2011 Vermont Code
Title 18 Health
Chapter 181 JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
§ 7615 Hearing

§ 7615. Hearing

(a) Upon receipt of the application, the court shall set a date for the hearing to be held within ten days from the date of the receipt of the application or 20 days from the date of the receipt of the application if a psychiatric examination is ordered under section 7614 unless the hearing is continued by the court.

(b) The court may grant either party an extension of time of up to seven days for good cause.

(c) The hearing shall be conducted according to the rules of evidence applicable in civil actions in the criminal division of the superior courts of the state, and to an extent not inconsistent with this part, the rules of civil procedure of the state shall be applicable.

(d) The applicant and the proposed patient shall have a right to appear at the hearing to testify. The attorney for the state and the proposed patient shall have the right to subpoena, present and cross-examine witnesses, and present oral arguments. The court may, at its discretion, receive the testimony of any other person.

(e) The proposed patient may at his election attend the hearing, subject to reasonable rules of conduct, and the court may exclude all persons not necessary for the conduct of the hearing. (Added 1977, No. 252 (Adj. Sess.), { 22; amended 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), { 238.)