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
003A
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INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT
(Cite as: 26 V.S.A. § 1420q)
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§ 1420q. Enforcement of Interstate Compact
(a) The Interstate Commission, in the reasonable exercise of its discretion, shall enforce
the provisions and rules of the Compact.
(b) The Interstate Commission may, by majority vote of the Commissioners, initiate legal
action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, or, at the discretion
of the Interstate Commission, in the federal district where the Interstate Commission
has its principal offices, to enforce compliance with the provisions of the Compact,
and its promulgated rules and bylaws, against a member state in default. The relief
sought may include both injunctive relief and damages. In the event judicial enforcement
is necessary, the prevailing party shall be awarded all costs of such litigation including
reasonable attorney’s fees.
(c) The remedies herein shall not be the exclusive remedies of the Interstate Commission.
The Interstate Commission may avail itself of any other remedies available under state
law or the regulation of a profession. (Added 2017, No. 115 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.)