§ 4061 Definition
§ 4062 Filing and approval of policy forms and premiums
§ 4062a Filing fees
§ 4062b Medicare supplemental health insurance
§ 4062c Compliance with federal law
§ 4062e Compliance with Medicaid recovery provisions
§ 4062f Discretionary clauses prohibited
§ 4063 Form and contents of policy
§ 4063a Coverage for civil unions
§ 4063b Coverage for employees of an employer domiciled outside Vermont
§ 4064 Provisions applying to policies delivered in another state
§ 4065 Required standard policy provisions
§ 4066 Optional standard policy provisions
§ 4067 Omission of inapplicable or inconsistent standard provisions
§ 4068 Order of standard policy provisions
§ 4069 Third party ownership
§ 4070 Requirements of other jurisdictions
§ 4071 Regulations on filing policies
§ 4072 Nonconforming policies
§ 4073 Applications for insurance
§ 4074 Notice as waiver
§ 4075 Age limits
§ 4076 Policies not affected
§ 4077 Termination; comprehensive major medical policies; grace period
§ 4079 Group insurance policies; definitions
§ 4079a Association health plans
§ 4080 Required policy provisions
§ 4080d Coordination of insurance coverage with Medicaid
§ 4080e Medicare supplemental health insurance policies; community rating; disability
§ 4080g Grandfathered plans
§ 4081 Blanket health insurance
§ 4082 Blanket insurance; policy contents
§ 4083 Discrimination prohibited
§ 4084 Advertising practices
§ 4084a Short-term, limited-duration health insurance
§ 4085 Rebates and commissions prohibited for nongroup and small group policies and plans offered through the Vermont Health Benefit Exchange
§ 4085a Rebates prohibited for group insurance policies
§ 4086 Exemption from attachment and trustee process
§ 4087 Penalties for violations
§ 4088 Appeal
§ 4088 v2 Coverage for hearing aids [Effective January 1, 2024]
§ 4088a Chiropractic services
§ 4088b Clinical trials for cancer patients
§ 4088c Chemotherapy treatment
§ 4088d Coverage for covered services provided by naturopathic physicians
§ 4088e Notice of preferred drug list changes
§ 4088f Prosthetic parity
§ 4088g Coverage for covered services provided by athletic trainers
§ 4088h Health insurance and the Blueprint for Health
§ 4088i Coverage for diagnosis and treatment of early childhood developmental disorders
§ 4088j Choice of providers for vision care and medical eye care services
§ 4088k Physical therapy co-payments for certain plans
§ 4088m Coverage for gender-affirming health care services [Effective January 1, 2024]
§ 4089 Services for victims of sexual assault
§ 4089a Mental health care services review
§ 4089b Health insurance coverage, mental health, and substance use disorder
§ 4089c Diabetes treatment
§ 4089d Coverage; dependent children
§ 4089e Treatment of inherited metabolic diseases
§ 4089f Independent external review of health care service decisions
§ 4089g Craniofacial disorders
§ 4089h Cancellation or nonrenewal of health insurance coverage
§ 4089i Prescription drug coverage
§ 4089j Retail pharmacies; filling of prescriptions

Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 8 > Chapter 107 > Subchapter 1 - Generally

