Vermont Public Assemblies — 20 V.S.A. ch. 201, §§ 4501–4511 (permit criteria at § 4507)[1]
Summary
Vermont's Public Assemblies chapter is a still-operative 1973 permit regime administered by the Department of Public Safety rather than a health agency. A "commercial public assembly" means a gathering of two thousand or more individuals in a public place which the general public is permitted or invited to attend, conducted or promoted for profit, where persons are admitted on payment of cash, entry fees, advance subscriptions, donations or anything of value; a "public place" is an open area where patrons cannot be accommodated inside a permanent building, other than a sporting stadium or a fairground with permanent seats. A permit is required, filed not less than thirty days before the assembly. Section 4507(a) directs that where there is a reasonable likelihood of substantial harm to public health or safety the permit officer shall grant the permit upon conditions reasonably necessary to avoid that harm, and § 4507(b) criteria include whether "public sanitation, food, water, and emergency medical facilities are adequate." There are no staffing ratios.
So what
Vermont's permit officer is a state police officer, and the statutory checklist expressly asks whether emergency medical facilities are adequate — so the medical plan attached to the Commercial Assembly Permit application effectively becomes the enforceable standard, and the officer can condition the permit or seek a superior court injunction against the event. File at least 30 days out, and note the default-grant rule: if the permit officer fails to act within ten days of the assembly the permit is deemed granted as requested. The regulatory posture of a Vermont festival flips on ticketing — a free, unticketed gathering of any size falls entirely outside the statute.