Sec. 19a-331. (Formerly Sec. 19-169r). Identification of carcinogenic substances. Regulations.

The Commissioner of Public Health shall, by means of regulations adopted in accordance with chapter 54, identify substances, including gases, chemicals or metals, which are designated human carcinogens. The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this chapter.

(P.A. 77-398, S. 3; 77-614, S. 323, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 80-130, S. 2; 80-483, S. 149, 186; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 00-27, S. 22, 24.)

History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced commissioner of health with commissioner of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-130 required identification of substances “which are designated human carcinogens” rather than of those “which are carcinogenic” and required that such identification be “by means of regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54”; P.A. 80-483 replaced “part” with “chapter”; Sec. 19-169r transferred to Sec. 19a-331 in 1983; 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. 00-27 made technical changes, effective May 1, 2000.