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 206 : Care for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
Subchapter 003 : JUDICIAL PROCEEDING; PERSONS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY WHO PRESENT A DANGER OF HARM TO OTHERS
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 8846)-
§ 8846. Right to initiate review
A person may initiate a judicial review in the Family Division of the Superior Court or an administrative review under this subchapter at any time after 90 days following a current order of commitment or continued commitment and not earlier than six months after the filing of a previous application under this section. If the court or Commissioner finds that the person is not a person in need of custody, care, and habilitation or continued custody, care, and habilitation, the person shall be discharged from the custody of the Commissioner pursuant to section 8847 of this subchapter. (Added 2023, No. 137 (Adj. Sess.), § 26, eff. July 1, 2024.)
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§ 8846. Right to counsel [Renumbered]
(Added 1987, No. 248 (Adj. Sess.), § 9; renumbered to 18 V.S.A. § 8848 by 2023, No. 137 (Adj. Sess.), § 26, eff. July 1, 2024.)
