The Department of Public Health under the supervision of the Connecticut Medical Examining Board, established pursuant to section 20-8a shall hold examinations not less than twice each year at such places as the department designates. Applicants for licenses to practice medicine or surgery shall be examined in such medical subjects as the department may prescribe, with the advice and consent of the appropriate board, provided each applicant for examination shall be notified concerning the subjects in which he is to be examined. The Commissioner of Public Health, with advice and assistance from each board, shall make such rules and regulations for conducting examinations and for the operation of the board as, from time to time, he deems necessary. Passing scores for examinations shall be established by the department with the consent of the appropriate board. Each applicant for examination shall be examined with respect to the same school of practice in which the applicant was graduated except that an applicant for licensure in homeopathic medicine who is licensed as a physician or meets the requirements in section 20-10 may be examined in other than the school of practice in which such applicant was graduated. Before being admitted to the examination, an applicant shall pay the sum of five hundred sixty-five dollars and an applicant rejected by the department may be reexamined at any subsequent examination, upon payment of the sum of five hundred sixty-five dollars for each appearance.

(1949 Rev., S. 4366; 1953, S. 2193d; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 2; 1967, P.A. 111; 1969, P.A. 26; 225, S. 2; 1971, P.A. 776, S. 1; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 40; 1972, P.A. 80, S. 3; P.A. 76-276, S. 15, 22; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 351, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 12, 174, 176; P.A. 86-77, S. 1, 2; P.A. 89-251, S. 73, 203; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 17, 117; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 181; P.A. 13-208, S. 19.)

History: 1959 act raised fees for examination and reexamination from $35 to $50; 1967 act deleted listing of subjects in which applicant shall be examined and substituted such “medical” subjects; 1969 acts replaced provision requiring that examinations be held at least three times a year (March, July and November, second Tuesday) with provision for holding examination at least twice a year, raised fees to $75 and deleted provisions re filing of statements re registration with town clerk; 1971 acts added proviso re conditions for approved medical school or institution, clarified nature of examination and raised fees to $150; 1972 act deleted requirement that examination questions and answers be kept on file for six years by health department, required only homeopathic medical examining board to file list of approved schools or institutions, where previously requirement applied to medical examining board as well and deleted proviso re conditions for approval and clarification of nature of examination which were added in 1971; P.A. 76-276 added reference to board under Sec. 10-8a; P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, transferred examinations from examining boards to department's jurisdiction, retaining boards in supervisory and advisory roles, required approval of examination subjects by health services commissioner and clarified language, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-484 made provisions applicable only to medical examining board, deleting references to and provisions re homeopathic medical examining board, gave department rather than board power to designate examination sites and subjects covered by examination and stated department's power to set passing scores; P.A. 86-77 added the provision allowing an applicant for licensure in homeopathic medicine to be examined in other than the school of practice in which such applicant was graduated if he is licensed as a physician or meets requirements of Sec. 20-10; P.A. 89-251 increased the application fee from $150 to $450; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6 raised reexamination fee from $100 to $450; 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. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fees from $450 to $565; P.A. 13-208 replaced “examining boards provided for by sections 20-8 and” with “Connecticut Medical Examining Board, established pursuant to section”.

See Sec. 19a-89 re notification of change of office or residence address.

Cited. 130 C. 90; 207 C. 346.

History of former statute. 13 CS 463. Cited. 31 CS 335.