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

Sec. 19a-210. (Formerly Sec. 19-84). Removal of refuse. Any board of health or borough or town director of health may, upon the written complaint of any person having an interest in any land, cause the removal of refuse and rubbish from such land and shall apportion the expenses …

Sec. 19a-211. (Formerly Sec. 19-85). Toilets in public places. Any owner or person having the care, custody or control of any building, room or premises maintained for or used by the public, who allows any toilet in any such building, room or premises or connected therewith to be…

Sec. 19a-212. (Formerly Sec. 19-86). Nuisance arising from swampy lands. When there exist upon any premises swampy or wet places or depressions in which a foul and unhealthy condition, arising from natural causes, permanently exists, the director of health of the town or the heal…

Sec. 19a-213. (Formerly Sec. 19-87). Mosquito-breeding places; treatment. When it has been brought to the attention of a director of health or board of health that rain water barrels, tin cans, bottles or other receptacles or pools near human habitations are breeding mosquitoes, …

Sec. 19a-214. (Formerly Sec. 19-88a). Procedure for suspension of delivery by fuel oil and bottled gas retailers to rental residences. No person, firm, corporation or partnership supplying fuel oil or bottled gas for the purpose of heating to a residential building which such per…

Sec. 19a-215. (Formerly Sec. 19-89). Commissioner's lists of reportable diseases, emergency illnesses and health conditions and reportable laboratory findings. Reporting requirements. Confidentiality. Fines. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Clinical laboratory” has the …

Sec. 19a-216. (Formerly Sec. 19-89a). Examination or treatment of minor for sexually transmitted disease. Confidentiality. Liability for costs. (a) Any municipal health department, state institution or facility, licensed physician or public or private hospital or clinic, may exam…

Sec. 19a-216a. Examination and treatment of persons at communicable disease control clinics. Confidentiality. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Communicable disease control clinic” means a state or local health department funded clinic established for the purpose of prov…

Secs. 19a-217 and 19a-218. (Formerly Secs. 19-90 and 19-91). Prohibiting communication between towns. Notice of communicable disease in hotels and lodging houses. Sections 19a-217 and 19a-218 are repealed, effective July 1, 1997. (1949 Rev., S. 3869, 3870; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. …

Sec. 19a-219. (Formerly Sec. 19-92). Prevention of blindness in newborn infants. (a) Any inflammation, swelling or unusual redness in the eyes of any infant, either apart from or with any unnatural discharge from the eyes of such infant, occurring at any time within two weeks aft…

Sec. 19a-22. (Formerly Sec. 19-4x). Actions by department, boards and commissions; appeals. Any practitioner aggrieved by any final decision of a board or commission or the department may appeal therefrom in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183. (P.A. 80-484, S. 172, 1…

Sec. 19a-220. (Formerly Sec. 19-93). Enforcement of orders of health authorities. When any person refuses to obey a legal order given by a director of health, health committee or board of health, or endeavors to prevent it from being carried into effect, a judge of the Superior C…

Sec. 19a-221. (Formerly Sec. 19-94). Order of quarantine or isolation of certain persons. Appeal of order. Hearing. (a) Any town, city, borough or district director of health may order any person isolated or quarantined whom such director has reasonable grounds to believe to be i…

Sec. 19a-222. (Formerly Sec. 19-95). Vaccination. Directors of health and boards of health may adopt such measures for the general vaccination of the inhabitants of their respective towns, cities or boroughs as they deem reasonable and necessary in order to prevent the introducti…

Sec. 19a-223. (Formerly Sec. 19-96). Municipalities may contract for health services. (a) Any municipal departments of health, pursuant to municipal charter or ordinance, and health districts may contract among themselves for the joint use or benefit of the municipality for servi…

Sec. 19a-224. (Formerly Sec. 19-97). Fish scrap and fertilizer. No fertilizer, fish scrap or similar offensive substance shall be loaded upon or unloaded from any vessel in New London Harbor between June first and October first, or at any other time without a written permit obtai…

