Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-187c: State and national fingerprint-based criminal history records check of psychologists.

The Commissioner of Public Health shall require each person applying for licensure as a psychologist to submit to a state and national fingerprint-based criminal history records check pursuant to section 29-17a. For the purposes of this section, “psychologist” means an individual licensed for the independent practice of psychology and “licensure” means authorization by a state psychology regulatory authority to engage in the independent practice of psychology, the practice of which would be unlawful without such authorization.