CHAPTER 370*
MEDICINE AND SURGERY

There shall be within the Department of Public Health a Connecticut Homeopathic Medical Examining Board, which shall consist of three homeopathic physicians and two public members appointed by the Governor subject to the provisions of section 4-9a. The Governor shall fill any vacancy occurring in said board. Said board shall meet at least once during each calendar quarter and at such other times as the chairman deems necessary. Special meetings shall be held on the request of a majority of the board after notice in accordance with the provisions of section 1-225. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum. Members shall not be compensated for their services. Any member who fails to attend three consecutive meetings or who fails to attend fifty per cent of all meetings held during any calendar year shall be deemed to have resigned from office. Minutes of all meetings shall be recorded by the board. No member shall participate in the affairs of the board during the pendency of any disciplinary proceedings by the board against such member. No professional member shall be an elected official of a professional society of homeopathic physicians or have been such an official during the year immediately preceding his appointment. Said board shall (1) hear and decide matters concerning suspension or revocation of licensure, (2) adjudicate complaints against practitioners and (3) impose sanctions where appropriate.
(1949 Rev., S. 4365; P.A. 76-276, S. 13, 22; P.A. 77-614, S. 347, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 133, 136; P.A. 80-484, S. 16, 174, 176; P.A. 87-156; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-12, S. 13, 55; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 98- 143, S. 2, 24.)
History: P.A. 76-276 deleted references to Connecticut Medical Society and its examining board; P.A. 77-614 placed examining board within the department of health services and redefined membership as three physicians and two public members appointed by governor, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-303 made technical changes; P.A. 80-484 made governor's appointments subject to Sec. 4-9a, deleted provisions re appointments by governor and homeopathic medical society and re filling of vacancies of physician memberships by society president and added provisions re meetings, compensation, minutes, duties, etc; P.A. 87-156 redefined membership as three homeopathic physicians and two public members; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-12 eliminated expense reimbursement for board members; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department 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; P.A. 98-143 added quorum provision, effective July 1, 1998.
See title 2c re termination under "Sunset Law".
See Sec. 4-9a for definition of "public member".
See Sec. 4-40a re compensation and expenses of licensing boards and commissions.
See Secs. 19a-8 to 19a-12, inclusive, re powers and duties of boards within the Public Health Department, generally.
Cited. 135 C. 348. Cited. 220 C. 86, 103.
Cited. 13 CS 463.

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(a) There shall be within the Department of Public Health a Connecticut Medical Examining Board. Said board shall consist of fifteen members appointed by the Governor, subject to the provisions of section 4-9a, in the manner prescribed for department heads in section 4-7, as follows: Five physicians practicing in the state; one physician who shall be a full-time member of the faculty of The University of Connecticut School of Medicine; one physician who shall be a full-time chief of staff in a general-care hospital in the state; one physician who shall be registered as a supervising physician for one or more physician assistants; one physician who shall be a graduate of a medical education program accredited by the American Osteopathic Association; one physician assistant licensed pursuant to section 20-12b and practicing in this state; and five public members. No professional member of said board shall be an elected or appointed officer of a professional society or association relating to such member's profession at the time of appointment to the board or have been such an officer during the year immediately preceding appointment or serve for more than two consecutive terms. Professional members shall be practitioners in good professional standing and residents of this state.
(b) All vacancies shall be filled by the Governor in the manner prescribed for department heads in section 4-7. Successors and appointments to fill a vacancy shall fulfill the same qualifications as the member succeeded or replaced. In addition to the requirements in sections 4-9a and 19a-8, no person whose spouse, parent, brother, sister, child or spouse of a child is a physician, as defined in section 20-13a, or a physician assistant, as defined in section 20-12a, shall be appointed as a public member.
(c) The Commissioner of Public Health shall establish a list of eighteen persons who may serve as members of medical hearing panels established pursuant to subsection (g) of this section. Persons appointed to the list shall serve as members of the medical hearing panels and provide the same services as members of the Connecticut Medical Examining Board. Members from the list serving on such panels shall not be voting members of the Connecticut Medical Examining Board. The list shall consist of eighteen members appointed by the commissioner, eight of whom shall be physicians, as defined in section 20-13a, with at least one of such physicians being a graduate of a medical education program accredited by the American Osteopathic Association, one of whom shall be a physician assistant licensed pursuant to section 20-12b, and nine of whom shall be members of the public. No professional member of the list shall be an elected or appointed officer of a professional society or association relating to such member's profession at the time of appointment to the list or have been such an officer during the year immediately preceding such appointment to the list. A licensed professional appointed to the list shall be a practitioner in good professional standing and a resident of this state. All vacancies shall be filled by the commissioner. Successors and appointments to fill a vacancy on the list shall possess the same qualifications as those required of the member succeeded or replaced. No person whose spouse, parent, brother, sister, child or spouse of a child is a physician, as defined in section 20-13a, or a physician assistant, as defined in section 20-12a, shall be appointed to the list as a member of the public. Each person appointed to the list shall serve without compensation at the pleasure of the commissioner.
(d) The office of the board shall be in Hartford, in facilities to be provided by the department.
(e) The board shall adopt and may amend a seal.
(f) The Governor shall appoint a chairperson from among the board members. Said board shall meet at least once during each calendar quarter and at such other times as the chairperson deems necessary. Special meetings shall be held on the request of a majority of the board after notice in accordance with the provisions of section 1-225. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum. Members shall not be compensated for their services. Any member who fails to attend three consecutive meetings or who fails to attend fifty per cent of all meetings held during any calendar year shall be deemed to have resigned from office. Minutes of all meetings shall be recorded by the board. No member shall participate in the affairs of the board during the pendency of any disciplinary proceedings by the board against such member. Said board shall (1) hear and decide matters concerning suspension or revocation of licensure, (2) adjudicate complaints against practitioners, and (3) impose sanctions where appropriate.
(g) The board shall refer all statements of charges filed with the board by the department pursuant to section 20-13e to a medical hearing panel within sixty days of the receipt of charges. This time period may be extended for good cause by the board in a duly recorded vote. The panel shall consist of three members, at least one of whom shall be a member of the board and one a member of the public. The public member may be a member of either the board or of the list established pursuant to subsection (c) of this section. The panel shall conduct a hearing in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 and the regulations established by the Commissioner of Public Health concerning contested cases, except that the panel shall file a proposed final decision with the board within one hundred twenty days of the receipt of the issuance of the notice of hearing by the board. The time period for filing such proposed final decision with the board may be extended for good cause by the board in a duly recorded vote.
(h) The board shall review the panel's proposed final decision in accordance with the provisions of section 4-179, and adopt, modify or remand said decision for further review or for the taking of additional evidence. The board shall act on the proposed final decision within ninety days of the filing of said decision by the panel. This time period may be extended by the board for good cause in a duly recorded vote.
(i) Except in a case in which a license has been summarily suspended, pursuant to subsection (c) of section 19a-17 or subsection (c) of section 4-182, all three panel members shall be present to hear any evidence and vote on a proposed final decision. The chairperson of the Medical Examining Board may exempt a member from a meeting of the panel if the chairperson finds that good cause exists for such an exemption. Such an exemption may be granted orally but shall be reduced to writing and included as part of the record of the panel within two business days of the granting of the exemption or the opening of the record and shall state the reason for the exemption. Such exemption shall be granted to a member no more than once during any contested case and shall not be granted for a meeting at which the panel is acting on a proposed final decision on a statement of charges. The board may appoint a member to the panel to replace any member who resigns or otherwise fails to continue to serve on the panel. Such replacement member shall review the record prior to the next hearing.
(j) A determination of good cause shall not be reviewable and shall not constitute a basis for appeal of the decision of the board pursuant to section 4-183.
(P.A. 76-276, S. 10, 22; P.A. 77-614, S. 348, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 10, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 5, 71; P.A. 90-211, S. 1, 23; P.A. 91-105, S. 1, 4; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-12, S. 14, 55; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-71, S. 1; 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 98-143, S. 3, 24; P.A. 99-102, S. 4; P.A. 00-205, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 77-614 placed board within the department of health services, reduced physician members from five to four and increased public members from two to three, deleting requirement that public members not be connected with medicine and that one be an attorney in Subsec. (a), updated Subsecs. (b) and (c) to make provisions generally applicable to revised membership rather than to initial appointments, deleted former Subsec. (d) which required five-member quorum for conducting business, relettering remaining Subsecs. accordingly, and deleted provision in former Subsec. (e) re appointment of executive director and provision of necessary technical and clerical assistance by department, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-484 made all appointments by governor, deleting Subsec. (b) re appointments by State Medical Society and relettering remaining Subsecs. accordingly, added provisions requiring that appointees not be officers of professional society or association currently or within one year preceding appointment and that they be practitioners in good standing and residents and added Subsec. (e) re chairperson, meetings, compensation, duties, etc.; P.A. 81-471 changed "elected official" to "elected or appointed officer" as of July 1, 1981; P.A. 90-211 increased the membership by adding a supervising physician, a physician assistant and a fourth public member; P.A. 91-105 amended Subsec. (a) to require the legislature's approval of medical examining board appointees, amended Subsec. (b) to prohibit relatives of physicians from serving as public members of the board, added a new Subsec. (f) to create a three-member medical hearing panel from the board's membership to hear charges filed with the department against physicians and to issue proposed final decisions, added new Subsec. (g) to require the medical examining board to review the panel's proposed final decision, added a new Subsec. (h) to provide exemptions for panel members concerning their presence at hearings, added a new Subsec. (i) concerning a determination of good cause and made technical changes; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-12 in Subsec. (e) eliminated expense reimbursement for board members; P.A. 93-381 replaced department and commissioner of health services with department and commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-71 added a new Subsec. (c) establishing a list of hearing panel members, relettered the remaining Subsecs., amended Subsec. (g) to allow extension of the time period and allow the public member to be from the board or the list, and amended Subsec. (i) to allow replacement appointments; 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. 98-143 added quorum provision in Subsec. (f), effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 99-102 increased from twelve to fifteen the examining board membership in Subsec. (a) by adding a physician practicing in this state, an osteopathic physician and a public member, amended Subsec. (c) to require at least one hearing panel physician to be an osteopathic physician and made technical changes in Subsecs. (a), (b), (c) and (f); P.A. 00-205 amended Subsec. (c) by increasing the list number from sixteen to eighteen, adding one licensed physician assistant and one public member.
See title 2c re termination under "Sunset Law".
See Sec. 4-9a for definition of "public member".
See Secs. 19a-8 to 19a-12, inclusive, re powers and duties of boards and commissions within the Public Health Department, generally.
Cited. 207 C. 346, 347. Cited. 208 C. 492, 498—500. Cited. 220 C. 86, 103. Cited. 228 C. 651, 653, 665, 683.
Cited. 40 CS 188, 189.
Subsec. (e):
Cited. 207 C. 346, 350. Cited. 228 C. 651, 653.

