The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
002
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TUBERCULOSIS
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 1055)
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§ 1055. Tuberculosis; compulsory examinations
When the Commissioner of Health has reasonable cause to believe that any person has
tuberculosis in an active stage or in a communicable form, the Commissioner may request
the person to undergo an examination at a clinic or hospital approved by the Secretary
of Human Services for that purpose at the expense of the State by a physician qualified
in chest diseases. If the person refuses the examination, the Commissioner may petition
the Superior Court for the unit where the person resides for an order requiring the
person to submit to examination. When the court finds that there is reasonable cause
to believe that the person has tuberculosis in an active stage or in a communicable
form, it may order the person to be examined. (Added 1967, No. 49, § 1; amended 1973, No. 89, § 4; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 144.)