Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 368v - Health Care Institutions
Section 19a-491. (Formerly Sec. 19-577). - License and certificate required. Application. Assessment of civil penalties or a consent order. Fees. Minimum service quality standards. Regulations. Professional liability insurance. Prohibition. Maintenan...

(a) No person acting individually or jointly with any other person shall establish, conduct, operate or maintain an institution in this state without a license as required by this chapter, except for persons issued a license by the Commissioner of Children and Families pursuant to section 17a-145 for the operation of (1) a substance abuse treatment facility, or (2) a facility for the purpose of caring for women during pregnancies and for women and their infants following such pregnancies. Application for such license shall (A) be made to the Department of Public Health upon forms provided by it, (B) be accompanied by the fee required under subsection (c), (d) or (e) of this section, (C) contain such information as the department requires, which may include affirmative evidence of ability to comply with reasonable standards and regulations prescribed under the provisions of this chapter, and (D) not be required to be notarized. The commissioner may require as a condition of licensure that an applicant sign a consent order providing reasonable assurances of compliance with the Public Health Code. The commissioner may issue more than one chronic disease hospital license to a single institution until such time as the state offers a rehabilitation hospital license.

(b) If any person acting individually or jointly with any other person owns real property or any improvements thereon, upon or within which an institution, as defined in subsections (c) and (o) of section 19a-490, is established, conducted, operated or maintained and is not the licensee of the institution, such person shall submit a copy of the lease agreement to the department at the time of any change of ownership and with each license renewal application. The lease agreement shall, at a minimum, identify the person or entity responsible for the maintenance and repair of all buildings and structures within which such an institution is established, conducted or operated. If a violation is found as a result of an inspection or investigation, the commissioner may require the owner to sign a consent order providing assurances that repairs or improvements necessary for compliance with the provisions of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies shall be completed within a specified period of time or may assess a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for each day that such owner is in violation of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies or a consent order. A consent order may include a provision for the establishment of a temporary manager of such real property who has the authority to complete any repairs or improvements required by such order. Upon request of the Commissioner of Public Health, the Attorney General may petition the Superior Court for such equitable and injunctive relief as such court deems appropriate to ensure compliance with the provisions of a consent order. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any property or improvements owned by a person licensed in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section to establish, conduct, operate or maintain an institution on or within such property or improvements.
(c) Notwithstanding any regulation, the Commissioner of Public Health shall charge the following fees for the biennial licensing and inspection of the following institutions: (1) Chronic and convalescent nursing homes, per site, four hundred forty dollars; (2) chronic and convalescent nursing homes, per bed, five dollars; (3) rest homes with nursing supervision, per site, four hundred forty dollars; (4) rest homes with nursing supervision, per bed, five dollars; (5) outpatient dialysis units and outpatient surgical facilities, six hundred twenty-five dollars; (6) mental health residential facilities, per site, three hundred seventy-five dollars; (7) mental health residential facilities, per bed, five dollars; (8) hospitals, per site, nine hundred forty dollars; (9) hospitals, per bed, seven dollars and fifty cents; (10) nonstate agency educational institutions, per infirmary, one hundred fifty dollars; (11) nonstate agency educational institutions, per infirmary bed, twenty-five dollars; (12) home health care agencies, except certified home health care agencies described in subsection (d) of this section, per agency, three hundred dollars; (13) home health care agencies, hospice agencies, or home health aide agencies, except certified home health care agencies, hospice agencies or home health aide agencies described in subsection (d) of this section, per satellite patient service office, one hundred dollars; (14) assisted living services agencies, except such agencies participating in the congregate housing facility pilot program described in section 8-119n, per site, five hundred dollars; (15) short-term hospitals special hospice, per site, nine hundred forty dollars; (16) short-term hospitals special hospice, per bed, seven dollars and fifty cents; (17) hospice inpatient facility, per site, four hundred forty dollars; and (18) hospice inpatient facility, per bed, five dollars.
(d) Notwithstanding any regulation, the commissioner shall charge the following fees for the triennial licensing and inspection of the following institutions: (1) Residential care homes, per site, five hundred sixty-five dollars; (2) residential care homes, per bed, four dollars and fifty cents; (3) home health care agencies that are certified as a provider of services by the United States Department of Health and Human Services under the Medicare or Medicaid program, three hundred dollars; and (4) certified home health care agencies or hospice agencies, as described in section 19a-493, per satellite patient service office, one hundred dollars.
(e) The commissioner shall charge one thousand dollars for the licensing and inspection of outpatient clinics that provide either medical or mental health service, urgent care services and well-child clinical services, except those operated by a municipal health department, health district or licensed nonprofit nursing or community health agency. Such licensing and inspection shall be performed every three years, except those outpatient clinics that have obtained accreditation from a national accrediting organization within the immediately preceding twelve-month period may be inspected by the commissioner once every four years, provided the outpatient clinic has not committed any violation that the commissioner determines would pose an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of the patients of the outpatient clinic. The provisions of this subsection shall not be construed to limit the commissioner's authority to inspect any applicant for licensure or renewal of licensure as an outpatient clinic, suspend or revoke any license granted to an outpatient clinic pursuant to this section or take any other legal action against an outpatient clinic that is authorized by any provision of the general statutes.
