{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-20-13c","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-13c","heading":"Restriction, suspension or revocation of physician's right to practice. Grounds.","body":"The board is authorized to restrict, suspend or revoke the license or limit the right to practice of a physician or take any other action in accordance with section 19a-17, for any of the following reasons: (1) Physical illness or loss of motor skill, including, but not limited to, deterioration through the aging process; (2) emotional disorder or mental illness; (3) abuse or excessive use of drugs, including alcohol, narcotics or chemicals; (4) illegal, incompetent or negligent conduct in the practice of medicine; (5) possession, use, prescription for use, or distribution of controlled substances or legend drugs, except for therapeutic or other medically proper purposes; (6) misrepresentation or concealment of a material fact in the obtaining or reinstatement of a license to practice medicine; (7) failure to adequately supervise a physician assistant; (8) failure to fulfill any obligation resulting from participation in the National Health Service Corps; (9) failure to maintain professional liability insurance or other indemnity against liability for professional malpractice as provided in subsection (a) of section 20-11b; (10) failure to provide information requested by the department for purposes of completing a health care provider profile, as required by section 20-13j; (11) engaging in any activity for which accreditation is required under section 19a-690 without the appropriate accreditation required by section 19a-690; (12) failure to provide evidence of accreditation required under section 19a-690 as requested by the department pursuant to section 19a-690; (13) failure to comply with the continuing medical education requirements set forth in section 20-10b; or (14) violation of any provision of this chapter or any regulation established hereunder. In each case, the board shall consider whether the physician poses a threat, in the practice of medicine, to the health and safety of any person. If the board finds that the physician poses such a threat, the board shall include such finding in its final decision and act to suspend or revoke the license of said physician.","path":["TITLE 20. PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING, CERTIFICATION, TITLE PROTECTION AND REGISTRATION. EXAMINING BOARDS","CHAPTER 370*. MEDICINE AND SURGERY"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_370.htm#sec_20-13c","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":"2026-09-06T19:07:04Z","sha256":"9abf75db942c1808141f93c792405b84cdf74e12362085cc67b5d0990edce39f","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-20-13b","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-20-13d"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}