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(a) No person shall, for compensation, gain or reward, received or expected, diagnose, treat, operate for or prescribe for any injury, deformity, ailment or disease, actual or imaginary, of another person, nor practice surgery, until he has obtained such a license as provided in section 20-10, and then only in the kind or branch of practice stated in such license.
(b) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to:
(1) Dentists while practicing dentistry only;
(2) Any person in the employ of the United States government while acting in the scope of his employment;
(3) Any person who furnishes medical or surgical assistance in cases of sudden emergency;
(4) Any person residing out of this state who is employed to come into this state to render temporary assistance to or consult with any physician or surgeon who has been licensed in conformity with the provisions of this chapter;
(5) Any physician or surgeon then actually residing out of this state who is employed to come into this state to treat, operate or prescribe for any injury, deformity, ailment or disease from which the person who employed such physician, or the person on behalf of whom such physician is employed, is suffering at the time when such nonresident physician or surgeon is so employed;
(6) Any person rendering service as (A) an advanced practice registered nurse if such service is rendered in collaboration with a licensed physician, or (B) an advanced practice registered nurse maintaining classification from the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists if such service is under the direction of a licensed physician;
(7) Any nurse-midwife practicing nurse-midwifery in accordance with the provisions of chapter 377;
(8) Any podiatrist licensed in accordance with the provisions of chapter 375;
(9) Any Christian Science practitioner who does not use or prescribe in his practice any drugs, poisons, medicines, chemicals, nostrums or surgery;
(10) Any person licensed to practice any of the healing arts named in section 20- 1, who does not use or prescribe in his practice any drugs, medicines, poisons, chemicals, nostrums or surgery;
(11) Any graduate of any school or institution giving instruction in the healing arts who has been issued a permit in accordance with subsection (a) of section 20-11a and who is serving as an intern, resident or medical officer candidate in a hospital;
(12) Any student participating in a clinical clerkship program who has the qualifications specified in subsection (b) of section 20-11a;
(13) Any person, otherwise qualified to practice medicine in this state except that he is a graduate of a medical school located outside of the United States or the Dominion of Canada which school is recognized by the American Medical Association or the World Health Organization, to whom the Connecticut Medical Examining Board, subject to such regulations as the Commissioner of Public Health, with advice and assistance from the board, prescribes, has issued a permit to serve as an intern or resident in a hospital in this state for the purpose of extending his education;
(14) Any person rendering service as a physician assistant licensed pursuant to section 20-12b, a registered nurse, a licensed practical nurse or a paramedic, as defined in subdivision (15) of section 19a-175, acting within the scope of regulations adopted pursuant to section 19a-179, if such service is rendered under the supervision, control and responsibility of a licensed physician;
(15) Any student enrolled in an accredited physician assistant program or paramedic program approved in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to section 19a-179, who is performing such work as is incidental to his course of study;
(16) Any person who, on June 1, 1993, has worked continuously in this state since 1979 performing diagnostic radiology services and who, as of October 31, 1997, continued to render such services under the supervision, control and responsibility of a licensed physician solely within the setting where such person was employed on June 1, 1993;
*(17) Any person performing athletic training as described in section 19a-16a;
(18) When deemed by the Connecticut Medical Examining Board to be in the public's interest, based on such considerations as academic attainments, specialty board certification and years of experience, to a foreign physician or surgeon whose professional activities shall be confined within the confines of a recognized medical school; or
(19) Any technician engaging in tattooing in accordance with the provisions of section 19a-92a and any regulations adopted thereunder.
(c) This section shall not authorize anyone to practice optometry, as defined in chapter 380, or to practice dentistry, as defined in chapter 379, or dental hygiene, as defined in chapter 379a.
(d) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall apply to any individual whose practice of medicine includes any ongoing, regular or contractual arrangement whereby, regardless of residency in this or any other state, he provides, through electronic communications or interstate commerce, diagnostic or treatment services, including primary diagnosis of pathology specimens, slides or images, to any person located in this state. In the case of electronic transmissions of radiographic images, licensure shall be required for an out-of-state physician who provides, through an ongoing, regular or contractual arrangement, official written reports of diagnostic evaluations of such images to physicians or patients in this state. The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to a nonresident physician who, while located outside this state, consults (A) on an irregular basis with a physician licensed by section 20-10 who is located in this state or (B) with a medical school within this state for educational or medical training purposes. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to any individual who regularly provides the types of services described in this subsection pursuant to any agreement or arrangement with a short-term acute care general hospital, licensed by the Department of Public Health, provided such agreement or arrangement was entered into prior to February 1, 1996, and is in effect as of October 1, 1996.
(e) On and after October 1, 1999, any person licensed as an osteopathic physician or osteopath pursuant to chapter 371 shall be deemed licensed as a physician and surgeon pursuant to this chapter.
(1949 Rev., S. 4363; 1949, 1951, S. 2191d; 1959, P.A. 393, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 717; 1972, P.A. 80, S. 1; P.A. 75-39, S. 1; P.A. 77-519, S. 4, 6; 77-614, S. 349, 610; P.A. 84-546, S. 157, 173; P.A. 86-20; 86-403, S. 130, 132; P.A. 88-362, S. 1; P.A. 89-389, S. 4, 22; P.A. 90-211, S. 2, 23; P.A. 93-296, S. 7, 10; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 94-105, S. 2, 4; P.A. 95-98; 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 96-148; P.A. 97-311, S. 17; P.A. 98-43, S. 3; P.A. 98-166, S. 5, 9; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 18, 121; P.A. 99-102, S. 2; 99-168, S. 5; P.A. 00-47, S. 2.)