(f) Any institution that is planning a project for construction or building alteration shall provide the plan for such project to the Department of Public Health for review. Any such project shall comply with nationally established facility guidelines for health care construction, as approved by the commissioner, that are in place at the time the institution provides the plan to the department. The commissioner shall post a reference to such guidelines, including the effective date of such guidelines, on the Department of Public Health's Internet web site. No institution shall be required to include matters outside the scope and applicability of such guidelines in the institution's plan.
(g) The commissioner shall charge a fee of five hundred sixty-five dollars for the technical assistance provided for the design, review and development of an institution's construction, renovation, building alteration, sale or change in ownership when the cost of the project is one million dollars or less and shall charge a fee of one-quarter of one per cent of the total construction cost when the cost of the project is more than one million dollars. Such fee shall include all department reviews and on-site inspections. For purposes of this subsection, “institution” does not include a facility owned by the state.
(h) The commissioner may require as a condition of the licensure of a home health care agency, hospice agency and home health aide agency that each agency meet minimum service quality standards. In the event the commissioner requires such agencies to meet minimum service quality standards as a condition of their licensure, the commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to define such minimum service quality standards, which shall (1) allow for training of home health aides by adult continuing education, (2) require a registered nurse to visit and assess each patient receiving home health aide services as often as necessary based on the patient's condition, but not less than once every sixty days, and (3) require the assessment prescribed by subdivision (2) of this subsection to be completed while the home health aide is providing services in the patient's home.
(i) No person acting individually or jointly with any other person shall establish, conduct, operate or maintain a home health care agency, hospice agency or home health aide agency without maintaining professional liability insurance or other indemnity against liability for professional malpractice. The amount of insurance which such person shall maintain as insurance or indemnity against claims for injury or death for professional malpractice shall be not less than one million dollars for one person, per occurrence, with an aggregate of not less than three million dollars.
(j) On and after June 15, 2012, until June 30, 2017, the commissioner shall not issue or renew a license under this chapter for any hospital certified to participate in the Medicare program as a long-term care hospital under Section 1886(d)(1)(B)(iv) of the Social Security Act (42 USC 1395ww) unless such hospital was so certified under said federal act on January 1, 2012.
(k) (1) A chronic disease hospital shall (A) maintain its medical records on-site in an accessible manner or be able to retrieve such records from an off-site location not later than the end of the next business day after receiving a request for such records, (B) keep a patient's medical records on-site for a minimum of ten years after the date of such patient's discharge, except the hospital may destroy the patient's original medical records prior to the expiration of the ten-year period if a copy of such medical records is preserved by a process that is consistent with current hospital standards, or (C) complete a patient's medical records not more than thirty days after the date of such patient's discharge, except in unusual circumstances that shall be specified in the hospital's rules and regulations for its medical staff. Each chronic disease hospital shall provide the Department of Public Health with a list of the process it uses for preserving a copy of medical records in accordance with subparagraph (B) of this subdivision.
(2) A children's hospital shall (A) maintain its medical records on-site in an accessible manner or be able to retrieve such records from an off-site location not later than the end of the next business day after receiving a request for such records, and (B) keep a patient's medical records on-site for a minimum of ten years after the date of such patient's discharge, except the hospital may destroy the patient's original medical records prior to the expiration of the ten-year period if a copy of such medical records is preserved by a process that is consistent with current hospital standards. Each children's hospital shall provide the Department of Public Health a list of the process it uses for preserving a copy of medical records in accordance with subparagraph (B) of this subdivision.
(3) The Department of Public Health may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to implement the provisions of this subsection.
(1953, 1955, S. 2052d; P.A. 77-601, S. 9, 11; 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 79-610, S. 23; P.A. 80-127, S. 1; P.A. 84-546, S. 167, 173; P.A. 85-588, S. 1; P.A. 89-350, S. 6; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 14, 117; P.A. 93-74, S. 44, 67; 93-201, S. 9, 24; 93-381, S. 9, 39; 93-415, S. 9; P.A. 94-196, S. 1, 2; P.A. 95-160, S. 12, 69; 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 96-139, S. 12, 13; P.A. 97-112, S. 2; 97-297; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 28; P.A. 05-64, S. 1; P.A. 09-197, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 177; P.A. 10-117, S. 10; P.A. 11-242, S. 28; P.A. 12-118, S. 2; P.A. 13-208, S. 5; 13-234, S. 140; 13-249, S. 2; P.A. 15-242, S. 1, 2; P.A. 16-66, S. 23; P.A. 17-95, S. 1; 17-146, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 39, 675; P.A. 18-168, S. 40; P.A. 19-97, S. 6; 19-118, S. 42, 73; P.A. 21-121, S. 46.)
History: Sec. 19-33 transferred to Sec. 19-577 in 1977; P.A. 77-601 added exception re continued operation of certain facilities in operation as of January 1, 1979; P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-610 added Subsec. (b) re validity of certain licenses issued before October 1, 1979; P.A. 80-127 added Subsec. (c) re certificate of compliance with public health code; Sec. 19-577 transferred to Sec. 19a-491 in 1983; P.A. 84-546 made technical change to Subsec. (a), deleting obsolete provision re home health care agency, homemaker-home health aide agency or coordination, assessment and monitoring agency in operation on January 1, 1979; P.A. 85-588 added Subsec. (d) to include in the definition of “institution” any person or agency who advertises, arranges or provides homemaker-home health aides or services in a patient's home; P.A. 89-350 added the language on consent orders, deleted former Subsec. (b) re period of validity for licenses and renewal and relettered the remaining Subsecs. and changed “annually” to “biennially” in Subsec. (b); May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6 added new Subsec. (d) to establish fees for biennial licensing and inspection of chronic and convalescent nursing homes, rest homes with nursing supervision, homes for the aged, ambulatory facilities, mental health residential facilities, hospitals, nonstate agency educational facilities and for technical assistance for design, review and development; P.A. 93-74 amended Subsec. (d) by exempting municipal health departments, health districts or licensed nursing or community health and well-child clinics from the biennial licensing and inspection fees, by reducing educational institution infirmary fee from $500 to $75 and by instituting a per-bed charge of $25, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-201 amended Subsec. (d)(13) to add “infirmary”, effective July 1, 1993; 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. 