The Vermont Statutes Online
Title 33 : Human Services
Chapter 069 : REPORTS OF ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND EXPLOITATION OF VULNERABLE ADULTS
Subchapter 001 : REPORTS OF ABUSE OF VULNERABLE ADULTS
(Cite as: 33 V.S.A. § 6905)-
§ 6905. Mandatory reporting to and postmortem investigation of deaths by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
When a person making a report of suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a vulnerable adult has reasonable cause to believe that a vulnerable adult died as a result of abuse or neglect, the Department shall notify the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner immediately. (Added 1985, No. 78, § 5; amended 2001, No. 135 (Adj. Sess.), § 17, eff. June 13, 2002; 2015, No. 135 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
