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Section 19a-485. - Home for the aged deemed to mean residential care home. - (a) Whenever the words “home for the aged” or “homes...
Section 19a-486. - Sale of nonprofit hospitals: Definitions. - For purposes of sections 19a-486 to 19a-486h, inclusive: (1) “Nonprofit...
Section 19a-486a. - Sale of nonprofit hospitals: Certificate of need determination letter. Hearing. Application for approval. - (a) No nonprofit hospital shall enter into an agreement to...
Section 19a-486b. - Sale of nonprofit hospitals: Approval by executive director and Attorney General. - (a) Not later than one hundred twenty days after the...
Section 19a-486c. - Sale of nonprofit hospitals: Powers of Attorney General. Grounds for disapproval by Attorney General. - (a) The Attorney General shall deny an application as not...
Section 19a-486d. - Sale of nonprofit hospitals: Disapproval by executive director. Powers of executive director. - (a) The executive director shall deny an application filed pursuant...
Section 19a-486e. - Sale of nonprofit hospitals: Public hearings. - Prior to making any decision to approve, with or without...
Section 19a-486f. - Sale of nonprofit hospitals: Appeal. - If the executive director or the Attorney General denies an...
Section 19a-486g. - Sale of nonprofit hospitals: Denial of license. - The Commissioner of Public Health shall refuse to issue a...
Section 19a-486h. - Sale of nonprofit hospitals: Construction of governing law. - Nothing in sections 19a-486 to 19a-486h, inclusive, shall be construed...
Section 19a-486i. - Definitions. Notice to Attorney General and executive director of certain mergers, acquisitions and other transactions. Reports. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Affiliation” means the...
Section 19a-487. - Mobile field hospital: Defined, board of directors. - (a) “Mobile field hospital” means a modular, transportable facility used...
Section 19a-487a. - Mobile field hospital: Certificate of need exemption for hospital beds and related equipment. - Any additional mobile field hospital beds and related equipment obtained...
Section 19a-487b. - Mobile field hospital: Regulations. - The Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt regulations, in accordance...
Section 19a-490. (Formerly Sec. 19-576). - Licensing of institutions. Definitions. - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...
Section 19a-490. (Formerly Sec. 19-576). *(See end of section for - Licensing of institutions. Definitions. - *(a) “Institution” means a hospital, short-term hospital special hospice, hospice...
Section 19a-490a. - “Community health center” defined. - As used in sections 17b-349, 19a-7e and 19a-59b, “community health...
Section 19a-490aa. - Health care institution to obtain potable water from bulk water hauler or bottler during water supply shortage. - Each health care institution, as defined in section 19a-490, required...
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. - (a) Upon the written request of a patient or the...
Section 19a-490bb. - Surgical smoke evacuation system policies for hospitals and outpatient surgical facilities. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Hospital” means an...
Section 19a-490c. - Moratorium on licensing of family care homes. - Section 19a-490c is repealed, effective July 11, 2001. (P.A. 92-80,...
Section 19a-490cc. - HIV-related testing by hospital employees or staff members for patients thirteen years of age or older. - (a) On and after January 1, 2024, an employee or...
Section 19a-490d. - Prevention of accidental needlestick injuries in health care facilities and institutions. - Each health care facility or institution licensed by the Department...
Section 19a-490dd. - Accessibility of medical diagnostic equipment in health care facilities. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Health care facility”...
Section 19a-490e. - Use of E-codes by hospitals, outpatient surgical facilities and outpatient clinics. - Each hospital, licensed by the Department of Public Health as...
Section 19a-490ee. - Provision of educational materials by birthing hospitals. - (a) As used in this section, “birthing hospital” means a...
Section 19a-490f. - Requirements for reports of treatment of wounds from firearms and stab wounds. - (a) Each hospital, outpatient surgical facility and outpatient clinic shall...
Section 19a-490g. - Bilingual consumer guide. - The Department of Public Health shall develop and produce a...
Section 19a-490h. - Emergency room screening of trauma patients for substance abuse. Assistance by Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. - (a) Each hospital licensed by the Department of Public Health...
Section 19a-490i. - Interpreter services and linguistic access in acute care hospitals. - Each acute care hospital in this state shall: (1) Develop...
Section 19a-490j. - Hospital plans for remediation of medical and surgical errors. - Each hospital licensed under this chapter shall make available to...