Sec. 19a-225. (Formerly Sec. 19-98). Manufacture and treatment of oil and garbage. Processing of fish for animal consumption in Stonington. No person or corporation shall, within the town of Waterford, East Lyme, Old Lyme or Stonington, or in any waters adjacent thereto, engage i…

Sec. 19a-226. (Formerly Sec. 19-99). Unloading and transportation of fertilizers. Unless otherwise provided, city and borough directors of health shall have power to make orders and regulations controlling the time during which, and the manner in which, manure and other fertilize…

Sec. 19a-227. (Formerly Sec. 19-101). Anchorage of houseboats. The director of health of any town, city or borough may designate limits within the navigable waters of the state, outside the channel and adjacent to any public or private bathing beach or bathing house, within which…

Sec. 19a-228. (Formerly Sec. 19-102). Penalty for anchoring within designated limits. Any person having immediate charge of any such houseboat or other vessel, while so used as a dwelling place, who anchors or moors the same or keeps the same anchored or moored within the limits …

Sec. 19a-229. (Formerly Sec. 19-103). Appeal. Any person aggrieved by an order issued by a town, city or borough director of health may appeal to the Commissioner of Public Health not later than three business days after the date of such person's receipt of such order, who shall …

Sec. 19a-23. (Formerly Sec. 19-4y). Boards and commissions; records. Each board or commission subject to the provisions of this chapter and chapters 368v, 369 to 375, inclusive, 378 to 381, inclusive, 383 to 388, inclusive, 398 and 399 shall perform its own record-keeping functio…

Sec. 19a-230. (Formerly Sec. 19-104). Penalty. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any legal order of a director of health or board of health, for which no other penalty is provided, shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor. (1949 Rev., S. 3875; P.A. 12-80, S…

Sec. 19a-231. Inspection of salons. Guidelines re inspection standards. Infection prevention and control plan guidelines. Fee. (a) As used in this section, “salon” includes any shop, store, day spa or other commercial establishment at which the practice of barbering, as described…

Sec. 19a-232. Tanning facilities. Use of tanning devices by minors prohibited. Fines and enforcement. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Consumer” means any individual who (A) is provided access to a tanning facility in exchange for a fee or other compensation, or (B) in exchange …

Secs. 19a-233 to 19a-239. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 19a-24. (Formerly Sec. 19-5a). Claims for damages against Commissioners of Public Health and Developmental Services and certain officials, employees, council members and trustees. Immunity. Indemnification. Section 19a-24 is repealed, effective October 1, 2014. (1957, P.A. 2…

Sec. 19a-240. (Formerly Sec. 19-105). Definition of “board”. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “board” means a board of a district department of health created as provided in section 19a-241. (1949 Rev., S. 3876; P.A. 00-27, S. 19, 24.) History: Sec.…

Sec. 19a-241. (Formerly Sec. 19-106). Formation of district departments. Board. (a) Towns, cities and boroughs, by vote of their respective legislative bodies, after a public hearing, may unite to form district departments of health, which shall be instrumentalities of their cons…

Sec. 19a-242. (Formerly Sec. 19-107). Appointment of director of health. Removal. Environmental health specialists. Authorized agent. (a) The board shall, after approval of the Commissioner of Public Health, appoint some discreet person, possessing the qualifications specified in…

Sec. 19a-243. (Formerly Sec. 19-108). District rules and regulations. Powers of district. Meetings. Expenses. (a) Each board may make and adopt reasonable rules and regulations for the promotion of general health within the district not in conflict with law or with the general st…

Sec. 19a-244. (Formerly Sec. 19-109). Qualifications, term and duties of director of health. Employees. On and after October 1, 2010, any person nominated to be the director of health shall (1) be a licensed physician and hold a degree in public health from an accredited school, …

Sec. 19a-245. (Formerly Sec. 19-110). Reimbursement by state. Proportionate reduction of payments to health districts. (a) Upon application to the Department of Public Health, each health district that has a total population of fifty thousand or more, or serves three or more muni…

