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. § 4281)
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§ 4281. Legislative intent
The General Assembly recognizes the important public health benefits of the legal
medical use of controlled substances and also the significant risk to public health
that can arise due to the abuse of those substances. It is the intent of this chapter
to create the Vermont Prescription Monitoring System, which will provide an electronic
database and reporting system for electronic monitoring of prescriptions for Schedules
II, III, and IV controlled substances, as defined in 21 C.F.R. Part 1308, as amended and as may be amended, to promote the public health through enhanced
opportunities for treatment for and prevention of abuse of controlled substances,
without interfering with the legal medical use of those substances. (Added 2005, No. 205 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)