Vermont Statutes Annotated

Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 18, § 4217 (2026)

Reports by physicians and hospitals

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Subchapter 001 : REGULATED DRUGS

(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 4217)

§ 4217. Reports by physicians and hospitals

It shall be the duty of every physician and every hospital to report to the Commissioner of Health, promptly, all cases wherein a person has been or is being treated for the use of, or for problems arising from the use of, regulated drugs. The reports shall include the type of problem being treated, the class of regulated drug that was used, and such further information as is required by rules of the Department of Health as adopted under section 4202 of this title, except that the rules shall not require the listing or other identification of the names of the persons being so treated. (Added 1967, No. 343 (Adj. Sess.), § 17, eff. March 23, 1968; amended 1969, No. 203 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2017, No. 113 (Adj. Sess.), § 78; 2023, No. 53, § 112, eff. June 8, 2023.)

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Cited in 1 case, 1992–1992 · leading case: State v. Welch, 624 A.2d 1105 (Vt. 1992).

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State v. Welch, 624 A.2d 1105 (Vt. 1992). · cites it 2× “Under 18 V.S.A. § 4217, it is the duty of every doctor and hospital to report promptly to the board of health all cases wherein a person has been or is being treated for drug abuse.”

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Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 18, § 4217 (2026)

Reports by physicians and hospitals

Subchapter 001 : REGULATED DRUGS