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      Sec. 20-13c. Restriction, suspension or revocation of physician's right to practice. Grounds. The board is authorized to restrict, suspend or revoke the license or limit the right to practice of a physician or take any other action in accordance with section 19a-17, for any of the following reasons: (1) Physical illness or loss of motor skill, including, but not limited to, deterioration through the aging process; (2) emotional disorder or mental illness; (3) abuse or excessive use of drugs, including alcohol, narcotics or chemicals; (4) illegal, incompetent or negligent conduct in the practice of medicine; (5) possession, use, prescription for use, or distribution of controlled substances or legend drugs, except for therapeutic or other medically proper purposes; (6) misrepresentation or concealment of a material fact in the obtaining or reinstatement of a license to practice medicine; (7) failure to adequately supervise a physician assistant; (8) failure to fulfill any obligation resulting from participation in the National Health Service Corps; (9) failure to maintain professional liability insurance or other indemnity against liability for professional malpractice as provided in subsection (a) of section 20-11b; (10) failure to provide information requested by the department for purposes of completing a health care provider profile, as required by section 20-13j; (11) engaging in any activity for which accreditation is required under section 19a-690 or 19a-691 without the appropriate accreditation required by section 19a-690 or 19a-691; (12) failure to provide evidence of accreditation required under section 19a-690 or 19a-691 as requested by the department pursuant to section 19a-690 or 19a-691; (13) failure to comply with the continuing medical education requirements set forth in section 20-10b; or (14) violation of any provision of this chapter or any regulation established hereunder. In each case, the board shall consider whether the physician poses a threat, in the practice of medicine, to the health and safety of any person. If the board finds that the physician poses such a threat, the board shall include such finding in its final decision and act to suspend or revoke the license of said physician.

      (P.A. 76-276, S. 3, 22; P.A. 77-614, S. 354, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 15, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 7, 71; P.A. 90-211, S. 10, 23; P.A. 91-105, S. 3, 4; P.A. 92-40; P.A. 94-71, S. 7; P.A. 99-284, S. 34; P.A. 01-50, S. 3, 4; P.A. 05-275, S. 21.)

      History: P.A. 77-614 added Subdiv. (8) allowing restriction, suspension or revocation of license etc. for violations of chapter or related regulations, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-484 replaced "certificate of registration" with "license" and deleted Subdiv. (7) prohibiting advertising which may deceive the public, renumbering Subdiv. (8) accordingly; P.A. 81-471 deleted reference to "certificate" in Subdiv. (6); P.A. 90-211 added failure to adequately supervise a physician assistant as ground for disciplinary action; P.A. 91-105 amended section to require the board to make determination concerning any threat presented by a physician to the health and safety of patients; P.A. 92-40 inserted new Subdiv. (8) concerning failure to fulfill obligations resulting from participation in the National Health Service Corps, renumbering former Subdiv. (8) as (9); P.A. 94-71 inserted new Subdiv. (9) concerning failure to maintain professional liability insurance or other indemnity against liability for professional malpractice and renumbered former Subdiv. (9) as (10); P.A. 99-284 inserted new Subdiv. (10) re failure to provide profile information, renumbering former Subdiv. (10) as (11), and made technical changes; P.A. 01-50 added new Subdivs. (11) and (12) re accreditation requirements and redesignated former Subdiv. (11) as Subdiv. (13), effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 05-275 added new Subdiv. (13) including failure to comply with continuing medical education requirements of Sec. 20-10b as ground for disciplinary action and redesignated existing Subdiv. (13) as Subdiv. (14).

      Sec. 20-8a et seq. cited. 207 C. 346. Cited. Id. Cited. 208 C. 492. Cited. 223 C. 618. Cited. 228 C. 651.

      Cited. 24 CA 662; judgment reversed, see 223 C. 618. Cited. 37 CA 694.

      Cited. 40 CS 188.