Section 19a-490k. - Administration of care and vaccinations to patients by hospital without physician's order. Permitted activities. Regulations. - (a) A hospital may administer care to patients, after an...
Section 19a-490l. - Mandatory limits on overtime for nurses working in hospitals. Exceptions. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Nurse” means a...
Section 19a-490m. - Development of surgery protocols and procedures for securing express written consent to an intimate examination by hospitals and outpatient surgical facilities. - (a) Each hospital and outpatient surgical facility shall develop protocols...
Section 19a-490n. - Advisory committee on Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance. Members. Duties. - (a) As used in this section and section 19a-490o: (1)...
Section 19a-490o. - Establishment of mandatory reporting system for healthcare associated infections and microbial resistance. Posting of information on web site. - (a) The Department of Public Health shall establish a mandatory...
Section 19a-490p. - Development of plans by hospitals to reduce incidence of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infections. - On or before January 1, 2009, each hospital shall develop...
Section 19a-490q. - Health care employer: Work place safety committee; risk assessment; workplace violence prevention and response plan; adjustment to patient care assignment. Regulations. - (a) As used in this section and sections 19a-490r, 19a-490s...
Section 19a-490r. - Health care employer: Records and report re incidents of workplace violence. - A health care employer shall maintain records which detail incidents...
Section 19a-490s. - Health care employer: Report of assault or related offense to local law enforcement agency. - Except as provided in this section, a health care employer...
Section 19a-490t. - Community health centers. Program to provide financial assistance. Report. - Section 19a-490t is repealed, effective July 1, 2015. (P.A. 13-234,...
Section 19a-490u. - Training in symptoms of dementia and implicit bias for hospital direct care staff. - (a) Each hospital, as defined in section 19a-490, shall include...
Section 19a-490v. - Removal of a delivered placenta from a hospital. - (a) Except for the portion of a delivered placenta that...
Section 19a-490w. - Certification of hospital as comprehensive stroke center, primary stroke center, thrombectomy-capable stroke center or acute stroke-ready hospital. - (a) Not later than October 1, 2017, and annually thereafter,...
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... - (a) As used in this section, “emergency medical services provider”...
Section 19a-490y. - Tuberculosis screening, testing, treatment and education policies for health care facilities. - A health care facility licensed pursuant to this chapter shall...
Section 19a-490z. - Remote access to patient records for quality improvement audits by Department of Public Health. - A hospital shall provide the Department of Public Health with...
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...
Section 19a-491a. - Information required for nursing home license. Professional liability insurance requirements. Procedure upon failure to provide information. - (a) A person seeking a license to establish, conduct, operate...
Section 19a-491b. - Notification of criminal conviction or disciplinary action. Civil penalty. False statements. Criminal history records checks. - (a) Any person who is licensed to establish, conduct, operate...
Section 19a-491c. - Criminal history and patient abuse background search program. Regulations. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Criminal history and...
Section 19a-491d. - Prospective employees of home health agency to submit to comprehensive background check. Disclosure re prior disciplinary action. - (a) As used in this section, “comprehensive background check” means...
Section 19a-491e. - Home health agency contracts. Prohibition on no-hire clauses, penalties. - (a) As used in this section, (1) “home health agency”...
Section 19a-492. - Regulations re qualifications of home health care administrators employed as such on January 1, 1981. - Section 19a-492 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (P.A. 81-116;...
Section 19a-492a. - Disclosures by home health care agencies. - Whenever a home health care agency, licensed pursuant to this...
Section 19a-492b. - Home health care and hospice agencies. Discrimination against persons receiving aid. Prohibition. Penalties. - (a) A home health care agency or hospice agency that...
Section 19a-492c. - Home health care and hospice agencies. Waiver for provision of hospice services. - (a) For purposes of this section, “rural town” means towns...
Section 19a-492d. - Vaccinations and medication administered by nurses employed by home health care agency, hospice agency or home health agency. - On and after October 1, 2007, a nurse who is...
Section 19a-492e. - Delegation of medication administration by registered nurse to home health aides and hospice aides. Regulations. - (a) For purposes of this section “home health care agency”...
Section 19a-492f. - Disposal of controlled substances for hospice and hospice care programs. - Each hospice and hospice care program licensed under section 19a-122b...
