Sec. 21a-63. (Formerly Sec. 19-210h). State clinical thermometer standard.
Sec. 21a-63. (Formerly Sec. 19-210h). State clinical thermometer standard.
The term "clinical thermometer", as used in this section, means a maximum self-registering thermometer of the type commonly used for measuring body temperatures and a
"correct clinical thermometer" means a thermometer which conforms, within the tolerances hereinafter established, to the standards herein established and to the specifications
to be promulgated as provided herein. A "state clinical thermometer reference standard",
for the purposes of this section, means a thermometer supplied by the state and certified
by the National Institute of Standards and Technology for use by the state. "Official test
standards" means such additional thermometers as may be supplied by the state in order
to carry out the provisions of this section. Official test standards shall be verified by
the Department of Consumer Protection upon their initial receipt and thereafter at the
discretion of the department while in use for testing purposes. Verification thereof shall
be made by comparison with a state clinical thermometer reference standard. In addition,
the Department of Consumer Protection shall promulgate requirements, specifications
and tolerances for clinical thermometers. Official test standards may be used in making
comparisons of all clinical thermometers under tests. The manufacturer of a clinical
thermometer shall submit representative samples of such thermometer to the Department
of Consumer Protection prior to the time the thermometer is first offered for sale in this
state and thereafter as required by said department. If, upon inspection by said department or its agents or other representatives, a clinical thermometer which is offered for
sale is found to be correct, said department shall have the authority to certify such
thermometer as correct. When a clinical thermometer is found, upon inspection by said
department or its agents or other representatives, not to be a correct clinical thermometer,
it may be seized by said department and condemned or destroyed or returned to the
owner thereof upon satisfactory guarantee that it will not be offered for sale, sold or
used again within this state. All clinical thermometers shall be marked with the name,
initials or trademark of the manufacturer. Any person who, by himself or his agents
or representatives, offers for sale, keeps for the purpose of sale or sells any clinical
thermometer not certified as correct as herein provided shall be fined not more than
fifty dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 3803; 1972, P.A. 258, S. 1; P.A. 87-103, S. 1, 2; P.A. 90-125, S. 1; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S.
146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1972 act replaced references to department and commissioner of health with references to department and
commissioner of consumer protection; Sec. 19-66 transferred to Sec. 19-210h in 1972; Sec. 19-210h transferred to Sec.
21a-63 in 1983; P.A. 87-103 eliminated the requirement for annual certification by the National Bureau of Standards,
replaced verification every six months with verification at the discretion of the department, required manufacturers to
submit representative samples to the department of consumer protection prior to offering the thermometers for sale in the
state and removed the requirement that the department mark each thermometer; P.A. 90-125 substituted National Institute
of Standards and Technology for National Bureau of Standards; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced
Department of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004;
P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture
and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.