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
001
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REGULATED DRUGS
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 4220)
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§ 4220. Violations; proceedings
(a) In any complaint, information, or indictment, and in any action or proceeding brought
for the enforcement of any provision of this chapter, it shall not be necessary to
negate any exception, excuse, proviso, or exemption contained in this chapter and
the burden of proof of any such exception, excuse, proviso, or exemption shall be
upon the defendant.
(b) No person shall be convicted of a violation of any provision of this chapter if such
person shall have been acquitted or convicted under the criminal provisions of the
federal drug laws for the same act or omission that, it is alleged, constitutes a
violation of this chapter.
(c) On the conviction of any person of the violation of any provision of this chapter,
a copy of the judgment and sentence and of the opinion of the court or magistrate,
if any opinion be filed, shall be sent by the clerk of the court or by the magistrate
to the commission or officer, if any, by whom the convicted defendant has been licensed
or registered to practice the person’s profession or to carry on the person’s business,
and to the Commissioner of Health, who shall immediately transmit a copy thereof to
the professional board, if any, having such person within its jurisdiction. (Added 1967, No. 343 (Adj. Sess.), § 20, eff. March 23, 1968; amended 1971, No. 14, § 23, eff. March 11, 1971; 2023, No. 53, § 114, eff. June 8, 2023.)