The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 session of the General Assembly.
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Title 20 : Internal Security and Public Safety
Chapter 113 : Commissioner and Members
Subchapter 004 : STATE DNA DATABASE AND STATE DATA BANK
(Cite as: 20 V.S.A. § 1944)-
§ 1944. Limitation of liability for collection of DNA samples
No civil or criminal liability shall attach to any person authorized to withdraw blood as a result of the act of collecting DNA samples under this subchapter, provided the DNA samples are collected according to recognized medical procedures. However, no person shall be relieved from liability for negligence in withdrawing of a DNA sample. (Added 1997, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 29, 1998.)
