Connecticut § 20-86f Disciplinary action.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 20-86f — Disciplinary action.

Connecticut § 20-86f

Title 20Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards

Ch. 377Midwifery

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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-86f (2026).

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The Department of Public Health may take any action set forth in section 19a-17 if a person issued a license pursuant to this chapter fails to conform to the accepted standards of the nurse-midwifery profession including, but not limited to, the following: Conviction of a felony; fraud or deceit in the practice of nurse-midwifery; negligent, incompetent or wrongful conduct in professional activities; emotional disorder or mental illness; physical illness including, but not limited to, deterioration through the aging process; abuse or excessive use of drugs, including alcohol, narcotics or chemicals; wilful falsification of entries into any client record pertaining to nurse-midwifery. The commissioner may order a licensee to submit to a reasonable physical or mental examination if his physi

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The Department of Public Health may take any action set forth in section 19a-17 if a person issued a license pursuant to this chapter fails to conform to the accepted standards of the nurse-midwifery profession including, but not limited to, the following: Conviction of a felony; fraud or deceit in the practice of nurse-midwifery; negligent, incompetent or wrongful conduct in professional activities; emotional disorder or mental illness; physical illness including, but not limited to, deterioration through the aging process; abuse or excessive use of drugs, including alcohol, narcotics or chemicals; wilful falsification of entries into any client record pertaining to nurse-midwifery. The commissioner may order a licensee to submit to a reasonable physical or mental examination if his physical or mental capacity to practice safely is the subject of an investigation. The commissioner may petition the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford to enforce such order or any action taken pursuant to section 19a-17. Notice of any contemplated action under said section, the cause of the action and the date of a hearing on the action shall be given and an opportunity for hearing afforded in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.

Legislative History

(P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 89-389, S. 12, 22; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6; 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.) History: (Revisor's note: P.A. 88-230 authorized substitution of “judicial district of Hartford” for “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” in 1989 public and special acts, effective September 1, 1991); P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995; 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.