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

Secs. 19a-507e and 19a-507f. Grants and loans for community residential facilities for mentally ill adults. Bond issue. Sections 19a-507e and 19a-507f are repealed. (P.A. 87-405, S. 24–26; P.A. 88-343, S. 24, 32; P.A. 89-331, S. 29, 30.)

Sec. 19a-507g. Adult day health care facilities. Regulations. The Department of Social Services shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, for the certification of adult day health care facilities. In establishing such regulations, the Department of Social Services s…

Sec. 19a-508. (Formerly Sec. 19-590). Notice of appointment of interns, house officers and resident physicians. Within ten days of the date an intern, house officer or resident physician is appointed or employed by any hospital or institution in this state, the superintendent the…

Sec. 19a-508a. Notification to physician and family member. Caregiver or support person of patient's hospital admission. Upon admitting a patient to a hospital, hospital personnel shall promptly ask the patient whether the patient desires for his or her physician and any family m…

Sec. 19a-508b. Notification to patient of placement in observation status by hospital. (a) Each hospital, as defined in section 19a-490, shall provide oral and written notice to each patient that the hospital places in observation status of such placement not later than twenty-fo…

Sec. 19a-508c. Hospital and health system facility fees charged for outpatient services at hospital-based facilities. Notice re establishment of hospital-based facility at which facility fees billed. Penalties. Report. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Affiliated provider” means …

Sec. 19a-508d. Health care provider referral to affiliated health care provider. Notice to patients. Each health care provider that refers a patient to another health care provider who is not a member of the same partnership, professional corporation or limited liability company …

Sec. 19a-509. (Formerly Sec. 19-590a). Hospital and nursing home admission forms. Hospital bills. Utility charges for nursing home patients. (a) All hospitals and all nursing homes shall include on their admission forms a question as to whether a person is a veteran or the spouse…

Sec. 19a-509a. Audits of hospital bills. Charges. (a) No hospital shall charge payers which are health insurance plans or insurance arrangements issued to or in accordance with a trust established pursuant to collective bargaining subject to the federal Labor Management Relations…

Sec. 19a-509b. Hospital bed funds. (a) As used in this section, (1) “hospital bed fund” means any gift of money, stock, bonds, financial instruments or other property made by any donor for the purpose of establishing a fund to provide medical care, including, but not limited to, …

Sec. 19a-509c. Prescription orders in health care facilities. In a facility licensed pursuant to this chapter, a physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse, registered nurse or licensed practical nurse may, except with respect to an order for schedule II controlled s…

Sec. 19a-509d. Transcription and execution of verbal medication orders. When a physician or other authorized prescriber conveys a medication order to a licensed pharmacist by verbal means for a patient in a health care facility licensed pursuant to this chapter, or for a client i…

Sec. 19a-509e. (Formerly Sec. 17a-661). Referrals required for certain patients showing symptoms of substance abuse. Each hospital shall establish and implement, on or before October 1, 1992, a protocol whereby each patient who shows symptoms of substance abuse, shall be provided…

Sec. 19a-509f. Prohibited utility charges to residents of residential care homes, nursing homes and rest homes. (a) No telephone company, telecommunications company, certified telecommunications provider, community antenna television company, certified competitive video service p…

Sec. 19a-509g. Behavioral health facility. Criteria for admission. A behavioral health facility shall use the criteria for admission developed by the American Society of Addiction Medicine for purposes of assessing a person for admission to such facility in consideration of (1) t…

Sec. 19a-51. (Formerly Sec. 19-20a). Pediatric Cardiac Patient Care Fund. There shall be a Pediatric Cardiac Patient Care Fund to be administered by the Department of Public Health and to be used exclusively for medical, surgical, preoperative and postoperative care and hospitali…

Sec. 19a-510. (Formerly Sec. 19-590b). Reporting of burns. Section 19a-510 is repealed. (P.A. 77-197; 77-614, S. 323, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 83-38, S. 1, 2.)