Section 19a-493. (Formerly Sec. 19-578). - Initial license and renewal. Prior approval for change in ownership. Multicare institution. Regulations. - (a) Upon receipt of an application for an initial license,...
Section 19a-493a. - Evaluation of certain new licensees. - If a person who has no record of operating a...
Section 19a-493b. - Outpatient surgical facilities. Definition. Licensure and exceptions. Certificate of need. Waiver. - (a) As used in this section and subsection (a) of...
Section 19a-493c. - Outpatient clinics. Licensure. Regulations. - (a) The Commissioner of Public Health shall license outpatient clinics,...
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. - (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Outpatient clinic” means...
Section 19a-494. (Formerly Sec. 19-579). - Disciplinary action. - (a) The Commissioner of Public Health, after a hearing held...
Section 19a-494a. - Emergency summary orders. - If the Commissioner of Public Health finds that the health,...
Section 19a-495. (Formerly Sec. 19-580). - Regulations re licensed institutions. Implementation of policies and procedures re medications. - (a) The Department of Public Health shall, after consultation with...
Section 19a-495a. - Unlicensed assistive personnel in residential care homes. Certification re administration of medication. Regulations. Nonnursing duties. - (a)(1) The Commissioner of Public Health may adopt regulations, as...
Section 19a-495b. - Residential care homes. Operational requirements. Conforming amendments to the Public Health Code. - (a) A residential care home that is colocated with a...
Section 19a-495c. - Methadone delivery and related substance use treatment services to persons in a nursing home facility. - A substance abuse treatment facility licensed as an institution pursuant...
Section 19a-496. (Formerly Sec. 19-581). - Compliance with regulations. Inspections. Plan of correction. - (a) An institution which is in operation at the time...
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. - (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the regulations of Connecticut state...
Section 19a-497. - Filing of strike contingency plan. Summary order. Civil penalty: Notification and hearing requirement. Regulations. Collective bargaining implications. - (a) Each institution shall, upon receipt of a notice of...
Section 19a-498. (Formerly Sec. 19-582). - Inspections, investigations, examinations and audits. Retention of records. - (a) Subject to the provisions of section 19a-493, the Department...
Section 19a-498a. - Discriminatory practices prohibited. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Discriminate” and “discriminatory...
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... - (a) The Department of Public Health, when conducting its annual...
Section 19a-499. (Formerly Sec. 19-583). - Information to be confidential. Exceptions. - (a) Information received by the Department of Public Health through...
Section 19a-500. - Penalty for material false statement. - Any person who makes any material false statement in any...
Section 19a-501. (Formerly Sec. 19-584). - Appeal. - Any person who is a holder of a license or...
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. - (a) Any person establishing, conducting, managing or operating any institution...
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. - Notwithstanding the existence or pursuit of any other remedy, the...
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. - The Department of Public Health shall adopt such regulations, in...
Section 19a-504a. - Continuation or removal of life support system. Determination of death. - (a) For the purpose of this section, “life support system”...
Section 19a-504b. - Home health care for elderly persons. - Each licensed hospital or outpatient surgical facility where a one-day...
Section 19a-504c. - Regulations re standards for hospital discharge planning. Caregiver designation and training. - (a) For purposes of this section and section 19a-504e: (1)...
Section 19a-504d. - Hospital discharge plans; options of home health care and hospice agencies required. - (a) If a hospital recommends home health care to a...
Section 19a-504e. - Requirements and construction of sections re hospital discharge planning and caregiver designation and services. - (a) Nothing in section 19a-504c or this section shall be...
Section 19a-505. (Formerly Sec. 19-588). - Maternity hospitals; license; inspection. - (a) No person shall keep a maternity hospital or lying-in...
Section 19a-505a. - Hospital to provide forms for birth certificate and affidavit of parentage to parents of child born out of wedlock. - Upon the birth of a child born out of wedlock,...
Section 19a-506. (Formerly Sec. 19-589). - Licensing of maternity homes. Fees. - Section 19a-506 is repealed, effective July 1, 2009. (1959, P.A....
Section 19a-507. (Formerly Sec. 19-589a). - New Horizons independent living facility for severely physically disabled adults. - (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 368z, New Horizons, Inc.,...
Section 19a-507a. (Formerly Sec. 19a-80a). - Community residences for mentally ill adults. Definitions. - As used in section 8-3g and sections 19a-507a to 19a-507d,...
