The Vermont Statutes Online
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Title 12 : Court Procedure
Chapter 221 : Legally Protected Health Care Activity
(Cite as: 12 V.S.A. § 7306)-
§ 7306. Noncooperation
(a) No public agency or employee, appointee, officer or official, or any other person acting on behalf of a public agency may knowingly provide any information or expend or use time, money, facilities, property, equipment, personnel, or other resources in furtherance of any interstate investigation or proceeding seeking to impose civil or criminal liability upon a person or entity for:
(1) the provision, seeking or receipt of, or inquiring about legally protected health care activity that is legal in this State; or
(2) assisting any person or entity providing, seeking, receiving, or responding to an inquiry about legally protected health care activity that is legal in this State.
(b) This section shall not apply to:
(1) any investigation or proceeding where the conduct subject to potential liability under the investigation or proceeding would be subject to liability under the laws of this State if committed in this State;
(2) any action taken by the Judicial Branch in judicial proceedings; or
(3) a public agency or employee, appointee, officer or official who, in the course of normal business, is responding to a warrant or extradition demand on the good faith belief that the warrant or demand is valid in this State. (Added 2023, No. 14, § 3, eff. May 10, 2023.)
