Laws and Regulations

2022 Legislative Supplement

ACCOUNTANCY

• Connecticut General Statutes, Chapter 389
  • Issuance of Certified Public Accountant Certificate by Written Examination State Board of Accountancy (Sec. 20-280)
  • Require that Permit Holders, as a Condition for the Renewal of a Permit to Practice, Undergo a Quality Review (Sec. 20-281)
  • Amended Education Requirement for Attestation Education Requirements (Sec. 20-280-24)

ALCOHOL (see Liquor)

AMUSEMENTS

• Amusements and Exhibitions, Chapter 532
• Safety Regulations for Amusement Park Rides and Devices (Sec. 29-136)

• Apartment Listing Services, Chapter 734a
• Landlord and Tenant Rights and Responsibilities,
• "Cash for Keys Act," Sec. 47a-20f
• "Security Deposit Act," Sec. 47a-21(e)
• "Identification of Landlord Act,"  Sec. 47a-6

• Architects, Chapter 390
• Regulations on Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification  (Sec. 20-289)

• Assistive Technology Devices, Chapter 743q

• Athlete Agents, Chapter 400i

• Automobile Manufacturers’ Warranty Adjustment Programs, Chapter 743g
• Automobile Warranties (New Car “Lemon Law”), Chapter 743b
• Motor Vehicles, long-term leasing, Chapter 743k
• Motor Vehicles, rental contracts, Section 14-15b
  
  
  • Regulations on Motor Vehicle Dispute Settlement Program (Sec. 42-181)
  • Regulations Concerning Motor Vehicle Advertising (Sec. 42-110b-28)
  • Regulations on Written Disclosure Notice Required of Motor Vehicles Replaced or Refunded by the Manufacturer (Sec. 42-179)

 

• Bedding and Upholstered Furniture, Chapter 420a
  • Regulations on Bedding and Upholstered Furniture (Sec. 21a-235)

BUSINESS PRACTICES (see also CUTPA below)

• Business Selling, Trading and Collection Practices, Title 42
• Artist-Art Dealer Consignments Chapter 737a
• Buying Clubs, Chapter 743o
• Consumer Cards, Miscellaneous and Prepaid Calling, Chapter 743u
• Contingent Transactions, Chapter 741
• Consumer Contracts, Chapter 742
• Consumer Leases, Chapter 743aa
• Credit Programs, Chapter 739
• Dating Services, Chapter 743p
• Diet Programs, Chapter 743l
• Gray Market Merchandise, Chapter 743d
• Medical Licensees - business practices, Section 19a-19
• Profiteering, Chapter 743h
• Rainchecks, Chapter 743e
• Refund, Exchange and Discount Policies and Practices, Chapter 735c
• Rent to Own Agreements, Chapter 743i
• Repair of Consumer Goods, Chapter 735b
• Subscriptions, Chapter 739
• Sweepstakes, Chapter 743n
• Timeshares
• Unfair Sales Practices, Chapter 736 
  • Regulations on Emergency Rationing (Sec. 42-231)
  • Regulations on Sweepstakes (Sec. 42-295)
  • Regulations on Representations of Guarantees (Sec. 42-110b)

• Adult-Use Cannabis, Chapter 420h
  • Policies and Procedures for the Regulation of Adult-Use Cannabis

• Charitable Solicitation, Chapter 419d
  • Regulations on Solicitation of Charitable Funds (Sec. 21a-190k)

Child Protection Act, Chap 420d
• Regulations on Banned Hazardous Substances (Sec. 21a-336)
• Regulations on Repurchase of Banned Hazardous Substances (Sec. 21a-342)

• Closing Out Sales, Chapter 407a

CONNECTICUT UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES ACT (CUTPA)

• Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act, Chapter 735a
  • Regulations on Business, Selling Trading and Collection Practices (Sec. 42-110b)

CONTINGENT TRANSACTIONS (see BUSINESS PRACTICES)

