18 V.S.A. § 1891: Purpose; individual rights

The State of Vermont recognizes that each individual has the right to:

(1) mental and neural data privacy;

(2) the freedom of thought;

(3) nondiscrimination in the development and application of neurotechnologies;

(4) change an individual’s decision regarding neurotechnology and the right to determine by what means to change that decision;

(5) be afforded protection from neurotechnological interventions of the mind and from unauthorized access to or manipulation of an individual’s brain activity; and

(6) be afforded protection from unauthorized neurotechnological alterations in mental functions critical to personality.