Section 19a-507b. (Formerly Sec. 19a-80b). - Establishment of community residence. Limitations. Petitions. - (a) No community residence shall be established on or after...
Section 19a-507c. (Formerly Sec. 19a-80c). - Evaluation of community residences. - Section 19a-507c is repealed, effective July 1, 2019. (P.A. 84-341,...
Section 19a-507d. (Formerly Sec. 19a-80d). - Petition for revocation of license of community residence. - Any resident of a municipality in which a community residence...
Section 19a-507e and 19a-507f. - Grants and loans for community residential facilities for mentally ill adults. Bond issue. - Sections 19a-507e and 19a-507f are repealed. (P.A. 87-405, S. 24–26;...
Section 19a-507g. - Adult day health care facilities. Regulations. - The Department of Social Services shall adopt regulations, in accordance...
Section 19a-508. (Formerly Sec. 19-590). - Notice of appointment of interns, house officers and resident physicians. - Within ten days of the date an intern, house officer...
Section 19a-508a. - Notification to physician and family member. Caregiver or support person of patient's hospital admission. - Upon admitting a patient to a hospital, hospital personnel shall...
Section 19a-508b. - Notification to patient of placement in observation status by hospital. - (a) Each hospital, as defined in section 19a-490, shall provide...
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... - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Affiliated provider” means...
Section 19a-508d. - Health care provider referral to affiliated health care provider. Notice to patients. - Each health care provider that refers a patient to another...
Section 19a-509. (Formerly Sec. 19-590a). - Hospital and nursing home admission forms. Hospital bills. Utility charges for nursing home patients. - (a) All hospitals and all nursing homes shall include on...
Section 19a-509a. - Audits of hospital bills. Charges. - (a) No hospital shall charge payers which are health insurance...
Section 19a-509b. - Hospital bed funds. - (a) As used in this section, (1) “hospital bed fund”...
Section 19a-509c. - Prescription orders in health care facilities. - In a facility licensed pursuant to this chapter, a physician...
Section 19a-509d. - Transcription and execution of verbal medication orders. - When a physician or other authorized prescriber conveys a medication...
Section 19a-509e. (Formerly Sec. 17a-661). - Referrals required for certain patients showing symptoms of substance abuse. - Each hospital shall establish and implement, on or before October...
Section 19a-509f. - Prohibited utility charges to residents of residential care homes, nursing homes and rest homes. - (a) No telephone company, telecommunications company, certified telecommunications provider, community...
Section 19a-509g. - Behavioral health facility. Criteria for admission. - A behavioral health facility shall use the criteria for admission...
Section 19a-510. (Formerly Sec. 19-590b). - Reporting of burns. - Section 19a-510 is repealed. (P.A. 77-197; 77-614, S. 323, 587,...
Section 19a-510a. - Reporting of treatment for burn injuries or injuries resulting from use of fireworks. - (a) The attending physician, the director of a health care...
Section 19a-511. (Formerly Sec. 19-591). - Nursing home administrators to supervise homes. Definitions. - As used in sections 19a-511 to 19a-520, inclusive, “nursing home”...
Section 19a-512. (Formerly Sec. 19-593). - Licensure by examination. Minimum requirements. - (a) In order to be eligible for licensure by examination...
Section 19a-513. (Formerly Sec. 19-594). - Licensure by endorsement. - In order to be eligible for licensure by endorsement pursuant...
Section 19a-514. (Formerly Sec. 19-595). - Issuance of administrator's license. Nontransferable. - The Commissioner of Public Health shall issue a license as...
Section 19a-515. (Formerly Sec. 19-596). - License renewal. Continuing education requirement. - (a) Each nursing home administrator's license issued pursuant to the...
Section 19a-516. (Formerly Sec. 19-597). - Temporary license. - Section 19a-516 is repealed. (1969, P.A. 754, S. 8; P.A....
Section 19a-517. (Formerly Sec. 19-598). - Unacceptable conduct. Notice. Hearing. Revocation or suspension of license. Appeal. - (a) The Department of Public Health shall have jurisdiction to...
Section 19a-518. (Formerly Sec. 19-599). - Penalty. - No person shall act as a nursing home administrator unless...
Section 19a-519. (Formerly Sec. 19-600). - Regulations. Programs of instruction and training. - (a) The Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt regulations, in...
