The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 12 V.S.A. § 7306)
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§ 7306. Noncooperation
(a) No public agency or employee, appointee, officer or official, or any other individual
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 or federal investigation or proceeding seeking to
impose civil or criminal liability upon an individual 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 individual 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 order issued by a Vermont State court or a federal court; or
(3) a public agency or employee, appointee, officer or official, or any other individual
acting on behalf of a public agency 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; amended 2025, No. 20, § 5, eff. May 13, 2025.)