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

Sec. 20-300c. Professional engineers. Surrender of license. Obtaining new license. Regulations. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall amend the regulations of Connecticut state agencies to: (1) Allow professional engineers licensed pursuant to this chapter to surrender th…

Sec. 20-301. Receipts and disbursements. Roster of registrants. The Department of Consumer Protection shall receive and account for all moneys derived under the provisions of this chapter and shall pay the same to the State Treasurer. The board shall cause to be kept a register o…

Sec. 20-302. Requirements for licensure. No person shall practice or offer to practice the profession of engineering in any of its branches, including land surveying, or use any title or description tending to convey the impression that such person is a professional engineer or a…

Sec. 20-303. Reexaminations. Any applicant for a license under this chapter who fails an examination given under section 20-302 may apply for reexamination upon notification of failure and will be reexamined upon payment of an additional fee as provided in section 20-305. (1949 R…

Sec. 20-304. Licenses and seals. Acceptance by the state and political subdivisions of the state of final drawings, specifications, plots, reports, papers, documents, etc., when sealed and submitted on behalf of an employer. The Department of Consumer Protection shall issue a lic…

Sec. 20-304a. Automatic fire sprinkler system layout technician's license. Exemption. Regulations. (a) The board or Commissioner of Consumer Protection may issue an automatic fire sprinkler system layout technician's license to any person who has received level III certification …

Sec. 20-305. Application and license fees. Applications for licensure under this chapter shall be on forms prescribed and furnished by the Department of Consumer Protection. The nonrefundable application fee for a professional engineer license shall be eighty dollars. The nonrefu…

Sec. 20-306. Expirations and renewals. (a)(1) The Department of Consumer Protection shall notify each person licensed under this chapter of the date of the expiration of such license and the amount of the fee required for its renewal for one year. Such license renewals shall be a…

Sec. 20-306a. Practice of engineering or land surveying by a corporation or limited liability company. (a) The practice of or the offer to practice professional engineering in this state by individual licensed professional engineers or the practice of or the offer to practice lan…

Sec. 20-306b. Formation of corporation or limited liability company for joint practice. (a) One or more architects, each of whom is licensed under the provisions of chapter 390, one or more landscape architects, each of whom is licensed under the provisions of chapter 396, one or…

Sec. 20-307. Appeals from board. Reissuance of license or certificate. Appeals from the decisions of the board concerning the issuance or the suspension or revocation of any license or certificate of registration under the provisions of this chapter may be taken as provided in se…

Sec. 20-307a. Investigation of violations. Hearing. Issuance of order. The Department of Consumer Protection may, upon request of the board or on its own motion, inquire into the existence of violations of the provisions of this chapter. If, after notice and opportunity for heari…

Sec. 20-308. Reciprocity. (a) The board may, upon application and the payment of a fee of one hundred ninety dollars to the Department of Consumer Protection, authorize the department to issue a license as a professional engineer, or a combined license as a professional engineer …

Sec. 20-308a. Immunity for provision of structural, electrical, mechanical or other engineering services in connection with emergency. Time period of immunity. (a) As used in this section, “professional engineer” means a person licensed as a professional engineer under this chapt…

Sec. 20-309. Exemptions. The following persons shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter: (1) An employee or a subordinate of a person holding a license under this chapter, provided the work of such employee shall be under the responsible supervision of a person so lice…

Sec. 20-310. Penalty. Any person who knowingly or wilfully violates any provision of this chapter shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned not more than three months or both. (1949 Rev., S. 4631.)

Sec. 20-311. Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Advertising” (A) means disseminating, publishing or causing to be posted by way of any (i) print media, including, but not limited to, outdoor signage and periodicals, (ii) audio or vid…

Sec. 20-311a. Real Estate Commission. (a) There is created in the Department of Consumer Protection the Connecticut Real Estate Commission. (b) The commission shall consist of eight persons, electors of the state, appointed by the Governor. Three of the members shall be at the ti…

Sec. 20-311b. Duties of commission. (a) Within thirty days after the appointment of the members of the commission, the commission shall meet in the city of Hartford for the purpose of organizing by selecting such officers other than a chairperson as the commission may deem necess…

Sec. 20-311c. Executive director. Expenses of commission members. Records. Section 20-311c is repealed. (1967, P.A. 460, S. 3; 1971, P.A. 718, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 128, 221, 610; P.A. 80-205, S. 5.)

Sec. 20-311d. Bond for chairperson. The chairperson of the commission shall be bonded under the provisions of section 4-20, in such sum as the State Insurance and Risk Management Board may prescribe, with the condition that the chairperson faithfully perform the duties of the off…

Sec. 20-311e. Deposit of fees. The commission shall deposit all moneys received by it from fees in accordance with the provisions of this chapter with the State Treasurer, and they shall, except as to that portion thereof required to be paid over to The University of Connecticut …

Sec. 20-311f. Arbitration of disputes between brokers or salespersons. The commission shall have the power to act as a board of arbitration to consider and decide any dispute over commissions arising between brokers or salespersons that is voluntarily submitted to the commission …

Sec. 20-312. License required. Imposition of fine. Teams. (a) No person shall act as a real estate licensee without a license issued by the commission or the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, unless exempt under this chapter. The commissioner may enter into any contract for th…

Sec. 20-312a. Liability of brokers for salespersons affiliated as independent contractors. In any action brought by a third party against a real estate salesperson affiliated with a real estate broker as an independent contractor, such broker shall be liable to the same extent as…

Sec. 20-312b. Real estate licensees not deemed “employees” under section 31-275. A real estate licensee shall not be considered an employee under the provisions of section 31-275 if substantially all of the remuneration for the services performed by such real estate licensee, whe…

