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. § 171)
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§ 171. Definitions
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis” or “ALS” means a progressive neurodegenerative disease
that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord.
(2) “Health care provider” means a person, partnership, corporation, facility, or institution
licensed or certified or authorized by law to provide professional health care service
in this State to an individual during that individual’s medical care, treatment, or
confinement.
(3) “Registry” means the statewide amyotrophic lateral sclerosis incidence registry. (Added 2021, No. 149 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. July 1, 2023.)