Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-13c

Current with legislation from the 2024 Regular and Special Sessions.

Section 20-13c - Restriction, suspension or revocation of physician's right to practice. Grounds

The board is authorized to restrict, suspend or revoke the license or limit the right to practice of a physician or take any other action in accordance with section 19a-17, for any of the following reasons:

(1) Physical illness or loss of motor skill, including, but not limited to, deterioration through the aging process;

(2) emotional disorder or mental illness;

(3) abuse or excessive use of drugs, including alcohol, narcotics or chemicals;

(4) illegal, incompetent or negligent conduct in the practice of medicine;

(5) possession, use, prescription for use, or distribution of controlled substances or legend drugs, except for therapeutic or other medically proper purposes;

(6) misrepresentation or concealment of a material fact in the obtaining or reinstatement of a license to practice medicine;

(7) failure to adequately supervise a physician assistant;

(8) failure to fulfill any obligation resulting from participation in the National Health Service Corps;

(9) failure to maintain professional liability insurance or other indemnity against liability for professional malpractice as provided in subsection (a) of section 20-11b;

(10) failure to provide information requested by the department for purposes of completing a health care provider profile, as required by section 20-13j;

(11) engaging in any activity for which accreditation is required under section 19a-690 without the appropriate accreditation required by section 19a-690;

(12) failure to provide evidence of accreditation required under section 19a-690 as requested by the department pursuant to section 19a-690;

(13) failure to comply with the continuing medical education requirements set forth in section 20-10b; or

(14) violation of any provision of this chapter or any regulation established hereunder. In each case, the board shall consider whether the physician poses a threat, in the practice of medicine, to the health and safety of any person. If the board finds that the physician poses such a threat, the board shall include such finding in its final decision and act to suspend or revoke the license of said physician.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-13c

(P.A. 76-276, S. 3, 22; P.A. 77-614, S. 354, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 15, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 7, 71; P.A. 90-211, S. 10, 23; P.A. 91-105, S. 3, 4; P.A. 92-40; P.A. 94-71, S. 7; P.A. 99-284, S. 34; P.A. 01-50, S. 3, 4; P.A. 05-275, S. 21; P.A. 14-231, S. 46.)

Amended by P.A. 14-0231, S. 46 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2014 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2014.

Cited. 207 Conn. 346; 208 Conn. 492; 223 C. 618; 228 Conn. 651. Standard of proof in cases involving physician discipline before the Connecticut Medical Examining Board is by a preponderance of the evidence. 309 C. 727. Cited. 24 CA 662; judgment reversed, see 223 Conn. 618; 37 CA 694. Physician disciplinary proceedings, unlike attorney discipline proceedings, are governed by the Uniform Administrative Procedure Act in Ch. 54, and the preponderance of the evidence standard is the appropriate standard of proof in Ch. 54 proceedings. 129 CA 575. Cited. 40 Conn.Supp. 188.