Title 21a — Title 21a: Consumer Protection

Sec. 21a-36. (Formerly Sec. 19-193c). Vending machine operator's license fees. (a) The applicant for a vending machine operator's license shall pay a license fee according to the following schedule: For machines vending products at one penny; a fee of twenty dollars for the first…

Sec. 21a-37. (Formerly Sec. 19-193d). Display of license. Expiration. Change in location. Conversion of machine. (a) Vending machine operators' licenses shall be of such size and style as the commissioner prescribes and shall be numbered. Each operator's license shall be displaye…

Sec. 21a-38. (Formerly Sec. 19-193e). Suspension or revocation of license. (a) The commissioner may suspend or revoke any license issued under the provisions of section 21a-35 or 21a-36 for violation of the provisions of sections 21a-34 to 21a-45, inclusive, or any regulation ado…

Sec. 21a-39. (Formerly Sec. 19-193f). Adulteration or misbranding. (a) No person shall sell or offer or expose for sale in any vending machine, or have in his possession with intent to sell therefrom, any food, beverage or ingredient which is adulterated or misbranded. (b) The co…

Sec. 21a-40. (Formerly Sec. 19-193g). Inspections. (a) The commissioner shall cause to be inspected regularly all commissaries and storage, service and transport facilities which handle readily perishable food. Any such commissary or facility which handles food not readily perish…

Sec. 21a-41. (Formerly Sec. 19-193h). Sanitary provisions. (a) Any food, beverage or ingredient sold or offered or exhibited for sale in a vending machine shall be obtained only from sources which comply with municipal health ordinances and applicable state and federal laws and r…

Sec. 21a-42. (Formerly Sec. 19-193i). Food from out-of-state commissaries. Foods, beverages and ingredients from commissaries outside the jurisdiction of the state may be sold within the state if such commissaries conform to the provisions of the food establishment sanitation reg…

Sec. 21a-43. (Formerly Sec. 19-193j). Regulations. Municipal ordinances. (a) The commissioner may adopt such rules and regulations as he finds necessary to administer and enforce the provisions of sections 21a-34 to 21a-45, inclusive, and he shall adopt such rules and regulations…

Sec. 21a-44. (Formerly Sec. 19-193k). Exemptions. The provisions of sections 21a-34 to 21a-45, inclusive, shall not apply to any person who manufactures packaged candy or chewing gum or to any vending machine, or the owner or operator thereof, which dispenses (1) premixed carbona…

Sec. 21a-45. (Formerly Sec. 19-193l). Penalty. Any person who violates the provisions of sections 21a-34 to 21a-44, inclusive, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both. (1961, P.A. 579, S. 12.) History: Sec. 19-193l transfer…

Sec. 21a-46. (Formerly Sec. 19-193m). Information on vending machines. Each vending machine used in dispensing merchandise or performing service in this state and not included under the provisions of subsection (b) of section 12-289 or subsection (a) of section 21a-37 shall bear …

Sec. 21a-47. (Formerly Sec. 19-193n). Penalty. Any person who violates any provision of subsection (b) of section 12-289, subsection (a) of section 21a-37 or section 21a-46 shall be fined not less than fifty dollars for each machine which is the subject of such violation. (1969, …

Sec. 21a-48. (Formerly Sec. 19-194a). Frozen desserts; definitions. When used in sections 21a-49 to 21a-59, inclusive, the following terms shall have the meanings hereinafter specified: (1) “Frozen dessert plant” means any place, premises or establishment and any part thereof whe…

Sec. 21a-49. (Formerly Sec. 19-195). Records. Each manufacturer of frozen desserts and frozen dessert mix shall keep, in the form prescribed by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, for each frozen dessert and frozen dessert mix plant operated by him, a true and correct record…

Sec. 21a-50. (Formerly Sec. 19-196). Statistical reports. Each manufacturer of frozen desserts and frozen dessert mix for sale shall file with the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, upon a form prescribed by him, not later than the tenth day of each month, a statement for the p…

Sec. 21a-51. (Formerly Sec. 19-197). Application for license by manufacturer of frozen desserts and mixes. (a) Each manufacturer of frozen desserts and frozen dessert mix for sale shall file with the Commissioner of Consumer Protection an application for a license, upon a form pr…