93-415 added Subsec. (e) authorizing commissioner to develop minimum service quality standards; P.A. 94-196 amended Subsec. (a) to authorize issuance of more than one chronic disease hospital license to a single institution until the state offers a rehabilitation hospital license, effective June 9, 1994 (Revisor's note: In 1995 the words “said chapter and sections” were replaced editorially by the Revisors with “this chapter”); P.A. 95-160 amended Subsec. (e) by deleting a reference to coordination, assessment and monitoring agencies and made a technical change, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-139 changed effective date of P.A. 95-160 but without affecting this section; P.A. 97-112 replaced “homes for the aged” with “residential care homes”; P.A. 97-297 amended Subsec. (e) to add provision re training of homemaker-home health care aides by continuing education; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3 amended Subsec. (b) by requiring submittal of a lease agreement and deleting provisions re biennial issuance of certificate of compliance with Public Health Code, deleted former Subsec. (c) defining “institution”, redesignating existing Subsec. (d) as new Subsec. (c) and adding licensing and inspection requirement for outpatient dialysis units and outpatient surgical facilities, deleting references to residential care homes and ambulatory facilities and deleting provision re technical assistance fee, added new Subsec. (d) to change license renewal for residential care homes from biennially to triennially and to increase fees from $300 per site and $3 per bed to $450 per site and $4.50 per bed, added new Subsec. (e) to require license renewal and inspection with fees every four years for outpatient clinics and maternity homes, added new Subsec. (f) re technical assistance fee, redesignated existing Subsec. (e) as new Subsec. (g) and made technical changes, effective January 1, 2004; P.A. 05-64 amended Subsec. (g) by designating existing language re regulations allowing for training as Subdiv. (1), making technical changes and adding new Subdivs. (1) and (2) re additional requirements for regulations establishing minimum service quality standards, effective June 2, 2005; P.A. 09-197 amended Subsec. (a) by adding exception for certain facilities licensed by the Commissioner of Children and Families, effective July 1, 2009; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 amended Subsecs. (c), (d) and (f) to increase fees; P.A. 10-117 amended Subsec. (b) to make a technical change and add provisions permitting commissioner to assess civil penalty of not more than $1,000 per day against an owner who is in violation of Public Health Code or consent order and providing that consent order may include establishment of temporary manager and that Attorney General may petition Superior Court to ensure compliance with consent order; P.A. 11-242 amended Subsec. (e) by deleting former Subdivs. (2) and (3) re license fees for maternity homes on a per site and per bed basis and by making technical changes; P.A. 12-118 added Subsec. (h) prohibiting commissioner from issuing or renewing the license of certain long-term care hospitals from June 15, 2012, until June 30, 2017, unless the hospital was certified under federal act on January 1, 2012, effective June 15, 2012; P.A. 13-208 amended Subsec. (c) by adding provisions, codified by the Revisors as Subdivs. (15) to (18), re hospice facility biennial fees and by making a technical change; P.A. 13-234 amended Subsec. (c) by adding Subdivs. (12) and (13) re home health care agency biennial fees and adding Subdiv. (14) re assisted living services agency biennial fees, amended Subsec. (d) by adding Subdiv. (3) re home health care agency triennial fees and adding Subdiv. (4) re certified home health care agency triennial fees, and amended Subsec. (f) by adding provisions re renovation and building alteration, re fees relative to cost of project, re fees to include reviews and inspections and re definition of “institution”, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 13-249 added new Subsec. (h) re professional liability insurance or other indemnity against liability for professional malpractice and redesignated existing Subsec. (h) as Subsec. (i), effective January 1, 2014; P.A. 15-242 amended Subsec. (f) by changing “project cost” to “construction cost” and making technical changes and added Subsec. (j) re maintenance of medical records; P.A. 16-66 amended Subsec. (j)(1)(A) and (2)(A) to add provision re retrieval of records from off-site location not later than end of next business day after receiving records request and further amended Subsec. (j)(2)(A) to delete “, except nurse's notes,”; P.A. 17-95 added new Subsec. (f) re review of plan for construction or building alteration project and compliance with nationally established facility guidelines and redesignated existing Subsecs. (f) to (j) as Subsecs. (g) to (k); P.A. 17-146 amended Subsec. (a)(2) by designating provision re forms as Subpara. (A), adding Subpara. (B) re fee, designating provision re information as department requires as Subpara. (C), and making technical changes; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (e) by replacing “four” with “three”, adding reference to “urgent care services” and replacing “clinics” with “clinical services”, effective October 31, 2017, and made identical changes, effective December 1, 2017; P.A. 18-168 amended Subsec. (a) by adding Subpara. (D) re notarization of application not required; P.A. 19-97 amended Subsecs. (h) and (i) by replacing references to homemaker-home health aides with references to home health aides, effective July 1, 2019; P.A. 19-118 amended Subsec. (b) by adding reference to Sec. 19a-490(o), effective July 9, 2019, and amended Subsec. (e) by adding provisions re exception to requirement of licensing and inspection every 3 years and making technical changes, effective July 1, 2019; P.A. 21-121 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing references to “Public Health Code” with references to “regulations of Connecticut state agencies”, amended Subsec. (c)(13) by adding references to hospice agencies and home health aide agencies, amended Subsec. (d)(4) by adding “or hospice agencies”, amended Subsec. (h) by adding reference to hospice agency and making conforming changes and amended Subsec. (i) by adding “, hospice agency”, effective July 1, 2021.

