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. § 124)
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§ 124. Voluntary compliance
(a) When appropriate, the health officer shall make all practicable efforts to secure
voluntary compliance. This requirement shall not restrict the health officer’s authority
to use any enforcement powers authorized by this title or the common law.
(b) Means of securing voluntary compliance may include the following:
(1) encouraging voluntary cooperation by persons and affected groups to achieve the purposes
of this title;
(2) encouraging local units of government to handle violation problems within their respective
jurisdiction by compact on a cooperative basis and providing technical and consultative
assistance for violation problems;
(3) advising, consulting, contacting, and cooperating with other agencies of the State,
local governments, industries, other states, interstate or interlocal agencies, and
the federal government, and with interested persons or groups; and
(4) encouraging voluntary compliance through warning, conference, or any other similar
means. (Added 1985, No. 267 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; amended 2023, No. 6, § 93, eff. July 1, 2023.)