A license under the provisions of this chapter shall be given under the hand of the Commissioner of Public Health or the commissioner's designee. A fee shall be paid to the department, at the date of application for a license, as follows: For licensed optician, granting full responsibility, two hundred dollars. Such licenses shall be renewed annually in accordance with the provisions of section 19a-88 and a fee shall be paid to the department at the date of renewal application as follows: For a licensed optician, two hundred five dollars.

(1949 Rev., S. 4511; 1951, S. 2244d; 1963, P.A. 448; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 58; P.A. 77-614, S. 420, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 29, 136; P.A. 80-484, S. 59, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 36, 71; P.A. 89-251, S. 91, 203; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 24, 117; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 206; P.A. 15-244, S. 118; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 474.)

History: 1963 act changed technical language and added provisions for permits and permit fees; 1971 act doubled fees; P.A. 77-614 deleted requirement that standard examination be “satisfactory to said commission” and reference to commission treasurer as recipient of fee payments, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-303 restored reference to commission treasurer; P.A. 80-484 replaced commission with department and commissioner of health services as licensing authority, deleted differential fee schedules and references to mechanical opticians, making single fees of $50 and $30 for original licenses and renewals, respectively, deleted provisions allowing double charge as penalty for failure to renew in timely fashion and requiring reexamination of those whose licenses have lapsed for five years and adding reference to renewal in accordance with Sec. 19-45; P.A. 81-471 deleted reference to renewal on first day of September; P.A. 89-251 increased the licensing fee from $50 to $75 and increased the renewal fee from $30 to $45; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6 raised initial and renewal license fees to $100; 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; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fees from $100 to $200; P.A. 15-244 increased renewal fee from $200 to $205 and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2015; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 changed effective date of P.A. 15-244, S. 118, from July 1, 2015, to October 1, 2015, and applicable to the renewal of a license or certificate that expires on or after that date, effective June 30, 2015.