Structure Connecticut General Statutes

Connecticut General Statutes

Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being

Chapter 368v - Health Care Institutions

Section 19a-485. - Home for the aged deemed to mean residential care home.

Section 19a-486. - Sale of nonprofit hospitals: Definitions.

Section 19a-486a. - Sale of nonprofit hospitals: Certificate of need determination letter. Hearing. Application for approval.

Section 19a-486b. - Sale of nonprofit hospitals: Approval by executive director and Attorney General.

Section 19a-486c. - Sale of nonprofit hospitals: Powers of Attorney General. Grounds for disapproval by Attorney General.

Section 19a-486d. - Sale of nonprofit hospitals: Disapproval by executive director. Powers of executive director.

Section 19a-486e. - Sale of nonprofit hospitals: Public hearings.

Section 19a-486f. - Sale of nonprofit hospitals: Appeal.

Section 19a-486g. - Sale of nonprofit hospitals: Denial of license.

Section 19a-486h. - Sale of nonprofit hospitals: Construction of governing law.

Section 19a-486i. - Definitions. Notice to Attorney General and executive director of certain mergers, acquisitions and other transactions. Reports.

Section 19a-487. - Mobile field hospital: Defined, board of directors.

Section 19a-487a. - Mobile field hospital: Certificate of need exemption for hospital beds and related equipment.

Section 19a-487b. - Mobile field hospital: Regulations.

Section 19a-490. (Formerly Sec. 19-576). - Licensing of institutions. Definitions.

Section 19a-490. (Formerly Sec. 19-576). *(See end of section for - Licensing of institutions. Definitions.

Section 19a-490a. - “Community health center” defined.

Section 19a-490aa. - Health care institution to obtain potable water from bulk water hauler or bottler during water supply shortage.

Section 19a-490b. - Furnishing of health records and veterans' information. Access to tissue slides or blocks. Certified document re storage of and access to health records upon cessation of operations.

Section 19a-490bb. - Surgical smoke evacuation system policies for hospitals and outpatient surgical facilities.

Section 19a-490c. - Moratorium on licensing of family care homes.

Section 19a-490cc. - HIV-related testing by hospital employees or staff members for patients thirteen years of age or older.

Section 19a-490d. - Prevention of accidental needlestick injuries in health care facilities and institutions.

Section 19a-490dd. - Accessibility of medical diagnostic equipment in health care facilities.

Section 19a-490e. - Use of E-codes by hospitals, outpatient surgical facilities and outpatient clinics.

Section 19a-490ee. - Provision of educational materials by birthing hospitals.

Section 19a-490f. - Requirements for reports of treatment of wounds from firearms and stab wounds.

Section 19a-490g. - Bilingual consumer guide.

Section 19a-490h. - Emergency room screening of trauma patients for substance abuse. Assistance by Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.