*Note: On and after the later of October 1, 2000, or the date notice is published by the Commissioner of Public Health in the Connecticut Law Journal indicating that the licensing of athletic trainers and physical therapist assistants is being implemented by the commissioner, subdivision (17) of subsection (b) of this section, as amended by section 11 of public act 00-226, is to read as follows:
"(17) Any person practicing athletic training, as defined in section 20-65f."
(1949 Rev., S. 4363; 1949, 1951, S. 2191d; 1959, P.A. 393, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 717; 1972, P.A. 80, S. 1; P.A. 75-39, S. 1; P.A. 77-519, S. 4, 6; 77-614, S. 349, 610; P.A. 84-546, S. 157, 173; P.A. 86-20; 86-403, S. 130, 132; P.A. 88-362, S. 1; P.A. 89-389, S. 4, 22; P.A. 90-211, S. 2, 23; P.A. 93-296, S. 7, 10; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 94-105, S. 2, 4; P.A. 95-98; 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 96-148; P.A. 97-311, S. 17; P.A. 98-43, S. 3; P.A. 98-166, S. 5, 9; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 18, 121; P.A. 99-102, S. 2; 99-168, S. 5; P.A. 00-47, S. 2; 00-226, S. 11, 20.)
History: 1959 act added exceptions from provisions of chapter re interns and hospital residents; 1971 act excepted trained assistants, registered or licensed practical nurses under supervision and control of licensed physician from provisions of chapter and added qualifying provision re optometry and dentistry; 1972 act rephrased exception re graduates of "foreign" medical schools to specify schools "located outside of the United States or the Dominion of Canada" and added exception re foreign physicians; P.A. 75-39 qualified exception re schools attended outside of U.S. or Canada by specifying applicability to schools "recognized by the American Medical Association or the World Health Organization"; P.A. 77-519 deleted proviso whereby exception for foreign physicians is inapplicable if physician declares intention of becoming U.S. citizen and deleted reference to failure to meet residence and citizenship requirements in exception for those attending recognized school outside of U.S. or Canada; P.A. 77-614 transferred regulation power from board to commissioner of health services, granting board an advisory role, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 84-546 made technical changes to section substituting references to licensure for references to certification; P.A. 86-20 removed a three year limitation on the exception for a foreign physician practicing in a medical school and added language requiring the Connecticut medical examining board to determine if an exception for a foreign physician is in the public interest; P.A. 86-403 changed effective date of P.A. 86-20 from October 1, 1986, to April 21, 1986; P.A. 88-362 limited the exception for students to persons participating in clinical clerkships and limited the graduate exception to persons who have been issued a permit; P.A. 89-389 added references to advanced practice registered nurses and to nurse-midwives; P.A. 90-211 added exemptions for "licensed" physician assistants and athletic trainers; P.A. 93-296 added provision exempting persons performing diagnostic radiology services from chapter provisions, effective June 29, 1993; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-105 designated provisions re prohibition on practicing without a license as Subsec. (a), exceptions to such prohibition as Subsec. (b) and provisions re authorization to practice optometry, dentistry or dental hygiene as Subsec. (c) and amended Subsec. (b) to insert Subdiv. indicators and add Subdiv. (19) re exception for technicians engaged in tattooing, effective May 23, 1994; P.A. 95-98 amended Subsec. (b) to specifically exclude paramedics from provisions of chapter; 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. 96-148 added Subsec. (d) concerning telemedicine; P.A. 97-311 amended reference to paramedics to reflect licensure under Sec. 20-206ll; P.A. 98-43 paragraphed the numbered Subdivs. in Subsec. (b), changed "1978" to "1979" and "continues" to "as of October 31, 1997, continued" in Subdiv. (16); P.A. 98-166 amended Subdiv. (11) of Subsec. (b) to add medical officer candidates, effective June 4, 1998; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1 made a technical change re a statutory reference in Subsec. (c), effective June 24, 1998; P.A. 99-102 added new Subsec. (e) re osteopathic physicians; P.A. 99-168 amended Subsec. (b)(6) by replacing "under the direction of" with "in collaboration with" and adding Subpara. (B) re advanced practice registered nurses under the direction of a physician if maintaining certain classification; P.A. 00-47 amended Subsec. (b)(14) by changing "licensed paramedic" to "paramedic, as defined in subdivision (15) of section 19a-175, acting within the scope of regulations adopted pursuant to section 19a-179"; P.A. 00-226 amended Subsec. (b)(17) by changing "performing" to "practicing", deleting reference to Sec. 19a-16a and adding reference to Sec. 20-65f, effective the later of October 1, 2000, or the date notice is published by the Commissioner of Public Health in the Connecticut Law Journal indicating that the licensing of athletic trainers and physical therapist assistants is being implemented by the commissioner.
See Sec. 17b-407 re duty of physician or surgeon to report suspected abuse, neglect, exploitation or abandonment of the elderly.
See Sec. 19a-88 re annual renewal of licenses.
Cited. 130 C. 89. Sec. 20-8a et seq. cited. 207 C. 346, 347.
Cited. 13 CS 463.

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Except as provided in section 20-12, each person applying for a license under section 20-13 shall certify to the Department of Public Health that the applicant: (1) (A) Is a graduate of a medical school located in the United States or Canada accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education or of a medical education program accredited by the American Osteopathic Association, or (B) is a graduate of a medical school located outside the United States or Canada and has received the degree of doctor of medicine, osteopathic medicine or its equivalent and satisfies educational requirements specified in regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter and has either (i) successfully completed all components of a "fifth pathway program" conducted by an American medical school accredited by the American Medical Association or the American Osteopathic Association, or (ii) received certification from the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates; (2) has successfully completed not less than two years of progressive graduate medical training as a resident physician in a program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, the American Osteopathic Association or an equivalent program approved by the board with the consent of the department; and (3) has passed an examination prescribed by the department with the advice and consent of the appropriate examining board. Examinations required under this section shall be administered by the Department of Public Health under the supervision of the appropriate examining board. Passing scores shall be established by said department with the consent of the appropriate examining board. The department may, under such regulations as the Commissioner of Public Health may adopt, with the advice and assistance of the appropriate board, deny eligibility for licensure to a graduate who has been found to have provided fraudulent or inaccurate documentation regarding either the graduate's school's educational program or academic credentials or to have failed to meet educational standards as prescribed in such regulations.
(1949 Rev., S. 4364(a), (e); 1953, 1955, S. 2192d(a), (e); 1961, P.A. 363, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 45, S. 1; 225, S. 1; 1972, P.A. 80, S. 2; 127, S. 37; P.A. 73-673, S. 1, 3; P.A. 75-39, S. 2; 75-268, S. 4; P.A. 76-113, S. 1; 76-276, S. 14, 22; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 350, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 25, 136; P.A. 79-161, S. 1; P.A. 80-484, S. 11, 174, 176; P.A. 85-171, S. 1; 85- 613, S. 124; P.A. 89-389, S. 19, 22; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; 95-271, S. 1, 40; P.A. 99-102, S. 3.)
History: 1961 act added provision for persons who have received degrees from schools or hospitals not included in the list which are located in the Dominion of Canada; 1969 acts required student to be resident through not less than "one hundred and twenty-eight weeks of graded courses" rather than through "four graded courses of not less than thirty-two weeks each" and deleted requirement that statements be filed "in duplicate"; 1972 acts deleted reference to courses taken in "schools approved as provided in section 20-11", deleted provision which allowed students to take examination who had less than required hours of courses if student has had postgraduate instruction in schools or hospitals in U.S. or Canada, required filing of examination results within sixty rather than thirty days after examination and required proof that applicant is at least eighteen rather than twenty-one, reflecting changed age of majority; P.A. 73-673 required proof that noncitizen has an approved petition for immigration visa and replaced requirement for one hundred twenty-eight course hours with requirement that applicant has been a resident student and graduate of a medical school listed in World Health Organization Directory and deleted provisions re requirements for graduates of medical schools after January 1, 1919, and after July 1, 1947, effective June 27, 1973; P.A. 75-39 added provisions re citizens who attended medical school outside of U.S.; P.A. 75-268 deleted obsolete requirement that certificate required by repealed Sec. 20-3 be submitted; P.A. 76-113 deleted requirement that applicant be citizen, have declared intent to become citizen or possess immigration visa and following reference to citizenship; P.A. 76-276 made technical correction; P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, required consent of health services commissioner for examination and changed wording slightly, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-303 replaced reference to Sec. 20-122 with reference to Sec. 20-12; P.A. 79-161 replaced former provision re examination and required contents of statement with wholly new provisions; P.A. 80-484 replaced "certificate of registration" with "license", deleted proofs of age and moral character and made health services department rather than examining board responsible for examination contents and administration but provided for advice, supervision etc. of examining board; P.A. 85-171 amended (1)(B) to delete requirements re graduation from a medical school located in Mexico, amended (1)(C) to require approval of the medical school at the time of graduation rather than entrance, inserted (1)(i) and (ii) re successful completion of the "fifth pathway program" and certification from the educational commission for foreign medical graduates, deleting specific provisions re graduates of Mexican medical schools, deleted the requirement re annual publication of an approved schools list and added department authority through regulation, to deny eligibility for licensure; P.A. 85-613 made technical changes; P.A. 89-389 removed a requirement in Subdiv. (B) that the medical school at the time the person graduated was approved by the Connecticut medical examining board, added a requirement that the person satisfy educational requirements specified in regulations and made technical changes; P.A. 93-381 replaced department and commissioner of health services with department and 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; P.A. 95-271 amended Subdiv. (2) to require the minimum two years training to be of "progressive graduate medical" training in a program "accredited" by the "accreditation council for" graduate medical education, effective July 6, 1995; P.A. 99-102 added references to programs approved by the American Osteopathic Association and made technical changes.
See Sec. 20-13 re issuance of license.
The functions reposed in this board do not involve an improper delegation of power. 116 C. 416. Applicant precluded by former judgments from relitigating the questions determined when his license was revoked. 126 C. 218. Under former statute it was not necessary for approval of license issued in another state that applicant have such a diploma as was necessary to take the Connecticut examination; 130 C. 93; and in the case of such an application the words "may accept" were construed as mandatory. Id., 94. Sec. 20-8a et seq. cited. 207 C. 346, 347. Cited. 219 C. 168, 175.
Compared with section 20-37. 14 CS 199.

