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

Sec. 19a-312. (Formerly Sec. 19-163). Mausoleums and columbariums. Maintenance. Court order re removal of body for interment. Public nuisance. (a) There shall be established and maintained a fund for the perpetual care and maintenance of each mausoleum and columbarium, by applyin…

Sec. 19a-313. (Formerly Sec. 19-161a). Burials above ground restricted. No person shall be buried, interred or entombed in any burying ground, or in any vault, niche, crypt, columbarium, mausoleum or structure wholly or partially above the surface of the ground, unless such buryi…

Sec. 19a-314. (Formerly Sec. 19-164). Penalty. Any officer, manager or agent of any corporation or association, or any other person, who violates any provision of section 19a-296, 19a-307, 19a-310, 19a-311 or 19a-312 shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned…

Sec. 19a-314a. Disclosure of dispute resolution procedure relating to the sale of any item or service by a town, ecclesiastical society or cemetery association which owns, manages or controls a cemetery. “Cemetery” defined. (a) As used in this section, “cemetery” means any place …

Sec. 19a-315. “Ancient burial place”, “burial ground authority” and “grave marker” defined. For purposes of sections 19a-315 to 19a-315c, inclusive: (1) “Ancient burial place” means any tract of land within any municipality which has been used or has been in existence as a burial…

Sec. 19a-315a. Use of ancient burial place. No municipality shall alienate or appropriate any ancient burial place to any use other than that of a burial ground. No portion of any ancient burial place shall be taken for public use without the approval of the General Assembly. If …

Sec. 19a-315b. Protection of grave markers. No grave marker within any cemetery or burial place shall be destroyed, injured or removed except in accordance with the provisions of either this section or section 19a-315c. Any such grave marker may be removed for the purpose of repr…

Sec. 19a-315c. Maintenance of burial places. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 19a-315b, a burial ground authority shall have the right to properly maintain an ancient burial place, cemetery or burial place, which right shall include: (1) Repair, rehabilitation, repos…

Sec. 19a-315d. Places and manner of burial. Exceptions. Penalty. (a) No person shall bury the body of any deceased person less than three hundred fifty feet from any residential dwelling unless a public highway intervenes between such place of burial and such dwelling, or unless …

Sec. 19a-31a. Microbiological and biomedical biosafety laboratories. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Microbiological and biomedical biosafety laboratory” means a laboratory that (A) utilizes any living agent capable of causing a human infection or reportable human disease,…

Sec. 19a-32. (Formerly Sec. 19-10). Department authorized to receive gifts. The Department of Public Health is authorized to receive, hold and use real estate and to receive, hold, invest and disburse money, securities, supplies or equipment offered it for the protection and pres…

Sec. 19a-320. (Formerly Sec. 19-165). Erection and maintenance of crematories. Certificates of inspection. Fees. (a) Any resident of this state, or any corporation formed under the law of this state, may erect, maintain and conduct a crematory in this state and provide the necess…

Sec. 19a-321. (Formerly Sec. 19-166). Crematories at public institutions. Any public institution in this state may erect and maintain a crematory for the incineration after death of the bodies of those connected with the institution officially or as inmates, and such others as ma…

Sec. 19a-322. (Formerly Sec. 19-167). Records and certificates. The managers of each crematory shall keep books of record, which shall be open at reasonable times for inspection, in which shall be entered the name, age, sex and residence of each person whose body is cremated, tog…

Sec. 19a-323. (Formerly Sec. 19-168). Cremation authorized. Cremation certificate or permit for final disposition required. Fee payable in certain cases. (a) The body of any deceased person may be disposed of by cremation in this state or may be removed from the state for such pu…

Sec. 19a-324. (Formerly Sec. 19-169). Penalty. Any person who makes any false statement in procuring any permit required by chapter 93 or by this chapter, or who removes any body from this state for the purpose of cremation upon an ordinary removal permit, or who violates any pro…

Sec. 19a-329. (Formerly Sec. 19-169p). Definitions. As used in this chapter, “carcinogenic substance” means: 2-Acetylaminofluorene, 4-Aminodiphenyl, Arsenic, Asbestos, Benzene, Benzidine, 3,3'-Dichlorobenzidine, 4-Dimethylaminoazobenzene, Beta-Napthylamine, 4-Nitrobiphenyl, N-Nit…

Sec. 19a-32a. AIDS research education account. Regulations. (a) There is established an AIDS research education account which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. Any moneys collected under the contribution system established under section 12-743 shall…

Sec. 19a-32b. Breast cancer research and education account. There is established a breast cancer research and education account which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. Any moneys collected under the contribution system established under section 12-7…

Sec. 19a-32c. (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) Biomedical Research Trust Fund. Transfers from Tobacco Settlement Fund. Grants-in-aid. There is created a Biomedical Research Trust Fund which shall be a separate nonlapsing fund. The trust fund may contain a…

Secs. 19a-32d to 19a-32g. Transferred to Chapter 581, Secs. 32-41jj to 32-41mm, inclusive.

