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

Sec. 20-101c. Prescription forms used by advanced practice registered nurses and nurse-midwives. All prescription forms used by advanced practice registered nurses and nurse-midwives shall contain the name, address and telephone number of the advanced practice registered nurse or…

Sec. 20-101d. Covenants not to compete involving advanced practice registered nurse. (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 an…

Sec. 20-102. Penalty. No person shall, for remuneration, (1) practice nursing, as defined in subsection (a) of section 20-87a, in this state unless such person has received a certificate as a registered nurse or a license as an advanced practice registered nurse; or (2) practice …

Sec. 20-102a. Appearance before board concerning application. Any applicant for licensure under this chapter may present himself or herself before the Board of Examiners for Nursing with respect to such pending application. Such presentation shall not constitute a hearing nor a c…

Sec. 20-87. Definitions. Section 20-87 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 4423; 1969, P.A. 146; P.A. 75-166, S. 5, 6.)

Sec. 20-87a. Definitions. Scope of practice. (a) The practice of nursing by a registered nurse is defined as the process of diagnosing human responses to actual or potential health problems, providing supportive and restorative care, health counseling and teaching, case finding a…

Sec. 20-88. State Board of Examiners for Nursing. (a) The Connecticut State Board of Examiners for Nursing shall consist of twelve members who are residents of the state to be appointed by the Governor subject to the provisions of section 4-9a. The Governor shall appoint two memb…

Sec. 20-89. Salaries and expenses. Section 20-89 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 4425; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 25.)

Sec. 20-90. Duties of board. (a) The Connecticut State Board of Examiners for Nursing shall have the following duties: (1) Hear and decide matters concerning suspension or revocation of licensure; (2) adjudicate complaints filed against practitioners licensed under this chapter a…

Sec. 20-90a. Pilot program offering licensed practical nursing education and training. Application process. Review and consideration by board. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, a public or independent institution of higher education that (1) is accredited as a d…

Sec. 20-91. Awards in aid of nursing education. Section 20-91 is repealed. (1951, 1953, S. 2228d; 1959, P.A. 563, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 389, 610; P.A. 88-207, S. 6.)

Sec. 20-91a. Federal funds. The State Board of Examiners for Nursing is designated as the state agency to receive and administer federal funds which may become available for nursing education. (1959, P.A. 563, S. 2.)

Sec. 20-92. Examinations. The Department of Public Health, with the advice and consent of the board shall prescribe examinations for applicants for licensure as registered nurses and licensed practical nurses under the provisions of this chapter, to determine their qualifications…

Sec. 20-93. Qualifications for examination. Licensure. Fee. Any person who shows to the satisfaction of the department that he or she holds a degree, diploma or certificate from an accredited institution evidencing satisfactory completion of a nursing program approved by said boa…

Sec. 20-94. Licensure without examination. Limited period for licensure without examination for advanced practice registered nurses. Temporary permit. (a)(1) Any registered nurse who is licensed at the time of application in another state of the United States, the District of Col…

Sec. 20-94a. Licensure as advanced practice registered nurse. (a) The Department of Public Health may issue an advanced practice registered nurse license to a person seeking to perform the activities described in subsection (b) of section 20-87a, upon receipt of a fee of two hund…

Sec. 20-94b. Nurse anesthetists. Prescriptive authority. An advanced practice registered nurse licensed pursuant to section 20-94a and maintaining current certification from the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists may prescribe, dispense and administer drugs, including con…

Sec. 20-94c. Advanced practice registered nurses. Professional liability insurance required. (a) Each person licensed as an advanced practice registered nurse under the provisions of section 20-94a who provides direct patient care services shall maintain professional liability in…

Sec. 20-94d. Advanced practice registered nurses. Continuing education. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Public Health; (2) “Contact hour” means a minimum of fifty minutes of continuing education and activities; (3) “Department” means the …

Sec. 20-94e. Registered nurses and licensed practical nurses. Training or education requirement. (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 wh…

Sec. 20-95. Use of title “registered nurse”. A graduate nurse who has received such certificate of registration shall be known as a “registered nurse” and no other person shall assume such title or use the abbreviation “R.N.” or any other words, letters or figures which indicate …

Sec. 20-96. Licensure as practical nurse. Examinations. Any person who holds a certificate from a nursing program approved by said board with the consent of the Commissioner of Public Health, which program consists of not less than twelve months' instruction in the care of the si…

Sec. 20-97. Licensure without examination. Temporary permit. (a) Any person who is licensed at the time of application as a licensed practical nurse, or as a person entitled to perform similar services under a different designation, in another state of the United States, the Dist…

Sec. 20-98. Use of title “practical nurse”. A person who has received such a certificate shall be known as a “licensed practical nurse” and no other person shall assume such title, the title “practical nurse” or the title “trained attendant” or use the abbreviations “L.P.N.”, “P.…

Sec. 20-99. Improper professional conduct. Hearing. Appeal. Prohibited conduct. (a) The Board of Examiners for Nursing shall have jurisdiction to hear all charges of conduct which fails to conform to the accepted standards of the nursing profession brought against persons license…

Sec. 20-99a. Regulations. The Department of Public Health shall, with the advice and assistance of the board, adopt regulations necessary for the implementation of this chapter. (P.A. 89-389, S. 6, 22; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.) History: P.A. 93-381 repla…

Sec. 20-99b. Nurse Licensure Compact. On and after October 1, 2025, until January 1, 2028, the Nurse Licensure Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into by the state of Connecticut with any and all jurisdictions legally joining therein in accordance with its terms. The …

Sec. 20-99c. Criminal history records check for multistate license. On and after October 1, 2025, until January 1, 2028, the Commissioner of Public Health shall require each person applying to the Department of Public Health for a multistate license, as defined in section 20-99b,…

Sec. 20-99d. Converting multistate license to single-state license. (a) As used in this section, “home state”, “licensing board”, “multistate license” and “single-state license” have the same meanings as provided in section 20-99b. (b) Nothing in section 20-99b shall prohibit a h…