Title 19a — Title 19a: Public Health and Well-Being
32 chapters · 1,163 sections in this title.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-560 Disclosure of Medicaid and Medicare participation and advance payment and deposit requirements by nursing homes.
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Sec. 19a-560. Disclosure of Medicaid and Medicare participation and advance payment and deposit requirements by nursing homes. (a) Each nursing home shall post in a prominent location a clearly legible sign stating (1) whether the nursing home has a provider agreement with the st…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-561 Nursing facility management services. Certification. Initial applications and biennial renewals. Investigation. Disciplinary action.
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Sec. 19a-561. Nursing facility management services. Certification. Initial applications and biennial renewals. Investigation. Disciplinary action. (a) As used in this section, (1) “nursing facility management services” means services provided in a nursing facility to manage the o…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-562 Dementia special care units or programs. Definitions. Disclosure requirements.
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Sec. 19a-562. Dementia special care units or programs. Definitions. Disclosure requirements. (a) As used in this section and section 19a-562a, “dementia special care unit or program” means any nursing facility, residential care home, assisted living facility, adult congregate liv…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-562a Training requirements for nursing home facility and dementia special care unit or program staff.
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Sec. 19a-562a. Training requirements for nursing home facility and dementia special care unit or program staff. (a) Each nursing home facility that is not a residential care home or a dementia special care unit or program shall (1) annually provide a minimum of two hours of train…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-562b Staff training and education on Alzheimer's disease and dementia symptoms and care.
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Sec. 19a-562b. Staff training and education on Alzheimer's disease and dementia symptoms and care. Each home health agency, residential care home and assisted living services agency, as those terms are defined in section 19a-490, and each licensed hospice care organization operat…
Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 19a-562c to 19a-562e 19a-562c to 19a-562e
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Secs. 19a-562c to 19a-562e. Reserved for future use.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-562f Nursing home facility staffing levels. Definitions.
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Sec. 19a-562f. Nursing home facility staffing levels. Definitions. As used in this section and sections 19a-562g and 19a-562h: (1) “Nurse” means an advanced practice registered nurse, registered nurse or licensed practical nurse licensed pursuant to chapter 378; (2) “Advanced pra…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-562g Calculation of nurses and nurse's aides providing direct patient care. Daily posting. Public availability of information.
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Sec. 19a-562g. Calculation of nurses and nurse's aides providing direct patient care. Daily posting. Public availability of information. (a) Each nursing home facility shall calculate on a daily basis, for the purposes of posting the information required under subsection (b) of t…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-562h Failure to comply with nursing home facility staffing level requirement. Disciplinary action and citation. Posting and inclusion in Department of Public Health listing.
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Sec. 19a-562h. Failure to comply with nursing home facility staffing level requirement. Disciplinary action and citation. Posting and inclusion in Department of Public Health listing. (a) If the Commissioner of Public Health finds that a nursing home facility has substantially fa…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-563 Nursing homes and dementia special care units. Infection prevention and control specialists. Definitions. Requirements.
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Sec. 19a-563. Nursing homes and dementia special care units. Infection prevention and control specialists. Definitions. Requirements. (a) As used in this section and sections 19a-563a to 19a-563h, inclusive: (1) “Nursing home” means any chronic and convalescent nursing home or an…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-563a Provision of emergency plan of operations by nursing homes and dementia special care units to their political subdivision of this state.
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Sec. 19a-563a. Provision of emergency plan of operations by nursing homes and dementia special care units to their political subdivision of this state. On or before January 1, 2022, the administrative head of each nursing home and each dementia special care unit shall provide its…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-563b Nursing homes. Personal protective equipment requirements. Process for evaluating, provision of feedback on, approval and distribution of personal protective equipment in a public health emergency.
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Sec. 19a-563b. Nursing homes. Personal protective equipment requirements. Process for evaluating, provision of feedback on, approval and distribution of personal protective equipment in a public health emergency. (a) The administrative head of each nursing home shall ensure that …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-563c Nursing homes. Staff member or contracted professional licensed or certified to start an intravenous line. Requirement.