Section 19a-520. (Formerly Sec. 19-601). - Changes in regulations to meet federal requirements. - The Commissioner of Public Health may make such changes in...
Section 19a-521. (Formerly Sec. 19-602). - Nursing home facilities. Definitions. - As used in this section and sections 19a-522 to 19a-534a,...
Section 19a-521a. - Dual inspections of chronic and convalescent nursing homes or rest homes with nursing supervision. - The Department of Public Health shall, whenever possible, conduct dual...
Section 19a-521b. - Bed positioning in nursing home facilities. - Each licensed chronic and convalescent nursing home, chronic disease hospital...
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. - No nursing home facility, as defined in section 19a-521, or...
Section 19a-521d. - Prescription drug formulary systems in nursing home facilities. - A medical director of a nursing home facility, as defined...
Section 19a-521e. - Reportable events at nursing homes and behavioral health facilities. System for electronic notification. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Nursing home” has...
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... - (a) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter...
Section 19a-522a. - Chronic and convalescent nursing homes and rest homes with nursing supervision: Resident room and area temperature levels. - A chronic and convalescent nursing home or a rest home...
Section 19a-522b. - Chronic and convalescent nursing homes and rest homes with nursing supervision: Preservation and maintenance of patient medical records. Electronic signatures. - (a) A chronic and convalescent nursing home or a rest...
Section 19a-522c. - Chronic and convalescent nursing homes and rest homes with nursing supervision: In-service training. - (a) A nursing home administrator of a chronic and convalescent...
Section 19a-522d. - Chronic and convalescent nursing homes and rest homes with nursing supervision: Maximum time span between meals; bedtime nourishment. - A chronic and convalescent nursing home or a rest home...
Section 19a-522e. - Chronic and convalescent nursing homes and rest homes with nursing supervision: Stretcher requirement. - A chronic and convalescent nursing home or a rest home...
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... - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Administer” means to...
Section 19a-522g. - Chronic and convalescent nursing homes and rest homes with nursing supervision: Medical history and examination. - Each chronic and convalescent nursing home or rest home with...
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. - (a) The Commissioner of Public Health may suspend the requirements...
Section 19a-523. (Formerly Sec. 19-606). - Injunction for violation. - (a) If, from the results of an inspection and investigation...
Section 19a-524. (Formerly Sec. 19-607). - Citations issued for certain violations. - If, upon review, investigation or inspection pursuant to section 19a-498,...
Section 19a-525. (Formerly Sec. 19-608). - Contest of citation. Informal conference. Hearing. Final order. - (a) The administrator of the nursing home facility or residential...
Section 19a-526. (Formerly Sec. 19-609). - Effect of final order. Payment of civil penalties. - (a) When, in the case of a class A or...
Section 19a-527. (Formerly Sec. 19-610). - Classification of violations by nursing home facilities. - Citations issued to nursing home facilities pursuant to section 19a-524...
Section 19a-527a. - Classification of violations by residential care homes. - Citations issued to residential care homes pursuant to section 19a-524,...
Section 19a-528. (Formerly Sec. 19-611). - Criteria for imposing civil penalties. - In imposing the civil penalties that shall become due under...
Section 19a-528a. - Application of licensure for acquisition of a nursing home. Notice of liability for abuse or neglect. Required disclosures. - (a) For any application of licensure for the acquisition of...
Section 19a-529. (Formerly Sec. 19-612). - Appeal from final order. - Any person aggrieved by a final order pursuant to sections...
Section 19a-530. (Formerly Sec. 19-612a). - Report to regional ombudsman. - The Commissioner of Public Health, within ten working days, shall...
Section 19a-531. (Formerly Sec. 19-613). - Advance disclosure of inspection, investigation or complaint prohibited. Exception. Penalty. - Any employee of the Department of Public Health or the...
Section 19a-532. (Formerly Sec. 19-614). - Discrimination against complainants and others prohibited. Penalty. - No nursing home facility or residential care home shall discharge...
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. - (a) As used in this section, “nursing home” means any...
Section 19a-534. (Formerly Sec. 19-615). - Emergency transfer of patients; notice requirement. - If the commissioner determines that there is imminent danger to...
Section 19a-534a. - Emergency actions against nursing home and residential care home licensees. - If the commissioner finds that the health, safety or welfare...
