Title 21a — Title 21a: Consumer Protection

Sec. 21a-70h. Registration as pharmaceutical marketing firm. Definitions. For the purposes of this section and sections 21a-70i to 21a-70k: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Consumer Protection or the commissioner's authorized representative; (2) “Contact” means any co…

Sec. 21a-70i. Registration of pharmaceutical manufacturer as pharmaceutical marketing firm. Fees. List of employees. Reports. (a) On and after October 1, 2023, a pharmaceutical manufacturer that employs a pharmaceutical representative shall register annually with the department a…

Sec. 21a-70j. Disclosures re legend drugs. Each pharmaceutical marketing firm that employs or compensates a pharmaceutical representative who is engaged in marketing, promoting or providing information regarding a legend drug for human use in this state shall ensure that such pha…

Sec. 21a-70k. Authority of commissioner re pharmaceutical marketing firms. Regulations. (a) The commissioner may (1) refuse to authorize the issuance or renewal of a registration to operate as a pharmaceutical marketing firm, (2) revoke, suspend or place conditions on a registrat…

Sec. 21a-71. (Formerly Sec. 19-210a). Sale of food, drug or cosmetic at auction. No person shall sell any food, drug or cosmetic, as defined by section 21a-92, at an auction, unless such person has notified the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, in writing, of such sale; provid…

Sec. 21a-72. (Formerly Sec. 19-210b). Certificate of disinfection of stuffed toys. Any manufacturer of stuffed toys to be sold in the state using materials in such toys containing products of animal origin shall obtain from the Department of Consumer Protection a certificate of d…

Sec. 21a-73. (Formerly Sec. 19-210c). Unit pricing: Definitions. As used in sections 21a-73 to 21a-77, inclusive: (a) “Commissioner” means Commissioner of Consumer Protection; (b) “Consumer commodity” means any food, including, but not limited to, any food that is weighed for ret…

Sec. 21a-74. (Formerly Sec. 19-210d). Seller to disclose unit and total price of consumer commodity. (a) Any person who sells or offers or exposes for sale at retail any consumer commodity designated by the commissioner, in accordance with the provisions of section 21a-75, shall …

Sec. 21a-75. (Formerly Sec. 19-210e). Regulations. Hearings. Civil penalties for noncompliance. (a) The commissioner shall adopt regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 21a-73 to 21a-77, inclusive, for the best interests of consumers and, in addition, shall by…

Sec. 21a-76. (Formerly Sec. 19-210f). Exceptions. The provisions of sections 21a-73 to 21a-77, inclusive, shall not apply to any owner-operated single retail store or to any store occupying a total retail sales area of not more than three thousand five hundred square feet. (1971,…

Sec. 21a-77. (Formerly Sec. 19-210g). Criminal penalty. Any person who violates any provision of sections 21a-73 to 21a-77, inclusive, shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars for the first offense and not more than one thousand dollars for each subsequent offense. Each v…

Sec. 21a-78. (Formerly Sec. 19-210i). Shelf life pricing; definition; penalty. Section 21a-78 is repealed, effective October 1, 1999. (P.A. 75-601; P.A. 88-56; 88-364, S. 115, 123; P.A. 99-23, S. 2.)

Sec. 21a-78a. Transferred to Chapter 743h, Sec. 42-230.

Sec. 21a-78b. Suspension of application. Monitoring by department. Section 21a-78b is repealed, effective October 1, 1999. (P.A. 96-220, S. 6, 7; P.A. 97-78, S. 2, 3; P.A. 99-23, S. 2.)

