Title 21a — Title 21a: Consumer Protection

Sec. 21a-1. (Formerly Sec. 19-170a). Department and Commissioner of Consumer Protection. Department to be successor agency to Department of Public Safety, Division of Special Revenue and Gaming Policy Board re certain functions. (a) There shall be a Department of Consumer Protect…

Sec. 21a-10. (Formerly Sec. 19-171i). Commissioner of Consumer Protection authorized to establish, combine or abolish divisions, sections or other units, exception. Deputy commissioner. Regulations re staggered schedule for renewal of licenses. Prorated amount for guaranty fund f…

Sec. 21a-10a. Retirement status license. (a) Any person currently holding a license issued by the Department of Consumer Protection pursuant to title 20 who has attained the age of sixty-five may renew his or her license as a retirement status license pursuant to subsections (b) …

Sec. 21a-11. (Formerly Sec. 19-171). Powers and duties of commissioner. (a)(1) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may, subject to the provisions of chapter 67, employ such agents and assistants as are necessary to enforce the provisions of the general statutes wherein the co…

Sec. 21a-11a. Complaints against new home construction contractors, home improvement contractors and salesmen and unregistered persons. Study. Report. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Consumer Protection or the commissioner's duly aut…

Sec. 21a-11b. Issuance of license, permit, certification or registration to certain persons with license, permit, certification or registration from another United States jurisdiction. Requirements. (a) An occupational or professional license, permit, certification or registratio…

Sec. 21a-12. (Formerly Sec. 19-170f). Use of chemicals in removing soot from chimneys and flues. (a) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection is directed to prepare and enforce reasonable regulations for the safe manufacture, storage, transportation and use of chemical, mineral or…

Sec. 21a-12a. Training and education program on playground safety. Regulations. (a) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall develop a training and education program on playground safety issues. Such program may be presented annually. A representative from each municipality …

Sec. 21a-12b. Reusable food and beverage containers containing bisphenol-A: Prohibition; enforcement. (a) For the purposes of this section, “reusable food or beverage container” means a receptacle for storing food or beverages, including, but not limited to, baby bottles, spill-p…

Sec. 21a-12c. Infant formula and baby food receptacles containing bisphenol-A: Prohibition; existing inventory; enforcement. (a) For the purposes of this section, (1) “infant formula” means a milk-based or soy-based powder, concentrated liquid or ready-to-feed substitute for huma…

Sec. 21a-12d. Children's jewelry containing cadmium: Prohibition; enforcement. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Cadmium” means elemental cadmium and any compounds or alloys which contain cadmium; and (2) “Children's jewelry” means any jewelry, including charms, bracelets, pendan…

Sec. 21a-12e. Thermal receipt paper containing bisphenol-A: Prohibition; enforcement. (a) For the purposes of this section, “thermal receipt paper” or “cash register receipt paper” means any paper that is used by a commercial entity to issue a mechanically produced record of a co…

Sec. 21a-12f. Program for collection and disposal of unwanted pharmaceuticals. Public awareness campaign. Regulations. (a) The Department of Consumer Protection shall, in consultation with the Connecticut Pharmacists Association and the Connecticut Police Chiefs Association, deve…

Sec. 21a-12g. Documents re safe storage of prescription drugs, cannabis and cannabis products. Publication. Not later than December 1, 2022, the Department of Consumer Protection shall develop documents concerning the safe storage by consumers of (1) prescription drugs, as define…

Sec. 21a-1a. Commissioner and Department of Consumer Protection substituted for former commissioner and department. (a)(1) Wherever the term “Department of Public Safety” is used in the following general statutes, the term “Department of Consumer Protection” shall be substituted …

Sec. 21a-1b. Commissioner and Department of Consumer Protection substituted for former executive director and division. (a)(1) Wherever the term “executive director of the Division of Special Revenue” is used in the following general statutes, the term “Commissioner of Consumer P…

Sec. 21a-1c. Appointment of director. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may appoint a director to perform such functions as the commissioner shall delegate to implement and administer the provisions of sections 7-169 to 7-186, inclusive, and chapters 226, 226b and 229a. Suc…

