Vermont Statutes Title 18 Sec. 9505
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 18 Sec. 9505
- Agency: means the Agency of Human Services, unless the context requires otherwise. See
- Department: means the Department of Health, unless the context requires otherwise. See
- following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
- Program: means the Vermont tobacco prevention and treatment program established under this chapter. See
- 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
§ 9505. General powers and duties
The Department shall have all the powers necessary and convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this section, and shall do all of the following:
(1) establish the selection criteria for community grants and review and recommend the grants to be funded;
(2) select a contractor responsible for countermarketing activities;
(3) perform ongoing evaluations of tobacco cessation efforts and publish the evaluation measures on the Department’s website;
(4) execute a memorandum of understanding developed with the Agency of Education for school-based programs funded through the Tobacco Program Fund;
(5) consult with the Department of Liquor and Lottery concerning enforcement activities administered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter; and
(6) propose strategies for program coordination and collaboration with other State agencies, health care providers and organizations, community and school groups, nonprofit organizations dedicated to anti-tobacco activities, and other nonprofit organizations. (Added 1999, No. 152 (Adj. Sess.), § 271, eff. May 29, 2000; amended 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 260, eff. Feb. 14, 2014; 2013, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 122; 2019, No. 73, § 27; 2019, No. 82, § 4; 2023, No. 6, § 243, eff. July 1, 2023.)