2016 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being
Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health
Section 19a-4l - Office of Oral Public Health.
There is established, within the Department of Public Health, an Office of Oral Public Health. The director of the Office of Oral Public Health shall be a dental health professional with experience in public health and a license to practice under chapter 379 or 379a and shall:
(1) Coordinate and direct state activities with respect to state and national dental public health programs;
(2) Serve as the department's chief advisor on matters involving oral health; and
(3) Plan, implement and evaluate all oral health programs within the department.
(P.A. 07-252, S. 46; P.A. 10-117, S. 59; P.A. 12-197, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 07-252 effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 10-117 replaced “an experienced public health dentist licensed” with “a dental health professional with a graduate degree in public health and hold a license” and added “or 379a”; P.A. 12-197 replaced requirement for a graduate degree in public health with requirement for experience in public health and made a technical change.
