Sec. 20-59. *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Disciplinary action by board; grounds.
Sec. 20-59. *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Disciplinary action by board; grounds. The board may take any of the actions set forth in
section 19a-17 for any of the following reasons: (1) Procurement of a license by fraud
or material deception; (2) conviction in a court of competent jurisdiction, either within
or without this state, of any crime in the practice of podiatry; (3) fraudulent or deceptive
conduct in the course of professional services or activities; (4) illegal or incompetent
or negligent conduct in the practice of podiatry; (5) habitual intemperance in the use of
spirituous stimulants or addiction to the use of morphine, cocaine or other drugs having
a similar effect; (6) aiding and abetting the practice of podiatry by an unlicensed person
or a person whose license has been suspended or revoked; (7) mental illness or deficiency
of the practitioner; (8) physical illness or loss of motor skill, including but not limited
to, deterioration through the aging process, of the practitioner; (9) undertaking or engaging in any medical practice beyond the privileges and rights accorded to the practitioner
of podiatry by the provisions of this chapter; (10) failure to maintain professional liability
insurance or other indemnity against liability for professional malpractice as provided
in subsection (a) of section 20-58a; (11) independently engaging in the performance of
ankle surgery procedures without a permit, in violation of section 20-54; or (12) violation
of any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted hereunder. The Commissioner
of Public Health may order a license holder to submit to a reasonable physical or mental
examination if his physical or mental capacity to practice safely is the subject of an
investigation. Said commissioner may petition the superior court for the judicial district
of Hartford to enforce such order or any action taken pursuant to section 19a-17. The
clerk of any court in this state in which a person practicing podiatry has been convicted
of any crime shall, upon such conviction, make written report, in duplicate, to the Department of Public Health of the name and residence of such person, the crime of which
such person was convicted and the date of conviction; and said department shall forward
one of such duplicate reports to the board.
(1949 Rev., S. 4559; P.A. 77-614, S. 379, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 28, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 21, 71; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12;
P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 94-71, S. 11; P.A. 95-220, S. 4-6; 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58;
P.A. 07-252, S. 35.)
*Note: On and after January 1, 2010, this section, as amended by section 4 of public
act 08-109, is to read as follows:
"Sec. 20-59. Disciplinary action by board; grounds. The board may take any of
the actions set forth in section 19a-17 for any of the following reasons: (1) Procurement
of a license by fraud or material deception; (2) conviction in a court of competent jurisdiction, either within or without this state, of any crime in the practice of podiatry; (3)
fraudulent or deceptive conduct in the course of professional services or activities; (4)
illegal or incompetent or negligent conduct in the practice of podiatry; (5) habitual
intemperance in the use of spirituous stimulants or addiction to the use of morphine,
cocaine or other drugs having a similar effect; (6) aiding and abetting the practice of
podiatry by an unlicensed person or a person whose license has been suspended or
revoked; (7) mental illness or deficiency of the practitioner; (8) physical illness or loss
of motor skill, including, but not limited to, deterioration through the aging process, of
the practitioner; (9) undertaking or engaging in any medical practice beyond the privileges and rights accorded to the practitioner of podiatry by the provisions of this chapter;
(10) failure to maintain professional liability insurance or other indemnity against liability for professional malpractice as provided in subsection (a) of section 20-58a; (11)
independently engaging in the performance of ankle surgery procedures without a permit, in violation of section 20-54; (12) violation of any provision of this chapter or any
regulation adopted hereunder; or (13) failure to provide information to the Department
of Public Health required to complete a health care provider profile, as set forth in section
20-13j. The Commissioner of Public Health may order a license holder to submit to a
reasonable physical or mental examination if his physical or mental capacity to practice
safely is the subject of an investigation. Said commissioner may petition the superior
court for the judicial district of Hartford to enforce such order or any action taken pursuant to section 19a-17. The clerk of any court in this state in which a person practicing
podiatry has been convicted of any crime shall, upon such conviction, make written
report, in duplicate, to the Department of Public Health of the name and residence of
such person, the crime of which such person was convicted and the date of conviction;
and said department shall forward one of such duplicate reports to the board."
(1949 Rev., S. 4559; P.A. 77-614, S. 379, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 28, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 21, 71; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12;
P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 94-71, S. 11; P.A. 95-220, S. 4-6; 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58;
P.A. 07-252, S. 35; P.A. 08-109, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services and allowed disciplinary action
for violations of chapter or related regulations, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-484 rephrased reference to actions of
disciplinary nature, substituted "license" for "certificate of qualification", deleted grounds re crimes of moral turpitude,
felony or misdemeanor, immoral, dishonorable or unprofessional conduct and misleading, etc. advertising, added grounds
re deception, physical illness and loss of motor skill, added provisions re required physical or mental examinations and re
petitions to court for enforcement of orders or actions and deleted provision re revocation etc. of correlated licenses issued
by health services department and reissuance of certificates; P.A. 81-471 made minor changes in wording; P.A. 88-230
replaced "judicial district of Hartford-New Britain" with "judicial district of Hartford", effective September 1, 1991; P.A.
90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 93-142 changed the
effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 93-381 replaced
department and commissioner of health services with department and commissioner of public health and addiction services,
effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-71 inserted new Subdiv. (10) concerning failure to maintain professional liability insurance
or other indemnity against liability for professional malpractice and renumbered former Subdiv. (10) as (11); P.A. 95-220
changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995; 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; P.A. 07-252 added new Subdiv. (11) allowing board to take disciplinary action
for independently engaging in the performance of ankle surgery procedures without a permit, in violation of Sec. 20-54,
and redesignated existing Subdiv. (11) as Subdiv. (12); P.A. 08-109 made a technical change and added failure to provide
information for health care provider profile to list of grounds for disciplinary action, effective January 1, 2010.
Sec. 20-51 et seq. cited. 207 C. 674. Cited. Id. Cited. 208 C. 709.
Does not unlawfully delegate legislative power to a nonelective body. 22 CA 193.
Subdiv. (4):
Cited. 22 CA 181.