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Title 18 : Health

Chapter 021 : Communicable Diseases

Subchapter 003 : VENEREAL DISEASES

(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 1105)
  • § 1105. Marrying when infected with venereal disease

    A person, having been told by a physician that he or she was infected with gonorrhea or syphilis in a stage that is or may become communicable to a marital partner, or knowing that he or she is so infected, who marries, without assurance and certification from a legally qualified practitioner of medicine and surgery or osteopathy that he or she is free from such disease in a stage that is or may become communicable to the marital partner shall be imprisoned not less than two years or fined not less than $500.00, or both.