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

Sec. 19a-503. (Formerly Sec. 19-586). Authority re establishment, conduct, management or operation of institution without a license or nursing facility management services without a certificate. Notwithstanding the existence or pursuit of any other remedy, the Department of Publi…

Sec. 19a-504. (Formerly Sec. 19-587). Removal of bodies of deceased persons from presence of patients in hospitals, residential care homes and rest homes. The Department of Public Health shall adopt such regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, pertaining to the prompt removal…

Sec. 19a-504a. Continuation or removal of life support system. Determination of death. (a) For the purpose of this section, “life support system” means any mechanical or electronic device utilized by any medical facility in order to replace, assist or supplement the function of a…

Sec. 19a-504b. Home health care for elderly persons. Each licensed hospital or outpatient surgical facility where a one-day ambulatory surgical or invasive diagnostic procedure as defined by the Connecticut Peer Review Organization has been performed on a person who is sixty-five…

Sec. 19a-504c. Regulations re standards for hospital discharge planning. Caregiver designation and training. (a) For purposes of this section and section 19a-504e: (1) “Caregiver” means any individual who a patient designates as a caregiver to provide post-discharge assistance to…

Sec. 19a-504d. Hospital discharge plans; options of home health care and hospice agencies required. (a) If a hospital recommends home health care to a patient, the hospital discharge plan shall include two or more available options of home health care agencies or hospice agencies…

Sec. 19a-504e. Requirements and construction of sections re hospital discharge planning and caregiver designation and services. (a) Nothing in section 19a-504c or this section shall be construed to create a private right of action against a hospital, a hospital employee, or any c…

Sec. 19a-505. (Formerly Sec. 19-588). (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) Maternity hospitals; license; inspection. (a) No person shall keep a maternity hospital or lying-in place unless such person has previously obtained a license therefor, issued by the D…

Sec. 19a-505a. Hospital to provide forms for birth certificate and affidavit of parentage to parents of child born out of wedlock. Upon the birth of a child born out of wedlock, the hospital or such other institution where such birth occurs shall provide an opportunity for the mo…

Sec. 19a-506. (Formerly Sec. 19-589). Licensing of maternity homes. Fees. Section 19a-506 is repealed, effective July 1, 2009. (1959, P.A. 658; P.A. 76-436, S. 378, 681; P.A. 77-603, S. 69, 125; 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 78-280, S. 1, 127; P.A. 83-121, S. 1, 2; P.A. 89-339, S. 3,…

Sec. 19a-507. (Formerly Sec. 19-589a). New Horizons independent living facility for severely physically disabled adults. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 368z, New Horizons, Inc., a nonprofit, nonsectarian organization, or a subsidiary organization controlled by New …

Sec. 19a-507a. (Formerly Sec. 19a-80a). Community residences for adults impacted by mental health disorder. Definitions. As used in section 8-3g and sections 19a-507a to 19a-507d, inclusive: (1) “Adult impacted by mental health disorder” means any adult who experiences symptoms o…

Sec. 19a-507b. (Formerly Sec. 19a-80b). Establishment of community residence. Limitations. Petitions. (a) No community residence, as defined in section 19a-507a, except a community residence that houses eight or fewer persons receiving mental health or addiction services and nece…

Sec. 19a-507c. (Formerly Sec. 19a-80c). Evaluation of community residences. Section 19a-507c is repealed, effective July 1, 2019. (P.A. 84-341, S. 4, 8; P.A. 85-613, S. 43, 154; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 11, 12, 21, 58; P.A. 19-118, S. 78.)

Sec. 19a-507d. (Formerly Sec. 19a-80d). Petition for revocation of license of community residence. Any resident of a municipality in which a community residence is located may, with the approval of the legislative body of such municipality, petition the Commissioner of Public Hea…

Secs. 19a-507e and 19a-507f. Grants and loans for community residential facilities for mentally ill adults. Bond issue. Sections 19a-507e and 19a-507f are repealed. (P.A. 87-405, S. 24–26; P.A. 88-343, S. 24, 32; P.A. 89-331, S. 29, 30.)

