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§ 8712

Vermont Title 18 — Vermont law

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(b) If upon completion of the hearing and consideration of the record, the court finds that the person with an intellectual disability is competent to give informed consent and no such consent has been given, no sterilization may be ordered. (c) If upon completion of the hearing and consideration of the record, the court finds that the person is incompetent to consent and that the sterilization is in the best interests of the person, it shall order that an involuntary sterilization may be performed. (Added 1981, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2013, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 111.)

Source: https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/18/204/08712· Version 2026