2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 19a-73. (Formerly Sec. 19-29b). Occupational history of cancer patients in hospital medical records. Regulations.

      Sec. 19a-73. (Formerly Sec. 19-29b). Occupational history of cancer patients in hospital medical records. Regulations. The medical records of each hospital, as defined in section 19a-490, for each patient who has been newly diagnosed as having contracted cancer shall include a complete occupational history of such patient. The Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to define occupational history.

      (P.A. 80-143, S. 2, 3; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 01-195, S. 138, 181.)

      History: Sec. 19-29b transferred to Sec. 19a-73 in 1983; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner 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; P.A. 01-195 deleted reference to "subsection (b)" re Sec. 19a-490, deleted "not later than October 1, 1980" re regulations, and made technical changes, effective July 11, 2001.