Sec. 19a-507g. Adult day health care facilities. Regulations. The Department of Social Services shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, for the certification of adult day health care facilities. In establishing such regulations, the Department of Social Services s…

Sec. 19a-508. (Formerly Sec. 19-590). Notice of appointment of interns, house officers and resident physicians. Within ten days of the date an intern, house officer or resident physician is appointed or employed by any hospital or institution in this state, the superintendent the…

Sec. 19a-508a. Notification to physician and family member. Caregiver or support person of patient's hospital admission. Upon admitting a patient to a hospital, hospital personnel shall promptly ask the patient whether the patient desires for his or her physician and any family m…

Sec. 19a-508b. Notification to patient of placement in observation status by hospital. (a) Each hospital, as defined in section 19a-490, shall provide oral and written notice to each patient that the hospital places in observation status of such placement not later than twenty-fo…

Sec. 19a-508c. Hospital and health system facility fees charged for outpatient services at hospital-based facilities. Notice re establishment of hospital-based facility at which facility fees billed. Penalties. Report. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Affiliated provider” means …

Sec. 19a-508d. Health care provider referral to affiliated health care provider. Notice to patients. Each health care provider that refers a patient to another health care provider who is not a member of the same partnership, professional corporation or limited liability company …

Sec. 19a-509. (Formerly Sec. 19-590a). Hospital and nursing home admission forms. Hospital bills. Utility charges for nursing home patients. (a) All hospitals and all nursing homes shall include on their admission forms a question as to whether a person is a veteran or the spouse…

Sec. 19a-509a. Audits of hospital bills. Charges. (a) No hospital shall charge payers which are health insurance plans or insurance arrangements issued to or in accordance with a trust established pursuant to collective bargaining subject to the federal Labor Management Relations…

Sec. 19a-509b. Hospital bed funds. (a) As used in this section, (1) “hospital bed fund” means any gift of money, stock, bonds, financial instruments or other property made by any donor for the purpose of establishing a fund to provide medical care, including, but not limited to, …

Sec. 19a-509c. Prescription orders in health care facilities. In a facility licensed pursuant to this chapter, a physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse, registered nurse or licensed practical nurse may, except with respect to an order for schedule II controlled s…

Sec. 19a-509d. Transcription and execution of verbal medication orders. When a physician or other authorized prescriber conveys a medication order to a licensed pharmacist by verbal means for a patient in a health care facility licensed pursuant to this chapter, or for a client i…

Sec. 19a-509e. (Formerly Sec. 17a-661). Referrals required for certain patients showing symptoms of substance abuse. Each hospital shall establish and implement, on or before October 1, 1992, a protocol whereby each patient who shows symptoms of substance abuse, shall be provided…

Sec. 19a-509f. Prohibited utility charges to residents of residential care homes, nursing homes and rest homes. (a) No telephone company, telecommunications company, certified telecommunications provider, community antenna television company, certified competitive video service p…

Sec. 19a-509g. Behavioral health facility. Criteria for admission. A behavioral health facility shall use the criteria for admission developed by the American Society of Addiction Medicine for purposes of assessing a person for admission to such facility in consideration of (1) t…

Sec. 19a-510. (Formerly Sec. 19-590b). Reporting of burns. Section 19a-510 is repealed. (P.A. 77-197; 77-614, S. 323, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 83-38, S. 1, 2.)

Sec. 19a-510a. Reporting of treatment for burn injuries or injuries resulting from use of fireworks. (a) The attending physician, the director of a health care institution, his designee, or any health care provider shall report the provision of treatment for (1) a second or third…

Sec. 19a-511. (Formerly Sec. 19-591). Nursing home administrators to supervise homes. Definitions. As used in sections 19a-511 to 19a-520, inclusive, “nursing home” means an institution licensed under this chapter and “nursing home administrator” means the person in general admin…

Sec. 19a-512. (Formerly Sec. 19-593). Licensure by examination. Minimum requirements. (a) In order to be eligible for licensure by examination pursuant to sections 19a-511 to 19a-520, inclusive, a person shall submit an application, together with a fee of two hundred dollars, and…

