The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 session of the General Assembly.
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Title 18 : Health
Chapter 084 : Possession and Control of Regulated Drugs
Subchapter 003 : MISCELLANEOUS
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 4250)-
§ 4250. Selling or dispensing a regulated drug with death resulting
(a) If the death of a person results from the selling or dispensing of a regulated drug to the person in violation of this chapter, the person convicted of the violation shall be imprisoned not less than two years nor more than 20 years.
(b) This section shall apply only if the person’s use of the regulated drug is the proximate cause of the person’s death. The fact that a dispensed or sold substance contains more than one regulated drug shall not be a defense under this section if the proximate cause of death is the use of the dispensed or sold substance containing more than one regulated drug.
(c)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, the two-year minimum term of imprisonment required by this section shall be served and may not be suspended, deferred, or served as a supervised sentence. The defendant shall not be eligible for probation, parole, furlough, or any other type of early release until the expiration of the two-year term of imprisonment.
(2) Notwithstanding subdivision (1) of this subsection, the court may impose a sentence that does not include a term of imprisonment or that includes a term of imprisonment of less than two years if the court makes findings on the record that the sentence will serve the interests of justice. (Added 2003, No. 54, § 10; amended 2023, No. 125 (Adj. Sess.), § 17, eff. July 1, 2024.)
