Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 33 Sec. 7103

  • Assisted living residence: means a program that combines housing, health, and supportive services for the support of resident independence and aging in place. See
  • Home for persons who are terminally ill: means a place providing services specifically for three or more people who are dying, including room, board, personal care, and other assistance for the residents' emotional, spiritual, and physical well-being. See
  • Nursing home: means an institution or distinct part of an institution that is primarily engaged in providing to its residents any of the following:

  • Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See
  • Residential care home: means a place, however named, excluding a licensed foster home, that provides, for profit or otherwise, room, board, and personal care to three or more residents unrelated to the home operator. See
  • Therapeutic community residence: means a place, however named, excluding hospitals as defined by statute, that provides, for profit or otherwise, transitional individualized treatment to three or more residents with major life adjustment problems, such as a substance use disorder, psychiatric disability, or delinquency. See

§ 7103. License

(a) A person shall not operate a nursing home, assisted living residence, home for persons who are terminally ill, residential care home, or therapeutic community residence without first obtaining a license.

(b) A person shall not operate a nursing home as defined in this chapter or as defined in 18 Vt. Stat. Ann. chapter 46 except under the supervision of an administrator licensed in the manner provided in 18 Vt. Stat. Ann. chapter 46.

(c) Residents of a home for persons who are terminally ill shall receive necessary medical and nursing services, which may be provided through outside providers. (Amended 1959, No. 27, § 4; 1964, No. 6 (Sp. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 4, 1964; 1965, No. 68, § 2; 1969, No. 248 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 1, 1970; 1973, No. 153 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1975, No. 221 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. July 1, 1977; 1985, No. 151 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1993, No. 114 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1997, No. 61, § 271d; 2009, No. 36, § 1; 2013, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 219.)