The Vermont Statutes Online
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Subchapter
002
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PROHIBITION OF CONVERSION THERAPY
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 8351)
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§ 8351. Definitions
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Conversion therapy” means any practice by a mental health care provider that seeks
to change an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity, including efforts
to change behaviors or gender expressions or to change sexual or romantic attractions
or feelings toward individuals of the same sex or gender. “Conversion therapy” does
not include psychotherapies that:
(A) provide support to an individual undergoing gender transition; or
(B) provide acceptance, support, and understanding of clients or the facilitation of clients’
coping, social support, and identity exploration and development, including sexual-orientation-neutral
or gender-identity-neutral interventions to prevent or address unlawful conduct or
unsafe sexual practices without seeking to change an individual’s sexual orientation
or gender identity.
(2) “Mental health care provider” means a person licensed to practice medicine pursuant
to 26 V.S.A. chapter 23, 33, or 81 who specializes in the practice of psychiatry; a psychologist, a psychologist-doctorate,
or a psychologist-master as defined in 26 V.S.A. § 3001; a clinical social worker as defined in 26 V.S.A. § 3201; a clinical mental health counselor as defined in 26 V.S.A. § 3261; a licensed marriage and family therapist as defined in 26 V.S.A. § 4031; a psychoanalyst as defined in 26 V.S.A. § 4051; any other allied mental health professional; or a student, intern, or trainee of
any such profession. (Added 2015, No. 138 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)