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

Sec. 19a-400. (Formerly Sec. 19-525). Short title: Medicolegal Investigations Act. This chapter may be cited as the “Medicolegal Investigations Act”. (1969, P.A. 699, S. 1.) History: Sec. 19-525 transferred to Sec. 19a-400 in 1983.

Sec. 19a-401. (Formerly Sec. 19-526). Commission on Medicolegal Investigations. Regulations. (a) There is established a Commission on Medicolegal Investigations, as an independent administrative commission, consisting of the Commissioner of Public Health, or the commissioner's de…

Sec. 19a-402. (Formerly Sec. 19-526a). Commission and office within The University of Connecticut Health Center for administrative purposes. Section 19a-402 is repealed, effective July 1, 2014. (P.A. 77-614, S. 333, 610; P.A. 79-560, S. 33, 39; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257,…

Sec. 19a-403. (Formerly Sec. 19-527). Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Fees. Regulations. (a) The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is established to be operated under the control and supervision of the commission. The expenses of the commission and of operating said offi…

Sec. 19a-404. (Formerly Sec. 19-528). Chief Medical Examiner. The Chief Medical Examiner shall be a citizen of the United States and a doctor of medicine licensed to practice medicine in Connecticut and shall have had a minimum of four years postgraduate training in pathology, bo…

Sec. 19a-405. (Formerly Sec. 19-529). Deputy Chief Medical Examiner. Staff. The Chief Medical Examiner, with the approval of the Commission on Medicolegal Investigations, shall appoint a deputy who shall perform all the duties of the Chief Medical Examiner in case of the Chief Me…

Sec. 19a-406. (Formerly Sec. 19-530). Powers and duties of Chief Medical Examiner. Certified pathologists. Autopsies. (a) The Chief Medical Examiner shall investigate all human deaths in the following categories: (1) Violent deaths, whether apparently homicidal, suicidal or accid…

Sec. 19a-407. (Formerly Sec. 19-531). Reports of deaths. Procedure. (a) All law enforcement officers, state's attorneys, prosecuting attorneys, employees of the Department of Correction, other officials, physicians, funeral directors, embalmers and other persons shall promptly no…

Sec. 19a-407a. DNA typing. (a) After performing any death scene investigation when homicide is suspected, the official with custody of the human remains shall ensure that the human remains are delivered to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. (b) The Chief Medical Examiner s…

Sec. 19a-408. (Formerly Sec. 19-532). Disposition of body after proceedings. After the termination of all proceedings for which the body is required by the Chief Medical Examiner, the Deputy Chief Medical Examiner, an associate medical examiner or an authorized assistant medical …

Sec. 19a-409. (Formerly Sec. 19-533). Issuance of death certificate. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner shall complete its investigation where reasonably possible within thirty days. Upon completion of the investigation, the Chief Medical Examiner, Deputy Chief Medical Exam…

Sec. 19a-40a. Criminal history records checks required for applicants for employment in the vital records unit. The Commissioners of Public Health and Administrative Services shall require each applicant for employment in, and each employee applying for transfer to, the vital rec…

Sec. 19a-41. (Formerly Sec. 19-15). Compilation of vital records and statistics. Regulations. The Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, specifying the methods of reporting, recording, issuing, maintaining, indexing…

Sec. 19a-410. (Formerly Sec. 19-534). Laboratories. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner shall maintain a laboratory or laboratories suitably equipped with medical, scientific and other facilities for performance of the duties imposed by this chapter. Laboratories may be main…

Sec. 19a-411. (Formerly Sec. 19-535). Records. (a) The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner shall keep full and complete records properly indexed, giving the name, if known, of every person whose death is investigated, the place where the body was found, the date, cause and manne…

Sec. 19a-412. (Formerly Sec. 19-536). Records as evidence. The records of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, or transcripts thereof certified by the Chief Medical Examiner or his authorized representative, shall be subject to subpoena and shall be admissible in evidence in…

Sec. 19a-413. (Formerly Sec. 19-537). Exhuming of bodies. If death occurred under circumstances as enumerated in subsection (a) of section 19a-406 and if the body has been buried without proper certification of death, the Chief Medical Examiner or his deputy, upon ascertaining su…

Sec. 19a-414. (Formerly Sec. 19-538). Expenditures. The Chief Medical Examiner is authorized to make reasonable expenditures for services necessary to the performance of his duties. (1969, P.A. 699, S. 15.) History: Sec. 19-538 transferred to Sec. 19a-414 in 1983.

Sec. 19a-415. Development and publication of brochure by Office of Chief Medical Examiner. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner shall develop and publish a brochure concerning an explanation of the laws, regulations, procedures and practices of the office and the rights of fa…

Sec. 19a-415a. Release of biologic material of a deceased person. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Biologic material” means blood or other tissue suitable for DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) analysis or testing; and (2) “next of kin” means (A) a spouse; (B) an adult child; (C) …

Secs. 19a-416 to 19a-419. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 19a-41a. Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut access to state's birth and death registries. (a) Upon the request of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation or the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut, the Department of Public Health …

Sec. 19a-42. (Formerly Sec. 19-15a). Amendment of vital records. (a) To protect the integrity and accuracy of vital records, a certificate registered under chapter 93 may be amended only in accordance with sections 19a-41 to 19a-45, inclusive, chapter 93, regulations adopted by t…

Sec. 19a-420. (Formerly Sec. 19-539). Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Youth camp” means any regularly scheduled program or organized group activity advertised as a camp or operated only during school vacations or on weekends by a person, partnership, corporation, assoc…

Sec. 19a-421. (Formerly Sec. 19-540). Licensure. Background checks. Refusal to license, suspension or revocation of license. Notification re certain criminal convictions. Maintenance and inspection of background check documentation. (a) No person shall establish, conduct or maint…

