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

Sec. 20-127. Definitions. Scope of practice. License renewal forms. (a) For the purposes of this chapter: (1) The “practice of advanced optometric care” means any one or more of the following practices and procedures: (A) Measuring, examining, diagnosing, preventing, enhancing, m…

Sec. 20-128. Examining board. Section 20-128 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 4489; 1957, P.A. 610, S. 1; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 44; P.A. 77-614, S. 408, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 175, 176.)

Sec. 20-128a. Board of examiners. Regulations. (a) There shall be within the Department of Public Health a Connecticut Board of Examiners for Optometrists. Said board shall consist of seven members appointed by the Governor, subject to the provisions of section 4-9a, as follows: …

Sec. 20-129. Regulations. Meetings. Records. Reports. The Commissioner of Public Health, with advice and assistance from the board, shall make regulations for the government of the board in the transaction of its business. The board shall, annually, on or before the first day of …

Sec. 20-130. Qualifications for practice of optometry. Examination. Fees. Each person, before beginning the practice of optometry in this state, except as hereinafter provided, shall present to the Department of Public Health satisfactory evidence that such person has been gradua…

Secs. 20-131 and 20-132. License; fee for; display of. Regulations concerning license; duplicate licenses. Sections 20-131 and 20-132 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 4492, 4493; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 47; P.A. 77-614, S. 411, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 175, 176.)

Sec. 20-132a. Definitions. Renewal of licenses. Continuing education. Exceptions. (a) For purposes of this section, “actively engaged in the practice of optometry” means the treatment of one or more patients by a licensee during any given registration period, and “registration pe…

Sec. 20-133. Disciplinary action. Grounds. The board may take any of the actions set forth in section 19a-17 after notice and hearing, for any of the following reasons: (1) Conviction in a court of competent jurisdiction, either within or without this state, of any crime in the p…

Sec. 20-133a. Restrictions on employment of optometrists. No licensed optometrist shall practice his profession as an employee of any unlicensed person, firm or corporation, provided that said prohibition shall not apply to health service organizations, hospitals, other optometri…

Sec. 20-133b. Professional liability insurance required, when. Amount of insurance. Reporting requirements. (a) Each person licensed to practice optometry under the provisions of this chapter who provides direct patient care services shall maintain professional liability insuranc…

Sec. 20-133c. Optometrists. Agreements, leases or other contracts. Prohibited provisions. On and after October 1, 2008, no agreement, lease or other contract entered into, renewed or extended between an optometrist and any other person shall contain any provision that: (1) Impede…

Secs. 20-134 and 20-135. Hearing on suspension or revocation of license. Appeal. Sections 20-134 and 20-135 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 4495, 4496; 1971, P.A. 179, S. 11; 870, S. 59; P.A. 76-436, S. 423, 681; P.A. 77-603, S. 64, 125; 77-614, S. 413, 414, 610; P.A. 78-280, S. 37,…

Sec. 20-136. Examination of school children. The examination and inspection of school children under the provisions of chapter 169, as far as such examination and inspection concern the vision, may be performed by any optometrist licensed under the provisions of this chapter, pro…

Sec. 20-137. Exemption. Use of title “Doctor”. The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to apply to physicians and surgeons authorized to practice under the laws of this state, nor to any person who sells spectacles or eyeglasses on prescription from any such physici…

Sec. 20-138. Penalty. Section 20-138 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 4499; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 47.)

Sec. 20-138a. Construction of chapter. Penalty for practice without a license. (a) No person shall engage in the practice of optometry in this state unless such person has first obtained a license from the Department of Public Health, but the provisions of this chapter shall not …

Sec. 20-138b. Interference with choice of physician or optometrist for vision care prohibited. Offer by health care center or preferred provider network of ophthalmologic care to include optometric care and equal access to plans and policies. Regulations. (a) No person shall inte…

Sec. 20-138c. Optometrists as members of certain advisory committees. Wherever a committee, council or other body is appointed to serve in an advisory capacity in matters pertaining to vision for the Department of Public Health, the State Board of Education, the Department of Mot…

Sec. 20-138d. Coverage of services of optometrists under health insurance policies. The provisions of section 20-138b shall apply to every individual or group hospital or medical expense insurance policy and every individual or group hospital or medical service plan contract deli…