Sec. 20-341f. License or permit, when required. Roster. Disciplinary action.
(a) No person shall engage in, practice or offer to perform the work of a subsurface
sewage disposal system installer, as defined in section 20-341a, or the work of a subsurface sewage disposal system cleaner, as defined in said section, unless he has first obtained an apprentice's permit under subsection (b) of section 20-341d or a license under
section 20-341e.
(b) The department shall furnish to each person who meets the requirements of this
chapter, a license indicating that the holder is entitled to engage in the work or occupation
of subsurface sewage disposal system installer or cleaner, and the holder of such license
shall carry it on his person while engaging in such work or occupation. Such license shall
be shown to any properly interested person on request. No license shall be transferred to
or used by any person other than the person to whom the license was issued. A licensee
shall display his state license number on all commercial vehicles used in his business.
Each licensee shall inform customers in writing that his work is subject to regulation
by the Department of Public Health and that inquiries and complaints concerning such
work may be directed to the department.
(c) The department shall keep a register containing the names of all persons to whom
such licenses are issued which shall be open to public inspection.
(d) The department may take action under section 19a-17 for any of the following
reasons: (1) The license holder has employed or knowingly cooperated in fraud or material deception in order to obtain his license or has engaged in fraud or material deception
in the course of professional services or activities; (2) illegal, incompetent or negligent
conduct by a license holder in his work; or (3) violation of any provision of this chapter
or any regulation adopted hereunder. The Commissioner of Public Health may petition
the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford to enforce any action taken pursuant
to section 19a-17.
(P.A. 74-341, S. 7, 16; P.A. 75-383; P.A. 77-614, S. 462, 610; P.A. 80-475; P.A. 81-473, S. 24, 43; P.A. 88-230, S. 1,
12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-220, S. 4-6; 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; 95-271, S. 19.)
History: P.A. 75-383 amended Subsec. (a) to add proviso re plumbers licensed as P-1, P-2, P-3, P-4, W-8 or W-9 and
to delete previous provision which had exempted persons "licensed prior to October 1, 1974, as a plumber or a septic
system installer under chapter 393" from payment of requisite license fee; P.A. 77-614 amended Subsec. (d) to replace
public health council regulations with those of commissioner of health services and to replace previous notice and hearing
provision with statement that notice and hearing shall be in accordance with regulations of health services commissioner,
effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-475 made no change; P.A. 81-473 amended section to delete all references to board, to
eliminate automatic licensure of plumbers, to require licensees to inform customers that inquiries and complaints may be
directed to the department of health services and to conform grounds for disciplinary action and remedies to those introduced
for other health related professions under sunset review process begun in 1980; P.A. 88-230 replaced "judicial district of
Hartford-New Britain" with "judicial district of Hartford", effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective
date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A.
88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 93-381 replaced department and
commissioner of health services with department and commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July
1, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective
July 1, 1995; 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; P.A. 95-271 deleted the examination exemption for installers
and cleaners engaged in such work prior to October 1, 1974.
Sec. 20-341g. Licenses, fees, expiration date, renewal. All licenses shall be renewed annually in accordance with the provisions of section 19a-88. The fee shall be
twenty-five dollars for subsurface sewage disposal system installer license renewal and
ten dollars for subsurface sewage disposal system cleaner license renewal.
(P.A. 74-341, S. 8, 16; P.A. 81-473, S. 25, 43; P.A. 88-357, S. 12; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 38, 117; P.A. 93-381,
S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-271, S. 20.)
History: P.A. 81-473 amended section to provide for renewal of licenses in accordance with provisions of Sec. 19-45
on and after January 1, 1982, deleted exemption from license fee formerly granted to plumbers and reduced from one year
to ninety days the period after expiration when compliance with Sec. 20-341d(a) is not necessary for reinstatement; P.A.
88-357 replaced references to licensing board with references to health services department; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6
increased license and renewal fees for subsurface sewage disposal system installers from twelve dollars and fifty cents to
twenty-five dollars and reduced fees for cleaners to ten dollars and deleted the exception from renewal for licensed plumbers;
P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July
1, 1993; P.A. 95-271 replaced the prior section on renewal with a requirement that renewal be in accordance with Sec.
19a-88.
Sec. 20-341h. Appeals from department actions. Any person aggrieved by any
action of the department may appeal therefrom in the manner provided in chapter 54.
(P.A. 74-341, S. 10, 16; P.A. 81-473, S. 26, 43.)
History: P.A. 81-473 required that appeals be made to department rather than to board of subsurface sewage disposal
system examiners.
Sec. 20-341i. Unlicensed person as owner of business. Nothing in this chapter
shall require that the ownership or control of a business engaged in providing the work
or services licensed under the provisions of this chapter be vested in a licensed person,
but all the work and service covered by the definitions set forth in section 20-341a shall
be performed by persons licensed for such work or occupation under this chapter.
(P.A. 74-341, S. 9, 16.)
Sec. 20-341j. License valid in any municipality. Any person licensed under this
chapter shall be permitted to perform the work or occupation covered by such license
in any town or municipality of this state without further examination or licensing by
any town or municipality.
(P.A. 74-341, S. 13, 16.)
Sec. 20-341k. Exceptions from licensing requirements. The provisions of this
chapter shall not apply to (1) persons employed by any federal, state or municipal agency;
(2) employees of any public service company regulated by the Department of Public
Utility Control or any corporate affiliate of any such company when the work performed
by such affiliate is on behalf of a public service company, and in either case only if the
work performed is in connection with the rendition of public utility service; (3) employees of any municipal corporation specially chartered by the state of Connecticut; (4)
employees of any contractor while said contractor is performing work for or subject to
inspection by any federal, state or municipal agency or corporation other than a municipal building department, or any public service company.
(P.A. 74-341, S. 12, 16; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 177, 348.)
History: P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 77-614 replaced
public utilities control authority with division of public utility control within the department of business regulation, effective
January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of public utility control an independent department and deleted reference to
abolished department of business regulation.
Sec. 20-341l. Penalty. Any person who engages in or practices the work or occupation of subsurface sewage disposal system installer or subsurface sewage disposal system cleaner without having first obtained a license for such work, or who wilfully employs a person who does not have a license for such work, or who wilfully and falsely
pretends to qualify to engage in or practice such work or occupation, or who violates
any other provision of this chapter, unless the penalty is otherwise specifically prescribed, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars for each such violation.
(P.A. 74-341, S. 14, 16; P.A. 89-100, S. 1, 2.)
History: P.A. 89-100 included subsurface sewage disposal system cleaner in this section.
Sec. 20-341m. Regulations. The Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to assure that persons licensed
under this chapter adhere to all applicable public health laws and regulations and high
standards of sanitary protection. Such regulations shall include the method of handling
and transportation of material removed from all subsurface sewage disposal systems,
public or private.
(P.A. 74-341, S. 11, 16; P.A. 77-614, S. 463, 610; P.A. 81-473, S. 27, 43; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12,
21, 58.)
History: P.A. 77-614 transferred power to make regulations from public health council to commissioner of health
services, added board of examiners in advisory capacity and deleted enforcement power, effective January 1, 1979; P.A.
81-473 deleted reference to board's advisory role in adoption of regulations; 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.