The Department of Health, in consultation with community stakeholders, shall develop operating guidelines for needle exchange programs. If a program complies with such operating guidelines and with existing laws and rules, it shall be approved by the Commissioner of Health. A needle exchange program may apply to be an overdose prevention center pursuant to section 4256 of this title.
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 18, § 4478
Needle exchange programs
Added 1999, No. 28, § 4; amended 2023, No. 6, § 151, eff
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