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 171 : General Provisions
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 7106)-
§ 7106. Notice of hospitalization and discharge
Whenever a patient has been admitted to a hospital other than upon the patient’s own application, the head of the hospital shall immediately notify the patient’s legal guardian, spouse, parent, or parents, or nearest known relative or interested party, if known. If the involuntary hospitalization or admission was without court order, notice shall also be given to the Superior Court judge for the Family Division of the Superior Court in the unit where the hospital is located. If the hospitalization or admission was by order of any court, the head of the hospital admitting or discharging an individual shall immediately make a report thereof to the Commissioner and to the court that entered the order for hospitalization or admission. (Added 1967, No. 305 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1968; amended 1977, No. 252 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 150; 2023, No. 6, § 193, eff. July 1, 2023.)
