Connecticut § 20-13a - Definitions.
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§ 20-13a. Definitions.
Sec. 20-13a. Definitions. As used in sections 20-13a to 20-13e, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Board” means the Connecticut Medical Examining Board, as provided for in section 20-8a;
(2) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Public Health;
(3) “County society” means a county medical association affiliated with the Connecticut State Medical Society;
(4) “Department” means the Department of Public Health;
(5) “License” means any license or permit issued pursuant to section 20-10, 20-11a or 20-12;
(6) “Physician” means a person holding a license issued pursuant to this chapter, except a homeopathic physician; and
(7) “State society” means the Connecticut State Medical Society or the Connecticut Osteopathic Medical Society.
(P.A. 76-276, S. 1, 22; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 82-472, S. 74, 183; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; 95-271, S. 8, 40; P.A. 99-102, S. 11; P.A. 08-184, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner and department of health with commissioner and department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 82-472 replaced alphabetic Subdiv. indicators with numeric indicators; P.A. 93-381 replaced department and commissioner of health services with department and commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-271 added reference to the Connecticut Osteopathic Medical Society in definition of “county society”, added Subdiv. (5) defining “license”, renumbering the remaining Subdivs., and changed “licensed” to “holding a license issued” in definition of “physician”, effective July 6, 1995; P.A. 99-102 moved reference to the Connecticut Osteopathic Medical Society from the definition of “county society” in Subdiv. (3) to the definition of “state society” in Subdiv. (7); P.A. 08-184 replaced “20-13i” with “20-13e”.
Cited. 207 C. 346; 208 C. 492.
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