Town, city and borough directors of health shall, when in their judgment health may be menaced or impaired through a water supply, send, subject to the approval of the Department of Public Health, samples of such water to said department for examination and analysis. Said department shall perform such examination and analysis without charge unless such town, city or borough is to be reimbursed for the expense of any such examination and analysis, and in such event a fee shall be charged in accordance with a schedule of fees to be established by the Commissioner of Public Health, based upon nationally recognized standards and performance measures for such examination and analysis. Any person, firm or corporation which operates or maintains a laboratory in which any determination, examination or analysis is made of any sample of water or sewage as a basis for advice as to the sanitary quality of such water or sewage or as to any possible danger to health involved, unless such laboratory has been approved specifically for that purpose by the Department of Public Health, after meeting the requirements established by said department, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.

(1949 Rev., S. 4023; P.A. 76-396, S. 2, 3; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 323, 610; P.A. 88-1, S. 7, 13; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 03-252, S. 16.)

History: P.A. 76-396 replaced provision which had required that expenses of examinations and analyses be paid from funds appropriated to department of health with new provision allowing charge for examinations and analyses in certain circumstances; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with secretary of the office of policy and management and, effective January 1, 1979, replaced department and commissioner of health with department and commissioner of health services; P.A. 88-1 eliminated involvement of secretary of the office of policy and management in establishment of fee schedule for examination and analysis of water samples; 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; P.A. 03-252 changed basis of fee schedule from direct relation to operating costs to nationally recognized standards and performance measures.