The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
001
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
(Cite as: 26 V.S.A. § 321)
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§ 321. Definitions
In this chapter, unless the context requires another meaning:
(1) “Board” means the State Board of Medical Practice established by chapter 23 of this
title.
(2) “Disciplinary action” means any action taken against a licensee or an applicant by
the Board, or on appeal from that action, when that action suspends, revokes, limits,
or conditions licensure in any way, or when it includes reprimands or an administrative
penalty.
(3) “Practice of podiatry,” by a podiatric physician, means any medical, mechanical, surgical,
electrical, manipulation, strapping, or bandaging treatment of the ailments pertaining
to the human foot and lower leg distal to the myotendinous junction of the triceps
surae. If spinal or general anesthesia is required, it shall be administered by a
health care professional regulated under this title who is authorized to administer
anesthesia within the scope of his or her practice. In the case of amputations other
than toe amputations and in the case of surgical treatment at or above the ankle,
the surgical treatment shall be performed only in a general hospital licensed under
18 V.S.A. chapter 43 or a certified ambulatory surgical center as defined in 18 V.S.A. § 9432. For purposes of this section, “ankle” means the joint between the tibia and fibula
proximally and the talus distally. (Amended 1969, No. 93, § 6; 1985, No. 256 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. June 30, 1986; 1989, No. 250 (Adj. Sess.), § 4(a); 1999, No. 107 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2011, No. 61, § 1, eff. June 2, 2011.)