Sec. 20-149. License fees. Renewal.
Sec. 20-149. License fees. Renewal. A license under the provisions of this chapter
shall be given under the hand of the Commissioner of Public Health or his designee. A
fee shall be paid to the department, at the date of application for a license, as follows:
For licensed optician, granting full responsibility, one hundred dollars. Such licenses
shall be renewed annually in accordance with the provisions of section 19a-88 and a
fee shall be paid to the department at the date of renewal application as follows: For a
licensed optician, one hundred dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 4511; 1951, S. 2244d; 1963, P.A. 448; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 58; P.A. 77-614, S. 420, 610; P.A. 78-303,
S. 29, 136; P.A. 80-484, S. 59, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 36, 71; P.A. 89-251, S. 91, 203; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 24, 117;
P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: 1963 act changed technical language and added provisions for permits and permit fees; 1971 act doubled
fees; P.A. 77-614 deleted requirement that standard examination be "satisfactory to said commission" and reference to
commission treasurer as recipient of fee payments, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-303 restored reference to commission
treasurer; P.A. 80-484 replaced commission with department and commissioner of health services as licensing authority,
deleted differential fee schedules and references to mechanical opticians, making single fees of $50 and $30 for original
licenses and renewals, respectively, deleted provisions allowing double charge as penalty for failure to renew in timely
fashion and requiring reexamination of those whose licenses have lapsed for five years and adding reference to renewal
in accordance with Sec. 19-45; P.A. 81-471 deleted reference to renewal on first day of September; P.A. 89-251 increased
the licensing fee from $50 to $75 and increased the renewal fee from $30 to $45; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6 raised initial
and renewal license fees to $100; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner 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.