(a) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may revoke, suspend or refuse to issue or renew any certificate of registration as a homemaker-companion agency or place an agency on probation or issue a letter of reprimand for: (1) Conduct by the agency, or by an employee of the agency while in the course of employment, of a character likely to mislead, deceive or defraud the public or the commissioner; (2) engaging in any untruthful or misleading advertising; (3) failure of such agency that acts as a registry to comply with the notice requirements of section 20-679a; or (4) failing to perform a comprehensive background check of a prospective employee or maintain a copy of materials obtained during a comprehensive background check, as required by section 20-678.
(b) The commissioner shall not revoke or suspend any certificate of registration except upon notice and hearing in accordance with chapter 54.
(P.A. 06-187, S. 58; P.A. 11-230, S. 2; 11-242, S. 93.)
History: P.A. 11-230 amended Subsec. (a) by adding Subdiv. (3) re failure of agency that acts as registry to comply with notice requirements of Sec. 20-679a, effective January 1, 2012; P.A. 11-242 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision, codified by the Revisors as Subdiv. (4), re failure to conduct or maintain copy of comprehensive background check, effective January 1, 2012.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 400o - Homemaker-Companion Agencies
Section 20-670. - Definitions.
Section 20-671. - Registration of homemaker-companion agencies required.
Section 20-672. - Application for registration. Fees. Failure to register.
Section 20-673. - Certificate of registration; issuance or denial; suspension; revocation.
Section 20-674. - Hearing on denial of certificate. Subsequent application.
Section 20-676. - Inspection of records and investigations. Powers of commissioner. Injunctions.
Section 20-679a. - Written notice requirements for registries.
Section 20-679b. - Client cancellation of contract or service plan.
Section 20-680. - Regulations. Report.
Section 20-683. - Prohibition on “no hire” clauses, penalties in contracts.