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

Sec. 20-365. Licensure without examination. Licensure exemptions. (a) The commissioner may, upon receipt of an application and the payment of a fee of forty dollars, issue a license to any person who holds a license or certificate of registration issued to such person by proper a…

Sec. 20-366. Penalty. Any person who knowingly or wilfully violates any provision of this chapter shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars. (1967, P.A. 459, S. 10; P.A. 12-80, S. 13.) History: P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty of a fine of not more than $300 or imprisonment of…

Sec. 20-367. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Board” means the State Board of Landscape Architects appointed under the provisions of section 20-368; (2) “The practice of landscape architecture” means rendering or offering to render the service of site planning, which ma…

Sec. 20-368. State Board of Landscape Architects. Regulations. (a) There shall be in the Department of Consumer Protection a State Board of Landscape Architects which shall consist of seven members appointed by the Governor subject to the provisions of section 4-9a. The Governor …

Sec. 20-369. License required for practice of landscape architecture. Use of title “landscape architect”. No person, except as provided in this chapter, shall engage in the practice of landscape architecture in this state or use the title “landscape architect” or display or use a…

Sec. 20-369a. Practice of landscape architecture under corporate form or by corporation or limited liability company employing licensed landscape architects. (a) The practice of or the offer to practice landscape architecture in this state by individual licensed landscape archite…

Sec. 20-370. Examination for licensure. Fee. No person shall receive a license under the provisions of this chapter until such person has passed an examination which shall include the Landscape Architect Registration examination established by the Council of Landscape Architectur…

Sec. 20-371. Waiver of requirements for examination. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 20-370, the board may waive the requirements for examination of a currently practicing, competent landscape architect holding a license in another state provided that state has licensur…

Sec. 20-372. Issuance of license. Roster. Seal. (a) The issuance of a license by the Department of Consumer Protection shall be evidence that the person named in such license is entitled to the rights and privileges of a licensed landscape architect while such license remains val…

Sec. 20-373. Suspension or revocation of license or registration and other disciplinary actions of board. Appeal. After notice and opportunity for hearing as provided in the regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, the board may: (1) Suspend or revoke any l…

Sec. 20-374. Fees. Continuing education. Regulations. (a) Every licensed landscape architect shall pay an annual license fee to the department. A holder of a valid license who is not engaging in the active practice of the holder's profession in this state and does not desire to r…

Sec. 20-375. Penalty. Any person who knowingly, wilfully or intentionally violates any provision of this chapter shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars, or imprisoned not more than three months, or be both fined and imprisoned. (1967, P.A. 748, S. 10.)

Sec. 20-376. Exemptions. The following persons and activities are exempted from the provisions of this chapter: Any architect registered under the provisions of chapter 390; and any professional engineer registered under chapter 391. Nothing in this chapter shall prevent a vendor…

Sec. 20-377. License without examination. Section 20-377 is repealed. (1967, P.A. 748, S. 5; P.A. 73-616, S. 20.)

Sec. 20-377k. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Consumer Protection; and (2) “interior designer” means a person qualified by education, experience and examination who (A) identifies, researches and creatively solves problems pertai…

Sec. 20-377l. Use of title. Use of seal. (a) No person shall use the title “registered interior designer” or display or use any words, letters, figures, title, sign, seal, advertisement or other device to indicate that such person is a registered interior designer in this state, …

Sec. 20-377m. Application for certificate of registration. Fee. (a) A person seeking a certificate of registration as an interior designer shall apply to the commissioner in writing, on a form provided by the commissioner. Such application shall include the applicant's name, resi…

Sec. 20-377n. Qualifications for certificate of registration. Reciprocity. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no person shall be issued a certificate of registration as an interior designer unless such person submits satisfactory proof that such person has …

Sec. 20-377o. Issuance of certificate of registration. Suspension, revocation, refusal to issue or renew. Notice and hearing. (a) Upon receipt of a completed application and fee, the commissioner shall: (1) Issue and deliver to the applicant a certificate of registration as an in…

Sec. 20-377p. Certificate of registration. Roster of registered interior designers, licensed architects and other information. Index and record. A certificate of registration as an interior designer shall be evidence that the person named in the certificate is entitled to the rig…

Sec. 20-377q. Investigations. Subpoenas. Injunctions. (a) The commissioner may conduct investigations and hold hearings on any matter under the provisions of sections 20-377k to 20-377v, inclusive. The commissioner may issue subpoenas, administer oaths, compel testimony and order…

Sec. 20-377r. Grounds for revocation or suspension of certificate of registration. Notice and hearing. (a) The commissioner may revoke or suspend any certificate of registration as an interior designer for: (1) Conduct of a character likely to mislead, deceive or defraud the publ…

Sec. 20-377s. Inclusion of certificate of registration number in advertisement and written communication. Prohibited acts. License nontransferable. Expiration of certificate. Renewal fees. Continuing education. (a) A registered interior designer shall include his or her certifica…

Sec. 20-377t. Regulations. The commissioner shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54, in order to carry out the provisions of sections 20-377k to 20-377v, inclusive. (P.A. 87-519, S. 10, 13; P.A. 98-3, S. 60.) History: P.A. 87-519, S. 10 effective July 1, 1988; P.A. …

Sec. 20-377u. Appeals. Any person aggrieved by an order or decision of the commissioner under sections 20-377k to 20-377v, inclusive, may appeal therefrom in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183. (P.A. 87-519, S. 11, 13.) History: P.A. 87-519, S. 11 effective July 1, 1…

Sec. 20-377v. Penalties. Any person who knowingly, wilfully or intentionally violates any provision of sections 20-377k to 20-377u, inclusive, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or be both fined and imprisoned. (P.A. 87-519, S. …

Secs. 20-378 to 20-395. Ambulance services. Sections 20-378 to 20-395, inclusive, are repealed. (1967, P.A. 809, S. 1–18; 1969, P.A. 748, S. 1, 3–7; 1971, P.A. 682, S. 1; P.A. 74-277, S. 1, 2; 74-305, S. 18, 19.)