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The eligibility standards established by section 20-10 for obtaining a license shall not be applied in determining whether to renew any such license.
(P.A. 79-161, S. 2; P.A. 84-546, S. 158, 173.)
History: P.A. 84-546 made technical changes for statutory consistency substituting references to licensure for references to registration.
Sec. 20-8a et seq. cited. 207 C. 346, 347.

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The Department of Public Health under the supervision of the examining boards provided for by sections 20-8 and 20-8a shall hold examinations not less than twice each year at such places as the department designates. Applicants for licenses to practice medicine or surgery shall be examined in such medical subjects as the department may prescribe, with the advice and consent of the appropriate board, provided each applicant for examination shall be notified concerning the subjects in which he is to be examined. The Commissioner of Public Health, with advice and assistance from each board, shall make such rules and regulations for conducting examinations and for the operation of the board as, from time to time, he deems necessary. Passing scores for examinations shall be established by the department with the consent of the appropriate board. Each applicant for examination shall be examined with respect to the same school of practice in which the applicant was graduated except that an applicant for licensure in homeopathic medicine who is licensed as a physician or meets the requirements in section 20-10 may be examined in other than the school of practice in which such applicant was graduated. Before being admitted to the examination, an applicant shall pay the sum of four hundred fifty dollars and an applicant rejected by the department may be reexamined at any subsequent examination, upon payment of the sum of four hundred fifty dollars for each appearance.
(1949 Rev., S. 4366; 1953, S. 2193d; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 2; 1967, P.A. 111; 1969, P.A. 26; 225, S. 2; 1971, P.A. 776, S. 1; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 40; 1972, P.A. 80, S. 3; P.A. 76-276, S. 15, 22; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 351, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 12, 174, 176; P.A. 86-77, S. 1, 2; P.A. 89-251, S. 73, 203; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 17, 117; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: 1959 act raised fees for examination and reexamination from thirty-five to fifty dollars; 1967 act deleted listing of subjects in which applicant shall be examined and substituted such "medical" subjects; 1969 acts replaced provision requiring that examinations be held at least three times a year (March, July and November, second Tuesday) with provision for holding examination at least twice a year, raised fees to seventy-five dollars and deleted provisions re filing of statements re registration with town clerk; 1971 acts added proviso re conditions for approved medical school or institution, clarified nature of examination and raised fees to one hundred fifty dollars; 1972 act deleted requirement that examination questions and answers be kept on file for six years by health department, required only homeopathic medical examining board to file list of approved schools or institutions, where previously requirement applied to medical examining board as well and deleted proviso re conditions for approval and clarification of nature of examination which were added in 1971; P.A. 76- 276 added reference to board under Sec. 10-8a; P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, transferred examinations from examining boards to department's jurisdiction, retaining boards in supervisory and advisory roles, required approval of examination subjects by health services commissioner and clarified language, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-484 made provisions applicable only to medical examining board, deleting references to and provisions re homeopathic medical examining board, gave department rather than board power to designate examination sites and subjects covered by examination and stated department's power to set passing scores; P.A. 86-77 added the provision allowing an applicant for licensure in homeopathic medicine to be examined in other than the school of practice in which such applicant was graduated if he is licensed as a physician or meets requirements of Sec. 20-10; P.A. 89-251 increased the application fee from one hundred fifty dollars to four hundred fifty dollars; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6 raised reexamination fee from one hundred to four hundred fifty dollars; P.A. 93-381 replaced department and commissioner of health services with department and 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.
See Sec. 19a-89 re notification of change of office or residence address.
Cited. 130 C. 90. Sec. 20-8a et seq. cited. 207 C. 346, 347.
History. 13 CS 463. Cited. 31 CS 335.

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Sec. 20-11a. Permit for participation in intern, resident physician or medical officer candidate program. Requirements for participation in clinical clerkship programs. (a) No person shall participate in an intern or resident physician program or United States medical officer candidate training program until such person has received a permit issued by the Department of Public Health. The permit shall be issued solely for purposes of participation in graduate education as an intern, resident or medical officer candidate in a hospital. No person shall receive a permit until a statement has been filed with the department on the applicant's behalf by the hospital administrator certifying that the applicant is to be appointed an intern, resident or medical officer candidate in the hospital and that the applicant has received the degree of doctor of medicine, osteopathic medicine or its equivalent and, if educated outside the United States or Canada (1) has successfully completed all components of a "fifth pathway program" conducted by an American medical school accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education or the American Osteopathic Association, (2) received certification from the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, (3) has successfully completed the examination for licensure prescribed by the department pursuant to section 20-10, or (4) holds a current valid license in another state or territory.
(b) No person shall participate in a clinical clerkship program unless such person is (1) a student in a medical school located in the United States or Canada accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education or the American Osteopathic Association; or (2) is a third or fourth year student in a medical school located outside the United States or Canada, provided the clerkship is conducted in a hospital that has a residency program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or the American Osteopathic Association in the clinical area of the clerkship or in a hospital that is a primary affiliated teaching hospital of a medical school accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.
(P.A. 88-362, S. 2; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 98-166, S. 4, 9; P.A. 99-102, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department 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; P.A. 98-166 amended Subsec. (a) to add medical officer candidates, effective June 4, 1998; P.A. 99-102 added references to osteopathic medicine and the American Osteopathic Association and made technical changes.

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(a) Each person licensed to practice medicine and surgery under the provisions of section 20-13 who provides direct patient care services shall maintain professional liability insurance or other indemnity against liability for professional malpractice. The amount of insurance which each such person shall carry as insurance or indemnity against claims for injury or death for professional malpractice shall not be less than five hundred thousand dollars for one person, per occurrence, with an aggregate of not less than one million five hundred thousand dollars.
(b) Each insurance company which issues professional liability insurance, as defined in subdivisions (1), (6), (7), (8) and (9) of subsection (b) of section 38a-393, shall on and after January 1, 1995, render to the Commissioner of Public Health a true record of the names and addresses, according to classification, of cancellations of and refusals to renew professional liability insurance policies and the reasons for such cancellation or refusal to renew said policies for the year ending on the thirty-first day of December next preceding.
(P.A. 94-71, S. 1; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 96-180, S. 64, 166.)
History: 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. 96-180 required addresses to be included with the record of names in Subsec. (b), effective June 3, 1996.