Section 19a-490i. - Interpreter services and linguistic access in acute care hospitals.

Section 19a-490j. - Hospital plans for remediation of medical and surgical errors.

Section 19a-490k. - Administration of care and vaccinations to patients by hospital without physician's order. Permitted activities. Regulations.

Section 19a-490l. - Mandatory limits on overtime for nurses working in hospitals. Exceptions.

Section 19a-490m. - Development of surgery protocols and procedures for securing express written consent to an intimate examination by hospitals and outpatient surgical facilities.

Section 19a-490n. - Advisory committee on Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance. Members. Duties.

Section 19a-490o. - Establishment of mandatory reporting system for healthcare associated infections and microbial resistance. Posting of information on web site.

Section 19a-490p. - Development of plans by hospitals to reduce incidence of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infections.

Section 19a-490q. - Health care employer: Work place safety committee; risk assessment; workplace violence prevention and response plan; adjustment to patient care assignment. Regulations.

Section 19a-490r. - Health care employer: Records and report re incidents of workplace violence.

Section 19a-490s. - Health care employer: Report of assault or related offense to local law enforcement agency.

Section 19a-490t. - Community health centers. Program to provide financial assistance. Report.

Section 19a-490u. - Training in symptoms of dementia and implicit bias for hospital direct care staff.

Section 19a-490v. - Removal of a delivered placenta from a hospital.

Section 19a-490w. - Certification of hospital as comprehensive stroke center, primary stroke center, thrombectomy-capable stroke center or acute stroke-ready hospital.

Section 19a-490x. - List of comprehensive stroke centers, primary stroke centers and acute stroke-ready centers. Submission and maintenance. Nationally recognized standardized stroke triage tool and prehospital care protocols re assessment, treatment...

Section 19a-490y. - Tuberculosis screening, testing, treatment and education policies for health care facilities.

Section 19a-490z. - Remote access to patient records for quality improvement audits by Department of Public Health.

Section 19a-491. (Formerly Sec. 19-577). - License and certificate required. Application. Assessment of civil penalties or a consent order. Fees. Minimum service quality standards. Regulations. Professional liability insurance. Prohibition. Maintenan...

Section 19a-491a. - Information required for nursing home license. Professional liability insurance requirements. Procedure upon failure to provide information.

Section 19a-491b. - Notification of criminal conviction or disciplinary action. Civil penalty. False statements. Criminal history records checks.

Section 19a-491c. - Criminal history and patient abuse background search program. Regulations.

Section 19a-491d. - Prospective employees of home health agency to submit to comprehensive background check. Disclosure re prior disciplinary action.

Section 19a-491e. - Home health agency contracts. Prohibition on no-hire clauses, penalties.

Section 19a-492. - Regulations re qualifications of home health care administrators employed as such on January 1, 1981.

Section 19a-492a. - Disclosures by home health care agencies.

Section 19a-492b. - Home health care and hospice agencies. Discrimination against persons receiving aid. Prohibition. Penalties.

Section 19a-492c. - Home health care and hospice agencies. Waiver for provision of hospice services.

Section 19a-492d. - Vaccinations and medication administered by nurses employed by home health care agency, hospice agency or home health agency.

Section 19a-492e. - Delegation of medication administration by registered nurse to home health aides and hospice aides. Regulations.

Section 19a-492f. - Disposal of controlled substances for hospice and hospice care programs.

Section 19a-493. (Formerly Sec. 19-578). - Initial license and renewal. Prior approval for change in ownership. Multicare institution. Regulations.

Section 19a-493a. - Evaluation of certain new licensees.

Section 19a-493b. - Outpatient surgical facilities. Definition. Licensure and exceptions. Certificate of need. Waiver.

Section 19a-493c. - Outpatient clinics. Licensure. Regulations.

Section 19a-493d. - Urgent care centers. Licensure as outpatient clinic. Policies, procedures and regulations. Rates of payments to providers. Identification of freestanding emergency departments. Regulations.

Section 19a-494. (Formerly Sec. 19-579). - Disciplinary action.

Section 19a-494a. - Emergency summary orders.

Section 19a-495. (Formerly Sec. 19-580). - Regulations re licensed institutions. Implementation of policies and procedures re medications.

Section 19a-495a. - Unlicensed assistive personnel in residential care homes. Certification re administration of medication. Regulations. Nonnursing duties.

Section 19a-495b. - Residential care homes. Operational requirements. Conforming amendments to the Public Health Code.

Section 19a-495c. - Methadone delivery and related substance use treatment services to persons in a nursing home facility.

Section 19a-496. (Formerly Sec. 19-581). - Compliance with regulations. Inspections. Plan of correction.

Section 19a-496a. - Home health care, hospice home health care and home health aide agency services. Authorized practitioners in bordering states. Applicable regulations, policies, procedures.

Section 19a-497. - Filing of strike contingency plan. Summary order. Civil penalty: Notification and hearing requirement. Regulations. Collective bargaining implications.

