The Commissioner of Public Health shall refuse to issue a license to, or if issued shall suspend or revoke the license of, a hospital if the commissioner finds, after a hearing and opportunity to be heard, that:

(1) There was a transaction described in section 19a-486a that occurred without the approval of the executive director, if such approval was required by sections 19a-486 to 19a-486h, inclusive;

(2) There was a transaction described in section 19a-486a without the approval of the Attorney General, if such approval was required by sections 19a-486 to 19a-486h, inclusive, and the Attorney General certifies to the executive director that such transaction involved a material amount of the nonprofit hospital's assets or operations or a change in control of operations; or

(3) The hospital is not complying with the terms of an agreement approved by the Attorney General and executive director pursuant to sections 19a-486 to 19a-486h, inclusive.

(P.A. 97-188, S. 8, 10; P.A. 98-36, S. 7; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 34; P.A. 18-91, S. 54.)

History: P.A. 97-188 effective June 26, 1997; P.A. 98-36 made a technical correction, deleting “nonprofit” before “hospital”; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 amended Subdiv. (1) by replacing provisions re duties of Commissioner of Health Care Access with provision re duty of Commissioner of Public Health, effective October 6, 2009; P.A. 18-91 replaced references to Commissioner of Public Health with references to executive director of the Office of Health Strategy, effective May 14, 2018.