Sec. 19a-510a. Reporting of treatment for burn injuries or injuries resulting from use of fireworks. (a) The attending physician, the director of a health care institution, his designee, or any health care provider shall report the provision of treatment for (1) a second or third…

Sec. 19a-511. (Formerly Sec. 19-591). Nursing home administrators to supervise homes. Definitions. As used in sections 19a-511 to 19a-520, inclusive, “nursing home” means an institution licensed under this chapter and “nursing home administrator” means the person in general admin…

Sec. 19a-512. (Formerly Sec. 19-593). Licensure by examination. Minimum requirements. (a) In order to be eligible for licensure by examination pursuant to sections 19a-511 to 19a-520, inclusive, a person shall submit an application, together with a fee of two hundred dollars, and…

Sec. 19a-513. (Formerly Sec. 19-594). Licensure by endorsement. In order to be eligible for licensure by endorsement pursuant to sections 19a-511 to 19a-520, inclusive, a person shall submit an application for endorsement licensure on a form provided by the department, together w…

Sec. 19a-514. (Formerly Sec. 19-595). Issuance of administrator's license. Nontransferable. The Commissioner of Public Health shall issue a license as a nursing home administrator to any applicant meeting the requirements for licensure as specified in sections 19a-511 to 19a-520,…

Sec. 19a-515. (Formerly Sec. 19-596). License renewal. Continuing education requirement. (a) Each nursing home administrator's license issued pursuant to the provisions of sections 19a-511 to 19a-520, inclusive, shall be renewed once every two years, in accordance with section 19…

Sec. 19a-516. (Formerly Sec. 19-597). Temporary license. Section 19a-516 is repealed. (1969, P.A. 754, S. 8; P.A. 83-263, S. 3, 4.)

Sec. 19a-517. (Formerly Sec. 19-598). Unacceptable conduct. Notice. Hearing. Revocation or suspension of license. Appeal. (a) The Department of Public Health shall have jurisdiction to hear all charges of unacceptable conduct brought against any person licensed to practice as a n…

Sec. 19a-518. (Formerly Sec. 19-599). Penalty. No person shall act as a nursing home administrator unless such person has been licensed as a nursing home administrator under the provisions of sections 19a-511 to 19a-520, inclusive. Any person who violates this section or who wilf…

Sec. 19a-519. (Formerly Sec. 19-600). Regulations. Programs of instruction and training. (a) The Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, with respect to standards for: (1) Approval of institutions of higher education…

Sec. 19a-52. (Formerly Sec. 19-20b). Purchase of equipment for children with physical disabilities or cardiac defects. Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, the Department of Public Health or the department's contractor, in carrying out its powers and dutie…

Sec. 19a-520. (Formerly Sec. 19-601). Changes in regulations to meet federal requirements. The Commissioner of Public Health may make such changes in the rules and regulations adopted under this chapter, as will enable them to conform with federal statutes and regulations relatin…

Sec. 19a-521. (Formerly Sec. 19-602). Nursing home facilities. Definitions. As used in this section and sections 19a-522 to 19a-534a, inclusive, 19a-536 to 19a-539, inclusive, 19a-550 to 19a-554, inclusive, and 19a-562a, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Nursing home fa…

Sec. 19a-521a. Dual inspections of chronic and convalescent nursing homes or rest homes with nursing supervision. The Department of Public Health shall, whenever possible, conduct dual inspections of chronic and convalescent nursing homes or rest homes with nursing supervision wh…

Sec. 19a-521b. Bed positioning in nursing home facilities. More than two beds per room prohibited. Medicaid rate adjustment for bed reduction due to prohibition. (a) Each licensed chronic and convalescent nursing home, chronic disease hospital associated with a chronic and conval…

Sec. 19a-521c. Prescription drugs obtained through United States Department of Veterans Affairs prescription drug program or health plan by patients of nursing home facilities and residential care homes. No nursing home facility, as defined in section 19a-521, or residential care…