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Sec. 20-12. Licensure without examination. Limited practice based on out-of- state or military license. (a) Except as hereinafter provided, in lieu of the examination required in section 20-10, the department may, under such regulations as the Commissioner of Public Health, with advice and assistance from the appropriate board, may establish and, upon receipt of four hundred fifty dollars, accept a license from the board of medical examiners or any board authorized to issue a license to practice osteopathic medicine, osteopathy or its equivalent of any state or territory of the United States or the District of Columbia or the Medical Council of Canada or of any agency in such jurisdictions authorized to issue licenses to practice medicine, osteopathic medicine or osteopathy, provided the applicant obtained such license after an examination substantially similar to or of higher quality than that required for a license in this state, has met all the requirements of section 20-10 except for examination and is a currently practicing, competent practitioner of good professional standing. The department may issue to an applicant approved without examination as hereinbefore provided a license to practice medicine and surgery.
(b) Except as hereinafter provided, the department may, in its discretion, and on receipt of four hundred fifty dollars, likewise accept and approve, in lieu of the examination required in section 20-10, a diploma of the National Board of Medical Examiners or a certificate of the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners, subject to the same conditions as hereinbefore set forth for acceptance, in lieu of examination, of a license from a board of medical examiners or any board authorized to issue a license to practice osteopathic medicine, osteopathy or its equivalent of any state or territory of the United States or the District of Columbia or the Medical Council of Canada, and may issue to such diplomate or certificate holder a statement certifying to the fact that the person named therein has been found qualified to practice medicine and surgery.
(c) In lieu of the examination required in section 20-10, the department may, under such regulations as the Commissioner of Public Health, with advice and assistance from the appropriate board, may establish, and upon the receipt of one hundred fifty dollars, accept and approve the application of any physician for a temporary license to practice solely in any state facility, and issue such license, subject to the same conditions set forth in subsection (a) of this section for the acceptance of a license from another jurisdiction or the application of a person who has been a resident student in and a graduate of a medical school listed in the World Health Organization Directory, and has received the degree of doctor of medicine, osteopathic medicine or other academic distinction that, in the judgment of such board, is equivalent to the degree of doctor of medicine or osteopathic medicine from such a school and has completed an additional year of postgraduate experience subsequent to the receipt of said degree. Such temporary license shall not be issued for a period longer than twelve months. During the period such temporary license is in effect, such physician shall make application for an examination administered or approved by the department under the supervision of the appropriate board.
(d) No license shall be issued under this section to any applicant against whom professional disciplinary action is pending or who is the subject of an unresolved complaint. The department shall inform the boards established under sections 20-8 and 20- 8a annually of the number of applications it receives for licensure under this section.
(e) Any physician licensed in another state, whose standards for licensure are equivalent to or greater than those required in this state, may practice as a youth camp physician in this state without a license for a period not to exceed nine weeks.
(f) Any physician licensed or otherwise authorized to practice medicine by the armed forces of the United States may practice as a physician without a license in a free clinic in this state provided (1) the physician does not receive payment for such practice, and (2) the physician carries, either directly or through the clinic, professional liability insurance or indemnity against liability for professional malpractice equal to or greater than that required of state-licensed physicians under section 20-11b.
(1949 Rev., S. 4364(b), (c); 1953, 1955, S. 2192d(b), (c); 1959, P.A. 616, S. 3; 1961, P.A. 363, S. 2; 1969, P.A. 45, S. 2; 1971, P.A. 64; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 41; 1972, P.A. 80, S. 4; P.A. 73-673, S. 2, 3; P.A. 76-234, S. 1, 2; 76-276, S. 16, 22; 76-435, S. 72, 82; P.A. 77-519, S. 5, 6; 77-614, S. 352, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 13, 174, 176; P.A. 81-130, S. 1, 2; P.A. 85-171, S. 2; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 18, 117; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; 93-435, S. 5, 95; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 99-102, S. 6.)
History: 1959 act raised fees for accepting license from other state or territory, etc., from seventy-five dollars and for accepting diploma of National Board of Medical Examiners from thirty-five dollars; 1961 act added provisions re Medical Council of Canada; 1969 act replaced "four graded courses of not less than thirty-two weeks each" with "one hundred and twenty-eight weeks of graded courses" and replaced three year practice requirement with one year practice requirement; 1971 acts added Subsec. (c) re youth camp physicians' licenses and increased fee for accepting license from other state or territory, etc. from one hundred to one hundred fifty dollars and for accepting diploma of National Board of Medical Examiners from fifty to one hundred fifty dollars; 1972 act required that examinations be of the same quality for acceptance, deleted reference to schools approved under Sec. 20-11, deleted requirement that year of practice be within five years immediately preceding date of application and deleted provisions forbidding acceptance of license in lieu of examination from person failing to fulfill requirements under Sec. 20-3 in Subsec. (a) and deleted exception in Subsec. (b) allowing diplomates of National Board of Medical Examiners to bypass one-year practice requirement; P.A. 73-673 replaced requirement that applicant be resident student for one hundred twenty-eight course weeks with requirement that applicant have been a resident student "in and a graduate of a medical school" listed in the World Health Organization Directory and added requirement that applicant, if noncitizen and has not filed declaration of intent to become citizen, has an approved petition for immigrant visa; P.A. 76-234 added Subsec. (d) re temporary licenses; P.A. 76-276 made provisions applicable to medical examining board as well as homeopathic medical examining board; P.A. 76-435 made technical changes; P.A. 77-519 removed references to citizenship or immigrant status of applicants; P.A. 77-614 gave regulation power to commissioner of health services, rather than boards, but retained boards in advisory capacity, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-484 transferred duties re acceptance and granting of licenses from boards to health services department, replaced certificates of registration with licenses, added residency requirement in Subsec. (a) and required physician to be a "currently practicing competent practitioner of good professional standing" omitting reference to moral character, deleted Subsec. (c) re youth camp physicians' licenses, relettering Subsec. (d) accordingly and added provisions prohibiting issuance of license to applicant against whom disciplinary action is pending or who is subject of unresolved complaint and requiring that board be informed of number of applicants for licensure on annual basis; P.A. 81-130 added Subsec. (d) setting forth conditions under which physician licensed in another state may practice as a youth camp physician; P.A. 85-171 amended Subsec. (a) to require compliance with Sec. 20-10 and deleted some requirements re eligibility of foreign applicants; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6 raised license fees in Subsecs. (a) and (b) from one hundred fifty to four hundred fifty dollars; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-435 set out part of former Subsec. (c) as new Subsec. (d) and relettered former Subsec. (d) as new Subsec. (e), effective June 28, 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; P.A. 99-102 added references to boards authorized to issue license to practice osteopathic medicine or osteopathy or equivalent, made technical changes and added new Subsec. (f) re practice based on military license.
See note to Sec. 20-10.
Sec. 20-8a et seq. cited. 207 C. 346, 347.
"May accept" is mandatory. 11 CS 212; 13 CS 463. Under former statute not necessary to present diploma required in section 20-11. 11 CS 212. A regulation which imposes additional requirements beyond those contained in the statute is a nullity. 13 CS 463.

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As used in sections 20-12a to 20- 12g, inclusive:
(1) "Accredited physician assistant program" means a physician assistant program accredited, at the time of the applicant's graduation, by the Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation of the American Medical Association, the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs or such successor organization for the accreditation of physician assistant programs as may be approved by the department.
(2) "Board" means the Connecticut Medical Examining Board, established pursuant to section 20-8a.
(3) "Department" means the Department of Public Health.
(4) "National commission" means the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants or a successor organization for the certification or recertification of physician assistants that may be approved by the department.
(5) "Physician assistant" means an individual who: (A) Functions in a dependent relationship with a physician licensed pursuant to this chapter; and (B) is licensed pursuant to section 20-12b to provide patient services under the supervision, control, responsibility and direction of said physician.
(6) "Supervising physician" means a physician licensed pursuant to this chapter who is registered with the department pursuant to section 20-12c and who assumes responsibility for the supervision of services rendered by a physician assistant.
(7) "Supervision" means the exercise by the supervising physician of oversight, control and direction of the services of a physician assistant. Supervision includes but is not limited to: (A) Continuous availability of direct communication either in person or by radio, telephone or telecommunications between the physician assistant and the supervising physician; (B) active and continuing overview of the physician assistant's activities to ensure that the supervising physician's directions are being implemented and to support the physician assistant in the performance of his services; (C) personal review by the supervising physician of the physician assistant's practice at least weekly or more frequently as necessary to ensure quality patient care; (D) review of the charts and records of the physician assistant on a regular basis as necessary to ensure quality patient care; (E) delineation of a predetermined plan for emergency situations; and (F) designation of an alternate licensed physician in the absence of the supervising physician.
(P.A. 80-362, S. 1, 2; P.A. 87-117, S. 2; P.A. 90-211, S. 3, 23; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-74, S. 1, 9; 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; 95-271, S. 2, 40; P.A. 99-102, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 87-117 substituted the requirement that one passed a certifying examination not later than December 31, 1982, for former Subdiv. (2); P.A. 90-211 deleted the entire section and substituted new definitions; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-74 and 95-271 redefined "accredited physician assistant program" to require accreditation at time of graduation and to allow accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs or successor and redefined "supervision" to require that directions be by the "supervising" physician, effective July 1, 1995, and July 6, 1995, respectively; 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. 95-271, in addition to changes identical to those in P.A. 95-74, redefined "physician assistant", "supervising physician" and "supervision" to include osteopathic physicians and made technical changes, effective July 6, 1995; P.A. 99-102 deleted obsolete references to osteopathic physicians.
Sec. 20-8a et seq. cited. 207 C. 346, 347.

