Sec. 20-332. Powers and duties of boards. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 20-332. Powers and duties of boards. (a) Each examining board established under section 20-331 shall have a seal and its members may administer oaths in the performance of their duties. Each board shall keep a record of its proceedings and a complete roster of all persons licensed or registered by it and entitled to practice the occupation within the board's jurisdiction in this state. Each board shall biennially furnish a copy of such roster to each town clerk and shall notify such clerk of any deletions from such roster within five days of such deletion.

      (b) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, with the advice and assistance of the appropriate board, (1) may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, for the pursuit, practice and standards of the occupations within the jurisdiction of the boards for the preservation of the public safety, (2) except as provided in this chapter, shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to establish the amount and type of experience and training required to qualify an applicant for an examination for any license, and (3) shall determine the specific area of a trade for which limited licenses shall be issued and the areas for which no license shall be required.

      (c) If, after a hearing in accordance with the regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, it appears that the provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted under this chapter have been violated, in addition to the penalties in this chapter, the appropriate examining board, or the commissioner or the commissioner's authorized agent, shall report such violation to the office of the state's attorney for the judicial district in which such violation occurred.

      (February, 1965, P.A. 493, S. 3; 1967, P.A. 789, S. 3; P.A. 74-183, S. 241, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 209, 681; P.A. 77-614, S. 185, 610; P.A. 78-280, S. 1, 127; P.A. 98-3, S. 25; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 07-188, S. 1.)

      History: 1967 act required rosters be furnished town clerks and specified they include persons registered by boards, provided that boards have power to make regulations for practice and standards of occupations, added requirements re contents of regulations, extended date for promulgation of first regulations, and added provision re employment of administrative personnel and investigators; P.A. 74-183 replaced circuit court with court of common pleas and "circuit" with "county or judicial district", effective December 31, 1974; P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with superior court and substituted "office of the state's attorney" for "prosecuting attorney", effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-614 deleted provision requiring annual report to governor, transferred power to make regulations from boards to consumer protection commissioner, retaining boards in advisory role, deleted provisions concerning boards' powers to investigate violations and hold hearings, requiring instead that hearings be in accordance with consumer protection commissioner's regulations and deleted provision re employment of administrative personnel and investigators, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-280 deleted reference to counties; P.A. 98-3 divided section into Subsecs. and made technical changes; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 07-188 amended Subsec. (c) by adding reference to commissioner or commissioner's authorized agent re reporting violation and by making technical changes.

      Cited. 26 CS 329.