Sec. 19a-521d. Prescription drug formulary systems in nursing home facilities. A medical director of a nursing home facility, as defined in section 19a-521, may establish protocols for a prescription drug formulary system in accordance with guidelines established by the American …

Sec. 19a-521e. Reportable events at nursing homes and behavioral health facilities. System for electronic notification. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Nursing home” has the same meaning as provided in section 12-263p; (2) “Behavioral health facility” has the same meaning as pr…

Sec. 19a-522. (Formerly Sec. 19-603). Regulations concerning nursing home facilities' health, safety and welfare. Regulations concerning immunization against influenza and pneumococcal disease. Procedures for reimbursement by nursing home facilities and residential care homes. (a…

Sec. 19a-522a. Chronic and convalescent nursing homes and rest homes with nursing supervision: Resident room and area temperature levels. A chronic and convalescent nursing home or a rest home with nursing supervision may maintain temperatures in resident rooms and other areas us…

Sec. 19a-522b. Chronic and convalescent nursing homes and rest homes with nursing supervision: Preservation and maintenance of patient medical records. Electronic signatures. (a) A chronic and convalescent nursing home or a rest home with nursing supervision shall preserve all pa…

Sec. 19a-522c. Chronic and convalescent nursing homes and rest homes with nursing supervision: In-service training. (a) A nursing home administrator of a chronic and convalescent nursing home or a rest home with nursing supervision shall ensure that all facility staff receive ann…

Sec. 19a-522d. Chronic and convalescent nursing homes and rest homes with nursing supervision: Maximum time span between meals; bedtime nourishment. A chronic and convalescent nursing home or a rest home with nursing supervision may extend the maximum time span between the patien…

Sec. 19a-522e. Chronic and convalescent nursing homes and rest homes with nursing supervision: Stretcher requirement. A chronic and convalescent nursing home or a rest home with nursing supervision may provide one stretcher per floor irrespective of whether such floor contains mu…

Sec. 19a-522f. Chronic and convalescent nursing homes and rest homes with nursing supervision. Administration of peripherally inserted central catheter by IV therapy nurse or physician assistant. Administration of IV therapy or medication by registered nurse. (a) As used in this …

Sec. 19a-522g. Chronic and convalescent nursing homes and rest homes with nursing supervision: Medical history and examination. Each chronic and convalescent nursing home or rest home with nursing supervision shall complete a comprehensive medical history and medical examination …

Sec. 19a-522h. Chronic and convalescent nursing homes. Provision of services to patients with a reportable disease, emergency illness or health condition. Suspension of licensure requirements during public health emergency. (a) The Commissioner of Public Health may suspend the re…

Sec. 19a-523. (Formerly Sec. 19-606). Injunction for violation. (a) If, from the results of an inspection and investigation in accordance with section 19a-498, or upon receipt of a report or complaint from the Commissioner of Social Services, pursuant to section 17a-413, and upon…

Sec. 19a-524. (Formerly Sec. 19-607). Citations issued for certain violations. If, upon review, investigation or inspection pursuant to section 19a-498, the Commissioner of Public Health determines that a nursing home facility or residential care home has violated any provision o…

Sec. 19a-525. (Formerly Sec. 19-608). Contest of citation. Informal conference. Hearing. Final order. (a) The administrator of the nursing home facility or residential care home, or the administrator's designee, shall, not later than five business days after receipt of the citati…

Sec. 19a-526. (Formerly Sec. 19-609). Effect of final order. Payment of civil penalties. (a) When, in the case of a class A or B violation, a final order becomes effective, the citation, the order, if any, affirming or modifying the citation and the finding may be filed by the Co…

Sec. 19a-527. (Formerly Sec. 19-610). Classification of violations by nursing home facilities. Citations issued to nursing home facilities pursuant to section 19a-524 for violations of statutory or regulatory requirements shall be classified according to the nature of the violati…

Sec. 19a-527a. Classification of violations by residential care homes. Citations issued to residential care homes pursuant to section 19a-524, for violations of statutory or regulatory requirements shall be classified according to the nature of the violation and shall state such …