Sec. 21a-322. (Formerly Sec. 19-504q). Grounds for disciplinary action. Civil penalty.
Sec. 21a-322. (Formerly Sec. 19-504q). Grounds for disciplinary action. Civil
penalty. The commissioner may suspend, revoke or refuse to renew a registration, place
a registration on probation, place conditions on a registration and assess a civil penalty
of not more than one thousand dollars per violation of this chapter, for sufficient cause.
Any of the following shall be sufficient cause for such action by the commissioner: (1)
The furnishing of false or fraudulent information in any application filed under this
chapter; (2) conviction of a crime under any state or federal law relating to the registrant's
profession, controlled substances or drugs or fraudulent practices, including, but not
limited to, fraudulent billing practices; (3) failure to maintain effective controls against
diversion of controlled substances into other than duly authorized legitimate medical,
scientific, or commercial channels; (4) the suspension, revocation, expiration or surrender of the practitioner's federal controlled substance registration; (5) prescribing, distributing, administering or dispensing a controlled substance in schedules other than those
specified in the practitioner's state or federal registration or in violation of any condition
placed on the practitioner's registration; (6) the restriction, suspension, revocation or
limitation of a professional license or certificate as a result of a proceeding pursuant to
the general statutes; (7) abuse or excessive use of drugs; (8) possession, use, prescription
for use or distribution of controlled substances or legend drugs, except for therapeutic
or other proper medical or scientific purpose; (9) a practitioner's failure to account
for disposition of controlled substances as determined by an audit of the receipt and
disposition records of said practitioner; and (10) failure to keep records of medical
evaluations of patients and all controlled substances dispensed, administered or prescribed to patients by a practitioner.
(P.A. 77-485, S. 8, 13; P.A. 82-355, S. 6; P.A. 85-275, S. 1; P.A. 07-252, S. 75.)
History: P.A. 82-355 added new Subdiv. permitting disciplinary action against practitioner who fails to account for
disposition of controlled substances; Sec. 19-504q transferred to Sec. 21a-322 in 1983 and alphabetic Subdiv. indicators
replaced with numeric indicators for consistency with general practice throughout general statutes; P.A. 85-275 authorized
the commissioner of consumer protection to refuse to renew a registration for sufficient cause; P.A. 07-252 expanded
disciplinary actions available to commissioner for enforcement of registration provisions, authorized civil penalty of not
more than $1,000 per violation, amended Subdivs. (2) and (5) to expand grounds for disciplinary action thereunder and
added Subdiv. (10) re disciplinary action for failure to keep records of patient medical evaluations and controlled substances.