-borne illness or outbreak. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the Commissioner of Public Health may announce to the public, at the commissioner's sole discretion, …

Sec. 19a-36o. Variance from requirements of Public Health Code for sous vide processing and acidification of sushi rice. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, from June 30, 2017, until December 31, 2022, a food service establishment may request a variance from th…

Sec. 19a-36p. Posting on menus and menu boards of request for customers to notify server of any food allergies. Not later than January 1, 2025, each class 2, class 3 and class 4 food establishment, as defined in section 19a-36g, shall post in a clear and conspicuous manner on its…

Sec. 19a-36q. Informational poster regarding food allergies for food establishments. Displaying of poster. (a) Not later than December 1, 2023, the Department of Public Health shall develop or approve an informational poster regarding food allergies for display in class 2, class …

Sec. 19a-36r. Local health department food protection program audits. The Commissioner of Public Health may conduct audits of local health department food protection programs. Such audits may include, but need not be limited to, interviews with local health department staff membe…

Sec. 19a-37. (Formerly Sec. 19-13a). Regulation of water supply wells and springs. Definitions. Information and requirements re testing of private wells or semipublic wells. Transportation of water in bulk by bulk water hauler. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Laboratory or firm…

Sec. 19a-37a. Regulations establishing standards to prevent contamination of public water supplies. Civil penalties. (a) The Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 establishing standards to prevent contamination of pu…

Sec. 19a-37b. Regulations establishing radon measurement requirements and procedures for evaluating radon in indoor air and reducing radon in public schools. The Department of Public Health may adopt regulations pursuant to chapter 54 to establish radon measurement requirements a…

Sec. 19a-37c. Effective date of regulations re installation of backflow preventer or air gap on a line to existing fire sprinkler system. The provisions of Section 19-13-B38a(c)(2)(I) of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies, adopted pursuant to section 19a-37a, concernin…

Sec. 19a-37d. Changes to public water supply systems. Required notifications to water company and local building inspector. Authority of local director of public health to implement mitigation measures. (a) Any person engaged in the installation of an irrigation system or other p…

Sec. 19a-37e. Small community water system fiscal asset management plan. Assessment review of hydropneumatic pressure tanks. Exception. Penalty. Regulations. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Small community water system” means a water company that regularly serves at least twent…

Sec. 19a-37f. Safe drinking water primacy assessment. Payment and collection from customers. Termination of requirement to pay. Fees. Report. Regulations. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Public Health, or the commissioner's designee; (2) …

Sec. 19a-37g. Water company and small community water system emergency plans re alternative sources of potable water during emergency. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Bottled water” has the same meaning as defined in section 21a-150; (2) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of…

Sec. 19a-37h. Water companies to provide multilingual tier 1 notices. A water company shall provide tier 1 notices to its consumers in the languages predominantly spoken by the consumers in the water company's service area. A water company shall update its emergency response plan…