§ 101. State Board of Health, appointment and qualification (a) There shall be, within the Department of Health, a board to be known and designated as the State Board of Health. Such Board shall consist of seven members who shall be appointed biennially in the month of February by the Governor, with the advice and […]
§ 102. Duties of Board The Board shall supervise and direct the execution of all laws vested in the Department of Health by virtue of this title, and shall formulate and carry out all policies relating thereto, and shall adopt such rules as are necessary to administer this title and shall make a biennial report […]
§ 103. Meetings of Board; per diem; expenses (a) The Board shall hold such meetings as may be required for the performance of its duties. Such Board shall meet at such times and places as may be designated by the Chair thereof. Such Chair shall call a meeting upon the written request of any three […]
§ 104. Office of Professional Regulation (a) The Secretary shall appoint a Commissioner of Health, as provided in 3 V.S.A. § 3051, who shall be either a physician licensed to practice medicine and surgery in this State or a health care professional who has at least a master’s degree in public health or a related […]
§ 104a. Commissioner of Health; designation of advisor to Commissioner of Motor Vehicles The Commissioner of Health, upon request by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, shall designate an appropriate professional member of the Department to serve as advisor to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles on health aspects of the licensing of motor vehicle operators. (Added […]
§ 104b. Community health and wellness grants (a) The Commissioner shall establish a program for awarding competitive, substantial, multi-year grants to comprehensive community health and wellness projects. Successful projects must: (1) use comprehensive approaches designed to promote healthy behavior and disease prevention across the community and across the lifespan of individual Vermonters and address issues […]
§ 106. Delegation of duties by Board through Commissioner Any delegation of responsibility and authority by the Board shall be made through the Commissioner and shall in no way relieve the Board of its accountability for the proper administration of the provisions of this title. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 27, eff. March […]
§ 107. Life and health of inhabitants; inspections; investigations (a) The Commissioner shall take cognizance of the interest of the life and health of the inhabitants of the State, shall make or cause to be made inspections, investigations, and inquiries respecting causes of disease and the means of preventing the same and the effect of […]
§ 108. Water supply; sanitation When requested, or when, in its opinion, it is necessary, the Board shall advise with municipal officers in regard to drainage, water supply, and sewerage of towns and villages and in regard to the erection, construction, heating, ventilation, and sanitary arrangements of public buildings. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), […]
§ 109. Board exercising powers of local Board of Health or health officer In its discretion the Board may exercise all the powers and authority, in each town and village, which is given to a local board of health. The Commissioner may likewise exercise all the power and authority of a local health officer throughout […]
§ 110. Reports by Commissioner From the reports required to be made to him or her, the Commissioner shall issue in each even year registration reports. He or she shall make a biennial report to the Board relating to his or her work for the period with such recommendations as seem advisable, which report shall […]
§ 111. Forms for reports of infectious and contagious diseases The Board shall devise and furnish health officers suitable forms upon which to make reports of infectious and contagious diseases. It shall also devise and furnish forms for physicians to report to health officers. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 27, eff. March 1, […]
§ 112. Circulars of information The Board shall prepare and distribute to local boards of health, physicians, and other persons such printed circulars as it deems necessary and such rules as the Board may adopt and, upon request of the Board, the Commissioner thereof shall give information relative to the cause and prevention of disease […]
§ 113. Services and expenditures; cooperation with other agencies; attendance upon meetings The Board may perform such services and incur such expenditures as it deems necessary for the protection of the public health, may cooperate with health agencies of other states and countries; and a committee of the Board may attend meetings of health authorities […]
§ 115. Public health surveillance assessment and planning (a) The Department of Health may, in the discretion of the Commissioner, accept for treatment children who have chronic diseases or developmental disabilities. (b) The Commissioner of Health is authorized to: (1) study the prevalence of chronic disease; (2) make such morbidity studies as may be necessary […]
§ 116. Mother and child health service; training of nurses and workers (a) The Board shall continue the existing health service for mothers and children established in a manner harmonious with Parts One and Two of Title V of the Act of Congress approved August 14, 1935 and entitled Social Security Act and shall continue […]
§ 117. Chronic fatigue syndrome (a) The Commissioner of Health shall establish a statewide network of resources to provide education through the distribution of information regarding persons with chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as chronic fatigue immune dysfunction syndrome (CFIDS), to persons with chronic fatigue syndrome, health care providers, and the public. (b) The Department […]
§ 120. Contract for payment of certain health benefits The Board of Health may contract with a private organization to process the payment of in-patient hospital care, and physician, radiological, and other medical costs related thereto under the maternal, child health, and children with physical disabilities’ plans of the Department of Health. Such a contract […]
§ 121. Issuance of search warrants (a) Upon application by a health officer or a law enforcement officer, a District or Superior Court judge shall, upon a finding of probable cause, issue a warrant to search a premises for violation of any State or local health statute, rule, ordinance, or permit, or for any public […]
§ 122. Private right of action (a) Any person injured or damaged by a violation of this title, of a rule adopted pursuant thereto, or of a permit or order issued thereunder, or by a public health hazard may bring an action for equitable relief or damages arising from such violation or public health hazard. […]