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(a) The department may, upon receipt of a fee of one hundred fifty dollars, issue a physician assistant license to an applicant who: (1) Holds a baccalaureate or higher degree in any field from a regionally accredited institution of higher education; (2) has graduated from an accredited physician assistant program; (3) has passed the certification examination of the national commission; (4) has satisfied the mandatory continuing medical education requirements of the national commission for current certification by such commission and has passed any examination or continued competency assessment the passage of which may be required by the national commission for maintenance of current certification by such commission; and (5) has completed not less than sixty hours of didactic instruction in pharmacology for physician assistant practice approved by the department.
(b) The department may, upon receipt of a fee of seventy-five dollars, issue a temporary permit to an applicant who (1) is a graduate of an accredited physician assistant program; (2) has completed not less than sixty hours of didactic instruction in pharmacology for physician assistant practice approved by the department; and (3) if applying for such permit on and after September 30, 1991, holds a baccalaureate or higher degree in any field from a regionally accredited institution of higher education. Such temporary permit shall authorize the holder to practice as a physician assistant only in those settings where the supervising physician is physically present on the premises and is immediately available to the physician assistant when needed, but shall not authorize the holder to prescribe or dispense drugs. Such temporary permit shall be valid from the date of issuance of same until the date of issuance of the results of the first certification examination scheduled by the national commission following the applicant's graduation from an accredited physician assistant program. Such permit shall become void and shall not be reissued in the event that the applicant fails to pass such examination. Violation of the restrictions on practice set forth in this subsection may constitute a basis for denial of licensure as a physician assistant.
(c) No license or temporary permit shall be issued under this section to any applicant against whom professional disciplinary action is pending or who is the subject of an unresolved complaint.
(d) No person shall practice as a physician assistant or represent himself as a physician assistant unless he holds a license or temporary permit pursuant to this section or training permit issued pursuant to section 20-12h.
(P.A. 90-211, S. 4, 23; P.A. 91-112, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-296, S. 1, 10; P.A. 95-74, S. 3, 9.)
History: P.A. 91-112 amended Subsec. (b) to extend until March 1, 1992, the deadline for physician assistants licensed pursuant to Subsec. (b) to meet continuing education requirements; P.A. 93-296 amended Subsec. (b) by adding new Subdiv. (3) re licensure of a person with eighteen-year employment history and amended Subsec. (c) to extend application date in Subdiv. (6) from June 30, 1992, to October 1, 1993, effective June 29, 1993 (Revisor's note: In 1995 references to "such commission" were changed editorially by the Revisors to "said commission"); P.A. 95-74 deleted former Subsecs. (b) and (c) containing obsolete provisions on temporary licenses and relettered remaining Subsecs. accordingly, amending relettered Subsec. (d) to include training permits, effective July 1, 1995.

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(a) Each physician assistant practicing in this state or participating in a resident physician assistant program shall have a clearly identified supervising physician who maintains the final responsibility for the care of patients and the performance of the physician assistant. No physician assistant issued a license or temporary permit by the department shall practice until such time as a supervising physician has been registered with the department. An individual may register with the department as a supervising physician provided the individual: (1) Possesses a current unrestricted license to practice medicine issued pursuant to this chapter; and (2) has submitted a completed application, on such forms as the department may require, with a fee of thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents. No physician shall function as a supervising physician unless so registered with the department. The department shall not register any applicant against whom professional disciplinary action is pending or who is the subject of an unresolved complaint in this or any other state or territory.
(b) A physician may function as a supervising physician for as many physician assistants as is medically appropriate under the circumstances, provided (1) the supervision is active and direct, and at the specific location in which the physician assistant is practicing, and (2) the physician is supervising not more than six full-time physician assistants concurrently, or the part-time equivalent thereof.
(c) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the employment of physician assistants in a hospital or other health care facility where such physician assistants function under the direction of a supervising physician.
(d) A supervising physician shall notify the department in writing within thirty days of termination of a physician-physician assistant supervisory relationship. Nothing in this subsection shall relieve a supervising physician of his responsibility to report pursuant to section 20-12e.
(P.A. 90-211, S. 5, 23; P.A. 94-210, S. 22, 30; P.A. 95-74, S. 4, 9; 95-271, S. 3, 40; P.A. 96-12, S. 2; P.A. 97-213, S. 12; P.A. 99-102, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 94-210 amended Subsec. (a) to add reference to chapter 371, effective June 9, 1994; P.A. 95-74 and P.A. 95-271 amended Subsec. (a) to add physician assistants in a resident physician program to those needing a supervising physician and to prohibit the department from registering applicants against whom a disciplinary action or unresolved complaint is pending, effective July 1, 1995, and July 6, 1995, respectively; P.A. 95-271 also added references to resident physician assistant programs and to osteopathic physicians, effective July 6, 1995; P.A. 96-12 amended Subsec. (b) to allow part-time equivalent supervision; P.A. 97-213 amended Subsec. (b) re supervision requirements; P.A. 99-102 deleted obsolete references to osteopathy, osteopathic physicians and osteopathic physician assistants and made technical changes.

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(a) A physician assistant who has complied with the provisions of sections 20-12b and 20-12c may perform medical functions delegated by a supervising physician when: (1) The supervising physician is satisfied as to the ability and competency of the physician assistant; (2) such delegation is consistent with the health and welfare of the patient and in keeping with sound medical practice; and (3) when such functions are performed under the oversight, control and direction of the supervising physician. The functions that may be performed under such delegation are those that are within the scope of the supervising physician's license, within the scope of such physician's competence as evidenced by such physician's postgraduate education, training and experience and within the normal scope of such physician's actual practice. Delegated functions shall be implemented in accordance with written protocols established by the supervising physician. All orders written by physician assistants shall be followed by the signature of the physician assistant and the printed name of the supervising physician. A physician assistant may, as delegated by the supervising physician within the scope of such physician's license, (A) prescribe and administer drugs, including controlled substances in schedule IV or V in all settings, (B) renew prescriptions for controlled substances in schedule II or III in outpatient settings, and (C) prescribe and administer controlled substances in schedule II or III to an inpatient in a short-term hospital, chronic disease hospital, emergency room satellite of a general hospital, or, after an admission evaluation by a physician, in a chronic and convalescent nursing home, as defined in the regulations of Connecticut state agencies and licensed pursuant to subsection (a) of section 19a-491, provided in all cases where the physician assistant prescribes a controlled substance in schedule II or III, the physician under whose supervision the physician assistant is prescribing shall cosign the order not later than twenty-four hours thereafter. The physician assistant may, as delegated by the supervising physician within the scope of such physician's license, dispense drugs, in the form of professional samples as defined in section 20-14c or when dispensing in an outpatient clinic as defined in the regulations of Connecticut state agencies and licensed pursuant to subsection (a) of section 19a-491 that operates on a not-for-profit basis, or when dispensing in a clinic operated by a state agency or municipality. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to allow the physician assistant to dispense any drug the physician assistant is not authorized under this subsection to prescribe.
(b) All prescription forms used by physician assistants shall contain the printed name, license number, address and telephone number of the physician under whose supervision the physician assistant is prescribing, in addition to the signature, name, address and license number of the physician assistant.
(c) No physician assistant may: (1) Engage in the independent practice of medicine; (2) claim to be or allow being represented as a physician licensed pursuant to this chapter; (3) use the title of doctor; or (4) associate by name or allow association by name with any term that would suggest qualification to engage in the independent practice of medicine. The physician assistant shall be clearly identified by appropriate identification as a physician assistant to ensure that the physician assistant is not mistaken for a physician licensed pursuant to this chapter.
(d) A physician assistant licensed under this chapter may make the actual determination and pronouncement of death of a patient, provided: (1) The death is an anticipated death; (2) the physician assistant attests to such pronouncement on the certificate of death; and (3) a physician licensed by the state of Connecticut certifies the death and signs the certificate of death within twenty-four hours of the pronouncement by the physician assistant.
(P.A. 90-211, S. 6, 23; P.A. 95-271, S. 4, 40; P.A. 96-12, S. 1; P.A. 99-102, S. 9; P.A. 00-205, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 95-271 added references to osteopathic physicians, effective July 6, 1995; P.A. 96-12 added Subsec. (d) re pronouncement of death by physician assistants; P.A. 99-102 deleted obsolete references to osteopathy and osteopathic physicians and made technical changes; P.A. 00-205 amended Subsec. (a) by revising prescriptive authority of physician assistants.

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(a) The state or county medical or osteopathic medical society or any state professional organization of physician assistants or any physician, physician assistant or holder of a permit issued pursuant to section 20-12h or subsection (d) of section 20-12b or any hospital shall within thirty days, and the board or any individual may, file a petition when such society, organization, practitioner, hospital, board or individual has any information that appears to show that a physician assistant is or may be unable to practice as a physician assistant with reasonable skill or safety for any of the reasons listed in section 20-12f. Petitions shall be filed with the department.
(b) Any health care facility licensed pursuant to subsection (a) of section 19a-491 which terminates or restricts the staff membership or privileges of any physician assistant or holder of a permit issued pursuant to section 20-12h or subsection (b) of section 20-12b shall, not later than fifteen days after the effective date of such action, notify the department of such action.
(P.A. 90-211, S. 7, 23; P.A. 95-74, S. 5, 9; 95-271, S. 5, 40; P.A. 99-102, S. 10.)
History: P.A. 95-74 and P.A. 95-271 amended Subsec. (b) to expand physician assistant notice requirements to holders of temporary and training permits, effective July 1, 1995, and July 6, 1995, respectively; P.A. 95-271 also amended Subsec. (a) to add osteopathic physicians and holders of training and temporary physician assistant permits as persons required to file petitions, effective July 6, 1995; P.A. 99-102 deleted obsolete reference to osteopathic physicians from Subsec. (a).

