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. § 156)
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§ 156. Liability
(a) No action for damages arising from the disclosure of confidential or privileged information
may be maintained against any person, or the employer or employee of any person, who
participates in good faith in the reporting of cancer registry data or data for cancer
morbidity or mortality studies in accordance with this chapter.
(b) No license of a health care facility or health care provider may be denied, suspended,
or revoked for the good faith disclosure of confidential or privileged information
in the reporting of cancer registry data or data for cancer morbidity or mortality
studies in accordance with this chapter.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to the unauthorized disclosure
of confidential or privileged information when such disclosure is due to gross negligence
or willful misconduct. (Added 1993, No. 90, § 2.)