2011 Vermont Code
Title 33 Human Services
Chapter 71 REGULATION OF LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES
§ 7101 Policy
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TITLE 33
Human Services
PART V
Programs and Services for Vulnerable Adults
CHAPTER 71. REGULATION OF LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES
Subchapter I. General Provisions
§ 7101. Policy
The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the development, establishment and enforcement of standards for the construction, maintenance, operation, provision of receivership, and dissolution of long-term care facilities in which medical, nursing, or other care is rendered, which will promote safe surroundings, adequate care, and humane treatment, safeguard the health of, safety of, and continuity of care to residents, and protect residents from the adverse health effects caused by abrupt or unsuitable transfer of such persons cared for in these facilities. (Amended 2009, No. 36, { 1.)
