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

Sec. 20-140a. Receipts credited to General Fund. All moneys received by the Department of Public Health under the provisions of this chapter shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund. (1959, P.A. 616, S. 49; P.A. 80-484, S. 53, 176; P.A. 93-381, S. 9…

Sec. 20-141. Powers and duties of board and commissioner. (a) The Commissioner of Public Health, with advice and assistance from the Board of Examiners for Opticians, shall make regulations not inconsistent with law, and in conformity with the declared policy of this chapter, as …

Sec. 20-142. Meetings of commission. Section 20-142 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 4519; P.A. 80-484, S. 175, 176.)

Sec. 20-143. Commissioner may employ inspectors. Duties of inspectors. The Commissioner of Public Health may, from time to time, employ an inspector or inspectors, who shall inspect during usual business hours, licensees or optical permittees and places in which eyeglasses are so…

Sec. 20-144. Compensation and expenses of commission. Executive secretary. Section 20-144 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 4521; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 50.)

Sec. 20-145. Definition of licensed optician. A licensed optician, for the purposes of this chapter, shall be defined as follows: One having a knowledge of optics and skilled in the technique of producing and reproducing ophthalmic lenses and kindred products and mounting the sam…

Sec. 20-146. Licensed opticians; examinations, continuing education requirements. Licensure without examination. (a) Except as provided in section 20-146a, no person shall produce or reproduce ophthalmic lenses and similar products or mount the same to supporting materials or fit…

Sec. 20-146a. Registration of inmates as apprentices. Credit toward licensure. Any inmate employed in an optical shop established and maintained by the Commissioner of Correction, as provided in section 18-88, shall be entitled to register as an apprentice with the Department of …

Sec. 20-147. Waiver of requirements in case of veterans. The department may, in its discretion, suspend any of the provisions of the statutes governing qualifications for examinations for opticians as to veterans of the Second World War and of the Korean hostilities, as defined b…

Sec. 20-147a. Students enrolled in opticianry programs. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter to the contrary, any student enrolled in an educational program in opticianry in a regionally accredited institution of higher education may (1) perform such work as is incident…

Sec. 20-148. Qualifications of assistant licensed opticians and assistant mechanical opticians. Section 20-148 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 4510; P.A. 77-614, S. 419, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 175, 176.)

Sec. 20-149. License fees. Renewal. A license under the provisions of this chapter shall be given under the hand of the Commissioner of Public Health or the commissioner's designee. A fee shall be paid to the department, at the date of application for a license, as follows: For l…

Sec. 20-150. Where optical goods may be sold. Exception. Unfair trade practice. (a) No optical glasses or kindred products or other instruments to aid vision that are produced or reproduced to personalized given formulas, or plano cosmetic contact lenses shall be sold at retail e…

Sec. 20-151. Optical selling permits. (a) Any licensed optician and any optical department in any establishment, office or store may apply to the Department of Public Health for a registration certificate to sell at retail optical glasses and instruments from given formulas and t…

Sec. 20-152. Optical retail vendor permit. Section 20-152 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 4506; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 51; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 59; 1972, P.A. 223, S. 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 422, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 175, 176.)

Sec. 20-153. Optical permit. Product; standards of quality. The department may grant annually, upon the filing of an application as required by it, an optical permit to any optical establishment, office, department or store conducted under the personal and direct supervision of a…

Sec. 20-153a. Lens and frame requirements. (a) No person shall sell, distribute or deliver any eyeglasses or sunglasses unless they are fitted with impact resistant lenses that fully meet the definitions, specifications, test procedures and tolerances for impact resistance and an…

Sec. 20-154. Regulations concerning licenses and permits. Disciplinary action; grounds. The Commissioner of Public Health, with advice and assistance from said board, may make regulations concerning the licensing of any optician, the granting of any permit to any optical departme…

Sec. 20-155. Complaints concerning license or permit holders. Section 20-155 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 4513; P.A. 77-614, S. 425, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 64, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 70, 71.)

