2015 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards
Chapter 377 - Midwifery
Section 20-86d - Advisory panel.

The Commissioner of Public Health shall appoint a committee of three nurse-midwives, each of whom shall be licensed under this chapter and actively engaged in the practice of nurse-midwifery for not less than five years, and shall seek their advice and assistance in the administration of the program of regulation of nurse-midwives. No person who holds an office in the Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Nurse-Midwives may be appointed to the committee.

(P.A. 83-441, S. 4, 10; P.A. 89-389, S. 10, 22; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 06-195, S. 38.)

History: P.A. 89-389 removed the word “certified” in two places since nurse-midwives are no longer certified; 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. 06-195 required appointees to be licensed nurse-midwives actively engaged in the practice of nurse-midwifery for not less than five years and disqualified persons holding office in the Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Nurse-Midwives from appointment.