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: 33 V.S.A. § 7508)
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§ 7508. Interference and retaliation
(a) A person who engages in willful interference as defined in this chapter shall be imprisoned
not more than one year or fined not more than $5,000.00, or both.
(b) A person who takes discriminatory, disciplinary, or retaliatory action against an
employee, resident, or volunteer of a long-term care facility; an entity that provides
long-term care through the Choices for Care program contained within Vermont’s Global
Commitment to Health Section 1115 demonstration; or an agency for any communication
made, or information disclosed, to aid the Ombudsman’s office in carrying out its
functions, duties, and responsibilities, unless the original communication or disclosure
was done maliciously or without good faith, shall be imprisoned not more than one
year or fined not more than $5,000.00, or both. An employee, resident, or volunteer
of a long-term care facility, an entity that provides long-term care through the Choices
for Care program contained within Vermont’s Global Commitment to Health Section 1115
demonstration, or an agency may seek damages in Superior Court against a person who
takes such action prohibited by this subsection. (Added 1989, No. 251 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2013, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 95; 2017, No. 23, § 1.)