Deposits.

(a) When a licensee receives a deposit or other moneys with respect to any transaction in which the licensee is engaged on behalf of the real estate broker with whom the licensee is affiliated, the licensee shall promptly pay over the deposit or other moneys to such real estate broker. (b) Any real estate broker who, in the course of the real estate broker's real estate business and in connection with any transaction, accepts from any principal, client or other person any moneys, to which the real estate broker is not personally and legally entitled, including but not limited to any down payment, earnest money, deposit, rental money or other money to be held by the real estate broker in trust, shall deposit such moneys in an escrow or trust account in a bank doing business in the State of Connecticut unless otherwise required by law.