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Title 18 : Health

Chapter 183 : Care and Treatment

(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 7706)
  • § 7706. Legal competence

    No determination that a person requires treatment and no order of the court authorizing hospitalization or alternative treatment shall lead to a presumption of legal incompetence for matters other than treatment. (Added 1967, No. 305 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1968; amended 1977, No. 252 (Adj. Sess.), § 10.)