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

Connecticut Statutes

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

Connecticut § 19a-490k

Title 19aPublic Health and Well-Being

Ch. 368vHealth Care Institutions

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-490k (2026).

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(a)A hospital may administer care to patients, after an assessment of contraindications, without a physician's order, in accordance with a physician-approved hospital policy, if such care is emergent, timely and necessary, or for the purpose of advancing patient care, to the extent such care is permitted by 42 CFR Part 482.

(b)A hospital may administer any prophylactic care or treatment to healthy newborns who are born at the hospital, or who are admitted to the hospital nursery, after an assessment of contraindications, without a physician's order, in accordance with a physician-approved hospital policy, to the extent such care or treatment is permitted by 42 CFR Part 482.

(c)A hospital may administer influenza and pneumococcal vaccines to patients, after an assessment for contraindica

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(a) A hospital may administer care to patients, after an assessment of contraindications, without a physician's order, in accordance with a physician-approved hospital policy, if such care is emergent, timely and necessary, or for the purpose of advancing patient care, to the extent such care is permitted by 42 CFR Part 482. (b) A hospital may administer any prophylactic care or treatment to healthy newborns who are born at the hospital, or who are admitted to the hospital nursery, after an assessment of contraindications, without a physician's order, in accordance with a physician-approved hospital policy, to the extent such care or treatment is permitted by 42 CFR Part 482. (c) A hospital may administer influenza and pneumococcal vaccines to patients, after an assessment for contraindications, without a physician's order, in accordance with a physician-approved hospital policy. The Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the provisions of this subsection.

Legislative History

(P.A. 04-164, S. 4; P.A. 11-2, S. 1; 11-242, S. 78; P.A. 14-231, S. 28.) History: P.A. 04-164 effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 11-2 added Subsec. (a) re administration of emergent care to patients without physician's order, added Subsec. (b) re administration of prophylactic care or treatment to healthy newborns without physician's order and designated existing provisions as Subsec. (c) and made technical changes to same; P.A. 11-242 changed effective date of P.A. 11-2, S. 1, from October 1, 2011, to July 1, 2011, effective July 13, 2011; P.A. 14-231 amended Subsec. (c) by deleting “polysaccharide” re pneumococcal vaccines.