What is a Safe Harbor Law?

Safe Harbor Exemption laws are written and enacted to protect consumer access to a broad range of complementary health and wellness practitioners, that are not currently regulated by the states and that do not rise to the level of concern requiring state oversight, certification, registration, or licensure.

CT Health Freedom encourages the Connecticut General Assembly adopt safe harbor legislation that permits alternative health care practitioners who are not licensed, certified or registered in the state to provide traditional health care services, to provide certain alternative health care services, including, but not limited to, aromatherapy, energetic healing, healing touch, herbology or herbalism, meditation and mind body practices, polarity therapy, reflexology and Reiki without violating any provision of the general statutes relating to the unlicensed practice of medicine.

Bill No.5500 Status as of 06/12/2022

General Assembly
Amendment
February Session, 2022
LCO No. 6037
Offered by:
REP. STEINBERG, 136th Dist.
REP. GILCHREST, 18th Dist.
REP. PETIT, 22nd Dist.
SEN. ANWAR, 3rd Dist.
SEN. KUSHNER, 24th Dist.
SEN. HWANG, 28th Dist.
SEN. SOMERS, 18th Dist.

Substitute House Bill No. 5500
Public Act No. 22-58
AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH’S
RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING VARIOUS REVISIONS TO THE
PUBLIC HEALTH STATUTES.

Sec. 41. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Public Health shall study whether the state should adopt safe harbor legislation that permits alternative health care practitioners who are not licensed, certified or registered in the state to provide traditional health care services, to provide certain alternative health care services, including, but not limited to, aromatherapy, energetic healing, healing touch, herbology or herbalism, meditation and mind body practices, polarity therapy, reflexology and Reiki, without violating any provision of the general statutes relating to the unlicensed practice of medicine. Not later than January 1, 2023, the commissioner shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, regarding such study to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health.
Substitute House Bill No. 5500
Public Act No. 22-58

Source: https://www.cga.ct.gov/2022/ACT/PA/PDF/2022PA-00058-R00HB-05500-PA.PDF