Vermont Statutes Title 18. Health, § 9440a. Applications, information, and testimony; oath required

(a) Each application filed under this subchapter, any written information required or permitted to be submitted in connection with an application or with the monitoring of an order, decision, or certificate issued by the Board, and any testimony taken before the Board or a hearing officer appointed by the Board shall be submitted or taken under oath. The form and manner of the submission shall be prescribed by the Board. The authority granted to the Board under this section is in addition to any other authority granted to the Board under law.

(b) Each application shall be filed by the applicant's chief executive officer under oath, as provided by subsection (a) of this section. The Board may direct that information submitted with the application be submitted under oath by persons with personal knowledge of such information.

(c) A person who knowingly makes a false statement under oath or who knowingly submits false information under oath to the Board or a hearing officer appointed by the Board or who knowingly testifies falsely in any proceeding before the Board or a hearing officer appointed by the Board shall be guilty of perjury and punished as provided in 13 V.S.A. § 2901.