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The board shall have jurisdiction to hear all charges of conduct which fails to conform to the accepted standards of the physician assistant profession brought against persons licensed to practice as a physician assistant or holding any permit issued pursuant to section 20- 12h or subsection (b) of section 20-12b. The board may take any action set forth in section 19a-17 if it finds that a person licensed as a physician assistant or holding a permit issued pursuant to section 20-12h or subsection (b) of section 20-12b fails to conform to the accepted standards of the physician assistant profession. Conduct which fails to conform to the accepted standards of the physician assistant profession includes, but is not limited to, the following: Conviction of a felony; fraud or deceit in professional practice; illegal conduct; 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 patient record; possession, use, prescription for use, or distribution of controlled substances or legend drugs, except for therapeutic or other medically proper purposes; misrepresentation or concealment of a material fact in the obtaining or reinstatement of a physician assistant license or permit; or violation of any provisions of this chapter and section 21a-252. The commissioner may order a license or permit 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. 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; 90-98, S. 1, 2; 90-211, S. 8, 23; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-74, S. 6, 9; 95-220, S. 4—6; 95-271, S. 7, 40.)
History: (Revisor's note: P.A. 88-230 and P.A. 90-98 authorized substitution of "judicial district of Hartford" for "judicial district of Hartford-New Britain" in public and special acts of 1990 session, effective 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. 95-74 and P.A. 95-271 extended board jurisdiction to temporary and training permits, effective July 1, 1995, and July 6, 1995, respectively; 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.

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The department may, with the advice and assistance of the board, promulgate such regulations as may be necessary for the implementation of sections 20-12a to 20-12f, inclusive.
(P.A. 90-211, S. 9, 23.)

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Sec. 20-12h. Resident physician assistant program. License, temporary or training permit requirements. No person shall participate in a resident physician assistant program until he has received a license or temporary permit issued pursuant to section 20-12b or a training permit issued by the department. The training permit shall be issued solely for purposes of participation in postgraduate education as a resident physician assistant in a short-term hospital, as defined in the regulations of Connecticut state agencies and licensed pursuant to subsection (a) of section 19a-491, that provides a postgraduate medical education program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. No person shall receive a training permit until a statement has been filed with the department on his behalf by the hospital administrator certifying that such person is to be appointed a resident physician assistant in such hospital and that he has satisfied the requirements of subdivisions (1), (2) and (5) of subsection (a) of section 20-12b. Such training permit shall authorize the holder to participate in clinical educational activities only when the supervising physician is physically present on the premises and is immediately available to the physician assistant when needed, but shall not authorize the holder to prescribe or dispense drugs.
(P.A. 95-74, S. 2, 9; 95-271, S. 6, 40.)
History: P.A. 95-74 and P.A. 95-271, S. 6 effective July 1 1995 (Revisor's note: Since P.A. 95-74, S. 2 included all the substantive provisions of P.A. 95-271, S. 6, the Revisors codified both sections as a single statute section).

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Any person who has complied with the provisions of section 20-10 or section 20-12, and who files the proof thereof with the Department of Public Health, shall receive from the department a license, which shall include a statement that the person named therein is qualified to practice medicine and surgery.
(1949 Rev., S. 4364(e); 1953, 1955, S. 2192d(e); 1959, P.A. 616, S. 4; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 81-471, S. 6, 71; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: 1959 act deleted requirement for paying two dollars for certificate; P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 81-471 changed "certificate of registration" to "license" as of July 1, 1981; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department 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.
See Sec. 19a-88 re annual renewal of licenses.
See note to Sec. 20-10.
Sec. 20-8a et seq. cited. 207 C. 346, 347. Cited. 235 C. 128, 144. Cited. 239 C. 574.

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As used in sections 20-13a to 20-13i, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Board" means the Connecticut Medical Examining Board, as provided for in section 20-8a;
(2) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Public Health;
(3) "County society" means a county medical association affiliated with the Connecticut State Medical Society;
(4) "Department" means the Department of Public Health;
(5) "License" means any license or permit issued pursuant to section 20-10, 20-11a or 20-12;
(6) "Physician" means a person holding a license issued pursuant to this chapter, except a homeopathic physician; and
(7) "State society" means the Connecticut State Medical Society or the Connecticut Osteopathic Medical Society.
(P.A. 76-276, S. 1, 22; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 82-472, S. 74, 183; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; 95-271, S. 8, 40; P.A. 99-102, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner and department of health with commissioner and department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 82-472 replaced alphabetic Subdiv. indicators with numeric indicators; P.A. 93- 381 replaced department and commissioner of health services with department and 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; P.A. 95-271 added reference to the Connecticut Osteopathic Medical Society in definition of "county society", added Subdiv. (5) defining "license", renumbering the remaining Subdivs., and changed "licensed" to "holding a license issued" in definition of "physician", effective July 6, 1995; P.A. 99-102 moved reference to the Connecticut Osteopathic Medical Society from the definition of "county society" in Subdiv. (3) to the definition of "state society" in Subdiv. (7).
Sec. 20-8a et seq. cited. 207 C. 346, 347.
Subdiv. (5):
Cited. 208 C. 492, 497, 502, 503.

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The Commissioner of Public Health, with advice and assistance from the board, may establish such regulations in accordance with chapter 54 as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 20-13a to 20-13i, inclusive.
(P.A. 76-276, S. 2, 22; P.A. 77-614, S. 353, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of health with commissioner of health services, effective January 1, 1979; 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.
Sec. 20-8a et seq. cited. 207 C. 346, 347.

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The board is authorized to restrict, suspend or revoke the license or limit the right to practice of a physician or take any other action in accordance with section 19a-17, for any of the following reasons: (1) Physical illness or loss of motor skill, including, but not limited to, deterioration through the aging process; (2) emotional disorder or mental illness; (3) abuse or excessive use of drugs, including alcohol, narcotics or chemicals; (4) illegal, incompetent or negligent conduct in the practice of medicine; (5) possession, use, prescription for use, or distribution of controlled substances or legend drugs, except for therapeutic or other medically proper purposes; (6) misrepresentation or concealment of a material fact in the obtaining or reinstatement of a license to practice medicine; (7) failure to adequately supervise a physician assistant; (8) failure to fulfill any obligation resulting from participation in the National Health Service Corps; (9) failure to maintain professional liability insurance or other indemnity against liability for professional malpractice as provided in subsection (a) of section 20-11b; (10) failure to provide information requested by the department for purposes of completing a health care provider profile, as required by section 20-13j; (11) engaging in any activity for which accreditation is required under section 19a-690 or 19a-691 without the appropriate accreditation required by section 19a-690 or 19a-691; (12) failure to provide evidence of accreditation required under section 19a-690 or 19a-691 as requested by the department pursuant to section 19a-690 or 19a-691; or (13) violation of any provision of this chapter or any regulation established hereunder. In each case, the board shall consider whether the physician poses a threat, in the practice of medicine, to the health and safety of any person. If the board finds that the physician poses such a threat, the board shall include such finding in its final decision and act to suspend or revoke the license of said physician.
(P.A. 76-276, S. 3, 22; P.A. 77-614, S. 354, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 15, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 7, 71; P.A. 90-211, S. 10, 23; P.A. 91-105, S. 3, 4; P.A. 92-40; P.A. 94-71, S. 7; P.A. 99-284, S. 34; P.A. 01-50, S. 3, 4.)
History: P.A. 77-614 added Subdiv. (8) allowing restriction, suspension or revocation of license etc. for violations of chapter or related regulations, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-484 replaced "certificate of registration" with "license" and deleted Subdiv. (7) prohibiting advertising which may deceive the public, renumbering Subdiv. (8) accordingly; P.A. 81-471 deleted reference to "certificate" in Subdiv. (6); P.A. 90-211 added failure to adequately supervise a physician assistant as ground for disciplinary action; P.A. 91-105 amended section to require the board to make determination concerning any threat presented by a physician to the health and safety of patients; P.A. 92-40 inserted new Subdiv. (8) concerning failure to fulfill obligations resulting from participation in the National Health Service Corps, renumbering former Subdiv. (8) as (9); P.A. 94-71 inserted new Subdiv. (9) concerning failure to maintain professional liability insurance or other indemnity against liability for professional malpractice and renumbered former Subdiv. (9) as (10); P.A. 99-284 inserted new Subdiv. (10) re failure to provide profile information, renumbering former Subdiv. (10) as (11), and made technical changes; P.A. 01-50 added new Subdivs. (11) and (12) re accreditation requirements and redesignated former Subdiv. (11) as Subdiv. (13), effective July 1, 2001.
Sec. 20-8a et seq. cited. 207 C. 346, 347. Cited. Id. Cited. 208 C. 492, 497, 498, 500, 502. Cited. 223 C. 618, 626. Cited. 228 C. 651, 653, 658, 665, 677.
Cited. 24 CA 662, 664; judgment reversed, see 223 C. 618 et seq. Cited. 37 CA 694, 695.
Cited. 40 CS 188, 189.
Subdiv. (2):
Cited. 228 C. 651, 655, 656.
Subdiv. (4):
Cited. 228 C. 651, 654—657, 667, 670.
Subdiv. (5):
Cited. 228 C. 651, 654, 656, 657, 667, 670.