Sec. 19a-246. (Formerly Sec. 19-111). Withdrawal from district. (a) Any constituent town, city or borough may, by vote passed prior to January first in any year, withdraw from the district, such withdrawal to become effective on the first day of July following, provided such city…

Secs. 19a-247 to 19a-249. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 19a-25. (Formerly Sec. 19-6a). Confidentiality of records procured by the Department of Public Health or directors of health of towns, cities or boroughs. (a) All information, records of interviews, written reports, statements, notes, memoranda or other data, including perso…

Sec. 19a-250. (Formerly Sec. 19-112a). Definitions. As used in this chapter, “chronic illness” means conditions which require prolonged definitive hospital or restorative care as distinguished from diseases or conditions which may be properly cared for in convalescent, custodial …

Sec. 19a-251. (Formerly Sec. 19-113b). Chronic disease hospital superintendents. Section 19a-251 is repealed. (1959, P.A. 148, S. 15; 1972, P.A. 113, S. 5; P.A. 77-614, S. 340, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 15, 136; P.A. 85-424, S. 2, 3.)

Sec. 19a-252. (Formerly Sec. 19-117). Administration of lung disease control funds, including tuberculosis funds. The Department of Public Health is designated as the state agency to administer and distribute state funds to be used for the control of lung diseases, including tube…

Sec. 19a-253. (Formerly Sec. 19-119). Chronic disease hospitals: Admissions. Except as provided in section 17a-502, on and after October 1, 2005, no patient shall be admitted to a chronic disease hospital, unless the medical director of the hospital determines that the hospital a…

Sec. 19a-254. (Formerly Sec. 19-120). Commitment of tuberculous persons. Section 19a-254 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 4129; 1955, S. 2124d; 1957, P.A. 586, S. 16; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 84-336, S. 5.)

Sec. 19a-255. (Formerly Sec. 19-121). Treatment of persons with tuberculosis. Payment sources for treatment. Exchange of patient information permitted to facilitate Medicaid eligibility determinations. Agreement for interstate transportation. (a) Any resident of the state afflict…

Sec. 19a-256. (Formerly Sec. 19-121a). Liability for cost of care after October 1, 1967. Section 19a-256 is repealed, effective October 6, 2009. (1967, P.A. 839, S. 2; P.A. 76-139, S. 7; P.A. 79-376, S. 24; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 61; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7, S. 176.)

Sec. 19a-257. (Formerly Sec. 19-125). Support of patients with chronic illness other than tuberculosis. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 17b-222 and 17b-223, the maximum rate to be charged for the care of patients with chronic illness other than tuberculosis in the stat…

Secs. 19a-258 to 19a-261. (Formerly Secs. 19-126 to 19-129). Discharge of tuberculosis patients. Complaint against tuberculosis patient leaving hospital against advice. Apprehension of person leaving hospital before termination of commitment. Security facilities. Sections 19a-258…

Sec. 19a-25a. Regulations re electronic signatures for medical records. The Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, if he deems such regulations are necessary to implement the use of electronic signatures for medical…

Sec. 19a-25b. Electronic prescribing systems authorized. Each health care provider licensed in this state with prescriptive authority may generate prescriptions in this state utilizing an electronic prescribing system. The Department of Consumer Protection may, within available a…

Sec. 19a-25c. Medical records systems: Electronic and paper formats authorized. A health care institution licensed by the Department of Public Health pursuant to chapter 368v may create, maintain or utilize medical records or a medical records system in electronic format, paper f…

Sec. 19a-25d. State-wide health information technology plan. Designation of lead health information exchange organization. Section 19a-25d is repealed, effective October 1, 2015. (June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2, S. 68; P.A. 09-232, S. 77; P.A. 15-146, S. 41.)

Sec. 19a-25e. Connecticut Health Information Network plan. (a) The Department of Public Health and The University of Connecticut Health Center may, within available appropriations, develop a Connecticut Health Information Network plan to securely integrate state health and social…