  • Agency: means the Agency of Commerce and Community Development. See
  • Alcohol: means the product of distillation, fermentation, or chemical synthesis, including alcoholic beverages, ethyl alcohol, and nonpotable alcohol. See
  • Alcoholic beverages: means malt beverages, vinous beverages, spirits, ready-to-drink spirits beverages, and fortified wines. See
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Beedies: means a product containing tobacco that is wrapped in temburni leaf (diospyros melanoxylon) or tendu leaf (diospyros exculpra), or any other product that is offered to, or purchased by, consumers as bidis or beedies. See
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • biennially: shall mean the year in which a regular session of the General Assembly is held. See
  • Board: means the Cannabis Control Board. See
  • Board: means the Cannabis Control Board. See
  • Board: means the Cannabis Control Board. See
  • Board: means the Board of Liquor and Lottery. See
  • Board of Liquor and Lottery: means the board of control appointed under the provisions of chapter 5 of this title. See
  • Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Liquor and Lottery. See
  • Commissioner of Liquor and Lottery: means the executive officer of the Board of Liquor and Lottery appointed under the provisions of chapter 5 of this title. 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.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Control commissioners: means the commissioners of a municipality appointed under section 166 of this title. See
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Department: means the Department of Liquor and Lottery. See
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Dispensary: means a business organization licensed pursuant to chapter 37 of this title or 18 Vt. See
  • Dispensary: means a business organization licensed under this chapter or 18 Vt. See
  • Division: means the Division of Liquor Control in the Department of Liquor and Lottery. See
  • Domestic: when applied to a corporation, company, association, or copartnership shall mean organized under the laws of this State; "foreign" when so applied, shall mean organized under the laws of another state, government, or country. See
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • 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.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • 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
  • Fortified wines: means vinous beverages, including those to which spirits have been added during manufacture, containing at least 16 percent alcohol but not more than 23 percent alcohol by volume at 60 degrees Fahrenheit and all vermouths containing not more than 23 percent alcohol by volume at 60 degrees Fahrenheit. See
  • Fourth-class license: means a license permitting a licensed manufacturer or rectifier to sell by the unopened container and distribute by sample, with or without charge, beverages manufactured by the licensee. See
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Grace period: The number of days you'll have to pay your bill for purchases in full without triggering a finance charge. Source: Federal Reserve
  • 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.
  • insured: as used in this chapter , shall not be construed as preventing a person other than the insured with proper insurable interest from making application for and owning a policy covering the insured or from being entitled under such a policy to any indemnities, benefits, and rights provided therein. 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.
  • 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
  • Legal age: means 21 years of age or older. See
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Malt beverages: means all fermented beverages of any name or description manufactured for sale from malt, wholly or in part, or from any malt substitute, known as, among other things, beer, ale, or lager, containing not less than one percent nor more than 16 percent alcohol by volume at 60 degrees Fahrenheit. See
  • Minor: means an individual who has not attained 21 years of age. See
  • Month: shall mean a calendar month and "year" shall mean a calendar year and be equivalent to the expression "year of our Lord. See
  • Municipality: shall include a city, town, town school district, incorporated school or fire district or incorporated village, and all other governmental incorporated units. See
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • 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
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Qualifying medical condition: means :

  • Registry: means the Vermont Medical Cannabis Registry. See
  • Registry: means the Vermont Medical Cannabis Registry. See
  • said: when used by way of reference to a person or thing shall apply to the same person or thing last mentioned. See
  • Spirits: means beverages that contain more than one percent alcohol obtained by distillation, by chemical synthesis, or through concentration by freezing; vinous beverages containing more than 23 percent alcohol; and malt beverages containing more than 16 percent alcohol by volume at 60 degrees Fahrenheit. 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
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Tobacco license: means a license issued by the Division of Liquor Control under this chapter permitting the licensee to engage in the retail sale of tobacco products. See
  • Tobacco paraphernalia: means any device used, intended for use, or designed for use in smoking, inhaling, ingesting, or otherwise introducing tobacco products into the human body, or for preparing tobacco for smoking, inhaling, ingesting, or otherwise introducing into the human body, including devices for holding tobacco, rolling paper, wraps, cigarette rolling machines, pipes, water pipes, carburetion devices, bongs, and hookahs. See
  • Tobacco products: means cigarettes, little cigars, roll-your-own tobacco, snuff, cigars, new smokeless tobacco, and other tobacco products as defined in 32 V. See
  • Tobacco substitute: means products, including electronic cigarettes or other electronic or battery-powered devices, that contain or are designed to deliver nicotine or other substances into the body through the inhalation of vapor and that have not been approved by the U. See
  • Town: shall include city and wards or precincts therein; "selectboard members" and "board of civil authority" shall extend to and include the mayor and aldermen of cities; "trustees" shall extend to and include bailiffs of incorporated villages; and the laws applicable to the inhabitants and officers of towns shall be applicable to the inhabitants and similar officers of all municipal corporations. See
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Village: shall mean an incorporated village. See
  • Vinous beverages: means all fermented beverages of any name or description manufactured or obtained for sale from the natural sugar content of fruits or other agricultural product, containing sugar, the total alcoholic content of which is not less than one percent nor more than 16 percent by volume at 60 degrees Fahrenheit. See
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.