Sec. 19a-13. (Formerly Sec. 19-4n). Regulated professions; definitions.
Sec. 19a-13. (Formerly Sec. 19-4n). Regulated professions; definitions. As used
in subsection (a) of section 2c-2b, this chapter and chapters 368v, 369 to 375, inclusive,
378 to 381, inclusive, 383 to 388, inclusive, 398 and 399 unless the context otherwise
requires:
(1) "Certificate" includes the whole or part of any Department of Public Health
permit which the department is authorized by the general statutes to issue and which
further: (A) Authorizes practice of the profession by certified persons but does not prohibit the practice of the profession by others, not certified; (B) prohibits a person from
falsely representing that he is certified to practice the profession unless the person holds
a certificate issued by the department; (C) requires as a condition to certification that a
person submit specified credentials to the department which attest to qualifications to
practice the profession;
(2) "Emerging occupation or profession" means a group of health care providers
whose actual or proposed duties, responsibilities and services include functions which
are not presently regulated or licensed or which are presently performed within the scope
of practice of an existing licensed or otherwise regulated health occupation or profession;
(3) "License" includes the whole or part of any Department of Public Health permit,
approval or similar form of permission required by the general statutes and which further
requires: (A) Practice of the profession by licensed persons only; (B) that a person
demonstrate competence to practice through an examination or other means and meet
certain minimum standards; (C) enforcement of standards by the department or regulatory board or commission;
(4) "Public member" means an elector of the state who has no substantial financial
interest in, is not employed in or by, and is not professionally affiliated with, any industry,
profession, occupation, trade or institution regulated or licensed by the board or commission to which he is appointed, and who has had no professional affiliation with any
such industry, profession, occupation, trade or institution for three years preceding his
appointment to the board or commission;
(5) "Registration" means the required entry upon a list maintained by the Department of Public Health of the name of a practitioner or the address of a place where a
practice or profession subject to the provisions of subsection (a) of section 2c-2b, this
chapter and chapters 368v, 369 to 375, inclusive, 378 to 381, inclusive, 383 to 388,
inclusive, 398 and 399 may be engaged in;
(6) "Complaint" means a formal statement of charges issued by the Department of
Public Health.
(P.A. 80-484, S. 1, 174, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 1, 71; P.A. 85-613, S. 35, 154; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12,
21, 58.)
History: P.A. 81-471 added Subdiv. (6) defining "complaint"; Sec. 19-4n transferred to Sec. 19a-13 in 1983; P.A. 85-613 made technical changes, substituting references to Sec. 2c-2b(a) for references to Sec. 2c-2(f); P.A. 93-381 replaced
department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257
replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of
Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
Subdiv. (6):
Cited. 207 C. 674.