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Sec. 20-13d. Complaints required and permitted. Department to be notified of termination or restriction of physician's privileges. Facilities to be notified of suspension, revocation or restriction of physician's license. Notice of disciplinary action taken in other state. (a) The state society or any county society or any physician or hospital shall within thirty days, and the board or any individual may, file a petition when such society, physician or hospital or said board or individual has any information which appears to show that a physician is or may be unable to practice medicine with reasonable skill or safety for any of the reasons listed in section 20-13c. Petitions shall be filed with the Department of Public Health on forms supplied by the department, shall be signed and sworn and shall set forth in detail the matters complained of.
(b) Any health care facility licensed under section 19a-493 which terminates or restricts the staff membership or privileges of any physician shall, not later than fifteen days after the effective date of such action, notify the department of such action.
(c) The department shall notify any health care facility licensed under section 19a- 493 if the board suspends, revokes or otherwise restricts the license of any physician. The commissioner shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 to implement a system of notification in accordance with the provisions of this subsection.
(d) A physician shall report to the department any disciplinary action similar to an action specified in subsection (a) of section 19a-17 taken against him by a duly authorized professional disciplinary agency of any other state, the District of Columbia, a United States possession or territory, or a foreign jurisdiction, within thirty days of such action. Failure to so report may constitute a ground for disciplinary action under section 20-13c.
(P.A. 76-276, S. 4, 22; P.A. 77-614, S. 355, 610; P.A. 84-148, S. 1, 4; P.A. 90-13, S. 8; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95- 257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 77-614 required that complaints be filed with department of health services rather than with board and that department rather than board be notified of termination, restriction, etc. of physician by health care facility and deleted Subsecs. (c) and (d) re procedure for investigation of complaints, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 84-148 changed "complaint" to "petition", imposed thirty-day time limit for filing of petition and added Subsec. (c) requiring the department to notify health care facilities if the board suspends, revokes or otherwise restricts a physician's license; P.A. 90-13 added Subsec. (d) re disciplinary action taken in any other state; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department 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.
Sec. 20-8a et seq. cited. 207 C. 346, 347.
Cited. 17 CA 532, 540—542.
Cited. 40 CS 188, 193.

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(a) The department shall investigate each petition filed pursuant to section 20-13d, in accordance with the provisions of subdivision (10) of subsection (a) of section 19a-14 to determine if probable cause exists to issue a statement of charges and to institute proceedings against the physician under subsection (e). Such investigation shall be concluded not later than eighteen months from the date the petition is filed with the department and, unless otherwise specified by this subsection, the record of such investigation shall be deemed a public record, in accordance with section 1-210, at the conclusion of such eighteen-month period. Any such investigation shall be confidential and no person shall disclose his knowledge of such investigation to a third party unless the physician requests that such investigation and disclosure be open. If the department determines that probable cause exists to issue a statement of charges, the entire record of such proceeding shall be public unless the department determines that the physician is an appropriate candidate for participation in a rehabilitation program in accordance with subsection (b) and the physician agrees to participate in such program in accordance with terms agreed upon by the department and the physician. If at any time subsequent to the filing of a petition and during the eighteen-month period, the department makes a finding of no probable cause, the petition and the entire record of such investigation shall remain confidential unless the physician requests that such petition and record be open.
(b) In any investigation pursuant to subsection (a), the department may recommend that the physician participate in an appropriate rehabilitation program, provided the department determines that the physician, during his participation in such a program in accordance with terms agreed upon by the department and the physician, does not pose a threat in his practice of medicine, to the health and safety of any person. Such determination shall become a part of the record of said investigation. The department may seek the advice of established medical organizations in determining the appropriateness of any rehabilitation program. If the physician participates in an approved program, with the consent of the department, the department shall monitor the physician's participation in such program and require the person responsible for the physician's activities in such program to submit signed monthly reports describing the physician's progress therein. The department shall determine if participation in such a program is sufficient cause to end its investigation. Upon commencement of the rehabilitation program by the physician and during his continued participation in such program in accordance with terms agreed upon by the department and the physician all records shall remain confidential.
(c) As part of an investigation of a petition filed pursuant to subsection (a) of section 20-13d, the Department of Public Health may order the physician to submit to a physical or mental examination, to be performed by a physician chosen from a list approved by the department. The department may seek the advice of established medical organizations or licensed health professionals in determining the nature and scope of any diagnostic examinations to be used as part of any such physical or mental examination. The examining physician shall make a written statement of his or her findings.
(d) If the physician fails to obey a department order to submit to examination or attend a hearing, the department may petition the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford to order such examination or attendance, and said court or any judge assigned to said court shall have jurisdiction to issue such order.
(e) Subject to the provisions of section 4-182, no license shall be restricted, suspended or revoked by the board, and no physician's right to practice shall be limited by the board, until the physician has been given notice and opportunity for hearing in accordance with the regulations established by the commissioner.
(P.A. 76-276, S. 5, 22; P.A. 77-614, S. 356, 610; P.A. 80-483, S. 160, 186; P.A. 81-471, S. 8, 71; P.A. 84-148, S. 2, 4; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 91-105, S. 2, 4; 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: P.A. 77-614 deleted Subsecs. (a) and (b) re procedure for investigation of complaints after board's staff report or county society report and Subsecs. (d) and (e) re hearings, rights of physicians during hearings, etc., designated former Subsec. (c) as (a), substituting department of health services for board and deleting clause re consideration of examining physician's statement as part of investigation and staff report, designated former Subsec. (f) as (b), similarly substituting department for board, and added new Subsec. (c) prohibiting restriction, suspension or revocation of certificate, etc. unless notice and opportunity for hearing has been given, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-483 replaced Hartford county with judicial district of Hartford-New Britain in Subsec. (b); P.A. 81-471 changed "certificate of registration" to "license" in Subsec. (c) as of July 1, 1981; P.A. 84-148 inserted new Subsecs. (a) and (b) concerning investigations of petitions and appropriate rehabilitation programs for physicians, relettered former Subsec. (a) and authorized the department to seek medical advice re examinations of a physician and relettered former Subsecs. (b) and (c); 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. 91-105 amended Subsec. (b) to require the department to make determination concerning any threat presented by a physician to the health and safety of patients; 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.
Sec. 20-8a et seq. cited. 207 C. 346, 347. Cited. 224 C. 29, 37.
Cited. 14 CA 552, 559.
Cited. 40 CS 188, 193.

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Secs. 20-13f to 20-13h. Decision and order; notice; surrender of certificate; appeal. Rescission or modification of disciplinary action. Immunity from civil liability; admissibility of evidence. Sections 20-13f to 20-13h, inclusive, are repealed.
(P.A. 76-276, S. 6—8, 22; P.A. 77-614, S. 357, 587, 609, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 80-484, S. 175, 176.)

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The department shall file with the Governor and the joint standing committee on public health of the General Assembly on or before January 1, 1986, and thereafter on or before January first of each succeeding year, a report of the activities of the department and the board conducted pursuant to sections 20-13d and 20-13e. Each such report shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following information: The number of petitions received; the number of hearings held on such petitions; and, without identifying the particular physician concerned, a brief description of the impairment alleged in each such petition and the actions taken with regard to each such petition by the department and the board.
(P.A. 76-276, S. 9, 22; P.A. 80-484, S. 147, 176; P.A. 84-148, S. 3, 4.)
History: P.A. 80-484 postponed report deadline from 1979 to 1981 and replaced board with department of health services as reporting agency; P.A. 84-148 amended the reporting procedure to require, commencing January 1, 1986, annual reports to the public health committee as well as the governor and changed "complaints" to "petitions".
Sec. 20-8a et seq. cited. 207 C. 346, 347.
Cited. 40 CS 188, 193.

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(a) For purposes of this section: "Department" means the Department of Public Health, and "physician" means a physician licensed pursuant to this chapter.
(b) The department, after consultation with the Connecticut Medical Examining