Legislative Session Information

Executive Order 7DD suspends, for a period not to exceed sixty days, the requirements for licensure, certification or registration for dentists and dental hygienists.

Suspension of License Renewal
Governor Lamont issued Executive Order 7O on March 27, 2020, which authorized Department of Public Health commissioner to suspend license renewal and inspection requirements during the COVID-19 civil preparedness emergency.  

The DPH commissioner issued an order on March 30, 2020, suspending the requirements for license renewal which became effective immediately and will continue through the duration of the COVID-19 civil preparedness emergency.

What this means regarding your license:
YOU DO NOT NEED TO RENEW YOUR LICENSE NOW IF YOU SO CHOOSE

• If your license was active on or after March 30,2020, your license will not expire during the COVID-19 civil preparedness emergency;
• You will be able to renew your license at any time now and during the six-month period following the date of the resumption of the renewal requirements;
• DPH will continue to send you renewal notices periodically that will allow you to renew your license should you choose not to at this time.

We contacted the Connecticut Insurance Department to find out if certain insurance companies in the state are required to provide business interruption insurance coverage to their insured parties in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic. We received the following response: 

“As a matter of law, the Connecticut Insurance Department does not have the authority to require insurers to pay for a business interruption insurance issue that is not expressly covered in a policy or contract. This insurance is written and priced in order to provide a balance between availability and affordability. Explicit inclusions and exclusions are contract matters that we cannot overrule ex post facto. Epidemic coverage in regards to business interruption insurance is too big for any single state to address. The Federal Government should act to provide a backstop as it does for terrorism, and as has been proposed in the Pandemic Risk Insurance Act of 2020. As a resource, the Department developed Business Interruption Insurance information and FAQs which can be found here .”

On Sunday, March 14, 2020, Governor Lamont signed an executive order modifying certain state laws in order to allow expanded access to telehealth services to continue in Connecticut during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Connecticut General Assembly met in special session in July 2020 and adopted Public Act 20-2, which codified telehealth provisions and also provided additional flexibility on these services. That public act, however, included an expiration date of March 15, 2021. The order he issued on Sunday, Executive Order No. 10C, slightly modifies that public act by extending its expiration date to April 20, 2021, which is the date that the emergency authority granted to him is set to expire.