Section 19a-498. (Formerly Sec. 19-582). - Inspections, investigations, examinations and audits. Retention of records.

Section 19a-498a. - Discriminatory practices prohibited.

Section 19a-498b. - Nursing homes. Admission of residents who have been administered a level two assessment. Annual survey by Department of Public Health to include comparison between recommended services and actual services. Responsibilities of nurs...

Section 19a-499. (Formerly Sec. 19-583). - Information to be confidential. Exceptions.

Section 19a-500. - Penalty for material false statement.

Section 19a-501. (Formerly Sec. 19-584). - Appeal.

Section 19a-502. (Formerly Sec. 19-585). - Penalty for operating without license or owning property without certificate. Revocation or suspension of license for failure to yield financial information.

Section 19a-503. (Formerly Sec. 19-586). - Authority re establishment, conduct, management or operation of institution without a license or nursing facility management services without a certificate.

Section 19a-504. (Formerly Sec. 19-587). - Removal of bodies of deceased persons from presence of patients in hospitals, residential care homes and rest homes.

Section 19a-504a. - Continuation or removal of life support system. Determination of death.

Section 19a-504b. - Home health care for elderly persons.

Section 19a-504c. - Regulations re standards for hospital discharge planning. Caregiver designation and training.

Section 19a-504d. - Hospital discharge plans; options of home health care and hospice agencies required.

Section 19a-504e. - Requirements and construction of sections re hospital discharge planning and caregiver designation and services.

Section 19a-505. (Formerly Sec. 19-588). - Maternity hospitals; license; inspection.

Section 19a-505a. - Hospital to provide forms for birth certificate and affidavit of parentage to parents of child born out of wedlock.

Section 19a-506. (Formerly Sec. 19-589). - Licensing of maternity homes. Fees.

Section 19a-507. (Formerly Sec. 19-589a). - New Horizons independent living facility for severely physically disabled adults.

Section 19a-507a. (Formerly Sec. 19a-80a). - Community residences for mentally ill adults. Definitions.

Section 19a-507b. (Formerly Sec. 19a-80b). - Establishment of community residence. Limitations. Petitions.

Section 19a-507c. (Formerly Sec. 19a-80c). - Evaluation of community residences.

Section 19a-507d. (Formerly Sec. 19a-80d). - Petition for revocation of license of community residence.

Section 19a-507e and 19a-507f. - Grants and loans for community residential facilities for mentally ill adults. Bond issue.

Section 19a-507g. - Adult day health care facilities. Regulations.

Section 19a-508. (Formerly Sec. 19-590). - Notice of appointment of interns, house officers and resident physicians.

Section 19a-508a. - Notification to physician and family member. Caregiver or support person of patient's hospital admission.

Section 19a-508b. - Notification to patient of placement in observation status by hospital.

Section 19a-508c. - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Hospital and health system facility fees charged for outpatient services at hospital-based facilities. Notice re establishment of hospital-based facility at which facil...

Section 19a-508d. - Health care provider referral to affiliated health care provider. Notice to patients.

Section 19a-509. (Formerly Sec. 19-590a). - Hospital and nursing home admission forms. Hospital bills. Utility charges for nursing home patients.

Section 19a-509a. - Audits of hospital bills. Charges.

Section 19a-509b. - Hospital bed funds.

Section 19a-509c. - Prescription orders in health care facilities.

Section 19a-509d. - Transcription and execution of verbal medication orders.

Section 19a-509e. (Formerly Sec. 17a-661). - Referrals required for certain patients showing symptoms of substance abuse.

Section 19a-509f. - Prohibited utility charges to residents of residential care homes, nursing homes and rest homes.

Section 19a-509g. - Behavioral health facility. Criteria for admission.

Section 19a-510. (Formerly Sec. 19-590b). - Reporting of burns.

Section 19a-510a. - Reporting of treatment for burn injuries or injuries resulting from use of fireworks.

Section 19a-511. (Formerly Sec. 19-591). - Nursing home administrators to supervise homes. Definitions.

Section 19a-512. (Formerly Sec. 19-593). - Licensure by examination. Minimum requirements.

Section 19a-513. (Formerly Sec. 19-594). - Licensure by endorsement.

Section 19a-514. (Formerly Sec. 19-595). - Issuance of administrator's license. Nontransferable.

Section 19a-515. (Formerly Sec. 19-596). - License renewal. Continuing education requirement.

Section 19a-516. (Formerly Sec. 19-597). - Temporary license.

Section 19a-517. (Formerly Sec. 19-598). - Unacceptable conduct. Notice. Hearing. Revocation or suspension of license. Appeal.

Section 19a-518. (Formerly Sec. 19-599). - Penalty.

Section 19a-519. (Formerly Sec. 19-600). - Regulations. Programs of instruction and training.

Section 19a-520. (Formerly Sec. 19-601). - Changes in regulations to meet federal requirements.

Section 19a-521. (Formerly Sec. 19-602). - Nursing home facilities. Definitions.