Sec. 19a-32m. Information request concerning establishment of public cord blood collection operation. (a) On or before October 1, 2007, the Commissioner of Public Health shall request information from one or more umbilical cord blood banks concerning the establishment of a public…

Sec. 19a-32n. Information re umbilical cord blood collection programs. A physician or other health care provider who provides health care services to a pregnant woman during the last trimester of her pregnancy, which health care services are directly related to her pregnancy, sha…

Secs. 19a-32o to 19a-32v. Short title: Connecticut Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Program Act. Legislative findings and declaration of policy. Connecticut Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Board; membership; meetings. Board to establish and administer umbilical cord blood collecti…

Sec. 19a-33. (Formerly Sec. 19-10a). Regulation of traffic at department facilities. The superintendent or director of any state-operated facility within the Department of Public Health, subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Public Health and the Office of the State Traf…

Sec. 19a-330. (Formerly Sec. 19-169q). Report required; contents. Any person who uses or produces any carcinogenic substance in the manufacture of any item, product or material shall make an annual report to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection and the Commissi…

Sec. 19a-331. (Formerly Sec. 19-169r). Identification of carcinogenic substances. Regulations. The Commissioner of Public Health shall, by means of regulations adopted in accordance with chapter 54, identify substances, including gases, chemicals or metals, which are designated h…

Sec. 19a-332. Definitions: Asbestos. As used in subsection (c) of section 19a-14 and sections 19a-332 to 19a-332e, inclusive, 20-435 to 20-442, inclusive, and 52-577a: (1) “Asbestos” means the asbestiform varieties of actinolite, amosite, anthophyllite, chrysotile, crocidolite an…

Sec. 19a-332a. Regulations. Fees. (a) The commissioner, within available appropriations, and after consultation with the Labor Commissioner, shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to administer the provisions of sections 19a-332 to 19a-332c, inclu…

Sec. 19a-332b. Notice. Any contractor who will be conducting asbestos abatement activities or any person who will be conducting demolition activities shall notify the commissioner at least ten days prior to undertaking such activities and shall provide him with any information on…

Sec. 19a-332c. Inspections. Orders issued by commissioner. Court order. (a) For purposes of enforcing the provisions of sections 19a-332 to 19a-332c, inclusive, and section 19a-333 and any regulations adopted thereunder, the commissioner or an authorized agent may enter at reason…

Sec. 19a-332d. Criminal penalties. Any person who knowingly violates any provision of sections 19a-332 to 19a-332c, inclusive, section 19a-333 or sections 20-435 to 20-439, inclusive, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than one year or …

Sec. 19a-332e. Civil penalties. Regulations. (a) If, upon review, investigation or inspection, the Commissioner of Public Health determines that any person has violated any provision of sections 19a-332 to 19a-332c, inclusive, 19a-333 and 20-435 to 20-439, inclusive, or any regul…

Sec. 19a-333. Regulations re asbestos-containing materials in schools. The Department of Public Health shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 which shall meet or exceed the requirements mandated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency…

Sec. 19a-335. (Formerly Sec. 19-310). Nuisances on highways. If any person places anything, or permits anything to remain, in a highway, or digs up the ground therein, by which the passage of travelers is obstructed or endangered or the highway encumbered, the same shall be a com…

Sec. 19a-336. (Formerly Sec. 19-311). Obstruction of watercourse. If any person unlawfully dams or obstructs a watercourse to the special damage of another, such diversion or obstruction shall be a common nuisance and may be abated as such. Any person who violates any provision o…

Sec. 19a-337. (Formerly Sec. 19-312). Rubbish deposited in streams. Any person who wilfully deposits material in any watercourse where it will naturally be carried to the land of another to his injury shall pay to the party injured thereby double damages and costs, unless, within…

Sec. 19a-338. (Formerly Sec. 19-313). Obstruction of navigable waters. Any person who places any material which tends to obstruct navigation in navigable waters shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars, and such person shall be ordered by the court before which the convic…

Sec. 19a-339. (Formerly Sec. 19-314). Obstructions in Connecticut River. Any person who unlawfully sinks any material in the Connecticut River for the purpose of obstructing the water or turning it from its natural course, or for making or enlarging any island, shall pay the expe…

Sec. 19a-34. (Formerly Sec. 19-11). Administration of federal funds for hospital survey and construction. The Department of Public Health is designated as the state agency to administer the Hospital Survey and Construction Act authorized under Title VI, Construction of Hospitals,…

Sec. 19a-340. (Formerly Sec. 19-315). Nuisances created by filthy water. Any person who places, collects or allows to remain upon the surface of land owned or occupied by him, or discharges or allows to be discharged from his premises upon the land of another or upon any public l…

Sec. 19a-341. Agricultural or farming operation not deemed a nuisance; exceptions. Spring or well water collection operation not deemed a nuisance. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general statute or municipal ordinance or regulation pertaining to nuisances to the contra…

Sec. 19a-341a. Maintenance of swine gestation and farrowing barn. Permissible location. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or the regulations of Connecticut state agencies, a swine gestation and farrowing barn maintained on property which has been in continuous…

Sec. 19a-342. (Formerly Sec. 1-21b). Smoking prohibited. Exceptions. Signs required. Penalties. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Smoke” or “smoking” means the burning of a lighted cigarette, cigar, pipe or any other similar device, whether containing, wholly or in part, tobacco,…

Sec. 19a-342a. Use of electronic nicotine or cannabis delivery system or vapor product prohibited. Exceptions. Signage required. Penalties. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Any area” means the interior of the facility, building or establishment and the outside area within twenty…

Sec. 19a-343. State action to abate public nuisance. Offenses. (a) For the purposes of this section and sections 19a-343a to 19a-343h, inclusive, a person creates or maintains a public nuisance if such person erects, establishes, maintains, uses, owns or leases any real property …