Title 20 — Title 20: Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards

Sec. 20-10. Qualification for licensure. Except as provided in section 20-12, each person applying for a license under section 20-13 shall certify to the Department of Public Health that the applicant: (1) (A) Is a graduate of a medical school located in the United States or Cana…

Sec. 20-10a. Eligibility standards. Applicability. The eligibility standards established by section 20-10 for obtaining a license shall not be applied in determining whether to renew any such license. (P.A. 79-161, S. 2; P.A. 84-546, S. 158, 173.) History: P.A. 84-546 made techni…

Sec. 20-10b. Continuing medical education: Definitions; contact hours; attestation; record-keeping; exemptions, waivers and extensions; reinstatement of void licenses. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Active professional practice” includes, but is not limited to, activities of a…

Sec. 20-10c. Renewal of license by person who practices medicine for no fee. Any person who practices medicine for no fee, for at least one hundred hours per year at a public health facility, as defined in section 20-126l, or in connection with a mobile health clinic that provide…

Sec. 20-10d. Interstate Medical Licensure Compact. The Interstate Medical Licensure Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into by the state of Connecticut with any and all states legally joining therein in accordance with its terms. The compact is substantially as follow…

Sec. 20-10e. State and national fingerprint-based criminal history records check of physicians applying for licensure in another state. The Commissioner of Public Health shall require each person applying for licensure as a physician under section 20-13, who indicates an intentio…

Sec. 20-11. Examination; fee. The Department of Public Health under the supervision of the Connecticut Medical Examining Board, established pursuant to section 20-8a shall hold examinations not less than twice each year at such places as the department designates. Applicants for …

Sec. 20-11a. Permit for participation in intern, resident physician or medical officer candidate program. Requirements for participation in clinical clerkship programs. (a) No person shall participate in an intern or resident physician program or United States medical officer can…

Sec. 20-11b. Professional liability insurance required. Reports from insurance companies. Exception to insurance requirement. Retired physician providing free services. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, each person licensed to practice medicine and surgery…

Sec. 20-12. Licensure without examination. Limited practice based on out-of-state or military license. (a) Except as hereinafter provided, in lieu of the examination required in section 20-10, the department may, under such regulations as the Commissioner of Public Health, with a…

Sec. 20-12a. Physician assistants. Definitions. As used in sections 20-12a to 20-12g, inclusive: (1) “Accredited physician assistant program” means a physician assistant program accredited, at the time of the applicant's graduation, by the Committee on Allied Health Education and…

Sec. 20-12b. Physician assistant license. Temporary permit. Penalties. (a) The department may, upon receipt of a fee of one hundred ninety dollars, issue a physician assistant license to an applicant who: (1) Holds a baccalaureate or higher degree in any field from a regionally a…

Sec. 20-12c. Physician assistant to have supervising physician. Exceptions. (a) Each physician assistant practicing in this state or participating in a resident physician assistant program shall have a clearly identified supervising physician who maintains the final responsibilit…

Sec. 20-12d. Medical functions performed by physician assistants. Prescriptive authority. (a) A physician assistant who has complied with the provisions of sections 20-12b and 20-12c may perform medical functions delegated by a supervising physician when: (1) The supervising phys…

Sec. 20-12e. Petition concerning ability to practice of physician assistant. Notification to department of termination or restriction of privileges of physician assistant. (a) The state or county medical or osteopathic medical society or any state professional organization of phy…

Sec. 20-12f. Disciplinary action concerning physician assistants. The board shall have jurisdiction to hear all charges of conduct which fails to conform to the accepted standards of the physician assistant profession brought against persons licensed to practice as a physician as…

Sec. 20-12g. Regulations concerning physician assistants. The department may, with the advice and assistance of the board, promulgate such regulations as may be necessary for the implementation of sections 20-12a to 20-12f, inclusive. (P.A. 90-211, S. 9, 23.)

Sec. 20-12h. Resident physician assistant program. License, temporary or training permit requirements. No person shall participate in a resident physician assistant program until he has received a license or temporary permit issued pursuant to section 20-12b or a training permit …

Sec. 20-12i. Use of fluoroscopy by physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses. Qualifications and examination. Certain activities not prohibited. (a) Prior to engaging in the use of fluoroscopy for guidance of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, a physician a…

Sec. 20-12j. Physician assistant license renewal. Continuing education requirements. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Contact hour” means a minimum of fifty minutes of continuing education and activities; and (2) “Registration period” means the one-year period for which a licens…

Sec. 20-12k. Convenants not to compete involving physician assistant. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Covenant not to compete” means any provision of an employment or other contract or agreement that creates or establishes a professional relationship with a physician assis…

Secs. 20-12l and 20-12m Reserved for future use.

Sec. 20-12n. Homeopathic physicians. (a) As used in this section, “homeopathic physician” means a physician who prescribes the single remedy in the minimum dose in potentized form, selected from the law of similars. (b) Subject to the provisions of this section, no person shall p…

Sec. 20-13. Issuance of license. Any person who has complied with the provisions of section 20-10 or section 20-12, and who files the proof thereof with the Department of Public Health, shall receive from the department a license, which shall include a statement that the person n…

Sec. 20-13a. Definitions. As used in sections 20-13a to 20-13e, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Board” means the Connecticut Medical Examining Board, as provided for in section 20-8a; (2) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Public Health; (3) “County s…

Sec. 20-13b. Guidelines for reviewing complaints against physicians. The Commissioner of Public Health, with advice and assistance from the board, shall establish guidelines as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 20-13a to 20-13e, inclusive. Not later than Ja…

Sec. 20-13c. Restriction, suspension or revocation of physician's right to practice. Grounds. The board is authorized to restrict, suspend or revoke the license or limit the right to practice of a physician or take any other action in accordance with section 19a-17, for any of th…