CREDIT

• Credit Clinics, Section 36a-700
• Credit Freeze,Section 36a-701 to 701a (also see Identity Theft)
• Credit Programs (see BUSINESS PRACTICES)
• Credit Reports - Security Freeze, Sections 36a-701 abd 36a-701a

• Dental Referral Services, Section 20-124a 

DIET PROGRAMS (See BUSINESS PRACTICES)

DO NOT CALL (see TELEMARKETING)

DONATION BINS

• Donation Bins, Section 21a-430

• Connecticut Comprehensive Drug Laws
• Pure Food & Drug Act, Chapter 417
• Uniform Food Drug & Cosmetic Act, Chapter 418
• Retail Drug Control Act, Chapter 419
• Dependency Producing Drugs Act, Chapter 420b
• Controlled Substance Registration Act, Chapter 420c
• Pharmacy, Chapter 400j
• Continuing Education Requirement for Pharmacists, 20-600
• Adult-Use Cannabis
  • Policies and Procedures for the Regulation of Adult Use Cannabis

• Palliative Use of Marijuana, Chapter 420f
  • Regulations on the Palliative Use of Marijuana (Sec. 21a-408)

  • Regulations on the Practice of Pharmacy  (Sec. 20-576)

  • Regulations on Electronic Data Intermediaries (Sec. 20-614)

  • Regulations on the Administration of Vaccine by Pharmacists (Sec. 20-633)

  • Regulations on Quality Assurance Programs for Pharmacies  (Sec. 20-635)

  • Regulations on Storage and Retrieval of Prescription Information for Controlled Substances (Sec. 21a-244) 

  • Regulations on Record Keeping for Controlled Drugs (Sec. 21a-254)

  • Regulations on Minimum Security and Safeguards for Storage, Handling of Controlled Substances (Sec. 21a-262)

  • Regulations on Drug Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Programs (Sec. 21a-274a)

  • Regulations on Registration of Practitioners for Controlled Substances (Sec. 21a-326)

  • Regulations on Banned Hazardous Substances (Sec. 21a-336)

  • Regulations on Repurchase of Banned Hazardous Substances (Sec. 21a-342)

  • Regulations on Connecticut Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (Sec. 21a-115)

  • Regulations on Safe Handling, Disposal of Hypodermic Needles and Syringes (Sec. 21a-66)

  • Regulations on Designation of Controlled Substances (Sec. 21a-243)             

  • Regulations on Non-Sterile Compounding (Sec. 20-576, 69-73)

  • Regulations on Sterile Compounding (Sec. 20-576, 64-68) 

  • Regulations on Registration of Pharmacy Interns (Sec. 20-576-8)

  • Regulations on Collaborative Drug Therapy Management (Sec. 20-631)

• Dry Cleaning, Chapter 743t

EMERGENCY

FIREWOOD (see FUEL)

FOOD (see also WEIGHTS AND MEASURES)

• Pure Food and Drugs, Chapter 417
• Uniform Food Drug & Cosmetic Act, Chapter 418
• Bakeries, Chapter 419b
• Kosher Food, Sec. 21a-13
• Home Food Service Plan Sales Act, Chapter 420e
• Nonalcoholic Beverages, Chap 419a
  • Regulations on Frozen Desserts (Sec. 21a-58)
  • Regulations on Standards for Foods (Sec. 21a-115, 33-77)
  • Regulations on Dietary Beverages (Sec. 21a-143)
  • Regulations on Manufacture of Apple Cider and Apple Juice (Sec. 21a-147)
  • Regulations on Sanitary Standards for Food Establishments (Sec. 21a-101) 
  • Regulations on Bakeshops and Bakery Products (Sec. 21a-156)
  • Regulations on Standards of Identity for Olive Oil (Sec. 21a-100, 7-10)
  • Regulations on Frozen Food (Sec. 21a-61)
  • Regulations on Compliance with Flour Enrichment Standards (Sec. 21a-29)
  • Regulations on Labeling of Cuts of Meat Sold by Food Establishments (Sec. 21a-1, 1-6) 
  • Regulations on Packaging of Meat, Meat Products (Sec. 42-115m)
  • Regulations on Pricing of Consumer Commodities (Sec. 21a-75)
  • Regulations on Universal Product Coding Marking of Retail Price (Sec. 21a-79)
  • Regulations on the Labeling, Packaging, Sale of Commodities (Sec. 42-115j)
  • Regulations on the Method of Sales of Commodities (Sec. 43-3a)
  • Regulations on Last Sale Dates for Retail Products (Sec. 43-8a)

