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
004
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PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY
(Cite as: 26 V.S.A. § 1444)
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§ 1444. Liability for actions of agent
(a) A physician may delegate to a medical technician or other assistant or employee certain
activities related to medical care and treatment that the individual is qualified
to perform by training, education, experience, or a combination of these when the
activities are under the control of the physician. The physician delegating the activities
to the individual shall be legally liable for the individual’s performance of those
activities, and in this relationship, the individual shall be the physician’s agent.
(b)(1) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to a nurse acting pursuant to
chapter 28 of this title.
(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to a physician assistant acting
pursuant to chapter 31 of this title. Liability for the actions or inactions of a
physician assistant shall be governed by the provisions of section 1739 of this title. (Added 2019, No. 123 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)