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Sec. 19a-563c. Nursing homes. Staff member or contracted professional licensed or certified to start an intravenous line. Requirement. The administrative head of each nursing home shall ensure that there is at least one staff member or contracted professional licensed or certifie…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-563d Nursing homes. Infection prevention and control committee requirements.
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Sec. 19a-563d. Nursing homes. Infection prevention and control committee requirements. Each nursing home's infection prevention and control committee shall meet (1) at least monthly, and (2) during an outbreak of an infectious disease, daily, provided daily meetings do not cause …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-563e Nursing homes. Testing of staff and residents during an infectious disease outbreak.
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Sec. 19a-563e. Nursing homes. Testing of staff and residents during an infectious disease outbreak. Each nursing home shall, during an outbreak of an infectious disease, test staff and residents of the nursing home for the infectious disease at a frequency determined by the Depar…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-563f Nursing homes and dementia special care units. Establishment and duties of family council. Definition.
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Sec. 19a-563f. Nursing homes and dementia special care units. Establishment and duties of family council. Definition. On or before January 1, 2022, the administrative head of each nursing home and dementia special care unit shall encourage the establishment of a family council an…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-563g Nursing homes. Resident care plans.
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Sec. 19a-563g. Nursing homes. Resident care plans. (a) On or before January 1, 2022, the administrative head of each nursing home shall ensure that each resident's care plan includes the following: (1) Measures to address the resident's social, emotional and mental health needs, …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-563h Nursing homes. Minimum staffing level requirements. Regulations.
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Sec. 19a-563h. Nursing homes. Minimum staffing level requirements. Regulations. (a) As used in this section, “direct care” means hands-on care provided by a registered nurse, licensed pursuant to chapter 378, licensed practical nurse, licensed pursuant to chapter 378, or a nurse'…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-564 Assisted living services agencies. Licensure. Dementia special care approval. Regulations.
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Sec. 19a-564. Assisted living services agencies. Licensure. Dementia special care approval. Regulations. (a) The Commissioner of Public Health shall license assisted living services agencies, as defined in section 19a-490. A managed residential community wishing to provide assist…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-564a Assisted living services agencies. Licensure to operate or provide services at managed residential community. Commissioner of Public Health notification to State Ombudsman.
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Sec. 19a-564a. Assisted living services agencies. Licensure to operate or provide services at managed residential community. Commissioner of Public Health notification to State Ombudsman. Not later than thirty days after granting licensure to an assisted living services agency th…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-564b Managed residential communities. Notification required re operator or assisted living services agency changes.
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Sec. 19a-564b. Managed residential communities. Notification required re operator or assisted living services agency changes. Each managed residential community shall provide not less than thirty days' notice to its residents and residents' legal representatives before (1) the op…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-565 (Formerly Sec. 19a-30). Clinical laboratories, blood collection facilities and source plasma donation centers. Regulation and licensure. Proficiency standards for tests not performed in laboratories. Prohibitions. Penalties. Regulations.
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Sec. 19a-565. (Formerly Sec. 19a-30). Clinical laboratories, blood collection facilities and source plasma donation centers. Regulation and licensure. Proficiency standards for tests not performed in laboratories. Prohibitions. Penalties. Regulations. (a) As used in this section,…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-565a (Formerly Sec. 19a-30a). Reporting of clinical laboratory errors.
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Sec. 19a-565a. (Formerly Sec. 19a-30a). Reporting of clinical laboratory errors. (a) Each clinical laboratory, licensed pursuant to section 19a-565, which discovers a medical error made in the performance or reporting of any test or examination performed by the laboratory shall p…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-565b (Formerly Sec. 19a-31). Clinical laboratories to analyze chiropractic specimens.
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Sec. 19a-565b. (Formerly Sec. 19a-31). Clinical laboratories to analyze chiropractic specimens. Any licensed clinical laboratory in this state shall accept or obtain specimens for analysis at the request of any chiropractic physician licensed under the provisions of chapter 372. …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-565c (Formerly Sec. 19a-31b). Hair follicle drug testing by clinical laboratories.
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Sec. 19a-565c. (Formerly Sec. 19a-31b). Hair follicle drug testing by clinical laboratories. No clinical laboratory, as defined in section 19a-490, that offers hair follicle drug testing as part of its array of diagnostic testing services shall refuse to administer a hair follicl…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-566 Birth centers. Licensure. Regulations.