• Motor Fuel Price Posting
• Fuel Pumps, Display of Signs on, Section 16a-15
• Fuel Supply Business, Operation of Chapter 296
• Illuminating Oils, Burning Fluids and Kerosene, Chap 419c
• Gasoline and Motor Oil Sales, Chapter 250
• Home Heating Oil and Propane Gas Sales, Chapter 296a
  • Regulation on Operation of Retail Service Stations by Producers or Refiners for Limited Time Periods (Sec. 14-344c)
  • Regulation on Posting of Signs at Gasoline Service Stations (Sec. 16a-15a) 
  • Regulations on Motor Fuel Quality Testing Standards (Sec. 14-327d)

• Funeral Service Contracts, Chapter 743c

• Gaming Division and Gaming Policy Board – Chapter 226 
  (NOTE: Pursuant to LCO No. 6000, the repeal of Las Vegas Night, Section 12-564a was amended to strike out a reference to games of chance.)
• Disclosure Statements with regard to Pari-mutuel Betting - Ch. 226b 
• Connecticut Lottery Corporation – Ch. 229a
• Prohibition Against Gambling By Minors
• Uniform Administrative Procedure Act – Ch. 54
• Charitable Games Statutes (Ch. 98, Sec. 7-169 - 7-186q)
• Bingo Statutes (Ch. 98, Sec. 7-169 - 7-169e)
• Sealed Ticket Statutes (Ch. 98, section 7-169h -7-169i)
• Bazaar and Raffle Statutes (Ch. 98, Sec. 7-170 - 7-186)
• Games of Chance (Las Vegas Nights -Repealed) Ch. 98, Sec. 7-186a - 7-186q)
  • Regulations on Pari-Mutuel Operations (Sec. 12-574-A14)
  • Regulations on Operation of Lottery (Sec. 12-568a)
  • Regulations on Administrative Procedures (Sec. 12-562)
• Online Casino Gaming, Retail and Online Sports Wagering, Fantasy Contests, Keno and Online Sale of Lottery Tickets 
  • Regulations of Online Casino Gaming, Retail and Online Sports Wagering, Fantasy Contests, Keno and Online Sale of Lottery Tickets

HEALTH CLUBS

• Health Clubs, Chapter 420
  • Regulations on Health Clubs (Sec. 21a-224)

HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Home Improvement Contractors, Chapter 400
• Home Solicitation Sales Act, Chapter 740
  • Regulations on Registration of Home Improvement Contractors and Salesmen (Sec. 20-430)

• Home Inspectors, Chapter 400f
  • Regulation on Home Inspectors (Sec. 20-491)

• Homemaker Companion Agencies
  • Regulations on Homemaker-Companion Agencies (Sec. 20-670)

HYPNOTIST

• Hypnotists, Chapter 400m

• Identity Theft  Section 53(a)-129(a)
• Security Breach, Section 36a-701b
• Credit Freeze,Section 36a-701 to 701a
• Personal Information - breach of database security, Section 36a-701b
• Spam, Section 52-59b
• Protection of Social Security Numbers and Personal Information, Chapter 743dd

• Interior Designers, Chapter 396a
  • Regulations on Interior Designers (Sec. 20-377t)

• Itinerant Vendors, Chapter 407

LAND SURVEYOR

• Landscape Architects, Chapter 396
  • Regulations on Landscape Architect and State Board of Landscape Architects (Sec. 20-368)

• Layaway Plans, Chapter 738b

LIQUOR

• Liquor Control Act, Title 30
  • Liquor Regulations (Sec. 30-6)

