The Vermont Statutes Online
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Title 18 : Health
Chapter 183 : Care and Treatment
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 7701)-
§ 7701. Notice of rights
The head of a hospital shall provide reasonable means and arrangements, including the posting of excerpts from relevant statutes, for informing patients of their right to discharge and other rights and for assisting them in making and presenting requests for discharge or for application to have the patient’s status changed from involuntary to voluntary. (Added 1967, No. 305 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1968; amended 2021, No. 30, § 2.)
