Vermont Statutes Title 18 Sec. 8706
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 18 Sec. 8706
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Person: means any individual, company, corporation, association, partnership, the U. See
- person with an intellectual disability: shall mean an individual who has significantly subaverage intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior. See
§ 8706. Voluntary sterilization
Any person with an intellectual disability over the age of 18, who does not have a guardian with the power to consent to nonemergency surgery, may obtain a voluntary sterilization subject to all of the following preconditions:
(1) the person with an intellectual disability has freely, voluntarily, and without coercion personally requested a physician to perform a sterilization;
(2) the person with an intellectual disability has given informed consent to the sterilization in that:
(A) the physician has provided a complete explanation concerning:
(i) the nature and irreversible consequences of a sterilization procedure; and
(ii) the availability of alternative contraceptive measures;
(B) the physician is satisfied that the consent is based upon an understanding of that information and that before the operation is undertaken the physician personally obtains evidence of the person’s retention of that understanding, not less than 10 days following the original explanation;
(C) the consent is in writing and signed by the person with an intellectual disability;
(3) the person with an intellectual disability has been informed and is aware that his or her consent may be withdrawn at any time prior to the operation; and
(4) the physician has reviewed medical records and psychological assessments of the person with an intellectual disability. (Added 1981, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2013, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 111.)