CT SB01016

Health care providers with direct patient care must identify their license type in all advertisements and wear photo ID name tags during patient encounters showing their name, photograph, license type, and license expiration date

Providers must display written notices in their offices identifying their license type, and physicians supervising non-physician providers must post schedules of when they will be present

Only licensed physicians may use 38 specific medical titles and designations including "M.D.," "surgeon," "cardiologist," "psychiatrist," and other specialty terms; non-physicians may use format "[profession] specializing in [specialty]"

Violations constitute unprofessional conduct subject to disciplinary action by the Department of Public Health, with each day of violation treated as a separate offense and violators required to refund all fees collected from patients

Only persons licensed under state nursing statutes may use the title "nurse" or provide nursing services, and licensed nurses must use their full professional title rather than abbreviating to "nurse"