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.
Subchapter
001
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ADVANCE DIRECTIVES AND DISPOSITION OF REMAINS
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 9715)
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§ 9715. Interpretation with other laws
(a) The withholding or withdrawal of life sustaining treatment from a principal who has
executed an advance directive limiting the provision of life sustaining treatment
shall not be construed as a suicide.
(b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit or abrogate an individual’s ability
to create a document of anatomical gift pursuant to chapter 110 of this title.
(c) Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted to affect the statutory or common law
in existence at the time of enactment applicable to death intentionally hastened through
the use of prescription medication. Professionally appropriate use of medication to
relieve suffering which may have the unintended effect of hastening death is not death
intentionally hastened through the use of prescription medication.
(d) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the effect of a DD Form 93 (Record
of Emergency Data) properly executed by a current or former member of the armed forces
of the United States described in 10 U.S.C. § 1481(a). (Added 2005, No. 55, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2005; amended 2009, No. 119 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 2011, No. 80 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 13, 2012.)