Section 19a-521a. - Dual inspections of chronic and convalescent nursing homes or rest homes with nursing supervision.

Section 19a-521b. - Bed positioning in nursing home facilities.

Section 19a-521c. - Prescription drugs obtained through United States Department of Veterans Affairs prescription drug program or health plan by patients of nursing home facilities and residential care homes.

Section 19a-521d. - Prescription drug formulary systems in nursing home facilities.

Section 19a-521e. - Reportable events at nursing homes and behavioral health facilities. System for electronic notification.

Section 19a-522. (Formerly Sec. 19-603). - Regulations concerning nursing home facilities' health, safety and welfare. Regulations concerning immunization against influenza and pneumococcal disease. Procedures for reimbursement by nursing home facili...

Section 19a-522a. - Chronic and convalescent nursing homes and rest homes with nursing supervision: Resident room and area temperature levels.

Section 19a-522b. - Chronic and convalescent nursing homes and rest homes with nursing supervision: Preservation and maintenance of patient medical records. Electronic signatures.

Section 19a-522c. - Chronic and convalescent nursing homes and rest homes with nursing supervision: In-service training.

Section 19a-522d. - Chronic and convalescent nursing homes and rest homes with nursing supervision: Maximum time span between meals; bedtime nourishment.

Section 19a-522e. - Chronic and convalescent nursing homes and rest homes with nursing supervision: Stretcher requirement.

Section 19a-522f. - Chronic and convalescent nursing homes and rest homes with nursing supervision. Administration of peripherally inserted central catheter by IV therapy nurse or physician assistant. Administration of IV therapy or medication by reg...

Section 19a-522g. - Chronic and convalescent nursing homes and rest homes with nursing supervision: Medical history and examination.

Section 19a-522h. - Chronic and convalescent nursing homes. Provision of services to patients with a reportable disease, emergency illness or health condition. Suspension of licensure requirements during public health emergency.

Section 19a-523. (Formerly Sec. 19-606). - Injunction for violation.

Section 19a-524. (Formerly Sec. 19-607). - Citations issued for certain violations.

Section 19a-525. (Formerly Sec. 19-608). - Contest of citation. Informal conference. Hearing. Final order.

Section 19a-526. (Formerly Sec. 19-609). - Effect of final order. Payment of civil penalties.

Section 19a-527. (Formerly Sec. 19-610). - Classification of violations by nursing home facilities.

Section 19a-527a. - Classification of violations by residential care homes.

Section 19a-528. (Formerly Sec. 19-611). - Criteria for imposing civil penalties.

Section 19a-528a. - Application of licensure for acquisition of a nursing home. Notice of liability for abuse or neglect. Required disclosures.

Section 19a-529. (Formerly Sec. 19-612). - Appeal from final order.

Section 19a-530. (Formerly Sec. 19-612a). - Report to regional ombudsman.

Section 19a-531. (Formerly Sec. 19-613). - Advance disclosure of inspection, investigation or complaint prohibited. Exception. Penalty.

Section 19a-532. (Formerly Sec. 19-614). - Discrimination against complainants and others prohibited. Penalty.

Section 19a-533. (Formerly Sec. 19-614a). - Discrimination against indigent applicants. Definitions. Prohibitions. Record-keeping. Investigation of complaints. Penalties. Waiting lists; not required to accept indigents. Removal from waiting lists.

Section 19a-534. (Formerly Sec. 19-615). - Emergency transfer of patients; notice requirement.

Section 19a-534a. - Emergency actions against nursing home and residential care home licensees.

Section 19a-535. (Formerly Sec. 19-616). - Transfer or discharge of residents. Notice. Plan required. Appeal. Hearing.

Section 19a-535a. - Residential care homes. Transfer or discharge of patients. Appeal. Hearing. Reporting on involuntary transfers, discharges.

Section 19a-535b. - Chronic disease hospital. Transfer or discharge of patients. Notice.

Section 19a-535c. - Nursing home facility discharge. Caregiver instruction and training requirements.

Section 19a-535d. - Effect on legal rights. Nursing home facility liability. Insurer and healthcare provider responsibility. Discharge or transfer. Caregiver compensation.

Section 19a-535e. - Essential support persons. Definitions. Visitation rights at long-term care facilities.

Section 19a-535f. - State-wide visitation policy for long-term care facilities. Requirements. Provisions for essential support persons.

Section 19a-536. (Formerly Sec. 19-617). - Inspection reports to be available for inspection. Room to be provided. Notice of availability.

Section 19a-537. (Formerly Sec. 19-617a). - Definitions. Nursing home responsibilities re reservation of beds. Reimbursement. Readmission.

Section 19a-537a. - Reservation of beds. Penalty. Hearing.

Section 19a-538. (Formerly Sec. 19-618). - Department of Public Health list of information concerning nursing home facilities and residential care homes.

Section 19a-539. (Formerly Sec. 19-619). - Disclosure of additional costs. Enforcement of surety contracts.