Sec. 20-312c. Associate brokers and supervising licensees. (a) No associate broker shall engage in the real estate business unless the supervising licensee that is responsible for controlling and supervising the associate broker (1) knows that such associate broker is engaging in…

Sec. 20-313. Application for license. Any person possessing the qualifications prescribed in this chapter, and in any regulations adopted under this chapter, who desires to engage in the real estate business shall apply, in writing, as provided in this chapter, to the commission …

Sec. 20-314. License qualifications. Examinations. Renewals. Fees. Reinstatement. Hearings. (a) Licenses shall be granted under this chapter only to persons who bear a good reputation for honesty, truthfulness and fair dealing and who are competent to transact the business of a r…

Sec. 20-314a. Regulations concerning approval of schools, courses and advertising. Exemption from experience requirement for certain applicants. (a) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, with the advice and assistance of the commission, may adopt regulations, in accordance wit…

Sec. 20-314b. Validity of license. Any person licensed under this chapter shall be permitted to perform the work covered by such license in any municipality of this state without further examination or licensing by such municipality. (P.A. 78-63, S. 1, 2; P.A. 91-229, S. 7, 19; P…

Sec. 20-314c. Real estate student intern program. Application. Exemption from license requirements while enrolled in intern program. Section 20-314c is repealed, effective January 1, 2018. (P.A. 79-74, S. 1; P.A. 80-104; P.A. 98-10, S. 10; P.A. 03-71, S. 2; P.A. 17-75, S. 5.)

Sec. 20-314d. Schools offering prelicensing or continuing education. Registration. Fees. Instructions. (a)(1) A school shall register with the department, in a form and manner prescribed by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, prior to offering any prelicensing or continuing …

Sec. 20-314e. Courses of prelicensing or continuing education. Registration. Fees. (a) Each school that is registered with the department pursuant to section 20-314d shall register with the department, in a form and manner prescribed by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, ea…

Sec. 20-315. Bond. Section 20-315 is repealed. (1953, S. 2344d; 1969, P.A. 525, S. 11.)

Sec. 20-316. Grounds for refusal of license. (a) The commission or Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall not deny a license under this chapter to any applicant who has been convicted of forgery, embezzlement, obtaining money under false pretenses, extortion, criminal conspira…

Sec. 20-317. Persons licensed in another state as a real estate licensee. Requirements for Connecticut license. (a) A person licensed in another state to engage in the real estate business may become a real estate licensee in this state by conforming to all of the provisions of t…

Sec. 20-318. Certificate. The Department of Consumer Protection shall issue to each licensee under this chapter a license certificate in such size and form as the department determines. (1953, S. 2347d; P.A. 81-361, S. 21, 39; P.A. 90-332, S. 11, 32; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-12, S.…

Sec. 20-319. Disclosures re representation, agency relationships, confidentiality and fair housing. Regulations. Fee. (a) The commission shall authorize the department to issue a two-year renewal license to any applicant who possesses the qualifications specified in, and has othe…

Sec. 20-319a. Change of salesperson's or associate broker's employment or affiliation. Change or transfer of team's registration. Fees. (a) Each licensed real estate salesperson or associate broker who transfers such real estate salesperson's or associate broker's affiliation wit…

Sec. 20-320. Suspension or revocation of license or registration. Fines. (a) The department may investigate the actions of any person who engages in the real estate business or offers real estate courses within this state. The commission or department may temporarily suspend or p…

Sec. 20-320a. Paid referral of any buyer of real property to an attorney, mortgage broker or lender prohibited. No real estate licensee, no person affiliated with a real estate licensee, and no person engaging in the real estate business may receive a fee, commission or other for…

Sec. 20-320b. Prohibition against influencing real estate appraisals. Violation, penalty. (a) A real estate licensee shall not influence residential real estate appraisals. (b) Violations of subsection (a) of this section shall be subject to the actions and penalties set forth in…

Sec. 20-321. Notice and hearing. Before refusing, suspending or revoking any license or imposing any fine under this chapter, the commission shall give notice and afford an opportunity for hearing as provided in the regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection. …

Sec. 20-322. Appeal. Any person aggrieved by any decision or order of the commission may appeal in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183. (1953, S. 2350d; 1971, P.A. 179, S. 16; P.A. 76-436, S. 435, 681; P.A. 77-603, S. 82, 125; 77-614, S. 229, 610; P.A. 90-332, S. 16, …

Sec. 20-323. Revocation of license upon conviction of crime. Any real estate licensee under this chapter who is convicted of a violation of any of the offenses enumerated in subdivision (8) of subsection (a) of section 20-320 may incur a forfeiture of such real estate licensee's …

Sec. 20-324. Misrepresentation; penalty. Any person wilfully misrepresenting any fact required to be disclosed in any application or in any other form, paper or document required to be filed with the commission in connection with an application for a license under this chapter sh…

Sec. 20-324a. Real Estate Guaranty Fund. The commission shall establish and maintain a Real Estate Guaranty Fund from which, subject to the provisions of this section and sections 20-324b to 20-324i, inclusive, any person aggrieved by any action of a real estate licensee, duly li…

Sec. 20-324b. Fee payable to fund. Each real estate licensee shall, upon application for a license under this chapter, pay an additional one-time fee of twenty dollars in addition to all other fees payable, which additional fee shall be credited to the Real Estate Guaranty Fund. …

Sec. 20-324c. Level of guaranty fund. Credits to guaranty fund and General Fund. The commission shall maintain the Real Estate Guaranty Fund at a level not to exceed five hundred thousand dollars and to this intent moneys received under section 20-324b shall be credited to said f…