In imposing the civil penalties that shall become due under sections 19a-524 to 19a-528, inclusive, the commissioner may consider all factors that the commissioner deems relevant, including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) The amount of assessment necessary to insure immediate and continued compliance;
(2) The character and degree of impact of the violation on the health, safety and welfare of any patient in the nursing home facility or residential care home;
(3) The conduct of the person against whom the citation is issued in taking all feasible steps or procedures necessary or appropriate to comply or to correct the violation;
(4) Any prior violations by the nursing home facility or residential care home of statutes, regulations or orders administered, adopted or issued by the Commissioner of Public Health.
(P.A. 76-331, S. 2, 16; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 79-467, S. 5, 8; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 13-208, S. 39.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of health with commissioner of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-467 added “facility” to nursing home references; Sec. 19-611 transferred to Sec. 19a-528 in 1983; 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; P.A. 13-208 added references to residential care home in Subdivs. (2) and (4) and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2013.
Cited. 13 CA 641.
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