Sec. 20-192. Disciplinary action; grounds; appeals.
Sec. 20-192. Disciplinary action; grounds; appeals. The board may take any action set forth in section 19a-17, if the license holder: Has been convicted of a felony;
has been found by the board to have employed fraud or deceit in obtaining his license
or in the course of any professional activity, to have violated any provision of this chapter
or any regulation adopted hereunder or to have acted negligently, incompetently or
wrongfully in the conduct of his profession; practiced in an area of psychology for which
he is not qualified; is suffering from physical or mental illness, emotional disorder or
loss of motor skill, including but not limited to, deterioration through the aging process
or is suffering from the abuse or excessive use of drugs, including alcohol, narcotics or
chemicals. 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. Notice of any contemplated action under said section, of the cause
therefor and the date of hearing thereon shall be given and an opportunity for hearing
afforded as provided in the regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Public Health.
The Attorney General shall, upon request, furnish legal assistance to the board. Any
person aggrieved by any action of the board may appeal therefrom as provided in section
4-183, except such appeal shall be made returnable to the judicial district where he
resides. Such appeal shall have precedence over nonprivileged cases in respect to order
of trial.
(1949 Rev., S. 4637; 1957, P.A. 269, S. 6; 1969, P.A. 597, S. 9; 1971, P.A. 870, S. 62; P.A. 76-436, S. 426, 681; P.A.
77-603, S. 72, 125; 77-614, S. 429, 610; P.A. 78-280, S. 43, 44, 127; P.A. 80-484, S. 73, 176; 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. 95-220, S. 4-6; 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 96-47, S. 9.)
History: 1969 act substituted "license" for "certificate", raised maximum suspension period from one to three years
and allowed suspension or revocation of license of psychologist for practice in an area of psychology for which he is not
qualified; 1971 act replaced superior court with court of common pleas, effective September 1, 1971, except that courts
with cases pending retain jurisdiction unless pending matters deemed transferable; P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common
pleas with superior court and added reference to judicial districts, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-603 replaced previous
appeal provisions with statement that appeals shall be in accordance with Sec. 4-183, retaining provision granting appeals
precedence in order of trial and specifying venue in county of residence; P.A. 77-614 allowed suspension or revocation
of license for violation of chapter or related regulations, replaced detailed provisions re hearing procedure with reference
to hearing procedure in regulations adopted by health services commissioner and deleted provisions concerning venue and
precedence in order of trial for appeals, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-280 restored venue and precedence in order of
trial provisions; P.A. 80-484 expanded disciplinary actions to include those in Sec. 19-4s, revised grounds to include fraud
or deceit "in the course of any professional activity" and acting "incompetently", added grounds re physical or mental
illness, emotional disorder etc. and drug or alcohol abuse etc., added provisions re mental or physical examination and re
petitions to court for enforcement of orders or actions and deleted provision re procedure for reinstatement of license
following three-year revocation; 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 commissioner of health services with commissioner 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; P.A. 96-47 made no
substantive change (Revisor's note: The word "or" was added editorially by the Revisors after "hereunder" in the phrase
"... or any regulation adopted hereunder or to have acted negligently, ...").