Sec. 19a-513. (Formerly Sec. 19-594). Licensure by endorsement. In order to be eligible for licensure by endorsement pursuant to sections 19a-511 to 19a-520, inclusive, a person shall submit an application for endorsement licensure on a form provided by the department, together w…

Sec. 19a-514. (Formerly Sec. 19-595). Issuance of administrator's license. Nontransferable. The Commissioner of Public Health shall issue a license as a nursing home administrator to any applicant meeting the requirements for licensure as specified in sections 19a-511 to 19a-520,…

Sec. 19a-515. (Formerly Sec. 19-596). License renewal. Continuing education requirement. (a) Each nursing home administrator's license issued pursuant to the provisions of sections 19a-511 to 19a-520, inclusive, shall be renewed once every two years, in accordance with section 19…

Sec. 19a-516. (Formerly Sec. 19-597). Temporary license. Section 19a-516 is repealed. (1969, P.A. 754, S. 8; P.A. 83-263, S. 3, 4.)

Sec. 19a-517. (Formerly Sec. 19-598). Unacceptable conduct. Notice. Hearing. Revocation or suspension of license. Appeal. (a) The Department of Public Health shall have jurisdiction to hear all charges of unacceptable conduct brought against any person licensed to practice as a n…

Sec. 19a-518. (Formerly Sec. 19-599). Penalty. No person shall act as a nursing home administrator unless such person has been licensed as a nursing home administrator under the provisions of sections 19a-511 to 19a-520, inclusive. Any person who violates this section or who wilf…

Sec. 19a-519. (Formerly Sec. 19-600). Regulations. Programs of instruction and training. (a) The Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, with respect to standards for: (1) Approval of institutions of higher education…

Sec. 19a-520. (Formerly Sec. 19-601). Changes in regulations to meet federal requirements. The Commissioner of Public Health may make such changes in the rules and regulations adopted under this chapter, as will enable them to conform with federal statutes and regulations relatin…

Sec. 19a-521. (Formerly Sec. 19-602). Nursing home facilities. Definitions. As used in this section and sections 19a-522 to 19a-534a, inclusive, 19a-536 to 19a-539, inclusive, 19a-550 to 19a-554, inclusive, and 19a-562a, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Nursing home fa…

Sec. 19a-521a. Dual inspections of chronic and convalescent nursing homes or rest homes with nursing supervision. The Department of Public Health shall, whenever possible, conduct dual inspections of chronic and convalescent nursing homes or rest homes with nursing supervision wh…

Sec. 19a-521b. Bed positioning in nursing home facilities. More than two beds per room prohibited. Medicaid rate adjustment for bed reduction due to prohibition. (a) Each licensed chronic and convalescent nursing home, chronic disease hospital associated with a chronic and conval…

Sec. 19a-521c. Prescription drugs obtained through United States Department of Veterans Affairs prescription drug program or health plan by patients of nursing home facilities and residential care homes. No nursing home facility, as defined in section 19a-521, or residential care…

Sec. 19a-521d. Prescription drug formulary systems in nursing home facilities. A medical director of a nursing home facility, as defined in section 19a-521, may establish protocols for a prescription drug formulary system in accordance with guidelines established by the American …

Sec. 19a-521e. Reportable events at nursing homes and behavioral health facilities. System for electronic notification. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Nursing home” has the same meaning as provided in section 12-263p; (2) “Behavioral health facility” has the same meaning as pr…

Sec. 19a-522. (Formerly Sec. 19-603). Regulations concerning nursing home facilities' health, safety and welfare. Regulations concerning immunization against influenza and pneumococcal disease. Procedures for reimbursement by nursing home facilities and residential care homes. (a…

Sec. 19a-522a. Chronic and convalescent nursing homes and rest homes with nursing supervision: Resident room and area temperature levels. A chronic and convalescent nursing home or a rest home with nursing supervision may maintain temperatures in resident rooms and other areas us…