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.
(Cite as: 26 V.S.A. § 4051)
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§ 4051. Definitions
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Certified psychoanalyst” means a person who is certified under this chapter.
(2) “Director” means the Director of the Office of Professional Regulation.
(3) “Disciplinary action” includes any action taken by the Director or an administrative
law officer appointed pursuant to 3 V.S.A. § 129(j) against a certified psychoanalyst or an applicant on a finding of unprofessional
conduct by the certified psychoanalyst or applicant. It includes all sanctions of
any kind, refusing to certify a person as a psychoanalyst or to renew a certification,
suspension or revocation of the person’s certification, issuing warnings, and other
such limitations.
(4) “National psychoanalytic association” means a national professional organization of
psychoanalysts that conducts onsite visits of psychoanalytic institutes applying for
association membership. National psychoanalytic associations also provide direction
and leadership for psychoanalytic practice, education, and research within a specific
school of thought.
(5) “Psychoanalytic services” means therapeutic services that are based on an understanding
of the unconscious and how unconscious processes affect the human mind as a whole,
including actions, thoughts, perceptions, and emotions. Psychoanalytic services are
provided by individuals who have:
(A) undergone a personal analysis by a psychoanalyst who has been approved by a psychoanalytic
training institute; and
(B) met all of the certification or certification exemption requirements of this chapter. (Added 1993, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; amended 1997, No. 40, § 45.)