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.
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 1918)
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§ 1918. Enforcement
(a) If the Commissioner determines that a hospital has failed to comply with any of the
provisions of this chapter, the Commissioner may sanction the hospital as provided
in this title. In evaluating compliance, the Commissioner shall place primary emphasis
on assuring good faith compliance and effective corrective action by the facility,
reserving punitive enforcement or disciplinary action for those cases in which the
facility has displayed recklessness, gross negligence, or willful misconduct or in
which there is evidence, based on other similar cases known to the Department, the
Agency of Human Services, or the Office of the Attorney General, of a pattern of significant
substandard performance that has the potential for or has actually resulted in harm
to patients.
(b) After notice and an opportunity for hearing, the Commissioner may impose on a hospital
that knowingly violates a provision of this chapter or a rule or order adopted pursuant
to this chapter a civil administrative penalty of not more than $10,000.00 or, in
the case of a continuing violation, a civil administrative penalty of not more than
$100,000.00 or one-tenth of one percent of the gross annual revenues of the health
care facility, whichever is greater. A hospital aggrieved by a decision of the Commissioner
under this section may appeal the Commissioner’s decision pursuant to section 128 of this title. (Added 2005, No. 215 (Adj. Sess.), § 324.)