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Sec. 19a-566. Birth centers. Licensure. Regulations. (a) On and after January 1, 2024, no person, entity, firm, partnership, corporation, limited liability company or association shall establish, conduct, operate or maintain a birth center, as defined in section 19a-490, in this …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-567 Adverse credentialing or privileging action based on provision of reproductive health care services prohibited.
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Sec. 19a-567. Adverse credentialing or privileging action based on provision of reproductive health care services prohibited. (a) As used in this section, (1) “credentialing” means the process of assessing and validating the qualifications of a health care provider applying to be…
Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 19a-56a and 19a-56b (Formerly Secs. 10a-132b and 10a-132d). Birth defects surveillance program; collection of birth defects data; advisory committee. Confidentiality of birth defects information; access.
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Secs. 19a-56a and 19a-56b. (Formerly Secs. 10a-132b and 10a-132d). Birth defects surveillance program; collection of birth defects data; advisory committee. Confidentiality of birth defects information; access. Sections 19a-56a and 19a-56b are repealed, effective October 1, 2016.…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-57 (Formerly Sec. 19-21d). Loans for purchase of hemodialysis treatment machines.
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Sec. 19a-57. (Formerly Sec. 19-21d). Loans for purchase of hemodialysis treatment machines. Section 19a-57 is repealed, effective October 1, 2016. (P.A. 73-447, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 16-66, S. 53.)
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-570 Definitions.
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Sec. 19a-570. Definitions. For purposes of this section and sections 19a-571 to 19a-580g, inclusive: (1) “Advance health care directive” or “advance directive” means a writing executed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, including, but not limited to, a living will…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-571 Liability re removal of life support system of incapacitated patient. Consideration of wishes of patient.
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Sec. 19a-571. Liability re removal of life support system of incapacitated patient. Consideration of wishes of patient. (a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of this section, any physician licensed under chapter 370, any advanced practice registered nurse licensed under…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-572 Failure to execute document creates no presumption re wishes of patient.
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Sec. 19a-572. Failure to execute document creates no presumption re wishes of patient. Sections 19a-571 and 19a-573 to 19a-575a, inclusive, create no presumption concerning the wishes of a patient who has not executed a document as described in sections 19a-575 and 19a-575a. (P.A…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-573 Comfort care and pain alleviation to be provided. Documents executed prior to October 1, 1991.
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Sec. 19a-573. Comfort care and pain alleviation to be provided. Documents executed prior to October 1, 1991. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 19a-571, 19a-572, 19a-575, 19a-575a, 19a-577, 19a-580a and 19a-580b, comfort care and pain alleviation shall be provided in …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-574 Nonapplicability to pregnant patient.
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Sec. 19a-574. Nonapplicability to pregnant patient. Section 19a-574 is repealed, effective May 24, 2018. (P.A. 85-606, S. 5; P.A. 93-407, S. 8; P.A. 18-11, S. 4.)
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-575 Form of document re health care instructions and withdrawal or withholding of life support systems.
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Sec. 19a-575. Form of document re health care instructions and withdrawal or withholding of life support systems. Any person eighteen years of age or older may execute a document that contains directions as to any aspect of health care, including the withholding or withdrawal of …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-575a Form of document re health care instructions, appointment of health care representative, designation of conservator for future incapacity and anatomical gift. Revocation of appointment. Absence of knowledge of revocation.
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Sec. 19a-575a. Form of document re health care instructions, appointment of health care representative, designation of conservator for future incapacity and anatomical gift. Revocation of appointment. Absence of knowledge of revocation. (a) Any person eighteen years of age or old…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-576 Appointment of health care representative.
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Sec. 19a-576. Appointment of health care representative. (a) Any person eighteen years of age or older may appoint a health care representative by executing a document in accordance with section 19a-575a or section 19a-577, signed and dated by such person in the presence of two a…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-577 Form of document re appointment of health care representative.
