Sec. 19a-9. (Formerly Sec. 19-4j). Boards and commissions within the department: Regulations re hearings, proceedings and subjects within the jurisdiction of such boards and commissioners.

(a) The Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt uniform rules of procedure, consistent with chapter 54, for hearings and other proceedings to be conducted by the boards and commissions identified in subsection (b) of section 19a-14, and for the giving of notice to persons affected by such proceedings.

(b) The Commissioner of Public Health may, where authorized by statute, adopt rules and regulations regarding any subject within the jurisdiction of a board or commission.

(c) Any rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this section shall be adopted as provided in chapter 54. No regulation shall be adopted pursuant to this section until the appropriate board has had reasonable opportunity to review the proposed regulation and to offer comments thereon.

(P.A. 77-614, S. 331, 610; P.A. 81-472, S. 128, 159; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)

History: P.A. 81-472 substituted reference to Sec. 19-4o for reference to Sec. 19-4b in Subsec. (a); Sec. 19-4j transferred to Sec. 19a-9 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.