2004 Formal Opinions

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• Honorable Darlene Dunbar, MSW, Department of Children and Families, 2004-014 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  You have asked for an opinion interpreting Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-101i(a) regarding the Department's obligation to notify and provide records to an employing superintendent of schools when it has substantiated abuse of a child by certain school employees. Specifically, you are requesting a determination as to whether the applicable notification requirements apply to abuse of any child or only to abuse of a child who is a student in the employing school or school system.

• J. Robert Galvin, M.D., M.P.H., Commissioner, Department of Public Health, Robert M. Murphy, N.D., Chairman, Connecticut State Board of Natureopathic Examiners, 2004-015 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  In response to then Commissioner Joxel Garcia's and Chairman Murphy's requests, this is a formal opinion responding to the following questions: 1) Does "phototherapy" as used in Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-34, incorporate the use of "laser therapy equipment"?; 2) Does the State Board of Natureopathic Examiners have the authority to expand its scope of practice either with or without the consent of the Commissioner?; 3) Does the Department of Health's use of the 1997 Connecticut Medical Examining Board's "declaratory ruling on use of hair removal" to prohibit a licensed natureopathic physician from employing laser hair removal constitute an unfair restriction of trade?

• John Suchy, Director - Liquor Control Division, Department of Consumer Protection, 2004-022 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  This is in response to your request for an opinion on the lawfulness of a proposed entertainment program at liquor permit premises involving the playing of poker for prizes. The proposal comes in the wake of recent announcements outlawing the betting on poker tournaments due to criminal laws against gambling.

• Honorable Marc Ryan, Secretary, Office of Policy and Management, 2004-016 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  This letter responds to your August 3, 2004 amended request for a formal opinion as to whether Dr. D. Ray Sirry, the Juan F. Court Monitor, would be entitled to indemnification from the State in connection with services he has agreed to provide to the State to assist it in implementing reforms at the Connecticut Juvenile Training School (CJTS).

• The Honorable Kevin B. Sullivan, Lieutenant Governor, 2004-018 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut

  You have asked for an opinion as to the possible overcollection of sales tax on certain food items by supermarket vendors and the receipt of such overcollected taxes by the Department of Revenue Services ("DRS"). Specifically, you have asked for an opinion as to two questions: (1) Is DRS obligated to inform the retailer of its miscollection of taxes? and (2) Is the State obligated to disgorge the overtaxation received and is the retailer obligated to disgorge to consumers the taxation collected?