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Public Health Data Collection and Reporting in Vermont

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Health care professionals must report the following information to the Department of Health:

  • Cancer;1
  • Infectious diseases;2
  • Immunizations;3
  • Lead screening;4
  • Maternal and fetal deaths;5
  • Birth defects;6 and
  • Any unusual trends in prescription requests or pharmacy visits that may result from bioterrorism, infectious diseases, or a risk to public health.7

 

Footnotes

  • 1. 18 Vermont Statutes §§152; 153; 154; 155; 156; 157
  • 2. 18 Vermont Statutes §§1001; 1004; 1041; 1042; 1048; 1091; 1091a; 1092; 1096; 1099; 1101; 1102; 1103
  • 3. 18 Vermont Statutes §§1124; 1129
  • 4. 18 Vermont Statutes §§1755; 1756
  • 5. 18 Vermont Statutes §§1555; 5222
  • 6. 18 Vermont Statutes §§5087; 5088; 5089
  • 7. Vermont Administrative Code §12-5-12:5

 

Public Health Data Collection and Reporting in Vermont

Subtopic Statute/Regulation Description
Public Health Data Collection and Reporting 12-5 Vt. Code R. 11:1 - Introduction under the Agency of Human Services regulations “Introduction under the Agency of Human Services regulations” The commissioner of health must establish a uniform statewide population-...
12-5 Vt. Code R. 11:2 - Establishment of cancer registry under the Agency of Human Services regulations “Establishment of cancer registry under the Agency of Human Services regulations” A Vermont Cancer Registry is established within the...
12-5 Vt. Code R. 11:3 - Effective date of reporting under the Agency of Human Services regulations “Effective date of reporting under the Agency of Human Services regulations” A health care facility or provider providing treatment to...
12-5 Vt. Code R. 11:4 - Data to be reported under the Agency of Human Services regulations “Data to be reported under the Agency of Human Services regulations” All cancers in the International Classifications of Diseases for...
12-5 Vt. Code R. 11:5 - Quality control under the Agency of Human Services regulations “Quality control under the Agency of Human Services regulations” Each health care facility or provider must permit periodic quality...
12-5 Vt. Code R. 12:1 - General provisions regarding the Department of Health’s Division of Health Surveillance under the Agency of Human Services regulations “General provisions under the Agency of Human Services regulations” The Department of Health’s Division of Health Surveillance is...
12-5 Vt. Code R. 12:2 - Communicable disease reports under the Agency of Human Services regulations “Communicable disease reports under the Agency of Human Services regulations” Infection control practitioners, health care providers,...
12-5 Vt. Code R. 12:5 - Pharmacy reporting under the Agency of Human Services regulations “Pharmacy reporting under the Agency of Human Services regulations” Pharmacists must report to the Department of Health’s Division...
12-5 Vt. Code R. 5:12 - Access to records by the department under the Agency of Human Services regulations “Access to records by the department under the Agency of Human Services regulations” A school administrator must make immunization...
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 18, § 1001 - Reports of communicable disease to commissioner of health under the health law “Reports to commissioner of health under the health law” A health care provider or school health official must report cases of...
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 18, § 1004 - Report by physician; quarantine regarding communicable disease under the health law “Report by physician; quarantine under the health law” A physician who treats a patient who has a communicable disease that is dangerous...
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 18, § 1041 - Reports by physicians and certain others regarding tuberculosis under the health law “Reports by physicians and certain under the health law” A physician whose patient is infected with tuberculosis must submit the patient...
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 18, § 1042 - Record of cases; instructions under the health law “Record of cases; instructions under the health law” The commissioner of health must keep an accurate record of tuberculosis cases...
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 18, § 1048 - Examination; report regarding tuberculosis or other chronic respiratory disease treatment under the health law “Examination; report; treatment under the health law” After examining an indigent person seeking treatment for tuberculosis or other...
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 18, § 1092 - Venereal disease reporting “Treatments, refusal, penalty under the health law” A physician who treats a patient with gonorrhea or syphilis must immediately report...
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 18, § 1096 - Penalty for violation of veneral disease reporting requirements under the health law “Penalty under the health law” A person who violates reporting requirements for venereal diseases may be fined up to $500, imprisonment...
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 18, § 1099 - Reports and records regarding venereal disease confidential under the health law “Reports and records confidential under the health law” All information and reports relating to persons suffering from venereal diseases...
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 18, § 1101 - Reports by public institutions regarding venereal disease under the health law “Reports by public institutions under the health law” Public institutions such as hospitals, dispensaries, clinics, homes, asylums,...
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 18, § 1124 - Access to and reporting of immunization records under the health law “Access to and reporting of immunization records under the health law” The Department of Health must annually collect from schools the...
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 18, § 1129 - Immunization registry under the health law “Immunization registry under the health law” A health care provider must report to the Department of Health all data regarding...
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 18, § 152 - Establishment of cancer registry under the health law “Establishment of cancer registry under the health law” The Department of Health has the authority to establish a statewide cancer...
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 18, § 153 - Participation in cancer registry program under the health law “Participation in program under the health law” A health care facility or provider must report cases of cancer to the Department of...
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 18, § 154 - Cancer registry confidentiality under the health law “Confidentiality under the health law” Information contained in the state’s cancer registry is confidential and privileged and may...
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 18, § 155 - Disclosure of information in connection with the cancer registry under the health law “Disclosure under the health law” The Department of Health may exchange confidential information contained in the cancer registry with...
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 18, § 1555 - Information related to maternal mortality under the health law “Information related to maternal mortality under the health law” Health care providers, health care facilities, clinics, laboratories,...
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 18, § 156 - Immunity in connection with the cancer registry under the health law “Liability under the health law” A health care provider or facility that reports cases of cancer to the cancer registry must not be held...
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 18, § 157 - Vermont mammography program under the health law “Vermont mammography program under the health law” The confidentiality, disclosure, and liability provisions regarding the state’s...
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 18, § 1755 - Universal lead screening under the health law “Universal screening under the health law” The commissioner of health must publish guidelines on lead screening for children, which must...
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 18, § 1756 - Annual report concerning lead screening and testing under the health law “Annual report under the health law” The commissioner of health must annually analyze and summarize all lead screening and testing...
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 18, § 5087 - Establishment of birth information network under the health law “Establishment of birth information network under the health law” The commissioner of health must establish a statewide birth information...
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 18, § 5088 - Birth information network; confidentiality under the health law “Birth information network; confidentiality under the health law” The birth information network must protect the confidentiality of the...
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 18, § 5222 - Reports of fetal deaths under the health law “Reports under the health law” All fetal deaths must be reported by hospitals, physicians, or funeral directors. Fetal death reports must...
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 18, § 9405b - Hospital community reports Hospital community reports The Commissioner of the Department of Financial Regulation with other health care stakeholders must establish a standard...
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 18, § 9410 - Health care database Health care database The Commissioner of the Department of Financial Regulation must establish and maintain a unified health care database in order...
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 26, § 1751 - Application of laws; rights regarding osteopathic physicians and surgeons under the professions and occupations law “Application of laws; rights under the professions and occupations law” Osteopathic physicians and surgeons must comply with laws...
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 26, § 524 - Reporting of contagious and infectious diseases; death certificates under the professions and occupations law “Reporting of contagious and infectious diseases; death certificates under the professions and occupations law” Chiropractors must comply...
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