Connecticut General Statutes

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-905 (2025)

Health care providers who provide direct patient care to wear badges

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(a) As used in this section:

(1) “Health care provider” means any person employed by or acting on behalf of a health care facility or institution; and

(2) “Health care facility or institution” means a hospital, nursing home, rest home, home health care agency, home health aide agency, emergency medical services organization, assisted living services agency, outpatient surgical facility and an infirmary operated by an educational institution for the care of students enrolled in, and faculty and employees of, such institution.

(b) Any health care provider who provides direct patient care shall wear in plain view during such provider's working hours a photographic identification badge issued by the health care facility or institution that includes the name of the health care facility or institution, the name of the health care provider, and the type of license, certificate or employment title that the health care provider holds with the health care facility or institution. Health care facilities or institutions, in consultation with the Department of Public Health, shall develop policies and procedures concerning (1) the size, content and format of the photographic identification badge required pursuant to this subsection, and (2) any exemptions to the requirements of this subsection necessary to ensure the safety of patients and health care providers.

(P.A. 11-32, S. 1; P.A. 19-97, S. 10.)

History: P.A. 19-97 amended Subsec. (a)(2) by replacing “homemaker-home health aide agency” with “home health aide agency”, effective July 1, 2019.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2018–2018 · leading case: State v. Panek, 177 A.3d 1113 (Conn. 2018).
State v. Panek, 177 A.3d 1113 (Conn. 2018). · cites it 2× “, General Statutes §§ 8-44b (b), 23-18, 25-44, 29-19 (b) and 29-21 ; see also General Statutes § 7-313a (fire police officers, when performing their duties, "shall wear the badge of office in plain view of any observer"); General Statutes § 19a-905 (b) (any health-care provider…”
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