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Title 18 : Health
Chapter 004A : AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS REGISTRY
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 171)-
[Effective July 1, 2023.]
§ 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.)
