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.
Subchapter
003
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VENEREAL DISEASES
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 1092)
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§ 1092. Treatments; refusal; penalty
A physician or other person, except persons who merely practice the religious tenets
of their church without pretending a knowledge of medicine or surgery, provided, however,
that sanitary laws, rules, and regulations are complied with, who knows or has reason
to believe that a person whom he or she treats or prescribes for, or to whom he or
she sells patent or proprietary medicine purporting to cure or alleviate the symptoms
of gonorrhea or syphilis, has one of these diseases, shall immediately report the
name, nationality, race, marital state, address, age, and sex of such person, and,
if obtainable, the date and source of contracting the same, to the Commissioner on
forms furnished for that purpose. Such persons so reported shall submit to regular
treatment prescribed by a physician until discharged by the physician. A person who
willfully refuses to regularly submit to prescribed treatment shall be reported at
once to the State’s Attorney for immediate prosecution. Such willful refusal shall
be punishable by a fine of not more than $100.00 or three months’ imprisonment, or
both.