§ 501. State health laboratory; other laboratories; tests The Board shall have supervision and management of the Vermont State health laboratory. The Board may provide for approval and registration of laboratories performing examinations or tests of a public health nature. Any laboratory that examines material for any living agent or evidence of living agent of […]
§ 501a. Specimens submitted by chiropractic physicians (a) According to the public health laws of this State, the State health laboratory is required to serve the interests of all of the people of the State, and as chiropractic physicians are subject to the laws relating to contagious and infectious diseases, the purpose of this section […]
§ 501b. Certification of laboratories (a) The Commissioner may certify a laboratory that meets the standards currently in effect of the National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Conference and is accredited by an approved National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program accrediting authority or its equivalent to perform the testing and monitoring: (1) required under 10 V.S.A. chapter 56 […]
§ 502. School of instruction; periodicals The Board may conduct a school of instruction for health officers at such times and places as it directs. It may issue a periodical giving the results of the work done at the laboratory and the approved methods for the protection of the public health, and such publications shall […]
§ 503. Use of laboratory by people (a) The use of the laboratory, and all investigations mentioned in this chapter therein made, except as otherwise provided, shall be available to the people of this State. (b) Reasonable fees shall be charged to cover the cost of services provided if the service is not requested under […]
§ 504. Investigation in criminal cause; expert witness When the State’s Attorney of a county, on the order of a Superior judge or the Attorney General, for use in a criminal cause pending in his or her office, requests an expert investigation, chemical or pathological, of a substance, such investigation shall be made at the […]
§ 505. Autopsies When a Superior Judge or the Attorney General orders an autopsy on the body of a person, as provided in section 504 of this title, he or she shall therein direct that such autopsy shall be made by the Chief Medical Examiner, or under his or her direction, unless, for good cause […]
§ 506. Duties and compensation of the Chief Medical Examiner performing autopsy At such autopsy, the Chief Medical Examiner shall take and preserve under proper seal, such portions of the body and its contents, together with such other articles as he or she judges may require subsequent examination in the investigation of the case. For […]
§ 507. Contract for services of the Chief Medical Examiner The State Board of Health may contract with any person, institution, or State department for the performance of any or all of the duties of the Chief Medical Examiner. Such services shall be paid for from the biennial budget of the Department of Health. (Amended […]
§ 508. Medical examiners, appointment; term (a) The Chief Medical Examiner may appoint regional medical examiners, who shall be licensed doctors of medicine or osteopathy geographically distributed throughout the State. A regional medical examiner may be licensed in Vermont or in another state. The regional medical examiners shall serve indefinite terms at the pleasure of […]
§ 509. Autopsy; payment; fees For performing an autopsy, the Chief Medical Examiner and his or her assistants are entitled to their expenses from the State upon giving the Commissioner of Finance and Management their certified voucher. Regional medical examiners and assistant medical examiners are entitled to receive from the State a fee fixed by […]
§ 510. Removal and retention of pituitary glands In the course of any autopsy performed by the Chief Medical Examiner or his or her designee, the Chief Medical Examiner may remove the pituitary gland from the body for use in manufacturing a hormone necessary for the physical growth of persons who are, or may become, […]
§ 511. Actions against medical examiners Actions taken by any person given authority under this chapter, including an assistant medical examiner, shall be considered to be actions taken by a State employee for the purposes of 3 V.S.A. chapter 29 and 12 V.S.A. chapter 189 if such actions occurred within the scope of such person’s […]
