2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 19a-115. (Formerly Sec. 19-66f). Regulation of medical test units.

      Sec. 19a-115. (Formerly Sec. 19-66f). Regulation of medical test units. (a) As used in this section "medical test unit" means any facility or other area used for any physical, physiological or laboratory examination of persons to detect abnormalities of blood, urine, bodily organs or functions, or of any parts or the whole of the human body, whether the actual interpretation or reading of these examinations takes place within or without the state, for the purpose of providing information for the diagnosis, prevention or treatment of any human disease or impairment or for the assessment of human health, except (1) a clinical laboratory licensed under section 19a-30; (2) a facility or service maintained by a licensed practitioner of a health profession exclusively for the examination of his or her own patients within the scope of his or her license to practice; or (3) a facility or area provided by a sponsoring organization for use by a registered medical test unit or for conducting a health screening program under an agreement with the Department of Public Health or a municipal or district department of health.

      (b) The Department of Public Health shall, in its Public Health Code, adopt regulations establishing reasonable standards governing medical test unit operations, facilities, personnel qualifications and certification, as may be necessary to insure public health and safety. Each medical test unit shall comply with all standards for medical test units set forth in the Public Health Code and shall be subject to inspection by said department.

      (c) No person, firm, corporation, municipality or public agency nor the state shall establish, conduct, operate or maintain a medical test unit unless such unit is registered biennially with said department, or is part of a clinical laboratory licensed under section 19a-30, or a facility licensed in accordance with sections 19a-490 to 19a-503, inclusive. Each application for registration of a medical test unit shall be made on forms provided by said department and shall be executed by the owner or owners or by a responsible officer of the firm, corporation, municipality, public agency or department of the state owning the medical test unit and, except in the case of a facility or service operated by or under an agreement with the Department of Public Health, a municipality or a district department of health, shall be accompanied by a fee of two hundred dollars. Such application shall contain such information as said department requires, which may include affirmative evidence of ability to comply with the standards.

      (P.A. 77-500; 77-614, S. 323, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 79-68; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)

      History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-68 added Subdiv. (3) in definition of "medical test unit"; Sec. 19-66f transferred to Sec. 19a-115 in 1983; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; 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.