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Sec. 19a-577. Form of document re appointment of health care representative. Any person eighteen years of age or older may execute a document that may, but need not be, in substantially the following form: DOCUMENT CONCERNING THE APPOINTMENTOF HEALTH CARE REPRESENTATIVE “I unders…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-578 Proof of living will document or document appointing health care representative. Physician to make documents and oral communications re health care and withdrawal of life support systems part of medical record.
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Sec. 19a-578. Proof of living will document or document appointing health care representative. Physician to make documents and oral communications re health care and withdrawal of life support systems part of medical record. (a) Any or all of the attesting witnesses to any living…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-579 When living will or appointment of health care representative becomes operative. Disclosure of physician's determination of incapacity.
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Sec. 19a-579. When living will or appointment of health care representative becomes operative. Disclosure of physician's determination of incapacity. A living will or appointment of health care representative becomes operative when (1) the document is furnished to the attending p…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-579a Revocation of living will. Absence of knowledge of revocation.
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Sec. 19a-579a. Revocation of living will. Absence of knowledge of revocation. (a) A living will may be revoked at any time and in any manner by the declarant, without regard to the declarant's mental or physical condition. (b) The attending physician or other health care provider…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-579b Revocation of appointment of spouse as health care representative upon divorce or legal separation.
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Sec. 19a-579b. Revocation of appointment of spouse as health care representative upon divorce or legal separation. The appointment of the principal's spouse as health care representative shall be revoked upon the divorce or legal separation of the principal and spouse or upon the…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-58 (Formerly Sec. 19-21e). Pamphlet concerning hearing impairments in infants.
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Sec. 19a-58. (Formerly Sec. 19-21e). Pamphlet concerning hearing impairments in infants. Section 19a-58 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (P.A. 79-287; P.A. 80-483, S. 78, 186; P.A. 81-205, S. 1, 3; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 00-27, S. 9, 24; S.…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-580 Notification of certain persons prior to removal of life support system.
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Sec. 19a-580. Notification of certain persons prior to removal of life support system. Within a reasonable time prior to withholding or causing the removal of any life support system pursuant to sections 19a-570, 19a-571, 19a-573 and 19a-575 to 19a-580c, inclusive, the attending …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-580a Transfer of patient when attending physician or health care provider unwilling to comply with wishes of patient.
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Sec. 19a-580a. Transfer of patient when attending physician or health care provider unwilling to comply with wishes of patient. An attending physician or health care provider who is unwilling to comply with the wishes of the patient or sections 19a-570, 19a-571, 19a-573 and 19a-5…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-580b Prohibition re requiring living will or appointment of health care representative as condition of treatment or health benefits.
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Sec. 19a-580b. Prohibition re requiring living will or appointment of health care representative as condition of treatment or health benefits. No physician, health care provider or health care insurer shall require a person to execute a living will or appoint a health care repres…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-580c Probate Court jurisdiction over disputes re provisions concerning withholding or withdrawal of life support systems or other medical treatment and capacity of health care representative. Health care representative's standing to challenge revocation.
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Sec. 19a-580c. Probate Court jurisdiction over disputes re provisions concerning withholding or withdrawal of life support systems or other medical treatment and capacity of health care representative. Health care representative's standing to challenge revocation. (a) The probate…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-580d Do not resuscitate orders. Definition. Regulations.
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Sec. 19a-580d. Do not resuscitate orders. Definition. Regulations. (a) For purposes of this section, “do not resuscitate order” or “DNR order” means an order written by a physician licensed under chapter 370 or advanced practice registered nurse licensed under chapter 378 for a p…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-580e Conservator's duty to comply with conserved person's health care instructions or other wishes. Precedence of health care representative's decisions. Exceptions.
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Sec. 19a-580e. Conservator's duty to comply with conserved person's health care instructions or other wishes. Precedence of health care representative's decisions. Exceptions. (a) Except as authorized by a court of competent jurisdiction, a conservator shall comply with a conserv…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-580f Validity of advance directives, appointments of health care agent and powers of attorney for health care decisions executed before October 1, 2006.
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Sec. 19a-580f. Validity of advance directives, appointments of health care agent and powers of attorney for health care decisions executed before October 1, 2006. (a) An advance directive properly executed prior to October 1, 2006, shall have the same legal force and effect as if…