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. § 7257)
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§ 7257. Reportable adverse events
(a) An acute inpatient hospital, an intensive residential recovery facility, a designated
agency, a psychiatric residential treatment facility for youth, or a secure residential
recovery facility shall report to the Department of Mental Health instances of death
or serious bodily injury to individuals with a mental condition or psychiatric disability
in the custody or temporary custody of the Commissioner.
(b) An acute inpatient hospital shall report to the Department of Mental Health any staff
injuries caused by a person in the custody or temporary custody of the Commissioner
that are reported to both the Department of Labor and to the hospital’s workers’ compensation
carrier. (Added 2011, No. 79 (Adj. Sess.), § 1a, eff. April 4, 2012; amended 2013, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 101; 2013, No. 192 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2023, No. 137 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. July 1, 2024.)