Sec. 20-13d. Complaints required and permitted. Department to be notified of termination or restriction of physician's privileges. Facilities to be notified of suspension, revocation or restriction of physician's license. Notice of disciplinary action taken in other state. (a) Th…

Sec. 20-13e. Investigation of petition. Examination of physician. Hearing. Enforcement. (a) The department shall investigate each petition filed pursuant to section 20-13d, in accordance with the provisions of subdivisions (10) and (11) of subsection (a) of section 19a-14, to det…

Secs. 20-13f to 20-13h. Decision and order; notice; surrender of certificate; appeal. Rescission or modification of disciplinary action. Immunity from civil liability; admissibility of evidence. Sections 20-13f to 20-13h, inclusive, are repealed. (P.A. 76-276, S. 6–8, 22; P.A. 77…

Sec. 20-13i. Annual report by department. Section 20-13i is repealed, effective October 1, 2008. (P.A. 76-276, S. 9, 22; P.A. 80-484, S. 147, 176; P.A. 84-148, S. 3, 4; P.A. 08-184, S. 63.)

Sec. 20-13j. Profiles on physicians, advanced practice registered nurses and other health care providers. Public availability. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Department” means the Department of Public Health; (2) “Other health care provider” means: (A) A dentist licen…

Sec. 20-13k. Guidelines for disciplinary action. Not later than January 1, 2006, the Department of Public Health, with the advice and assistance of the Connecticut Medical Examining Board and relevant medical professional associations, shall establish guidelines for use in the di…

Sec. 20-13l. Notification of criminal charges against physicians. Investigation. The Office of the Chief State's Attorney shall notify the Department of Public Health immediately, in writing, when criminal charges are brought against a physician licensed by the department for (1)…

Sec. 20-14. Exceptions. Prescription in English. Penalties. No provision of this section, sections 20-9 to 20-13, inclusive, or 20-14a shall be construed to repeal or affect any of the provisions of any private charter, or to apply to licensed pharmacists. All physicians or surge…

Sec. 20-14a. Prescription of drugs by generic name. Disclosure to patient. Labeling. (a) For the purposes of this section, “brand name” means the name the manufacturer places upon a drug or pharmaceutical or on its container, label, or wrapping at the time of packaging; and “gene…

Sec. 20-14b. Renewal of licenses. Licenses issued under this chapter shall be renewed annually, on and after January 1, 1981, in accordance with the provisions of section 19a-88. (P.A. 80-484, S. 14, 176.) Cited. 207 C. 346.

Sec. 20-14c. Dispensing and labeling of drugs. Definitions. As used in this section and sections 20-14d to 20-14g, inclusive, and section 20-12d: (1) “Dispense” has the same meaning as provided in section 20-571. (2) “Drug” means a legend drug, as defined in section 20-571, or a …

Sec. 20-14d. Dispensing of drugs by licensed practitioners to be in accordance with sections 20-14c, 20-14f and 20-14g. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, no drug may be dispensed by a prescribing practitioner except in accordance with the provisions of this s…

Sec. 20-14e. Dispensing of drugs. Prescribing and dispensing of oral antibiotic drugs for chlamydia or gonorrhea. Dispensing of contact lenses containing a drug or ocular agents-T. (a) A drug dispensed by a prescribing practitioner shall be personally dispensed by the prescribing…

Sec. 20-14f. Report to commissioner of intent to continue to dispense drugs other than professional samples. A prescribing practitioner who, as part of his practice, dispenses any drug other than professional samples shall notify the Commissioner of Consumer Protection that he is…

Sec. 20-14g. Regulations. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, with the advice and assistance of the Commission of Pharmacy, may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to carry out the provisions of sections 20-14c to 20-14f, inclusive. (P.A. 85-545, S. 5, 6; P.A. …

Sec. 20-14h. Definitions. As used in sections 20-14h to 20-14j, inclusive: (1) “Administration” means the direct application of a medication by means other than injection to the body of a person. (2) “Day programs”, “residential facilities” and “individual and family support” inc…

Sec. 20-14i. Administration of medication by trained persons. Any provisions to the contrary notwithstanding, chapter 378 shall not prohibit the administration of medication to persons (1) attending day programs, residing in residential facilities or receiving individual and fami…

Sec. 20-14j. Regulations. Advisory task force. Training programs and policies re administration of medication at juvenile residential centers. (a) The commissioners of the departments which license the residential facilities, day programs or individual and family support services…

Sec. 20-14k. Requirement for the posting of policy regarding Medicare assignment. Regulations. Any physician licensed under this chapter shall post, in a conspicuous place, the policy regarding Medicare assignment and shall inform all eligible persons of such policy prior to the …

Sec. 20-14l. Delegation of ophthalmological services. A physician licensed pursuant to this chapter, who specializes in ophthalmology, may delegate to an appropriately trained medical assistant the use or application of any ocular agent, provided such delegated service is perform…

Sec. 20-14m. Use of long-term antibiotic therapy in the treatment of Lyme disease. (a) As used in this section, (1) “long-term antibiotic therapy” means the administration of oral, intramuscular or intravenous antibiotics, singly or in combination, for periods of time in excess o…

Sec. 20-14n. Disciplinary action for purchasing for resale, selling, offering for sale or delivering in any manner a counterfeit drug or device. Any prescribing practitioner, as defined in section 20-14c, who violates the provisions of subsection (b) of section 21a-90 shall be su…

Sec. 20-14o. Prescriptions for opioid drugs. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Opioid drug” has the same meaning as provided in 42 CFR 8.2, as amended from time to time; (2) “Adult” means a person who is at least eighteen years of age; (3) “Prescribing practitioner” has the same …