§ 3503. Corporal punishment prohibited
(a) As used in this chapter, “corporal punishment” means the intentional infliction of physical pain upon the body of a child as a disciplinary measure.
(b) No person employed by or agent of a licensed or registered child care facility shall inflict or cause to be inflicted corporal punishment upon a child attending the facility. However, this section does not prohibit a person from using reasonable and necessary force:
(1) to quell a disturbance;
(2) to obtain possession of dangerous objects upon the person of or within the control of a child;
(3) for the purpose of self defense; or
(4) for the protection of persons or property. (Added 1983, No. 145 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2007, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § 16; 2021, No. 20, § 320.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
§ 3501. Division of Child Development; duties
§ 3502. Child care facilities; school age care in public schools; 21st Century Fund
§ 3503. Corporal punishment prohibited
§ 3504. Cannabis and tobacco use prohibited at child care facilities
§ 3505. Supplemental child care grants
§ 3512. Child Care Financial Assistance Program; eligibility
§ 3513. Protective and family support child care services
§ 3521. Child Care Facilities Financing Program established
§ 3531. Child care—Building Bright Spaces for Bright Futures Funds
§ 3541. Scholarships for current early childhood providers
§ 3542. Scholarships for prospective early childhood providers