Sec. 21a-52. (Formerly Sec. 19-198). License fees. The license fee for a retail manufacturer of frozen desserts shall be fifty dollars for each plant. The license fee for a wholesale manufacturer to manufacture frozen desserts or frozen dessert mix within Connecticut or to sell w…

Sec. 21a-53. (Formerly Sec. 19-199). Issuance of license. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, if satisfied that the plant or plants named in the application are maintained in accordance with the standards of sanitation, and that only pure and wholesome ingredients produced u…

Sec. 21a-54. (Formerly Sec. 19-200). Revocation or suspension of license. Any license may be revoked by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection after notice to the licensee by mail or otherwise and opportunity to be heard if it appears that any statement upon which it was issued …

Sec. 21a-55. (Formerly Sec. 19-201). Appeal. The action of the Commissioner of Consumer Protection in refusing to grant a license or in revoking or suspending a license shall be subject to appeal in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183, except venue for such appeal sha…

Sec. 21a-56. (Formerly Sec. 19-202). Prohibition as to sale. No person shall sell, advertise or offer or expose for sale any frozen dessert or frozen dessert mix unless the manufacturer thereof is a licensee under the provisions of section 21a-53. No person shall sell, offer for …

Sec. 21a-57. (Formerly Sec. 19-203). False labeling of product and illegal use of equipment. (1) No person shall sell or offer or expose for sale frozen desserts or frozen dessert mix which is falsely labeled as to the name of the manufacturer or place of manufacture, or in any o…

Sec. 21a-58. (Formerly Sec. 19-204a). Regulations. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall, from time to time, after inquiry and public hearing, adopt regulations to supplement and give full effect to the provisions of sections 21a-48 to 21a-57, inclusive. Such regulations,…

Sec. 21a-59. (Formerly Sec. 19-205). Penalty. Any person who violates any provision of sections 21a-49 to 21a-57, inclusive, or of the regulations and standards promulgated under the provisions of section 21a-58 shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not …

Sec. 21a-60. (Formerly Sec. 19-206). Refrigerated lockers. Section 21a-60 is repealed, effective October 1, 1999. (1949 Rev., S. 3923; 1959, P.A. 351, S. 1; 412, S. 38, 42; P.A. 77-603, S. 51, 125; P.A. 78-280, S. 2, 127; P.A. 94-36, S. 23, 42; P.A. 99-194, S. 28.)

Sec. 21a-61. (Formerly Sec. 19-207). Storage and transportation of quick-frozen foods. (a) No person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of storing quick-frozen foods or transporting such foods shall store or transport such foods within this state unless they are stored …

Sec. 21a-62. (Formerly Sec. 19-208). Analysis of food. The local health authority of any city, borough or town may procure, from any dealer in provisions, groceries, medicines or other articles for human consumption, samples of such articles and cause the same to be analyzed by o…

Sec. 21a-62a. Preparation of food in residential dwelling for sale. Regulations. (a) Preparation of food in a private residential dwelling for sale for human consumption shall be allowed provided it conforms to the regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. (…

Sec. 21a-62b. Definitions. For the purposes of this section and sections 21a-62c to 21a-62h, inclusive: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Consumer Protection or an authorized agent of the commissioner; (2) “Cottage food operation” means any person who produces cottage …

Sec. 21a-62c. Cottage food operations. Examination of premises. Licensure requirements. (a) All cottage food operations shall be licensed annually by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection. The license application form shall be developed by the commissioner. The license shall sp…

Sec. 21a-62d. Limitation on total annual gross sales. Direct sale to consumer. Authorized food products. Display of license. (a) Total annual gross sales for a cottage food operation shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars per calendar year. If annual gross sales exceed the maxim…

Sec. 21a-62e. Inspection of cottage food operation. (a) The commissioner may inspect a cottage food operation at any time to ensure compliance with the provisions of this section, sections 21a-62c, 21a-62d and sections 21a-62f to 21a-62h, inclusive. (b) Nothing in this section, s…

