Connecticut § 10-235a - Immunity from liability of internship providers.
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§ 10-235a. Immunity from liability of internship providers.
Sec. 10-235a. Immunity from liability of internship providers. (a) For purposes of this section:
(1) “Internship” means supervised practical training of a student intern that is comprised of curriculum and workplace standards approved by the Department of Education and the Labor Department;
(2) “Internship provider” means a person, as defined in section 1-79, who provides an internship to a student intern pursuant to an agreement with (A) a local or regional board of education that operates an agricultural science and technology education center, and (B) the local or regional board of education otherwise responsible for educating such student intern if such board of education does not maintain an agricultural science and technology education center; and
(3) “Student intern” means a student enrolled in an agricultural science and technology education center participating in an internship offered or provided by an internship provider.
(b) No internship provider shall be liable to a student intern or a parent or guardian of a student intern for civil damages for any personal injury that results from acts or omissions of such internship provider offering or providing an internship to a student intern that may constitute ordinary negligence, provided such internship provider exercised reasonable care in the provision of the internship and was in compliance with any applicable safety and health standards established under any federal, state and local laws and regulations and any industry codes. The immunity provided in this subsection does not apply to acts or omissions constituting gross, reckless, wilful or wanton negligence.
(P.A. 15-215, S. 10.)
History: P.A. 15-215 effective July 1, 2015.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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