Sec. 20-86f. Disciplinary action.
Sec. 20-86f. Disciplinary action. The Department of Public Health may take any
action set forth in section 19a-17 if a person issued a license pursuant to this chapter
fails to conform to the accepted standards of the nurse-midwifery profession including,
but not limited to, the following: Conviction of a felony; fraud or deceit in the practice of
nurse-midwifery; negligent, incompetent or wrongful conduct in professional activities;
emotional disorder or mental illness; physical illness including, but not limited to, deterioration through the aging process; abuse or excessive use of drugs, including alcohol,
narcotics or chemicals; wilful falsification of entries into any client record pertaining
to nurse-midwifery. The commissioner may order a licensee to submit to a reasonable
physical or mental examination if his physical or mental capacity to practice safely is
the subject of an investigation. The 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. Notice of any contemplated action under said section, the cause of the
action and the date of a hearing on the action shall be given and an opportunity for
hearing afforded in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.
(P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 89-389, S. 12, 22; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-220, S. 4-6; 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: (Revisor's note: P.A. 88-230 authorized substitution of "judicial district of Hartford" for "judicial district of
Hartford-New Britain" in 1989 public and special acts, 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 of health
services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; 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.