The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 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.
Title 18 : Health
Chapter 021 : Communicable Diseases
Subchapter 003 : VENEREAL DISEASES
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 1091)-
§ 1091. Venereal diseases; definitions
As used in this subchapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) “Authoritative source” means a physician licensed in the State, superintendent of a State institution or private hospital, medical officers of the armed forces of the State or United States, State and territorial health officers, and personnel of the Department of Health designated by the Commissioner of Health.
(2) “Venereal disease” means syphilis, gonorrhea, and any other sexually transmitted disease that the Department finds to be of significance and amenable to control. (Amended 1967, No. 7, § 1; 1979, No. 60, § 6; 2023, No. 53, § 52, eff. June 8, 2023.)
