(a) No person shall, by himself or through any agent or employee, engage as a vending machine operator without a vending machine operator's license issued in accordance with the provisions of sections 21a-34 to 21a-45, inclusive.
(b) Any person desiring to obtain a vending machine operator's license shall apply to the commissioner, on forms which the commissioner shall provide, stating (1) the applicant's name and address or the name and address of each partner, in case of a partnership, or of each principal officer and director, in case of a corporation; (2) the address of the applicant's principal place of business; (3) the location of each commissary and other establishment, if any, where supplies are kept and where food or beverages are prepared; (4) the identity and form of the food or beverage to be sold or offered for sale in or supplied for vending machines; (5) the number and type of each vending machine which the applicant operates, replenishes or services; (6) a description of each motor vehicle in which the applicant transports food, beverages or supplies from a commissary to vending machines; and (7) such other information as the commissioner may require.
(c) Upon receipt of an application for a vending machine operator's license, the commissioner shall cause an investigation to be made of the applicant's commissary, servicing and transport facilities. Upon determining that the provisions of sections 21a-34 to 21a-45, inclusive, and the regulations adopted thereunder and all applicable municipal health ordinances and state and federal laws and regulations have been complied with, the commissioner shall issue an operator's license.
(1961, P.A. 579, S. 2; 1969, P.A. 596, S. 1; P.A. 07-217, S. 93.)
History: 1969 act deleted provision establishing $25 fee for license; Sec. 19-193b transferred to Sec. 21a-35 in 1983; P.A. 07-217 made technical changes in Subsec. (b), effective July 12, 2007.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 21a - Consumer Protection
Chapter 417 - General Provisions. Pure Food and Drugs
Section 21a-13. (Formerly Sec. 19-171a). - Powers concerning kosher food.
Section 21a-14. (Formerly Sec. 19-172). - Oleomargarine.
Section 21a-15. (Formerly Sec. 19-173). - Definition of colored oleomargarine.
Section 21a-16. (Formerly Sec. 19-174). - Sale of oleomargarine. Label.
Section 21a-17. (Formerly Sec. 19-175). - Serving of colored oleomargarine in public eating places.
Section 21a-18. (Formerly Sec. 19-176). - License to manufacture or sell renovated butter.
Section 21a-19. (Formerly Sec. 19-177). - Penalty.
Section 21a-20. (Formerly Sec. 19-178). - Renovated or process butter.
Section 21a-21. (Formerly Sec. 19-179). - Print butter.
Section 21a-22. (Formerly Sec. 19-180). - Sale of equine meat in public eating places.
Section 21a-23. (Formerly Sec. 19-181). - Adulteration of molasses.
Section 21a-24a. - Sale of acidified food products, jams, jellies and preserves.
Section 21a-24b. - Sale of maple syrup.
Section 21a-25. (Formerly Sec. 19-182). - Impure vinegar.
Section 21a-26. (Formerly Sec. 19-183). - Sale of vinegar regulated.
Section 21a-27. (Formerly Sec. 19-183a). - Definitions.
Section 21a-29. (Formerly Sec. 19-183c). - Analyses, examinations and investigations. Regulations.
Section 21a-30. (Formerly Sec. 19-183d). - Penalty.
Section 21a-31. (Formerly Sec. 19-184). - Adulteration of turpentine.
Section 21a-32. (Formerly Sec. 19-185). - Sale and use of articles containing wood alcohol.
Section 21a-33. (Formerly Sec. 19-186). - Penalty for sale of adulterated liquors.
Section 21a-34. (Formerly Sec. 19-193a). - Vending machines. Definitions.
Section 21a-35. (Formerly Sec. 19-193b). - Vending machine operator's license.
Section 21a-36. (Formerly Sec. 19-193c). - Vending machine operator's license fees.
Section 21a-38. (Formerly Sec. 19-193e). - Suspension or revocation of license.
Section 21a-39. (Formerly Sec. 19-193f). - Adulteration or misbranding.
Section 21a-40. (Formerly Sec. 19-193g). - Inspections.
Section 21a-41. (Formerly Sec. 19-193h). - Sanitary provisions.
