§ 1448. Release of clinical data authorized
§ 1448. Release of clinical data authorized Hospitals licensed under 18 V.S.A. § 1905 may release clinical data to the Vermont Program for Quality in Health Care, Inc., for use in a statewide quality assurance system. (Added 1989, No. 108, § 3, eff. June 22, 1989.)
§ 1445. Findings
§ 1445. Findings The General Assembly finds that the Vermont Program for Quality in Health Care, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, is organized for the purpose of implementing and maintaining a statewide quality assurance system based on the collection and interpretation of clinical data, feedback of such data to physicians and, when necessary, the provision of […]
§ 1446. Directors of corporation
§ 1446. Directors of corporation The Board of Directors of the Vermont Program for Quality in Health Care, Inc. shall include the Commissioner of Health and two directors, each of whom represents at least one of the following populations: elders, people with disabilities, or people with low income. (Added 1989, No. 108, § 3, eff. […]
§ 1447. Dissolution
§ 1447. Dissolution In the event of dissolution without a successor, the corporation shall transfer all its quality assurance data to the Department of Health. While the data is in the possession of the Department of Health, the Commissioner may disclose such data to the public as long as individual patients or health care practitioners […]
§ 1420s. Dispute resolution
§ 1420s. Dispute resolution (a) The Interstate Commission shall attempt, upon the request of a member state, to resolve disputes that are subject to the Compact and that may arise among member states or member boards. (b) The Interstate Commission shall promulgate rules providing for both mediation and binding dispute resolution as appropriate. (Added 2017, […]
§ 1420t. Member states; effective date and amendment
§ 1420t. Member states; effective date and amendment (a) Any state is eligible to become a member state of the Compact. (b) The Compact shall become effective and binding upon legislative enactment of the Compact into law by no fewer than seven states. Thereafter, it shall become effective and binding on a state upon enactment […]
§ 1420u. Withdrawal
§ 1420u. Withdrawal (a) Once effective, the Compact shall continue in force and remain binding upon each and every member state; provided that a member state may withdraw from the Compact by specifically repealing the statute that enacted the Compact into law. (b) Withdrawal from the Compact shall be by the enactment of a statute […]
§ 1420v. Dissolution
§ 1420v. Dissolution (a) The Compact shall dissolve effective on the date of the withdrawal or default of the member state that reduces the membership in the Compact to one member state. (b) Upon the dissolution of the Compact, the Compact becomes null and void and shall be of no further force or effect, and […]
§ 1420w. Severability and construction
§ 1420w. Severability and construction (a) The provisions of the Compact shall be severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision is deemed unenforceable, the remaining provisions of the Compact shall be enforceable. (b) The provisions of the Compact shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes. (c) Nothing in the Compact shall be […]
§ 1420x. Binding effect of Compact and other laws
§ 1420x. Binding effect of Compact and other laws (a) Nothing herein prevents the enforcement of any other law of a member state that is not inconsistent with the Compact. (b) All laws in a member state in conflict with the Compact are superseded to the extent of the conflict. (c) All lawful actions of […]