Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 386 - Barbers
Section 20-241. - Inspection of barber shops and schools. Posting of license.

All barber shops and barber schools shall be inspected regarding their sanitary condition by the Department of Public Health whenever the department deems it necessary, and any authorized representative of the department shall have full power to enter and inspect any such shop or school during usual business hours. If any barber shop or barber school, upon such inspection, is found to be in an unsanitary condition, the commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall make written order that such shop or school be placed in a sanitary condition. All barber shops and barber schools shall post in a conspicuous place the license of any person who engages in the practice of barbering in such shop or school. A director of health for any town, city, borough or district department of health, authorized by the department to enter and inspect barber shops and barber schools, in accordance with the provisions of this section, may assess a civil penalty in accordance with the provisions of section 20-249 against any person owning a barber shop or barber school that fails to post the licenses of persons engaged in the practice of barbering as prescribed in this section.

(1949 Rev., S. 4576; 1963, P.A. 642, S. 29; P.A. 74-183, S. 238, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 207, 681; P.A. 77-614, S. 444, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 105, 176; P.A. 82-472, S. 81, 183; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 01-195, S. 163, 181; P.A. 10-117, S. 52.)
History: 1963 act updated statute, substituting the circuit court for town, city or municipal courts of the municipality; P.A. 74-183 replaced circuit court with court of common pleas and “circuit” with “county or judicial district”, effective December 31, 1974; P.A. 76-436 referred to “office of the state's attorney of the court” rather than to “prosecuting attorney of the court of common pleas”, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-614 transferred responsibility for sanitary inspections from board to health services department, acting on its initiative or at board's request, and deleted option for order to close shop and following provisions re court procedure when noncompliance with orders occurs and re inclusion of shops inspected and number found insanitary in annual report of board, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-484 deleted reference to board's request for inspection; P.A. 82-472 made a technical change; 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. 01-195 made technical changes, effective July 11, 2001; P.A. 10-117 added requirement that barber shop or barber school post the license of any person who practices barbering in such shop or school and added provision re authority of director of health to assess civil penalty for failure to comply with license posting requirement.

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