The Vermont Statutes Online
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Title 26 : Professions and Occupations
Chapter 023 : Medicine
Subchapter 004 : Professional Liability
(Cite as: 26 V.S.A. § 1444)-
§ 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.)