Section 21a-42. (Formerly Sec. 19-193i). - Food from out-of-state commissaries.
Section 21a-43. (Formerly Sec. 19-193j). - Regulations. Municipal ordinances.
Section 21a-44. (Formerly Sec. 19-193k). - Exemptions.
Section 21a-45. (Formerly Sec. 19-193l). - Penalty.
Section 21a-46. (Formerly Sec. 19-193m). - Information on vending machines.
Section 21a-47. (Formerly Sec. 19-193n). - Penalty.
Section 21a-48. (Formerly Sec. 19-194a). - Frozen desserts; definitions.
Section 21a-49. (Formerly Sec. 19-195). - Records.
Section 21a-50. (Formerly Sec. 19-196). - Statistical reports.
Section 21a-52. (Formerly Sec. 19-198). - License fees.
Section 21a-53. (Formerly Sec. 19-199). - Issuance of license.
Section 21a-54. (Formerly Sec. 19-200). - Revocation or suspension of license.
Section 21a-55. (Formerly Sec. 19-201). - Appeal.
Section 21a-56. (Formerly Sec. 19-202). - Prohibition as to sale.
Section 21a-57. (Formerly Sec. 19-203). - False labeling of product and illegal use of equipment.
Section 21a-58. (Formerly Sec. 19-204a). - Regulations.
Section 21a-59. (Formerly Sec. 19-205). - Penalty.
Section 21a-60. (Formerly Sec. 19-206). - Refrigerated lockers.
Section 21a-61. (Formerly Sec. 19-207). - Storage and transportation of quick-frozen foods.
Section 21a-62. (Formerly Sec. 19-208). - Analysis of food.
Section 21a-62a. - Preparation of food in residential dwelling for sale. Regulations.
Section 21a-62b. - Definitions.
Section 21a-62c. - Cottage food operations. Examination of premises. Licensure requirements.
Section 21a-62e. - Inspection of cottage food operation.
Section 21a-62f. - Authorized food items. Prohibited food items.
Section 21a-62g. - Prepackaged food products. Labels.
Section 21a-63. (Formerly Sec. 19-210h). - State clinical thermometer standard.
Section 21a-64. (Formerly Sec. 19-209). - Distribution of drugs and poisons.
Section 21a-67. (Formerly Sec. 19-209c). - Apricot kernels. Labeling requirement.
Section 21a-68. (Formerly Sec. 19-209d). - Packaging of veterinary drugs.
Section 21a-69. (Formerly Sec. 19-209e). - “Companion animal” defined by regulation.
Section 21a-70. (Formerly Sec. 19-210). Registration of manufacturers an - Definitions.
Section 21a-70b. - Regulation of sales of drugs at flea markets.
Section 21a-70c. - Prescription drug pedigree program. Working group convened.
Section 21a-70d. - Definitions.
Section 21a-71. (Formerly Sec. 19-210a). - Sale of food, drug or cosmetic at auction.
Section 21a-72. (Formerly Sec. 19-210b). - Certificate of disinfection of stuffed toys.
Section 21a-73. (Formerly Sec. 19-210c). - Unit pricing: Definitions.
Section 21a-75. (Formerly Sec. 19-210e). - Regulations. Hearings. Civil penalties for noncompliance.
Section 21a-76. (Formerly Sec. 19-210f). - Exceptions.
Section 21a-77. (Formerly Sec. 19-210g). - Criminal penalty.
Section 21a-78. (Formerly Sec. 19-210i). - Shelf life pricing; definition; penalty.
Section 21a-78b. - Suspension of application. Monitoring by department.
Section 21a-79a. - Program for test audit of alternative electronic retail pricing systems.
Section 21a-82. (Formerly Sec. 19-65a). - Use of paint in tenements and municipally-owned buildings.
Section 21a-84. (Formerly Sec. 19-65c). - Seizure of mislabeled paint.
Section 21a-85. (Formerly Sec. 19-65d). - Penalty.
Section 21a-86. - “Plumbing fixtures” defined.
Section 21a-86b. - Compliance with standards.
Section 21a-86c. - Procedures for testing plumbing fixtures.
Section 21a-86e. - Precedence of more stringent regulations.