Section 19a-535. (Formerly Sec. 19-616). - Transfer or discharge of residents. Notice. Plan required. Appeal. Hearing. - (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Facility” means...
Section 19a-535a. - Residential care homes. Transfer or discharge of patients. Appeal. Hearing. Reporting on involuntary transfers, discharges. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Facility” means a...
Section 19a-535b. - Chronic disease hospital. Transfer or discharge of patients. Notice. - A chronic disease hospital shall not transfer or discharge a...
Section 19a-535c. - Nursing home facility discharge. Caregiver instruction and training requirements. - (a) For purposes of this section and section 19a-535d: (1)...
Section 19a-535d. - Effect on legal rights. Nursing home facility liability. Insurer and healthcare provider responsibility. Discharge or transfer. Caregiver compensation. - (a) Nothing in this section or section 19a-535c shall be...
Section 19a-535e. - Essential support persons. Definitions. Visitation rights at long-term care facilities. - (a) As used in this section, section 19a-535f and subsection...
Section 19a-535f. - State-wide visitation policy for long-term care facilities. Requirements. Provisions for essential support persons. - (a) The Commissioner of Public Health shall establish a state-wide...
Section 19a-536. (Formerly Sec. 19-617). - Inspection reports to be available for inspection. Room to be provided. Notice of availability. - Each nursing home administrator, as defined in section 19a-511 shall...
Section 19a-537. (Formerly Sec. 19-617a). - Definitions. Nursing home responsibilities re reservation of beds. Reimbursement. Readmission. - (a) As used in this section and section 19a-537a: (1)...
Section 19a-537a. - Reservation of beds. Penalty. Hearing. - Compliance with section 19a-537 shall be monitored by the department...
Section 19a-538. (Formerly Sec. 19-618). - Department of Public Health list of information concerning nursing home facilities and residential care homes. - The Department of Public Health shall make available to the...
Section 19a-539. (Formerly Sec. 19-619). - Disclosure of additional costs. Enforcement of surety contracts. - (a) Each nursing home facility shall disclose in writing to...
Section 19a-540. (Formerly Sec. 19-620). - Posting of citations. Monthly report by Department of Public Health. - (a) Each class A or class B citation shall be...
Section 19a-541. (Formerly Sec. 19-621a). - Receivership of nursing home facilities and residential care homes: Definitions. - As used in this section and sections 19a-542 to 19a-549,...
Section 19a-542. (Formerly Sec. 19-621b). - Application for receivership. Hearing. Parties. Emergency order. - (a) An application to appoint a receiver for a nursing...
Section 19a-543. (Formerly Sec. 19-621c). - Imposition of receivership: Grounds. - The court shall grant an application for the appointment of...
Section 19a-544. (Formerly Sec. 19-621d). - Imposition of receivership: Defenses. - It shall be a sufficient defense to a receivership application...
Section 19a-545. (Formerly Sec. 19-621e). - Duties of receiver. - (a) A receiver appointed pursuant to the provisions of sections...
Section 19a-546. (Formerly Sec. 19-621f). - Authority of receiver concerning leases, mortgages, secured transactions. - (a) A receiver may not be required to honor any...
Section 19a-547. (Formerly Sec. 19-621g). - Appointment of receiver. Qualifications of receiver. Removal. Bond. Fees. - (a) The court may appoint any responsible individual whose name...
Section 19a-548. (Formerly Sec. 19-621h). - Accounting by receiver. - Each receiver shall, during the first week in January, April,...
Section 19a-549. (Formerly Sec. 19-621i). - Termination of receivership. - The Superior Court, upon a motion by the receiver or...
Section 19a-549a. - Notification by nursing home facilities when placed in receivership or petition for bankruptcy filed. - If a nursing home facility, as defined in section 19a-521,...
Section 19a-550. (Formerly Sec. 19-622). - Patients' bill of rights. - (a)(1) As used in this section, (A) “nursing home facility”...
Section 19a-550a. - Patient's rights pursuant to Medicare conditions of participation. - Each hospital, as defined in section 19a-490, shall notify each...
Section 19a-550b. - Nursing home resident rights to technology of their choice. Requirements for virtual visitation, virtual monitoring. - (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Nursing home facility”...
Section 19a-550c. - Access to recordings, images from technology used by nursing home residents. Confidentiality requirements. Restrictions on solicitation of recordings, images. - (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Nursing home facility”...
