(a) Any clinic established under sections 38a-175 to 38a-194, inclusive, including a clinic that is a part of a medical service center or other facility, shall be subject to approval as a clinic by the Commissioner of Public Health pursuant to the standards established by said commissioner for approved clinics.

(b) Any person licensed to practice any of the healing arts or occupations employed by a health care center governed by sections 38a-175 to 38a-194, inclusive, shall not be subject to reprimand or discipline because such person is an employee of the health care center or because such health care center may be engaged in rendering health care or related care through its own employees, except such person shall otherwise remain subject to reprimand or discipline by the state regulating board governing such profession or occupation as provided by law for such person’s act or acts for unlawful, unprofessional or immoral conduct.

(c) (1) No health care center that provides medical and surgical services other than or in addition to dental services that contracts with an individual practice association may prohibit any practitioner of the healing arts from participating in such health care center solely on the basis of such practitioner’s profession. No person may interfere with the exercise by any other person of his or her free choice in the selection of a practitioner of the healing arts who is participating in the health care center.

(2) No health care center that provides only dental services that contracts with an individual practice association may prohibit any practitioner of the healing arts from participating in such health care center solely on the basis of such practitioner’s profession if such practitioner is licensed to perform services offered by such health care center. No person may interfere with the exercise by any other person of his or her free choice in the selection of a practitioner of the healing arts who is participating in the health care center.

(1971, P.A. 445, S. 8; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 73, 136; P.A. 82-415, S. 5, 18; P.A. 83-587, S. 51, 96; P.A. 84-546, S. 85, 173; P.A. 88-362, S. 19; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 16-213, S. 24; P.A. 17-198, S. 19.)

History: P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of health with commissioner of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-303 replaced standards established by public health council with standards established by commissioner; P.A. 82-415 substituted references to health care centers for references to corporations and amended Subsec. (c) by inserting an antidiscrimination provision to protect practitioners of the healing arts; P.A. 83-587 made a technical amendment to Subsec. (b); P.A. 84-546 made technical change in Subsec. (b); P.A. 88-362 amended Subsec. (c) by substituting “health care center which contracts with an individual practice association” for “individual practice association”; Sec. 33-179h transferred to Sec. 38a-180 in 1991; 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; P.A. 16-213 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “hereunder” with “under sections 38a-175 to 38a-192, inclusive,”, amended Subsec. (c) by designating existing provisions as Subdiv. (1) and amending same to add provision re application to health care center that provides medical and surgical services other than or in addition to dental services and adding Subdiv. (2) re health care center that provides only dental services, and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2017; P.A. 17-198 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) by replacing references to Sec. 38a-192 with references to Sec. 38a-194, effective July 1, 2017.