Sec. 20-141. Powers and duties of board and commissioner.

(a) The Commissioner of Public Health, with advice and assistance from the Board of Examiners for Opticians, shall make regulations not inconsistent with law, and in conformity with the declared policy of this chapter, as may be necessary to govern the conduct of the business of dispensing or grinding optical glasses and instruments for the optical business and the producing and reproducing of ophthalmic lenses and kindred products and the mounting of the same to supporting materials and the fitting of the same to the eyes. Said board may revoke, suspend or refuse to issue licenses, certificates of registration or permits for cause. The commissioner may issue subpoenas, administer oaths and take testimony.

(b) Said board shall keep a record of its proceedings and a copy of any such record, certified by the commissioner, shall be admitted as evidence in any civil or criminal action in lieu of such record.

(1949 Rev., S. 4502; June, 1955, S. 2241d; September, 1957, P.A. 11, S. 13; P.A. 77-614, S. 416, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 54, 176; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)

History: P.A. 77-614 transferred power to make regulations from commission to commissioner of health services, retaining commission in advisory capacity, deleted provision providing that bylaws govern licensing hearings and rephrased provision re subpoenas, oaths and testimony in Subsec. (a), deleted provision re election of commission president and secretary/treasurer, required that reports be made to commissioner of health services rather than to governor and required certification of records by commissioner of health services rather than by commission secretary in Subsec. (b), effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-484 replaced commission with board of examiners for opticians throughout section, except that power to subpoena, administer oaths and take testimony transferred to commissioner of health services and deleted provision re reports to commissioner and Opticians' Association in Subsec. (b); 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.

Notation

Purpose of statute discussed. 13 CS 147.