Section 4-61dd

Citation: Section 4-61dd
Parent Document: Dept. of Public Health v. Estrada, 349 Conn. 223 (2024)
Jurisdiction: Connecticut (state)
Effective Date: 2024-06-11
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10131752/dept-of-public-health-v-estrada/ ↗

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or borough director of health or if a vacancy exists in
          the office of such director, the appointing authority of
          such city, town or borough may, with the approval
          of the [Commissioner of Public Health], designate in
          writing a suitable person to serve as acting director of
          health during the period of such absence or inability
          or vacancy . . . . The person so designated, when
          sworn, shall have all the powers and be subject to all
          the duties of such director. . . .’’
             To discharge its statutory responsibilities under the
          statute, ‘‘the customary process within the [depart-
          ment’s division of] the OLHA was to review a letter from
          a municipality or a district board of health appointing
          an individual to a permanent or acting director of health
          [position]. Once the OLHA received the appointment
          letter from a municipality or the district board of health,
          [Estrada] would review the appointed individual’s resume
          to ensure that it stated that the individual had a graduate
          degree from an accredited school.’’ ‘‘Once [Estrada]
          reviewed the appointment letter and resume, she would
          then draft a letter for Blaschinski’s review stating that
          the [department] approved the appointment. After
          Blaschinski reviewed the letter, she would send it [to]
          the commissioner of [the department] for [the commis-
          sioner’s] review.’’
             In May, 2015, Raul Pino, then director of health of
          the city of Hartford, submitted a letter requesting
          approval of Ruonan Wang as the city’s acting director
          of health. Both the letter and Wang’s resume stated that
          Wang held a master’s degree in public health from the
          University of Connecticut. Estrada reviewed the request,
          including Wang’s resume, and she drafted a letter
          approving the appointment for Blaschinski’s review.3
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               There is some disagreement about whether department policy required
          Estrada to independently verify the information contained in Wang’s resume.
          It is undisputed that Estrada’s job required her to draft the approval letter
          for the commissioner’s signature.
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