Sec. 21a-62f. Authorized food items. Prohibited food items. (a) A cottage food operation may produce food items that are not potentially hazardous food. (b) A cottage food operation shall not produce: (1) Potentially hazardous food items; and (2) Food items that present a food sa…

Sec. 21a-62g. Prepackaged food products. Labels. If a cottage food operation sells cottage food products that are prepackaged, such packaging shall include an affixed label that contains the following information and that is printed in English: (1) The name and address of the cot…

Sec. 21a-62h. Cottage food operation requirements. License suspension and revocation. Hearing. Cost of inspection. (a) Each cottage food operation shall comply with the following requirements and any failure to comply shall be deemed a violation of this section and sections 21a-6…

Sec. 21a-63. (Formerly Sec. 19-210h). State clinical thermometer standard. The term “clinical thermometer”, as used in this section, means a maximum self-registering thermometer of the type commonly used for measuring body temperatures and a “correct clinical thermometer” means a…

Sec. 21a-64. (Formerly Sec. 19-209). Distribution of drugs and poisons. Any person who, by himself, his servant or agent, distributes or gives away, in any street or highway or from house to house, any bottle, box, envelope or package containing any liquid medicine, or any pill, …

Sec. 21a-65. (Formerly Sec. 19-209a). Sale of hypodermic needles and syringes restricted. Application to use secured machine. Destruction of used hypodermic needles and syringes. Penalty. (a) A licensed manufacturer or licensed wholesaler may sell hypodermic needles and syringes …

Sec. 21a-66. (Formerly Sec. 19-209b). Regulations re sale, purchase, handling and disposal of hypodermic needles and syringes. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to control the sale, purchase, handling a…

Sec. 21a-67. (Formerly Sec. 19-209c). Apricot kernels. Labeling requirement. No person shall sell or offer for sale any apricot kernels unless such kernels are packaged and each package is labeled with a warning that such kernels contain cyanide and that ingestion of such kernels…

Sec. 21a-68. (Formerly Sec. 19-209d). Packaging of veterinary drugs. Any substance containing aspirin, or a controlled substance as defined in section 21a-240, or a legend drug as defined in section 20-l84a, sold or offered for sale in this state and intended to be administered t…

Sec. 21a-69. (Formerly Sec. 19-209e). “Companion animal” defined by regulation. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, with the advice and assistance of the State Board of Veterinary Registration and Examination, shall by regulation adopted in accordance with chapter 54 define …

Sec. 21a-70. (Formerly Sec. 19-210). Registration of manufacturers and wholesalers of drugs. Sale of drugs limited. (a) Definitions. As used in this section: (1) “Drugs”, “devices” and “cosmetics” have the same meanings as defined in section 21a-92, “wholesaler” or “distributor” …

Sec. 21a-70a. (Formerly Sec. 21a-250a). Distribution of noncontrolled drugs used as emergency stock. Noncontrolled drugs distributed as emergency stock to a medical director of a chronic and convalescent nursing home or a rest home with nursing supervision shall be supplied in co…

Sec. 21a-70b. Regulation of sales of drugs at flea markets. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Flea market” means any location other than a permanent retail store at which space is rented or otherwise made available to others for the conduct of business as transient or itinerant v…

Sec. 21a-70c. Prescription drug pedigree program. Working group convened. (a) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall convene a working group comprised of the Commissioners of Consumer Protection and Emergency Services and Public Protection, or their designees, a member of …

Sec. 21a-70d. Definitions. As used in this section and section 21a-70e: (1) “Biologic” means a biological product, as defined in 42 USC 262(i), as amended from time to time, that is regulated as a drug under the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 USC 301 et seq.; (2) “Depart…

Sec. 21a-70e. Pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturing company. Adoption of code on interaction with health care professionals and comprehensive compliance program. Civil penalty. (a) On or before January 1, 2011, each pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturing company …

Sec. 21a-70f. Report of payment or transfer of value by manufacturer to advanced practice registered nurse who is practicing not in collaboration with a physician. Penalty. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Advanced practice registered nurse” means a person licensed pursuant…

Sec. 21a-70g. Investigational drug, biological product or device for patients with terminal illnesses. Liability of manufacturer. (a) A manufacturer of an investigational drug, biological product or device, as defined in section 20-14q, may make available the manufacturer's inves…