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: 18 V.S.A. § 117)
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§ 117. Chronic fatigue syndrome
(a) The Commissioner of Health shall establish a statewide network of resources to provide
education through the distribution of information regarding persons with chronic fatigue
syndrome, also known as chronic fatigue immune dysfunction syndrome (CFIDS), to persons
with chronic fatigue syndrome, health care providers, and the public.
(b) The Department shall work in collaboration with the Vermont CFIDS Association, Inc.
and health care providers with expertise in chronic fatigue syndrome to prepare an
informational packet about the clinical significance, diagnosis, and treatment of
chronic fatigue syndrome. The informational packet shall be based upon the publication
“A Consensus Manual for the Primary Care and Management of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome”
published by the Academy of Medicine of New Jersey and the New Jersey Department of
Health and Senior Services, to the extent allowable under federal copyright protections.
The Department shall distribute the informational packet to all primary care physicians
in the State, and it shall be available on the Department of Health’s website. The
informational packet may contain any other information that the Commissioner of Health
deems necessary and shall be revised by the Department when new information about
chronic fatigue syndrome becomes available. The Department shall publicize the informational
packet and make it widely available to the public. (Added 2005, No. 215 (Adj. Sess.), § 116.)