Section 19a-551. (Formerly Sec. 19-623a). - Management of resident's personal funds. - Each nursing home facility and residential care home shall: (1)...
Section 19a-552. (Formerly Sec. 19-623b). - Failure to comply with section 19a-551: Penalties. - (a) Any person who violates any provision of section 19a-551...
Section 19a-553. (Formerly Sec. 19-624). - Disclosure of crimes required. Penalty. - (a) Each nursing home administrator shall submit or cause to...
Section 19a-554. (Formerly Sec. 19-625). - Attorney General to assign assistant to Commissioner of Public Health. - The Attorney General shall assign an assistant attorney general to...
Section 19a-555. (Formerly Sec. 19-626). - Chronic and convalescent nursing homes. Medical director. Personal physicians. - (a) There shall be a medical director for each chronic...
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. - Sections 19a-556 to 19a-558, inclusive, are repealed. (P.A. 80-409, S....
Section 19a-559. (Formerly Sec. 19-626d). - Advisory board. Membership. Duties. - Section 19a-559 is repealed, effective June 7, 1994. (P.A. 80-409,...
Section 19a-560. - Disclosure of Medicaid and Medicare participation and advance payment and deposit requirements by nursing homes. - (a) Each nursing home shall post in a prominent location...
Section 19a-561. - Nursing facility management services. Certification. Initial applications and biennial renewals. Investigation. Disciplinary action. - (a) As used in this section, “nursing facility management services”...
Section 19a-562. - Dementia special care units or programs. Definitions. Disclosure requirements. - (a) As used in this section and section 19a-562a, “dementia...
Section 19a-562a. - Training requirements for nursing home facility and dementia special care unit or program staff. - (a) Each nursing home facility that is not a residential...
Section 19a-562b. - Staff training and education on Alzheimer's disease and dementia symptoms and care. - Each home health agency, residential care home and assisted living...
Section 19a-562f. - Nursing home facility staffing levels. Definitions. - As used in this section and sections 19a-562g and 19a-562h:...
Section 19a-562g. - Calculation of nurses and nurse's aides providing direct patient care. Daily posting. Public availability of information. - (a) Each nursing home facility shall calculate on a daily...
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. - (a) If the Commissioner of Public Health finds that a...
Section 19a-563. - Nursing homes and dementia special care units. Infection prevention and control specialists. Definitions. Requirements. - (a) As used in this section, sections 19a-563a to 19a-563h,...
Section 19a-563a. - Provision of emergency plan of operations by nursing homes and dementia special care units to their political subdivision of this state. - On or before January 1, 2022, the administrative head of...
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. - (a) The administrative head of each nursing home shall ensure...
Section 19a-563c. - Nursing homes. Staff member or contracted professional licensed or certified to start an intravenous line. Requirement. - The administrative head of each nursing home shall ensure that...
Section 19a-563d. - Nursing homes. Infection prevention and control committee requirements. - Each nursing home's infection prevention and control committee shall meet...
Section 19a-563e. - Nursing homes. Testing of staff and residents during an infectious disease outbreak. - Each nursing home shall, during an outbreak of an infectious...
Section 19a-563f. - Nursing homes and dementia special care units. Establishment and duties of family council. Definition. - On or before January 1, 2022, the administrative head of...
Section 19a-563g. - Nursing homes. Resident care plans. - (a) On or before January 1, 2022, the administrative head...
Section 19a-563h. - Nursing homes. Minimum staffing level requirements. Regulations. - (a) On or before January 1, 2022, the Department of...
Section 19a-564. - Assisted living services agencies. Licensure. Dementia special care approval. Regulations. - (a) The Commissioner of Public Health shall license assisted living...
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. - (a) As used in this section, “clinical laboratory” has the...
Section 19a-565a. (Formerly Sec. 19a-30a). - Reporting of clinical laboratory errors. - (a) Each clinical laboratory, licensed pursuant to section 19a-565, which...
Section 19a-565b. (Formerly Sec. 19a-31). - Clinical laboratories to analyze chiropractic specimens. - Any licensed clinical laboratory in this state shall accept or...
Section 19a-565c. (Formerly Sec. 19a-31b). - Hair follicle drug testing by clinical laboratories. - No clinical laboratory, as defined in section 19a-490, that offers...