{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-19a-495b","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-495b","heading":"Residential care homes. Operational requirements. Conforming amendments to the Public Health Code.","body":"(a) A residential care home that is colocated with a chronic and convalescent nursing home or a rest home with nursing supervision may request permission of the Department of Public Health to meet the requirements of section 19-13-D6(j) of the Public Health Code concerning attendants in residence from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. through the use of shared personnel.\n(b) A residential care home shall maintain temperatures in resident rooms and all other areas used by residents at the minimum temperature of seventy-one degrees Fahrenheit.\n(c) A residential care home shall ensure that the maximum time span between a resident's evening meal and breakfast does not exceed fourteen hours unless a substantial bedtime nourishment is offered by the residential care home.\n(d) On and after July 1, 2011, the Department of Public Health shall no longer (1) require that a person seeking a license to operate a residential care home supply to the department a certificate of physical and mental health, signed by a physician, at the time of an initial or subsequent application for licensure; and (2) approve the time scheduling of regular meals and snacks in residential care homes.\n(e) In accordance with section 19a-36, the Commissioner of Public Health shall amend the Public Health Code in conformity with the provisions of this section.","path":["TITLE 19a. PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELL-BEING","CHAPTER 368v*. HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_368v.htm#sec_19a-495b","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:03Z","sha256":"c3679e821d90c1ecec52ebfe892d271e2393ab110c2cf490b057fad48a07e8a7","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-19a-495a","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-19a-495c"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}