Public Health Rules in Connecticut (2026)
28 rules on the books across Connecticut, 18 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Restaurant Grade Cards
Letter grade (A/B/C) public-display requirements for food facilities, what triggers a downgrade, and how the LA County DPH grading system works.
Danbury
Some RestrictionsDanbury's Director of Health assesses a reinspection fee whenever a food establishment fails an inspection, and also…
Read full rule →Hartford
Some RestrictionsHartford restaurants must post a letter grade, A for 90%+ compliance, B for 80–89%, after each health inspection, under…
Read full rule →West Haven
Some RestrictionsIn the City of West Haven, Connecticut, the Director of Health periodically inspects every licensed food service…
Read full rule →Rodent Control
Property owner duties to abate rats and mice, restrictions on second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides (CA AB-1788), and integrated-pest-management standards.
Bethel
Some RestrictionsIn Bethel's rental housing code, § 63-3 makes tenants responsible for exterminating insects, rodents, or other pests in…
Read full rule →Bridgeport
Some RestrictionsBridgeport's Housing Code puts the extermination duty on whoever caused the problem: occupants handle pests in their…
Read full rule →Bristol
Some RestrictionsBristol's Housing Code requires every building and premises to stay pest-, insect-, and rat-free under Sec. 12-43…
Read full rule →Danbury
Some RestrictionsDanbury property owners and occupants must store trash in covered, rodentproof containers and may not let materials…
Read full rule →Greenwich
Some RestrictionsSection 5-36 of the Greenwich Code of Ordinances puts responsibility for exterminating rodents, insects, and other…
Read full rule →Hamden
Some RestrictionsHamden's Housing Code requires every basement window and other basement opening to carry a screen or comparable device…
Read full rule →Hartford
Some RestrictionsHartford requires yards, courts and vacant lots to be kept clean and free of rodent infestations, and buildings and…
Read full rule →Manchester
Some RestrictionsManchester requires every structure to stay free of rubbish and garbage accumulation, and every garbage can or refuse…
Read full rule →Meriden
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Meriden, occupants must exterminate insects, rodents and other pests in their own unit under City Code §…
Read full rule →New Britain
Some RestrictionsNew Britain's Pest Control chapter requires every building to be ratproofed and kept free of rats "in a manner…
Read full rule →New Haven
Some RestrictionsNew Haven's Housing Code splits pest extermination duty between occupant and owner depending on whether the infestation…
Read full rule →Norwalk
Some RestrictionsNorwalk's Housing Code requires every dwelling and its premises to be rodentproof and free of standing water, and it…
Read full rule →Ridgefield
Some RestrictionsRidgefield occupants must store refuse, garbage and organic waste so it cannot feed or shelter rodents and insects…
Read full rule →Stamford
Some RestrictionsStamford property owners must not maintain excavations or conditions that let mosquitoes, insects, or vermin breed, and…
Read full rule →Stratford
Some RestrictionsIn the Town of Stratford, Connecticut, the occupant of a single-unit dwelling is responsible for exterminating rodents…
Read full rule →Waterbury
Some RestrictionsWaterbury's Housing Code requires every basement window, hatchway or other opening that could let rodents in to be…
Read full rule →West Hartford
Some RestrictionsWest Hartford's Housing and Property Maintenance Code requires every building and premises to be kept pest-, insect…
Read full rule →Bed-Bug Rules
Landlord disclosure of bed-bug history, treatment-cost responsibility, and tenant duties to cooperate with treatment in California (CIV §1954.603).
Syringe Disposal
How residents must dispose of home-generated sharps (insulin syringes, EpiPens), including kiosk locations and take-back-mailer programs.
Stamford
Some RestrictionsAnyone in Stamford who generates used needles, syringes, lancets or other 'sharp biomedical waste items' must place…
Read full rule →West Hartford
Some RestrictionsWest Hartford's salon regulations, enforced by the West Hartford-Bloomfield Health District under Code Chapter 145…
Read full rule →Bristol
Light RestrictionsBristol requires household syringes to be disposed of under state and federal rules or procedures the Board of Public…
Read full rule →Food Handler Certification
CA Health & Safety Code §113948 food-handler-card requirement, retraining cycles, and how LA County DPH enforces certification at food facilities.
Bridgeport
Some RestrictionsBridgeport restaurants and most food establishments must employ a certified food protection manager who has passed an…
Read full rule →Bristol
Some RestrictionsBristol requires every food handler to pass a health department physical exam and to hold a food handler's certificate…
Read full rule →New Britain
Some RestrictionsNew Britain's health code requires time/temperature control for safety food to be prepared, served or packaged only by…
Read full rule →Stratford
Some RestrictionsIn the Town of Stratford, Connecticut, every Class III and IV food service establishment must employ a qualified food…
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