Sec. 20-42. Penalties. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 20-42. Penalties. Any person, except a licensed natureopath or a physician licensed to practice medicine as provided by chapter 370, who practices or attempts to practice natureopathy, or any person who buys, sells or fraudulently obtains any diploma or license to practice natureopathy whether recorded or not, or any person who uses the title "natureopath" or any word or title to induce the belief that he is engaged in the practice of natureopathy, without complying with the provisions of this chapter, or any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than five years or both. For the purposes of this section, each instance of patient contact or consultation which is in violation of any provision of this chapter shall constitute a separate offense. Failure to renew a license in a timely manner shall not constitute a violation for the purposes of this section.

      (1949 Rev., S. 4397; P.A. 84-526, S. 4.)

      History: P.A. 84-526 amended section by changing penalty for violation of any provision of chapter to a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment of not more than five years, and added provisions that each instance of patient contact or consultation shall constitute a separate offense and failure to renew license in timely manner is not a violation for purposes of section.

      Complaint of a single treatment, standing alone, was not a violation of the statute. 130 C. 546. Cited. 141 C. 288.