The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 session of the General Assembly.
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Title 18: Health
Chapter 193: Private Hospitals
§ 8201. Commissioner may license private hospital
After due investigation, the Commissioner may license for not less than two nor more than six years any suitable person to keep a private hospital for the mentally ill, which shall be subject to visitations from the Commissioner. A license granted under this section shall exempt the licensee from the licensing requirements of section 1901 et seq. of this title. (Added 1967, No. 305 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1968; amended 2023, No. 6, § 207, eff. July 1, 2023.)
§ 8202. Revocation of license
The Commissioner may revoke any license when it appears that the holder of the license does not exercise sufficient skill and is not possessed of adequate means and methods for the proper care and treatment of the patients therein. (Added 1967, No. 305 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1968; amended 2023, No. 6, § 208, eff. July 1, 2023.)
§ 8203. Notice of revocation
When a license is revoked, the Commissioner shall notify the holder thereof in writing and shall file a copy of the notice in the office of the clerk of the county in which the hospital is located, within five days after the date thereof. (Added 1967, No. 305 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1968.)
§ 8204. What deemed private hospital
A person who keeps or domiciles upon premises owned or occupied by him or her two or more mentally ill persons for care and treatment shall be deemed the keeper of a private hospital for the mentally ill. (Added 1967, No. 305 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1968.)
§ 8205. Penalty
A person who keeps a private hospital for the mentally ill, except as provided in this chapter, shall be fined not more than $500.00. (Added 1967, No. 305 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1968.)
