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2009 Connecticut Code
Title 20 Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards
Chapter 378a Nurse's Aides
Sec. 20-102aa. Nurse's aides: Definitions; registration.
Sec. 20-102aa. Nurse's aides: Definitions; registration. As used in subsection
(c) of section 19a-14 and sections 20-102aa to 20-102ff, inclusive: (1) "Commissioner"
means the Commissioner of Public Health; (2) "nurse's aide" means an individual providing nursing or nursing-related services to residents in a chronic and convalescent
nursing home or rest home with nursing supervision, but does not include an individual
who is a health professional otherwise licensed or certified by the Department of Public
Health, or who volunteers to provide such services without monetary compensation;
(3) "registration" means a document issued by the Department of Public Health to a
nurse's aide which certifies that such aide has satisfied the training and competency
evaluation requirements prescribed by the commissioner and has been found qualified
for employment in a chronic and convalescent nursing home or rest home with nursing
supervision; and (4) "registered nurse's aide" means an individual who has been issued
a registration as defined in this section.(P.A. 93-121, S. 2, 8; 93-381, S. 9, 39; 93-435, S. 59, 95; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 93-121 effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 93-381 and P.A. 93-435 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of public health and addiction services for commissioner and department of health 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.
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