The board is authorized to restrict, suspend or revoke the license or limit the right to practice of a physician or take any other action in accordance with section 19a-17 , for any of the following reasons: (1) Physical illness or loss of motor skill, including, but not limited to, deterioration through the aging process; (2) emotional disorder or mental illness; (3) abuse or excessive use of drugs, including alcohol, narcotics or chemicals; (4) illegal, incompetent or negligent conduct in the practice of medicine; (5) possession, use, prescription for use, or distribution of controlled substances or legend drugs, except for therapeutic or other medically proper purposes; (6) misrepresentation or concealment of a material fact in the obtaining or reinstatement of a license to practice medicine; (7) failure to adequately supervise a physician assistant; (8) failure to fulfill any obligation resulting from participation in the National Health Service Corps; (9) failure to maintain professional liability insurance or other indemnity against liability for professional malpractice as provided in subsection (a) of section 20-11b ; (10) failure to provide information requested by the department for purposes of completing a health care provider profile, as required by section 20-13j ; (11) engaging in any activity for which accreditation is required under section 19a-690 without the appropriate accreditation required by section 19a-690 ; (12) failure to provide evidence of accreditation required under section 19a-690 as requested by the department pursuant to section 19a-690 ; (13) failure to comply with the continuing medical education requirements set forth in section 20-10b ; or (14) violation of any provision of this chapter or any regulation established hereunder. In each case, the board shall consider whether the physician poses a threat, in the practice of medicine, to the health and safety of any person. If the board finds that the physician poses such a threat, the board shall include such finding in its final decision and act to suspend or revoke the license of said physician.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-13c
Restriction, suspension or revocation of physician's right to practice. Grounds
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Doe v. State of Connecticut, Department of Health Services (1996)
Most recently applied in 988 F. Supp. 70 - Fink v. Magner (November 1997)
(P.A. 76-276, S. 3, 22; P.A. 77-614, S. 354, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 15, 176; P.A. 81-471, S. 7, 71; P.A. 90-211, S. 10, 23; P.A. 91-105, S. 3, 4; P.A. 92-40; P.A. 94-71, S. 7; P.A…
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