Connecticut General Statutes/Title 20/Chapter 380/Section 20-138c

CGS § 20-138c. Optometrists as members of certain advisory committees.

Wherever a committee, council or other body is appointed to serve in an advisory capacity in matters pertaining to vision for the Department of Public Health, the State Board of Education, the Department of Motor Vehicles or the Department of Social Services, the appointing authority shall include, as a member of such committee, council or body, a person licensed under the provisions of this chapter.

Short History

(1967, P.A. 342; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 521, 610; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)

Long History

History: P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare department with department of social services; P.A. 77-614 replaced department of social services with department of human resources and department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department 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 (Revisor's note: A reference to “Motor Vehicle Department” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Motor Vehicles” for consistency with customary statutory usage).

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