• Locksmiths, Chapter 400p

• Major Contractors, Chapter 393c
• "Threshold Limit" Defined, 29-276b
  • Regulations on Major Contractors (Sec. 20-341gg)

• Mechanical Contractor Organizations, Chapter 393b

• Palliative Use of Marijuana, Chapter 420f

  • Regulation on the Palliative Use of Marijuana (Sec. 21a-408) 

• Mobile Manufactured Homes and Home Parks, C.G.S. Chapter 412
  • Regulations on Mobile Manufactured Home Parks (Sec. 21-70)
  • Regulations on Choice of Vendors by Residents (Sec. 21-78)
  • Regulations on Resident's Right to Sell (Sec. 21-79)
  • Regulations on Mobile Home Parks (Sec. 21-82)
  • Regulations on Complaint Resolution (Sec. 21-83e)
  • Regulations on Mobile Manufactured Home Parks (Sec. 21-84)

NEW HOME

• New Home Construction Contractors, Chapter 399a
• New Home Warrantees, CGS Chapter 827

• Occupational Licensing, Title 20, Chapter 393
  • Regulations on Occupational Licensing (Sec. 20-332)
  • Regulations on Apprenticeship Ratios (Sec. 20-332-15e)
  • Regulations on Continuing Education of Electricians and Plumbers (Sec. 20-334d)

PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICES

• Photographic Services - Unfair Sales Practices, Chapter 737

• Regulation on Plumbing Fixtures (Sec. 21a-86a) 

PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS (PELS) (see LAND SURVEYOR)

• Public Service Gas Technicians, Chapter 400h

RAINCHECKS (see BUSINESS PRACTICES)

REAL ESTATE

Community Association Managers, Ch. 400b
• Interstate Land Sales
• Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons, Chapter 392 (including information about property disclosure forms)
• Timeshares (see BUSINESS PRACTICES)
  • Regulations on Real Estate Licensing (Sec. 20-314a)
  • Regulations on Community Association Managers (Sec. 20-461)

• Real Estate Appraisers, Chapter 400g
  • Regulations on Real Estate Appraisers (Sec. 20-504)
  • Regulations on Real Estate Appraisers Licensing/Schools and Courses (Sec. 20-512)
  • Regulations on Appraisal Management Companies (Sec. 20-529e)

RENT TO OWN (see BUSINESS PRACTICES)

REPAIR OF CONSUMER GOODS (see BUSINESS PRACTICES)

SHORTHAND REPORTERS

• Shorthand Reporters, Chapter 400l
  • Regulations on Shorthand Reporters (Sec. 20-654)

STUDENT ATHLETE AGENT

• Student Athlete Agent, CGS Chapter 400i 

SWEEPSTAKES (see BUSINESS PRACTICES)

SWIMMING POOL

• Swimming Pool Contractors, Chapter 399b
  
• Limited Swimming Pool Licenses, 20-417aa-1

• Occupational Licensing, Title 20, Chapter 393

  • Regulation on Swimming Pool Builders and Contractors (Sec. 20-340d)  

• Telephone solicitation (Telemarketing), Chapter 743m
• Do Not Call List, Chapter 743 (Telemarketing)
• Unsolicited faxing Sec. 52-570c

• Television and Radio Service Dealers and Electronics Technicians, Chapter 394  

• Specifications and Test Standards for Clinical Thermometers (Sec. 21a-63)

UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES  (see CONNECTICUT UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES ACT)

VENDING MACHINES (see FOOD)

WARRANTY

• Implied Warranty, CGS Section 42a-2-314 to 316
• Express Warranty, CGS Section 42a-2-313

• Weights and Measures, Chapter 750
• Weighers, Licensed Public, Chapter 751
• Weight and Measurement of Specific Articles, Chapter 752
• Weighing and Measuring Devices, Dealers and Repairers, Chapter 753

• Well Drilling, Chapter 482
  • Regulations on Organizations, Rules of Practice, and Regulations for the Well Drilling Industry (Sec. 25-128)
  • Regulations on Well Casing Extension (Sec. 25-129)
  • Permit Requirements (Sec. 25-130)