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.
Title 18 : Health
Chapter 229 : Office of the Health Care Advocate
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 9606)-
§ 9606. Conflicts of interest
(a) The Office of the Health Care Advocate, its employees, and its contractors shall not have any conflict of interest relating to the performance of their responsibilities under this chapter. For the purposes of this chapter, a conflict of interest exists whenever the Office of the Health Care Advocate, its employees, or its contractors or a person affiliated with the Office, its employees, or its contractors:
(1) has a direct involvement in the licensing, certification, or accreditation of a health care facility, health insurer, or health care provider;
(2) has a direct ownership interest or investment interest in a health care facility, health insurer, or health care provider;
(3) is employed by or participating in the management of a health care facility, health insurer, or health care provider; or
(4) receives or has the right to receive, directly or indirectly, remuneration under a compensation arrangement with a health care facility, health insurer, or health care provider.
(b) The Office shall report any potential conflicts of interest to the Agency of Human Services.
(c) It shall not constitute a conflict of interest per se for an employee or contractor of the Office to serve without compensation on the board of directors of a nonprofit health care entity whose primary regulator is not an agency of the State of Vermont. (Added 2013, No. 79, § 35a, eff. Jan. 1, 2014; amended 2025, No. 6, § 3, eff. July 1, 2025.)
