§ 19a-490ff

(a) As used in this section, (1) 'board eligible' means eligible to take a qualifying examination administered by a medical specialty board after having graduated from a medical school, completed a residency program and trained under supervision in a specialty fellowship program, (2) 'board certified' means having passed the qualifying examination administered by a medical specialty board to become board certified in a particular specialty, and (3) 'board recertification' means recertification in a particular specialty after a predetermined time period prescribed by a medical specialty board after having passed the qualifying examination administered by the medical specialty board to become board certified in a particular specialty.(b) No hospital, or medical review committee of a hospital, shall require, as part of its credentialing requirements (1) for a board eligible physician to acquire privileges to practice in the hospital, that the physician provide credentials of board certification in a particular specialty until five years after the date on which the physician became board eligible in such specialty, or (2) for a board certified physician to acquire or retain privileges

cation in a particular specialty until five years after the date on which the physician became board eligible in such specialty, or (2) for a board certified physician to acquire or retain privileges to practice in the hospital, that the physician provide credentials of board recertification.(P.A. 23-97, S. 12.)