Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-73a

Current with legislation from the 2024 Regular and Special Sessions.

Section 20-73a - Charges against licensee, verification, hearing. Grounds for disciplinary action. Appeal

(a) The Board of Examiners for Physical Therapists shall have jurisdiction to hear all charges of conduct that fails to conform to the accepted standards of the practice of physical therapy brought against any person licensed as a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant and, after holding a hearing, written notice of which shall be given to the person complained of, the board, if it finds such person to be guilty, may revoke or suspend such person's license or take any of the actions set forth in section 19a-17. Any proceedings relative to such action may be begun by the filing of written charges with the Commissioner of Public Health. The causes for which such action may be taken are as follows:

(1) Conviction in a court of competent jurisdiction, either within or without this state, of any crime in the practice of such person's profession;

(2) illegal, incompetent or negligent conduct in the practice of physical therapy or in the supervision of a physical therapist assistant;

(3) aiding or abetting the unlawful practice of physical therapy;

(4) treating human ailments by physical therapy without the oral or written referral by a person licensed in this state or in a state having licensing requirements meeting the approval of the appropriate examining board in this state to practice medicine and surgery, podiatry, naturopathy, chiropractic or dentistry if such referral is required pursuant to section 20-73;

(5) failure to register with the Department of Public Health as required by law;

(6) fraud or deception in obtaining a license;

(7) engaging in fraud or material deception in the course of professional services or activities;

(8) failure to comply with the continuing education requirements of section 20-73b;

(9) violation of any provision of this chapter, or any regulation adopted under this chapter; or

(10) failure to provide information to the Department of Public Health required to complete a health care provider profile, as set forth in section 20-13j.

(b) The clerk of any court in this state in which a person practicing physical therapy has been convicted of any crime as described in this section shall, immediately after such conviction, transmit a certified copy, in duplicate, of the information and judgment, without charge, to the Department of Public Health, containing the name and address of the physical therapist or physical therapist assistant, the crime of which the physical therapist or physical therapist assistant has been convicted and the date of conviction. The hearing on such charges shall be conducted in accordance with the regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Public Health in accordance with chapter 54. Any person aggrieved by a final decision of the board may appeal from the decision as provided in section 4-183. Such appeal shall have precedence over nonprivileged cases in respect to order of trial. The Attorney General shall act as attorney in the public interest in defending against such an appeal. The board may petition the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford to enforce any action taken pursuant to section 19a-17.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-73a

(1959, P.A. 575, S. 7; 1971, P.A. 870, S. 57; P.A. 73-579, S. 4; P.A. 76-436, S. 419, 681; P.A. 77-603, S. 62, 125; 77-614, S. 386, 610; P.A. 78-280, S. 34, 127; P.A. 80-336, S. 4; P.A. 81-473, S. 20, 43; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 89-307, S. 2; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-220, S. 4 -6; 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 96-47, S. 3; P.A. 99-102, S. 25; P.A. 00-226, S. 16, 20; P.A. 06-125, S. 3; P.A. 08-109, S. 5.)