Vermont Statutes Title 18 Sec. 4207
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 18 Sec. 4207
- Certificate: means a certificate of approval issued to a hospital, laboratory, or nursing home under section 4207 of this title. See
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Department: means the Department of Health. See
- Fees: shall mean earnings due for official services, aside from salaries or per diem compensation. See
- Hospital: means an institution for the care and treatment of the sick and injured licensed as a hospital under chapter 43 of this title and a hospital conducted, maintained, and operated by the United States or the State of Vermont, approved under this chapter as proper to be entrusted with the custody and use of regulated drugs under the direction of a physician or dentist, confirmed by an official written order signed by a person authorized to prescribe such drugs. See
- Laboratory: means a laboratory approved under this chapter as proper to be entrusted with the custody and use of regulated drugs for scientific and medical purposes and for purposes of instruction. See
- Nursing home: means a facility, other than a hospital, operated for the purpose of providing lodging, board, and nursing care to persons who are sick, have an infirmity or disability, or are convalescing, approved under this chapter as proper to be entrusted with the custody and use of regulated drugs prescribed for such individual patients under its care under the direction of a physician or dentist, confirmed by an official written order signed by a person authorized to prescribe such drugs. See
- Person: includes an individual, partnership, corporation, association, trust, or other institution or entity. See
- Regulated drug: means :
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
§ 4207. Certificates of approval
(a) No hospital, laboratory, or nursing home, or any other person not provided for under section 4206 of this title, shall possess, administer, compound, use, or supply any regulated drug, without having first obtained a certificate of approval from the Department of Health.
(b) The certificate of approval issued by the Department of Health in accordance with this section shall be effective only for the person and address and the type of regulated drug designated therein and shall be conspicuously displayed at the indicated place of business.
(c) The fee for a certificate of approval shall be $1.00, and for each renewal thereof, $1.00.
(d) Persons to whom certificates of approval have been issued shall thereafter apply annually to renew that certificate with the Department of Health. Application for renewal shall be made July 1 of each year. Failure to apply for renewal within 30 days after such date will subject the applicant to a penalty of $25.00 in addition to the renewal fee, to be collected by the Department upon any subsequent application for renewal.
(e) The State and a municipal corporation therein shall be exempted from payment of the fees required by this section. (Added 1967, No. 343 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. March 23, 1968; amended 2023, No. 53, § 105, eff. June 8, 2023.)