The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
006
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LICENSING AND REGISTRATION
(Cite as: 33 V.S.A. § 152)
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§ 152. Access to records
(a) The Commissioner may obtain from the Vermont Crime Information Center the record of
convictions of any person to the extent required by law or the Commissioner has determined
by rule that such information is necessary to regulate a facility or individual subject
to regulation by the Department or to carry out the Department’s child protection
obligations under chapters 49-59 of this title. The Commissioner shall first notify
the person whose record is being requested.
(b) The owner or operator of a facility licensed or registered by the Department may ask
the Commissioner for the record of convictions and the record of substantiated reports
of child abuse of a current employee or a person to whom the owner or operator has
given a conditional offer of employment. The request shall be in writing and shall
be accompanied by a release signed by the current or prospective employee. The owner
or operator shall inform the current or prospective employee that he or she has the
right to appeal the accuracy and completeness of the record. Upon receiving a request
under this subsection, the Commissioner shall ask the Vermont Crime Information Center
for the record of convictions of the current or prospective employee.
(c) If the person has a record of convictions, the Commissioner shall provide the owner
or operator with a copy of the record. If the person has a record of substantiated
reports of child abuse, the Commissioner shall inform the requesting owner or operator
that such record exists.
(d) Information released to an owner or operator under this section shall not be released
or disclosed by the owner or operator to any other person. Release or disclosure of
such information by an owner or operator may result in the loss of the license or
registration.
(e) As used in this section:
(1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner for Children and Families or the Commissioner’s
designee.
(2) “Employee” shall include volunteers.
(3) “Substantiated reports of child abuse” means reports of child abuse substantiated
under section 4915 of this title.
(4) “Volunteer” means an individual who, without compensation, provides services through
a public or private organization. (Added 2013, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 13, eff. May 20, 2014; amended 2015, No. 60, § 12.)