Vermont Statutes Annotated

Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 18, § 5282 (2026)

Right to information

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(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 5282)

§ 5282. Right to information

The rights of a patient under section 1871 of this title to be informed of all available options related to terminal care and under 12 V.S.A. § 1909(d) to receive answers to any specific question about the foreseeable risks and benefits of medication without the physician’s withholding any requested information exist regardless of the purpose of the inquiry or the nature of the information. A physician who engages in discussions with a patient related to such risks and benefits in the circumstances described in this chapter shall not be construed to be assisting in or contributing to a patient’s independent decision to self-administer a lethal dose of medication, and such discussions shall not be used to establish civil or criminal liability or professional disciplinary action. (Added 2013, No. 39, § 1, eff. May 20, 2013.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2017–2017 · leading case: Vermont All. for Ethical Healthcare, Inc. v. Hoser, 274 F. Supp. 3d 227 (D. Vt. 2017).

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Vermont All. for Ethical Healthcare, Inc. v. Hoser, 274 F. Supp. 3d 227 (D. Vt. 2017). · cites it 3× “” 18 V.S.A. § 5282. The court interprets this sentence to mean that ■ a patient is still entitled to receive information about palliative care and about the risks and benefits of all available treatment even if he or she has inquired about assisted suicide.”

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