Sec. 19a-19. (Formerly Sec. 19-4u). Regulation of business practices.
Sec. 19a-19. (Formerly Sec. 19-4u). Regulation of business practices. The Department of Public Health shall not adopt any regulation concerning business practices.
Regulations directed at the business practices of persons licensed or otherwise regulated
under the provisions of sections 19a-511 to 19a-520, inclusive, chapters 369 to 376,
inclusive, 378 to 381, inclusive, 383 to 388, inclusive, 393a, 395, 398 and 399, may be
adopted by the Department of Consumer Protection in accordance with chapter 54.
Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes to the contrary, all complaints
concerning business practices shall be adjudicated by said department. As used in this
section, the term "business practices" includes but is not limited to ownership of a
regulated practice; number of offices or sites of a regulated practice; practice in an
association, partnership, corporation or other lawful entity; practice with other health
professionals in an association, partnership, corporation or other lawful entity; practice
under the name of "clinic", "center", or other descriptive term; advertising related to a
regulated practice; number of assistants, auxiliaries or other paraprofessionals employed
by a regulated practitioner; and the hours or days a regulated practice is open for business.
(P.A. 80-484, S. 139, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 2, 71; 81-473, S. 37, 43; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58;
June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 81-471 inserted provision requiring that complaints concerning business practices be adjudicated by
department of consumer protection as of July 1, 1981; P.A. 81-473 transferred authority to adopt regulations concerning
business practices of physical therapists, sanitarians and subsurface sewage disposal system installers and cleaners from
the department of health services to the department of consumer protection; Sec. 19-4u transferred to Sec. 19a-19 in 1983;
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; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department
of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189
repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and
Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.