The department is authorized to conduct investigations and take disciplinary actions as set forth in section 19a-17 for any of the following reasons: (1) Fraud or material deception in procuring or attempting to procure licensure; (2) illegal conduct, incompetence or negligence in carrying out professional functions; (3) any occupationally disabling emotional disorder or mental illness; (4) physical illness including, but not limited to, deterioration through the aging process; (5) abuse or excessive use of drugs, including alcohol, narcotics or chemicals; (6) fraud or material deception in the course of professional activities; (7) wilful and significant falsification of entries in any hospital, patient or other record; and (8) violation of any provision of this chapter, any regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter, or any provisions of subdivision (6) of subsection (a) of section 19a-14. The commissioner may order a license holder to submit to a reasonable physical or mental examination if his physical or mental capacity to practice safely is the subject of an investigation. The commissioner may petition the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford to enforce such order or any action taken pursuant to section 19a-17.

(P.A. 85-507, S. 3, 5; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6; 95-271, S. 13, 40; 95-289, S. 4; P.A. 03-118, S. 5; 03-252, S. 12.)

History: P.A. 95-271 authorized the commissioner to order physical or mental examination and to petition superior court for enforcement, effective July 6, 1995 (Revisor's note: P.A. 88-230, 90-98, 93-142 and 95-220 authorized substitution of “judicial district of Hartford” for “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” in 1995 public and special acts, effective September 1, 1998); P.A. 95-289 added reference to Sec. 19a-17, changed the Subdiv. indicators from letters to numbers, added Subdiv. (4) re physical illness and aging and Subdiv. (8) re violation of Sec. 19a-14, renumbering the remaining Subdivs. accordingly, and authorized the commissioner to order a reasonable physical or mental examination and to petition Superior Court for enforcement; P.A. 03-118 and P.A. 03-252 added identical language making violation of provision of chapter or of regulations ground for disciplinary action.