(a) No person shall engage in, practice or offer to perform the work of a subsurface sewage disposal system installer, as defined in section 20-341a, or the work of a subsurface sewage disposal system cleaner, as defined in said section, unless he has first obtained an apprentice's permit under subsection (b) of section 20-341d or a license under section 20-341e.

(b) The department shall furnish to each person who meets the requirements of this chapter, a license indicating that the holder is entitled to engage in the work or occupation of subsurface sewage disposal system installer or cleaner, and the holder of such license shall carry it on his person while engaging in such work or occupation. Such license shall be shown to any properly interested person on request. No license shall be transferred to or used by any person other than the person to whom the license was issued. A licensee shall display his state license number on all commercial vehicles used in his business. Each licensee shall inform customers in writing that his work is subject to regulation by the Department of Public Health and that inquiries and complaints concerning such work may be directed to the department.

(c) The department shall keep a register containing the names of all persons to whom such licenses are issued which shall be open to public inspection.

(d) The department may take action under section 19a-17 for any of the following reasons: (1) The license holder has employed or knowingly cooperated in fraud or material deception in order to obtain his license or has engaged in fraud or material deception in the course of professional services or activities; (2) illegal, incompetent or negligent conduct by a license holder in his work; or (3) violation of any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted hereunder. The Commissioner of Public Health may petition the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford to enforce any action taken pursuant to section 19a-17.

(P.A. 74-341, S. 7, 16; P.A. 75-383; P.A. 77-614, S. 462, 610; P.A. 80-475; P.A. 81-473, S. 24, 43; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6; 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; 95-271, S. 19.)

History: P.A. 75-383 amended Subsec. (a) to add proviso re plumbers licensed as P-1, P-2, P-3, P-4, W-8 or W-9 and to delete previous provision which had exempted persons “licensed prior to October 1, 1974, as a plumber or a septic system installer under chapter 393” from payment of requisite license fee; P.A. 77-614 amended Subsec. (d) to replace public health council regulations with those of commissioner of health services and to replace previous notice and hearing provision with statement that notice and hearing shall be in accordance with regulations of health services commissioner, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-475 made no change; P.A. 81-473 amended section to delete all references to board, to eliminate automatic licensure of plumbers, to require licensees to inform customers that inquiries and complaints may be directed to the department of health services and to conform grounds for disciplinary action and remedies to those introduced for other health related professions under sunset review process begun in 1980; P.A. 88-230 replaced “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” with “judicial district of Hartford”, effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; 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. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995; 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. 95-271 deleted the examination exemption for installers and cleaners engaged in such work prior to October 1, 1974.