Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 18 > Chapter 38A - Chemicals of High Concern to Children

• Authoritative source: means a physician licensed in the State, superintendent of a State institution or private hospital, medical officers of the armed forces of the State or United States, State and territorial health officers, and personnel of the Department of Health designated by the Commissioner of Health. See
• biennially: shall mean the year in which a regular session of the General Assembly is held. See
• Chemical: means a substance with a distinct molecular composition or a group of structurally related substances and includes the breakdown products of the substance or substances that form through decomposition, degradation, or metabolism. See
• Chemical of high concern to children: means a chemical listed under section 1773 or designated by the Department as a chemical of high concern by rule under section 1776 of this title. See
• children: means an individual or individuals under 12 years of age. See
• Consumer product: means any product that is regularly used or purchased to be used for personal, family, or household purposes. See
• Contaminant: means a trace amount of a chemical or chemicals that is incidental to manufacturing and serves no intended function in the children's product or component of the children's product, including an unintended by-product of chemical reactions during the manufacture of the children's product, a trace impurity in feed-stock, an incompletely reacted chemical mixture, and a degradation product. See
• Cosmetics: means articles intended to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled, or sprayed on, introduced into, or otherwise applied to the human body or any part thereof for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering appearance, and articles intended for use as a component of such an article. See
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Department: means the Department of Health. 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.
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• Fees: shall mean earnings due for official services, aside from salaries or per diem compensation. See
• following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
• Intentionally added: means the addition of a chemical in a product that serves an intended function in the product component. See
• Justice: when applied to a person, other than a Justice of the Supreme Court, shall mean a justice of the peace for the county for which he or she is elected or appointed. See
• Manufacturer: means :

• Motor vehicle: means all vehicles propelled or drawn by power other than muscular power, including snowmobiles, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, farm tractors, vehicles running only upon stationary rails or tracks, motorized highway building equipment, road-making appliances, or tracked vehicles or electric personal assistive mobility devices. See
• Permit: means any permit or license issued pursuant to this title. See
• Persistent bioaccumulative toxic: means a chemical or chemical group that, based on credible scientific information, meets each of the following criteria:

• Person: means any individual, company, corporation, association, partnership, the U. See
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• 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
• Venereal disease: means syphilis, gonorrhea, and any other sexually transmitted disease which the Department finds to be of significance and amenable to control. See
• Vessel: means every description of watercraft used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water. See