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      Sec. 38a-180. (Formerly Sec. 33-179h). Clinics. Liability of practitioners to reprimand or discipline. Choice in selection of practitioner. (a) Any clinic established hereunder, including a clinic which is a part of a medical service center or other facility, shall be subject to approval as a clinic by the Commissioner of Public Health pursuant to the standards established by him for approved clinics.

      (b) Any person licensed to practice any of the healing arts or occupations employed by a health care center governed by sections 38a-175 to 38a-192, inclusive, shall not be subject to reprimand or discipline because he is an employee of the health care center or because such center may be engaged in rendering health care or related care through its own employees, provided such person shall otherwise remain subject to reprimand or discipline for his act or acts for unlawful, unprofessional or immoral conduct by the state regulating board governing such profession or occupation as provided by law.

      (c) No health care center which contracts with an individual practice association may prohibit any practitioner of the healing arts from participating in such center solely on the basis of his profession. No person may interfere with the exercise by any other person of his free choice in the selection of a practitioner in the healing arts in the health care center.

      (1971, P.A. 445, S. 8; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 73, 136; P.A. 82-415, S. 5, 18; P.A. 83-587, S. 51, 96; P.A. 84-546, S. 85, 173; P.A. 88-362, S. 19; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)

      History: P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of health with commissioner of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-303 replaced standards established by public health council with standards established by commissioner; P.A. 82-415 substituted references to health care centers for references to corporations and amended Subsec. (c) by inserting an antidiscrimination provision to protect practitioners of the healing arts; P.A. 83-587 made a technical amendment to Subsec. (b); P.A. 84-546 made technical change in Subsec. (b); P.A. 88-362 amended Subsec. (c) by substituting "health care center which contracts with an individual practice association" for "individual practice association"; Sec. 33-179h transferred to Sec. 38a-180 in 1991; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with 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.