Sec. 21a-2. (Formerly Sec. 19-170e). Toll-free telephone line for consumer inquiries and complaints. Processing of consumer complaints and other matters. Notification to respondent. Fine for failure to respond. Notices of administrative enforcement actions. (a) A toll-free teleph…

Sec. 21a-3. (Formerly Sec. 19-171c). Division of Consumer Education. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall establish a Division of Consumer Education to provide free extension courses for the public in consumer economics and consumer finances to develop an awareness of de…

Sec. 21a-3a. Public awareness campaign for elderly consumers re resistance to marketing tactics and scams. The Department of Consumer Protection, in collaboration with the Department of Aging and Disability Services, shall conduct a public awareness campaign, within available fun…

Sec. 21a-4. (Formerly Sec. 19-171b). Refund of fees for unused permits. Fine for payment by check or electronic funds transfer returned as uncollectible. Late fee for late renewal of license, permit, certificate or registration. Reinstatement of lapsed license, permit, certificat…

Sec. 21a-5. (Formerly Sec. 19-171d). Federal funds, separate account authorized. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection is authorized to do all things necessary to apply for, qualify for and accept any federal funds made available or allotted under any federal act for any projec…

Sec. 21a-6. (Formerly Sec. 19-171e). Boards and commissions within Department of Consumer Protection. The following boards shall be within the Department of Consumer Protection: (1) The Architectural Licensing Board established under chapter 390; (2) Repealed by P.A. 93-151, S. 3…

Sec. 21a-7. (Formerly Sec. 19-171f). Powers and duties of boards and commissions within Department of Consumer Protection. (a) Each board or commission within the Department of Consumer Protection under section 21a-6 shall have the following powers and duties: (1) Each board or c…

Sec. 21a-8. (Formerly Sec. 19-171g). Department's and commissioner's powers and duties re boards and commissions. (a) The Department of Consumer Protection shall have the following powers and duties with regard to each board or commission transferred to the Department of Consumer…

Sec. 21a-8a. Consumer protection enforcement account. (a) There is established an account to be known as the “consumer protection enforcement account”. The account may contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Any balance remaining in the account at the e…

Sec. 21a-8b. Agreement with Attorney General re funding to enforce provisions re sale, offer and delivery of cannabis. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 21a-8a, the Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall, upon request by the Attorney General, execute an agreement with …

Sec. 21a-9. (Formerly Sec. 19-171h). Uniform rules of procedure. Regulations re subjects within jurisdiction of boards and commissions within Department of Consumer Protection. Prohibited acts by practitioners. Rejection of decisions with anticompetitive effect. Definitions. (a) …

Sec. 21a-13. (Formerly Sec. 19-171a). Powers concerning kosher food. Section 21a-13 is repealed, effective July 1, 2016. (1959, P.A. 412, S. 29; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 16-117, S. 7.)

Sec. 21a-14. (Formerly Sec. 19-172). Oleomargarine. Any article resembling butter and not made wholly from milk or any product of milk, salt and coloring excepted, shall be oleomargarine or margarine within the meaning of this chapter. The term “oleomargarine” and the term “marga…

Sec. 21a-15. (Formerly Sec. 19-173). Definition of colored oleomargarine. For the purpose of sections 21a-16 and 21a-17, colored oleomargarine or colored margarine is oleomargarine or margarine having a tint or shade containing more than one and six-tenths degrees of yellow, or o…

Sec. 21a-16. (Formerly Sec. 19-174). Sale of oleomargarine. Label. (a) No person shall sell or offer for sale colored oleomargarine or colored margarine unless (1) such oleomargarine or margarine is packaged; (2) the net weight of the contents of any package sold at retail is one…

Sec. 21a-17. (Formerly Sec. 19-175). Serving of colored oleomargarine in public eating places. No person shall serve colored oleomargarine or colored margarine at a public eating place unless a notice that oleomargarine or margarine is served is displayed prominently and conspicu…

Sec. 21a-18. (Formerly Sec. 19-176). License to manufacture or sell renovated butter. Section 21a-18 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 3886; 1949, 1953, S. 2072d; P.A. 94-36, S. 24, 42; P.A. 96-259, S. 20.)

