Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 18 > Chapter 104 - Birth Records

• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Approved drug-checking service provider: means a provider who complies with operating guidelines developed by the Department of Health pursuant to section 4240a of this title. See
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Department: means the Department of Health. See
• Drug-checking: means the testing of a substance to determine its chemical composition or assist in determining whether the substance contains contaminants, toxic substances, or hazardous compounds. See
• 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.
• gender identity: means an individual's actual or perceived gender identity, or gender-related characteristics intrinsically related to an individual's gender or gender-identity, regardless of the individual's assigned sex at birth. 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
• 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