{"data":{"id":"us-vt/18-v.s.a.-9492","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"18 V.S.A. § 9492","heading":"Non-emergency walk-in centers; nondiscrimination","body":"(a) A non-emergency walk-in center shall accept patients of all ages for diagnosis and treatment of illness, injury, and disease during all hours that the center is open to see patients. A non-emergency walk-in center shall not discriminate against any patient or prospective patient on the basis of insurance status or type of health coverage.\n(b) As used in this section, “non-emergency walk-in center” means an outpatient or ambulatory diagnostic or treatment center at which a patient without making an appointment may receive medical care that is not of an emergency, life threatening nature. The term includes facilities that are self-described as urgent care centers, retail health clinics, and convenient care clinics.","path":["Title 18: Health","Chapter 222: Access to Health Care Professionals"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/18/222/09492","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:03Z","sha256":"23de8d879a57749ea8b47c205fc0043ceb4ff91c52ad1fa05df7b757a156ffd6","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/18-v.s.a.-9491","next":"us-vt/18-v.s.a.-9493"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}