2015 Vermont Statutes
Title 33 - Human Services
Chapter 75 - State Long-term Care Ombudsman
§ 7508 Interference and retaliation
§ 7508. Interference and retaliation
(a) A person who intentionally hinders a representative of the Office acting pursuant to this chapter shall be imprisoned not more than one year, or fined not more than $5,000.00, or both.
(b) A person who takes discriminatory, disciplinary, or retaliatory action against an employee, resident, or volunteer of a long-term care facility or agency for any communication made, or information disclosed, to aid the Office in carrying out its duties and responsibilities, unless the communication or disclosure was done maliciously or without good faith, shall be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than $5,000.00, or both. An employee, resident, or volunteer of a long-term care facility or agency may seek damages in Superior Court against a person who takes such action prohibited by this subsection. (Added 1989, No. 251 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2013, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 95.)
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