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 231 : Advance Directives for Health Care, Disposition of Remains, and Surrogate Decision Making
Subchapter 001 : ADVANCE DIRECTIVES AND DISPOSITION OF REMAINS
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 9705)-
§ 9705. Duty to deliver
An individual possessing a duly executed advance directive to whom it becomes known that the terms of the advance directive may be applicable shall deliver the advance directive to the principal’s clinician, other health care provider, health care facility, or residential care facility, unless the individual knows that another copy has previously been delivered and is available. (Added 2005, No. 55, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.)
