Sec. 19a-429. Complaints against youth camps. Investigation of complaints. Disclosure of information re complaints and investigations.
Sec. 19a-429. Complaints against youth camps. Investigation of complaints.
Disclosure of information re complaints and investigations. Any person having reasonable cause to believe that a youth camp, as defined in section 19a-420, is operating
without a current and valid license or in violation of regulations adopted under section
19a-428 or in a manner which may pose a potential danger to the health, welfare and
safety of a child receiving youth camp services, may report such information to the
Department of Public Health. The department shall investigate any report or complaint
received pursuant to this section. In connection with any investigation of a youth camp,
the Commissioner of Public Health or said commissioner's authorized agent may administer oaths, issue subpoenas, compel testimony and order the production of books, records and documents. If any person refuses to appear, to testify or to produce any book,
record or document when so ordered, a judge of the Superior Court may make such
order as may be appropriate to aid in the enforcement of this section. The name of the
person making the report or complaint shall not be disclosed unless (1) such person
consents to such disclosure, (2) a judicial or administrative proceeding results therefrom,
or (3) a license action pursuant to section 19a-423 results from such report or complaint.
All records obtained by the department in connection with any such investigation shall
not be subject to the provisions of section 1-210 for a period of thirty days from the date
of the petition or other event initiating such investigation, or until such time as the
investigation is terminated pursuant to a withdrawal or other informal disposition or until
a hearing is convened pursuant to chapter 54, whichever is earlier. A formal statement of
charges issued by the department shall be subject to the provisions of section 1-210
from the time that it is served or mailed to the respondent. Records which are otherwise
public records shall not be deemed confidential merely because they have been obtained
in connection with an investigation under this section.
(P.A. 06-195, S. 10.)