Sec. 21a-19. (Formerly Sec. 19-177). Penalty. Any person violating any provision of sections 21a-14 to 21a-17, inclusive, shall (1) for a first offense, be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars, and (2) for any subsequent offense, be guilty of a class C misdemeanor. (1953…

Sec. 21a-20. (Formerly Sec. 19-178). Renovated or process butter. No person, by himself or agent, or otherwise, shall sell, expose for sale or have in his possession with intent to sell, any article which is produced by taking original packing stock or other butter, or both, melt…

Sec. 21a-21. (Formerly Sec. 19-179). Print butter. No person shall, by himself, his servant or agent, sell or offer or expose for sale, or have in his possession with intent to sell, any print butter unless the package or wrapper containing the same has conspicuously printed ther…

Sec. 21a-22. (Formerly Sec. 19-180). Sale of equine meat in public eating places. No person, firm or corporation conducting a public eating place shall sell or offer for sale for human consumption any food containing equine meat or equine meat products, in whole or in part, witho…

Sec. 21a-23. (Formerly Sec. 19-181). Adulteration of molasses. Section 21a-23 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1949 Rev., S. 3895; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)

Sec. 21a-24. (Formerly Sec. 19-181a). Misuse of the word “honey” in labels and brand names. Penalty. (a) As used in this section, “honey” means the natural product of the honey bee taken from the nectar of flowers, transformed by such bee, taken from the honeycomb and marketed in…

Sec. 21a-24a. Sale of acidified food products, jams, jellies and preserves. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Acidified food product” means a food item, with a pH value of 4.6 or less upon completion of the recipe for such product, including, but not limited to, pickles, salsa an…

Sec. 21a-24b. Sale of maple syrup. (a) As used in this section, “residential farm” means property (1) being utilized as a farm, as defined in subsection (q) of section 1-1, and (2) serving as the primary residence of the owner of such property. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions …

Sec. 21a-25. (Formerly Sec. 19-182). Impure vinegar. (a) No person shall make, sell, offer or expose for sale or exchange or solicit or receive any order for the sale or delivery within the state, or for delivery without the state for shipment into the state, of: (1) Any vinegar,…

Sec. 21a-26. (Formerly Sec. 19-183). Sale of vinegar regulated. No person shall make and sell, or make and offer for sale, any vinegar without conspicuously branding, stenciling or painting, upon the head of the barrel, cask, keg or package containing the same, the name of the ma…

Secs. 21a-27 to 21a-30 (Formerly Secs. 19a-183a to 19a-183d). Definitions. Standards of identity, quality and fill of container for flour, bread, rolls, corn meal, grits, rice or macaroni. Analyses, examinations and investigations. Regulations. Penalty. Sections 21a-27 to 21a-30,…

Sec. 21a-31. (Formerly Sec. 19-184). Adulteration of turpentine. Section 21a-31 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1949 Rev., S. 3900; 1959, P.A. 412, S. 38, 42; P.A. 02-89, S. 90.)

Sec. 21a-32. (Formerly Sec. 19-185). Sale and use of articles containing wood alcohol. Any person who sells, exchanges, offers for sale or exchange or delivers to another any wood alcohol, known as methyl alcohol, shall affix to the vessel or container holding the same a label be…

Sec. 21a-33. (Formerly Sec. 19-186). Penalty for sale of adulterated liquors. Any person who sells or exposes for sale any ale, beer or other fermented liquors, knowing the same to be adulterated, or adulterates for the purpose of sale any ale, beer or other fermented liquors, sh…

Sec. 21a-34. (Formerly Sec. 19-193a). Vending machines. Definitions. As used in sections 21a-34 to 21a-45, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Consumer Protection; (2) “Vending machine” means any self-service device offer…

Sec. 21a-35. (Formerly Sec. 19-193b). Vending machine operator's license. (a) No person shall, by himself or through any agent or employee, engage as a vending machine operator without a vending machine operator's license issued in accordance with the provisions of sections 21a-3…