Sec. 20-156. Appeal. Any licensee or permittee aggrieved by a final decision of the board under section 19a-17 may appeal therefrom as provided in section 4-183, except such appeal shall be made returnable to the judicial district of New Britain. (1949 Rev., S. 4514; 1971, P.A. 1…

Sec. 20-157. License and permit to be conspicuously displayed. Each person practicing as a licensed optician and each holder of an optical permit shall, at all times, conspicuously display his license or permit in the place in which he practices under such license or permit. (194…

Sec. 20-158. Restricted use of license or permit. Each licensee or permittee licensed under the provisions of this chapter who rents, loans or allows the use of his permit or license to an unlicensed person for unlawful use shall be fined one hundred dollars and shall forfeit his…

Sec. 20-159. Apprentices to register; certification by employer. Each person entering into employment in an optical office, store or establishment for the purpose of obtaining practical experience and skill required under the provisions of this chapter shall register as an appren…

Sec. 20-160. Deceptive ownership or management of optical establishments. Misuse of designations. Any person, firm or corporation, owning, managing or conducting any store, shop or place of business, not holding an optical permit or an optician's license, or not having in his or …

Sec. 20-161. Penalty. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter, for the violation of which no other penalty has been provided, shall be guilty of a class D felony. For the purposes of this section, each instance of patient contact or consultation which is in violatio…

Sec. 20-162. Exceptions for certified optometrists and physicians and surgeons. The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to apply to certified optometrists licensed to practice under the provisions of chapter 380 nor to deny to physicians or surgeons particularly tra…

Secs. 20-162a to 20-162m. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 20-162aa. Definitions. As used in sections 20-162aa to 20-162cc, inclusive, and subsection (c) of section 19a-14: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Public Health. (2) “Department” means the Department of Public Health. (3) “Extracorporeal circulation” means the di…

Sec. 20-162bb. Licensure as perfusionist. Application and examination. Alternative licensure criteria. Exceptions. Annual license renewal. (a) No person shall practice perfusion in this state unless the person holds a valid license from the department to practice perfusion in thi…

Sec. 20-162cc. Disciplinary action for improper professional conduct. The Commissioner of Public Health may take any disciplinary action set forth in section 19a-17 against a perfusionist for any of the following reasons: (1) Failure to conform to the accepted standards of the pr…

Sec. 20-162n. Definitions. As used in subsection (c) of section 19a-14, this section, and sections 20-162o to 20-162q, inclusive: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Public Health; (2) “Respiratory care” means health care under the direction of a physician licensed pursu…

Sec. 20-162o. Application. Qualifications. Fees. Regulations. (a) Each person seeking licensure as a respiratory care practitioner shall make application on forms prescribed by the commissioner, pay an application fee of one hundred ninety dollars and present to the commissioner …

Sec. 20-162p. Disciplinary action. Grounds. The commissioner may take any action set forth in section 19a-17 if the license holder fails to conform to the accepted standards of the respiratory care profession, including, but not limited to, the following: Conviction of a felony, …

Sec. 20-162q. License required. Use of title. Exempt activities. (a) No person shall engage in the practice of respiratory care, as defined in section 20-162n, unless he is licensed under section 20-162o. (b) No person, unless licensed under section 20-162o, shall (1) use the tit…

Sec. 20-162r. Continuing education. Definitions. Minimum requirements. Records. Exemptions. Waivers and extensions. Reinstatement of void licenses. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Public Health; (2) “Contact hour” means a minimum of fifty…

Secs. 20-162s to 20-162z. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 20-163. Transferred to Chapter 400j, Part I, Sec. 20-572.

Sec. 20-164. Transferred to Chapter 400j, Part I, Sec. 20-576.

Sec. 20-164a. Transferred to Chapter 400j, Part I, Sec. 20-574.

Sec. 20-164b. Regulations re storage and retrieval of prescription information. Obsolete. (P.A. 77-277, S. 2.)

Sec. 20-165. Transferred to Chapter 400j, Part I, Sec. 20-573.

Sec. 20-166. Transferred to Chapter 400j, Part III, Sec. 20-610.

Sec. 20-167. Transferred to Chapter 400j, Part I, Sec. 20-580.

Secs. 20-168 to 20-169. Transferred to Chapter 400j, Part II, Secs. 20-594 to 20-597, inclusive.

Sec. 20-170. Transferred to Chapter 400j, Part II, Sec. 20-590.

Sec. 20-171. Renewal of license as assistant pharmacist. Section 20-171 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 4470; 1963, P.A. 197, S. 2; P.A. 81-361, S. 4, 39; P.A. 94-36, S. 38, 42; P.A. 95-264, S. 70.)

Sec. 20-172. Transferred to Chapter 400j, Part II, Sec. 20-593.

Secs. 20-173 and 20-174. Transferred to Chapter 400j, Part III, Secs. 20-607 and 20-608.

Secs. 20-174a and 20-174b. Transferred to Chapter 400j, Part II, Secs. 20-599 and 20-600.

Sec. 20-175. Transferred to Chapter 400j, Part I, Sec. 20-579.