Section 19a-540. (Formerly Sec. 19-620). - Posting of citations. Monthly report by Department of Public Health.

Section 19a-541. (Formerly Sec. 19-621a). - Receivership of nursing home facilities and residential care homes: Definitions.

Section 19a-542. (Formerly Sec. 19-621b). - Application for receivership. Hearing. Parties. Emergency order.

Section 19a-543. (Formerly Sec. 19-621c). - Imposition of receivership: Grounds.

Section 19a-544. (Formerly Sec. 19-621d). - Imposition of receivership: Defenses.

Section 19a-545. (Formerly Sec. 19-621e). - Duties of receiver.

Section 19a-546. (Formerly Sec. 19-621f). - Authority of receiver concerning leases, mortgages, secured transactions.

Section 19a-547. (Formerly Sec. 19-621g). - Appointment of receiver. Qualifications of receiver. Removal. Bond. Fees.

Section 19a-548. (Formerly Sec. 19-621h). - Accounting by receiver.

Section 19a-549. (Formerly Sec. 19-621i). - Termination of receivership.

Section 19a-549a. - Notification by nursing home facilities when placed in receivership or petition for bankruptcy filed.

Section 19a-550. (Formerly Sec. 19-622). - Patients' bill of rights.

Section 19a-550a. - Patient's rights pursuant to Medicare conditions of participation.

Section 19a-550b. - Nursing home resident rights to technology of their choice. Requirements for virtual visitation, virtual monitoring.

Section 19a-550c. - Access to recordings, images from technology used by nursing home residents. Confidentiality requirements. Restrictions on solicitation of recordings, images.

Section 19a-551. (Formerly Sec. 19-623a). - Management of resident's personal funds.

Section 19a-552. (Formerly Sec. 19-623b). - Failure to comply with section 19a-551: Penalties.

Section 19a-553. (Formerly Sec. 19-624). - Disclosure of crimes required. Penalty.

Section 19a-554. (Formerly Sec. 19-625). - Attorney General to assign assistant to Commissioner of Public Health.

Section 19a-555. (Formerly Sec. 19-626). - Chronic and convalescent nursing homes. Medical director. Personal physicians.

Section 19a-556 to 19a-558. (Formerly Secs. 19-626a to 19-626c). - Commission on Long-Term Care; membership. Coordinator; powers and duties. Complaint and investigation procedure.

Section 19a-559. (Formerly Sec. 19-626d). - Advisory board. Membership. Duties.

Section 19a-560. - Disclosure of Medicaid and Medicare participation and advance payment and deposit requirements by nursing homes.

Section 19a-561. - Nursing facility management services. Certification. Initial applications and biennial renewals. Investigation. Disciplinary action.

Section 19a-562. - Dementia special care units or programs. Definitions. Disclosure requirements.

Section 19a-562a. - Training requirements for nursing home facility and dementia special care unit or program staff.

Section 19a-562b. - Staff training and education on Alzheimer's disease and dementia symptoms and care.

Section 19a-562f. - Nursing home facility staffing levels. Definitions.

Section 19a-562g. - Calculation of nurses and nurse's aides providing direct patient care. Daily posting. Public availability of information.

Section 19a-562h. - Failure to comply with nursing home facility staffing level requirement. Disciplinary action and citation. Posting and inclusion in Department of Public Health listing.

Section 19a-563. - Nursing homes and dementia special care units. Infection prevention and control specialists. Definitions. Requirements.

Section 19a-563a. - Provision of emergency plan of operations by nursing homes and dementia special care units to their political subdivision of this state.

Section 19a-563b. - Nursing homes. Personal protective equipment requirements. Process for evaluating, provision of feedback on, approval and distribution of personal protective equipment in a public health emergency.

Section 19a-563c. - Nursing homes. Staff member or contracted professional licensed or certified to start an intravenous line. Requirement.

Section 19a-563d. - Nursing homes. Infection prevention and control committee requirements.

Section 19a-563e. - Nursing homes. Testing of staff and residents during an infectious disease outbreak.

Section 19a-563f. - Nursing homes and dementia special care units. Establishment and duties of family council. Definition.

Section 19a-563g. - Nursing homes. Resident care plans.

Section 19a-563h. - Nursing homes. Minimum staffing level requirements. Regulations.

Section 19a-564. - Assisted living services agencies. Licensure. Dementia special care approval. Regulations.

Section 19a-565. (Formerly Sec. 19a-30). - Clinical laboratories. Regulation and licensure. Proficiency standards for tests not performed in laboratories. Report re blood collection facilities. Prohibitions. Penalties. Regulations.

Section 19a-565a. (Formerly Sec. 19a-30a). - Reporting of clinical laboratory errors.

Section 19a-565b. (Formerly Sec. 19a-31). - Clinical laboratories to analyze chiropractic specimens.

Section 19a-565c. (Formerly Sec. 19a-31b). - Hair follicle drug testing by clinical laboratories.