Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 10 Sec. 5504

  • Bona fide educational or scientific institution: means an institution that establishes through documentation that it is a tax-exempt institution under the Internal Revenue Service's educational or scientific tax exemption. See
  • Covered animal: means any species of:

  • Covered animal part or product: means any item that contains, or is wholly or partially made from, a covered animal, including the meat or flesh of a covered animal sold as food. See
  • Secretary: means the Secretary of Natural Resources. See
  • sell: means any act of selling, trading, or bartering for monetary or nonmonetary consideration and includes any transfer of ownership that occurs in the course of a commercial transaction. See

[Section 5504 effective January 1, 2022.]

§ 5504. Educational or scientific use

The Secretary may permit, under terms and conditions as the Secretary may require, the purchase, sale, offer for sale, or possession with intent to sell of any covered animal part or product for educational or scientific purposes by a bona fide educational or scientific institution, unless the activity is prohibited by federal law and provided that the covered animal part or product was legally acquired. (Added 2019, No. 169 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.)