Sec. 21a-79. (Formerly Sec. 19-210j). Universal product coding. Electronic shelf labeling. Electronic pricing. Marking of retail price. Electronic price higher than posted price for consumer commodity. Coupons. Exemptions. Regulations. Penalties. (a) For the purposes of this sect…

Sec. 21a-79a. Program for test audit of alternative electronic retail pricing systems. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 21a-79 and any regulations adopted under said section, the Commissioner of Consumer Protection may, within available appropriations, establish a pr…

Sec. 21a-79b. Consumer commodity. Price at point of sale higher than posted or advertised price. Sign. Coupon. Warning citation or civil penalty. Exemptions. (a) For the purposes of this section, “consumer commodity” has the same meaning as provided in section 21a-79. (b) (1) Not…

Secs. 21a-80 and 21a-81. (Formerly Secs. 19-210k and 19-210l). Natural or organically grown foods; requirements. Misbranding of natural or organically grown foods. Sections 21a-80 and 21a-81 are repealed, effective July 1, 1998. (P.A. 79-379, S. 2, 3; P.A. 80-483, S. 80, 186; P.A…

Sec. 21a-82. (Formerly Sec. 19-65a). Use of paint in tenements and municipally-owned buildings. (a) No person, firm or corporation shall use any paint on an interior surface of any tenement house, lodging house or boarding house as defined in chapter 368o nor on or around the int…

Sec. 21a-83. (Formerly Sec. 19-65b). Packaging or sale of paint not conforming to federal standards. Labeling requirements. On or after January 1, 1976, no person, firm or corporation shall package, distribute, offer for sale, sell or give away any paint which does not conform to…

Sec. 21a-84. (Formerly Sec. 19-65c). Seizure of mislabeled paint. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may seize and remove for safe keeping paint which any person, firm or corporation packages, distributes, offers for sale, sells or gives away in violation of section 21a-83. …

Sec. 21a-84a. Connecticut Poison Control Center: Publication and distribution of list of poisonous plants. (a) The Connecticut Poison Control Center shall annually furnish a list of poisonous plants to trade associations that represent retailers of flowers and plants for publicat…

Sec. 21a-85. (Formerly Sec. 19-65d). Penalty. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of sections 21a-82 and 21a-83 shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars. (1971, P.A. 35, S. 1.) History: Sec. 19-65d transferred to Sec. 21a-85 in 1983. Cited. 31…

Sec. 21a-86. “Plumbing fixtures” defined. As used in sections 21a-86a to 21a-86g, inclusive, “plumbing fixtures” means water closets, including tank-type toilets, flushometer-tank toilets, flushometer-valve toilets, electromechanical hydraulic toilets and any other toilet that us…

Sec. 21a-86a. Regulations establishing minimum efficiency standards for plumbing fixtures and other water-saving devices. (a) On or before October 1, 1990, the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, in consultation with the State Building Inspector and the Commissioners of Public H…

Sec. 21a-86b. Compliance with standards. No person may sell, offer for sale or install any new showerhead, urinal, faucet or replacement aerator on and after October 1, 1990, or any new tank-type toilet, flushometer-valve toilet, flushometer-tank toilet or electromechanical hydra…

Sec. 21a-86c. Procedures for testing plumbing fixtures. (a) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, in consultation with the State Building Inspector and the Commissioners of Public Health and Energy and Environmental Protection, shall establish procedures for testing the effici…

Sec. 21a-86d. Right of access by commissioner to places where plumbing fixtures are sold, stored or maintained. (a) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall have access at all reasonable times to places where distributors or retailers sell, store or maintain plumbing fixture…

Sec. 21a-86e. Precedence of more stringent regulations. In the event of any conflict between regulations establishing efficiency standards for plumbing fixtures adopted pursuant to subsection (a) of section 21a-86a and the State Building Code adopted pursuant to section 29-252, t…

Sec. 21a-86f. Distribution by Commissioner of Administrative Services of regulations re plumbing fixtures. The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall distribute copies of the regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection pursuant to section 21a-86a to pers…

Sec. 21a-86g. Civil penalty. Any person who violates any provision of sections 21a-86 to 21a-86g, inclusive, shall be assessed a civil penalty of two hundred fifty dollars for each violation. Each violation shall constitute a separate offense and each day that such violation cont…

Secs. 21a-87 to 21a-89. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 21a-90. Counterfeit drug or device. Prohibition. Investigation. Hearings. Violations. Regulations. Fine. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Counterfeit drug or device” means a drug, as defined in section 21a-92, or a “device”, as defined in section 21a-92, or the con…

