# 18 V.S.A. § 1004: Report by physician; quarantine

> Vermont · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_VT_T18_C21_S1004

## Section

- **Citation:** 18 V.S.A. § 1004
- **Heading:** Report by physician; quarantine
- **Jurisdiction:** Vermont
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** VT Code / Title 18 / Chapter 21 / Section 1004

## Text

A physician who knows or suspects that a person whom he or she has been called to attend is sick or has died of a communicable disease dangerous to the public health shall immediately quarantine and report to the health officer the place where such case exists, but if the attending physician, at the time of his or her first visit, is unable to make a specific diagnosis, he or she may quarantine the premises temporarily and until a specific diagnosis is made, and post thereon a card upon which the word “quarantine” should be plainly written or printed. Such quarantine shall continue in force until the health officer examines and quarantines as is provided in this title.

## Nearby sections

- [18 V.S.A. § 1001 § 1001. Reports to Commissioner of Health](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_VT_T18_C21_S1001.md)
- [18 V.S.A. § 1004 § 1004. Report by physician; quarantine](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_VT_T18_C21_S1004.md)
- [18 V.S.A. § 1004a § 1004a. Quarantine](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_VT_T18_C21_S1004a.md)
- [18 V.S.A. § 1007 § 1007. Quarantined patient leaving hospital; report](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_VT_T18_C21_S1007.md)
- [18 V.S.A. § 1008 § 1008. Vaccines, antibiotics, antiserums, and other agents; purchase and distribution; penalties](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_VT_T18_C21_S1008.md)
- [18 V.S.A. § 1010 § 1010. Ophthalmia neonatorum](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_VT_T18_C21_S1010.md)
- [18 V.S.A. § 1041 § 1041. Reports by physicians and certain others](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_VT_T18_C21_S1041.md)
- [18 V.S.A. § 1042 § 1042. Record of cases; instructions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_VT_T18_C21_S1042.md)
- [18 V.S.A. § 1043 § 1043. Investigation; educational campaign; report](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_VT_T18_C21_S1043.md)
- [18 V.S.A. § 1047 § 1047. Indigent persons with respiratory diseases](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_VT_T18_C21_S1047.md)
- [18 V.S.A. § 1048 § 1048. Examination; report; treatment](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_VT_T18_C21_S1048.md)
- [18 V.S.A. § 1051 § 1051. Tuberculosis treatment facilities](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_VT_T18_C21_S1051.md)
- [18 V.S.A. § 1053 § 1053. Treatment and care of patients](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_VT_T18_C21_S1053.md)
- [18 V.S.A. § 1054 § 1054. Tuberculosis clinic and treatment program](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_VT_T18_C21_S1054.md)

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