Sec. 19a-422. (Formerly Sec. 19-541). Requirements for licensing of camps. License to be displayed. To be eligible for the issuance or renewal of a youth camp license pursuant to this chapter, the camp shall satisfy the following requirements: (1) The location of the camp shall b…

Sec. 19a-423. (Formerly Sec. 19-542). Disciplinary actions. Due process and appeal procedures. No review of denial of initial license applications. (a) The commissioner may take any of the actions authorized under subsection (b) of this section if the youth camp licensee: (1) Is …

Sec. 19a-424. (Formerly Sec. 19-543). Appeal. Any licensee aggrieved by the action of the commissioner in suspending or revoking any license under the provisions of this chapter may appeal therefrom in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183. (1969, P.A. 820, S. 5; 1971, …

Sec. 19a-425. (Formerly Sec. 19-544). Civil penalty. Equitable relief. Notice. Hearing. (a) Any person who establishes, conducts or maintains a youth camp without a license as required by this chapter for a first offense shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than one th…

Sec. 19a-426. (Formerly Sec. 19-545). Inspection of facilities. The office shall inspect or cause to be inspected the facilities to be operated by an applicant for an original license before the license shall be granted, and again (1) not later than seventy-two hours after the li…

Sec. 19a-427. (Formerly Sec. 19-546). Authorization to accept financial assistance. The commissioner is authorized to accept, on behalf of the state, any grants of federal or private funds made available for any purposes consistent with the provisions of this chapter. The commiss…

Sec. 19a-428. (Formerly Sec. 19-547). Regulations re safe operation, physical examinations and glucose monitoring for diabetes. (a) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, relating to the safe operation of youth camps, including,…

Sec. 19a-428a. Administration, maintenance, storage and labeling of epinephrine at Department of Children and Families Wilderness School. Immunity from liability. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Appropriately trained” means the successful completion of (A) the training requirem…

Sec. 19a-429. Complaints against youth camps. Investigation of complaints. Disclosure of information re complaints and investigations. Any person having reasonable cause to believe that a youth camp, as defined in section 19a-420, is operating without a current and valid license …

Sec. 19a-42a. Record of acknowledgment, recission or adjudication of parentage to be maintained in parentage registry. Disclosure of information to IV-D agency. Access to copies of acknowledgments of parentage. (a) All (1) voluntary acknowledgments of parentage and rescissions of…

Sec. 19a-42b. Amendment of out-of-state or foreign birth certificate to reflect gender change. Probate court jurisdiction. Application process. (a) In the case of a person who is a resident of this state and was born in another state or in a foreign jurisdiction, the probate cour…

Sec. 19a-42c. Revision of marriage license applications and marriage certificates to replace references to bride and groom and eliminate reference to race or ethnicity. On or before January 1, 2022, the Commissioner of Public Health shall revise the application for a marriage lic…

Sec. 19a-43. (Formerly Sec. 19-15b). Reproduction of vital records. To preserve vital records, the Commissioner of Public Health is authorized to prepare typewritten, photographic, electronic, or other reproductions of certificates or reports in the Department of Public Health. S…

Sec. 19a-430. Youth Camp Safety Advisory Council. (a) There is established a Youth Camp Safety Advisory Council within the Office of Early Childhood. The council shall provide advice to the Commissioner of Early Childhood on matters relating to safety issues at youth camps. (b) T…

Secs. 19a-431 to 19a-434. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 19a-435. (Formerly Sec. 19-549). Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, firm, company, association, society or group; (2) “Assembly” means a company of persons gathered together at any loc…

Sec. 19a-436. (Formerly Sec. 19-550). License requirements. Waiver of requirements. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, no person shall permit, maintain, promote, conduct, advertise, act as entrepreneur, undertake, organize, manage or sell or give tickets to…

Sec. 19a-437. (Formerly Sec. 19-551). Information required of applicant. Before the issuance of a license in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, the applicant shall first: (1) Determine the maximum number of people which will be assembled or admitted to the location o…

Sec. 19a-438. (Formerly Sec. 19-552). Application for license. (a) Application for a license to hold an actual or anticipated assembly of two thousand or more persons that continues or can reasonably be expected to continue for twelve or more consecutive hours shall be made, in w…

Sec. 19a-439. (Formerly Sec. 19-553). Issuance of license. If an applicant has complied with all licensure requirements prescribed in this chapter, the chief elected official of the municipality or a designee of the chief elected official shall issue a license for such assembly n…

Sec. 19a-44. (Formerly Sec. 19-15c). Matching of birth and death certificates. To protect the integrity of vital records and to prevent the fraudulent use of birth certificates of deceased persons, the Commissioner of Public Health and the local registrars of vital records are he…

Sec. 19a-440. (Formerly Sec. 19-554). Revocation of license for noncompliance. The chief elected official of the municipality, or a designee of the chief elected official, may revoke a license issued under the provisions of this chapter at any time if the person holding such lice…

Sec. 19a-441. (Formerly Sec. 19-555). Appeal from denial or revocation of license. Any person aggrieved by the denial or revocation of a license under this chapter may appeal therefrom in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183, except venue for such appeal shall be in th…

Sec. 19a-442. (Formerly Sec. 19-556). Injunction. Public nuisance. Fines. (a) The provisions of this chapter may be enforced by injunction in any court of competent jurisdiction. (b) The holding of an assembly in violation of any provision or condition contained in this chapter s…

Sec. 19a-443. (Formerly Sec. 19-557). Exceptions. (a) This chapter shall not apply to any regularly established, permanent place of worship, stadium, athletic field, arena, auditorium, coliseum or other similar permanently established place of assembly for assemblies which do not…