Sec. 21a-100. (Formerly Sec. 19-220). Definitions and standards for food. Definitions and standards of identity, quality and fill of container and their amendments, now or hereafter adopted under authority of the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, shall be the definitions of st…

Sec. 21a-101. (Formerly Sec. 19-221). Adulterated food. Regulations re alcohol-infused confections. (a) A food shall be deemed to be adulterated: (1) (A) If it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render it injurious to health; but, if the substance …

Sec. 21a-101a. Liability for costs relating to adulterated food. Civil action to recover costs and expenses. Investigation and samples. Seizure, condemnation and destruction. Third party removal and disposal. (a) If food becomes adulterated pursuant to section 21a-101, the person…

Sec. 21a-102. (Formerly Sec. 19-222). Misbranded food. Misbranded seed or seed stock. (a) A food shall be deemed to be misbranded: (1) If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular. A statement on the label or labeling either directly or indirectly implying that the pr…

Sec. 21a-103. (Formerly Sec. 19-223). Emergency permit control. (a) Whenever the commissioner finds, after investigation, that the distribution in intrastate commerce of any class of food may, by reason of contamination with microorganisms during the manufacture, processing or pa…

Sec. 21a-104. (Formerly Sec. 19-224). Tolerances for poisonous ingredients in food. (a) Any poisonous or deleterious substance added to any food, except where such substance is required in the production thereof or cannot be avoided by good manufacturing practice, shall be deemed…

Sec. 21a-104a. Sulfiting agents. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Incidental additive” has the same meaning as provided in 21 CFR 101.100, as amended from time to time; (2) “Manufacturer” means any person, firm or corporation which (A) produces or grows food, and (B) pa…

Sec. 21a-105. (Formerly Sec. 19-225). Adulterated drugs and devices. A drug or device shall be deemed to be adulterated: (a) (1) If it consists, in whole or in part, of any filthy, putrid or decomposed substance; or (2) if it has been produced, prepared, packed or held under insa…

Sec. 21a-106. (Formerly Sec. 19-226). Misbranded drugs and devices. A drug or device shall be deemed to be misbranded: (a) If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular. Any statement on the label or labeling either directly or indirectly implying that the product is r…

Sec. 21a-107. Transferred to Chapter 400j, Part III, Sec. 20-618.

Sec. 21a-108. (Formerly Sec. 19-227). Illegal obtaining or supplying of drugs. Forged labels. (1) No person shall obtain or attempt to obtain a drug covered by subsection (k) of section 21a-106 or procure or attempt to procure the administration of such drug: (a) By fraud, deceit…

Sec. 21a-109. (Formerly Sec. 19-228). Drugs dispensed on prescription. A drug dispensed on a written or oral prescription of a practitioner licensed by law to administer such drug, except a drug dispensed in the course of the conduct of a business of dispensing drugs pursuant to …

Sec. 21a-110. (Formerly Sec. 19-229). New drugs. (a) No person shall sell, deliver, offer for sale, hold for sale or give away any new drug unless (1) an application with respect thereto has been approved under Section 355 of the federal act or (2), when not subject to the federa…

Sec. 21a-111. (Formerly Sec. 19-230). Adulterated cosmetics. A cosmetic shall be deemed to be adulterated: (a) If it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render it injurious to users under the conditions of use prescribed in the labeling thereof, or …

Sec. 21a-112. (Formerly Sec. 19-231). Misbranded cosmetics. A cosmetic shall be deemed to be misbranded: (a) If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular. Any statement on the label or labeling of such cosmetic, either directly or indirectly implying that the product …

Sec. 21a-113. (Formerly Sec. 19-232). False advertisement of food, drugs, devices and cosmetics. An advertisement of a food, drug, device or cosmetic shall be deemed to be false, if it is false or misleading in any particular. Any statement either directly or indirectly implying …

Sec. 21a-114. (Formerly Sec. 19-233). When advertisement of drugs and devices deemed to be false. The advertisement of a drug or device representing it to have any effect in albuminuria, appendicitis, arteriosclerosis, blood poison, bone disease, Bright's disease, cancer, carbunc…