§ 1091 - Venereal diseases; definitions - Vermont Statutes

§ 1091. Venereal diseases; definitions

In this subchapter, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) "Authoritative source" means a physician licensed in the state, superintendent of a state institution or private hospital, medical officers of the armed forces of the state or United States, state and territorial health officers and personnel of the health department designated by the board of health.

(2) "Venereal disease" means syphilis, gonorrhea, and any other sexually transmitted disease which the department finds to be of significance and amenable to control. (Amended 1967, No. 7, § 1; 1979, No. 60, § 6.)