§ 501. State health laboratory; other laboratories; tests
The Board shall have supervision and management of the Vermont State health laboratory. The Board may provide for approval and registration of laboratories performing examinations or tests of a public health nature. Any laboratory that examines material for any living agent or evidence of living agent of a reportable disease to any person shall send the results of such tests, if positive, forthwith to the State health laboratory. The laboratory shall make chemical and bacteriological examination of water supplies, milk, and food products and examinations for the detection and control of communicable diseases; and shall carry on such work in relation to the health of the residents of the State as the Board shall direct. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 27, eff. March 1, 1961; amended 2017, No. 113 (Adj. Sess.), § 52.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Chapter 9 - Laboratory Services; Chief Medical Examiner; Autopsies
§ 501. State health laboratory; other laboratories; tests
§ 501a. Specimens submitted by chiropractic physicians
§ 501b. Certification of laboratories
§ 502. School of instruction; periodicals
§ 503. Use of laboratory by people
§ 504. Investigation in criminal cause; expert witness
§ 506. Duties and compensation of the Chief Medical Examiner performing autopsy
§ 507. Contract for services of the Chief Medical Examiner
§ 508. Medical examiners, appointment; term