Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 18 > Chapter 42B - Health Care Privacy

• Bloodborne pathogen: means a pathogenic microorganism that is present in human blood and can cause disease in humans. See
• Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
• Department: means the Department of Health. See
• Employer: means the organization on whose behalf a worker is employed or volunteering when rendering health services to a source patient pursuant to this subchapter. 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.
• 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.
• Health care worker: means any individual or employee of a health care provider who provides medical or other health services in the course of the worker's employment. See
• Health services: means activities and functions that are directly related to care, treatment, or diagnosis of a patient, including emergency medical treatment. See
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Manner sufficient to transmit: means consistent with current guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as determined by a physician licensed to practice medicine in Vermont. See
• Person: means any individual, company, corporation, association, partnership, the U. See
• Probate: Proving a will
• Public safety personnel: means an individual employed or volunteering for a fire department, police department, or ambulance service. See
• Source patient: means an individual who, in the course of receiving health services, may have exposed a health care worker, public safety personnel, or emergency personnel to blood or bodily fluids in a manner sufficient to transmit a bloodborne disease. 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
• Worker: means emergency personnel, health care worker, or public safety personnel. See