Sec. 20-395a. Definitions. As used in this section and sections 20-395b to 20-395h, inclusive: (1) “Audiologist” means an individual who engages in the practice of audiology under any title or description of service incorporating the words audiology, audiologist, audiological, he…

Sec. 20-395b. License required. No person shall engage in or offer to engage in the practice of audiology or represent himself as an audiologist in this state unless such person is licensed or exempted under the provisions of sections 20-395a to 20-395g, inclusive. (P.A. 09-232, …

Sec. 20-395c. Qualification for licensure. Waiver of postgraduate supervised employment requirement. Waiver of written examination. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, no person shall be licensed pursuant to this section until such person has successfully pa…

Sec. 20-395d. License fees and renewal. Continuing education: Contact hours; attestation; record-keeping; exemptions, waivers and extensions; reinstatement of void licenses. (a) The fee for an initial license as an audiologist shall be two hundred dollars. Licenses shall be renew…

Sec. 20-395e. Permitted practices. Nothing in sections 20-395a to 20-395g, inclusive, shall be construed as prohibiting: (1) Consulting with or disseminating research findings and scientific information to accredited academic institutions or governmental agencies or offering lect…

Sec. 20-395f. Disciplinary action; grounds. (a) The commissioner may refuse to issue a license or may suspend or revoke the license of any licensee or take any of the actions set forth in section 19a-17 in circumstances which have endangered or are likely to endanger the health, …

Sec. 20-395g. Audiology assistants: Supervision requirements; prohibited activities. (a) An audiology assistant shall work under the direct, on-site supervision of a licensed audiologist. An audiologist supervising an audiology assistant shall assume responsibility for all servic…

Sec. 20-395h. Penalties. Any person who violates any of the provisions of sections 20-395a to 20-395g, inclusive, or the regulations adopted under sections 20-395a to 20-395g, inclusive, shall be guilty of a class D felony. For the purposes of this section, each instance of patie…

Sec. 20-396. Definitions. As used in this chapter, except as the context may require otherwise: (1) “Department” means the Department of Public Health; (2) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Public Health; (3) “Hearing aid” means any wearable instrument or device designed f…

Sec. 20-397. Advisory Council on Hearing Aids. Section 20-397 is repealed. (1972, P.A. 295, S. 2; P.A. 77-473, S. 2; 77-614, S. 609, 610.)

Sec. 20-398. License required; qualifications; examination; fees. (a) No person may engage in the practice of fitting or selling hearing aids, or display a sign or in any other way advertise or claim to be a person who sells or engages in the practice of fitting or selling hearin…

Sec. 20-399. Licensure of out-of-state licensees. Whenever the department determines that another state or jurisdiction has requirements equivalent to or higher than those established pursuant to this chapter and that such state or jurisdiction has a program equivalent to or stri…

Sec. 20-400. Temporary permit. (a) A temporary permit may be issued to a person who has submitted proof satisfactory to the department that the applicant has completed a four-year course at an approved high school or has an equivalent education as determined by the department, up…

Sec. 20-401. Business address to be furnished department. Posting of license. Notices to licensees. (a) A person who holds a license under this chapter or as an audiologist under sections 20-395a to 20-395g, inclusive, shall notify the department in writing of the regular address…

Sec. 20-402. Renewal of license. Continuing education requirements. Reinstatement of void licenses. (a) Licenses issued under this chapter shall be renewed once every two years, in accordance with the provisions of section 19a-88, on payment of the renewal fee of two hundred doll…

Sec. 20-402a. Thirty-day trial period. Buyer's right to cancel. (a) No hearing aid shall be sold to any purchaser unless accompanied in writing by a thirty-day trial period providing that if such purchaser returns the hearing aid in the same condition as when purchased, ordinary …

Sec. 20-403. Consumer to be advised to seek medical care, when. Anyone who has a history of: (1) Visible congenital or traumatic deformity of the ear; (2) active drainage from the ear within the previous ninety days; (3) sudden, or rapidly progressive, hearing loss within the pre…

Sec. 20-404. Disciplinary action; grounds. (a) The department may suspend or revoke the license of a hearing instrument specialist, after notice and hearing as provided in the regulations adopted by the commissioner, or may reprimand or take any of the actions set forth in sectio…

Sec. 20-405. Appeal. Section 20-405 is repealed. (1972, P.A. 295, S. 10; P.A. 76-436, S. 443, 681; P.A. 77-473, S. 11; 77-603, S. 88, 125; 77-614, S. 469, 610; P.A. 78-280, S. 56, 57, 127; P.A. 80-484, S. 175, 176.)