DOMAINS
Domains are areas of public interest or concern and are sometimes referred to as "areas of accountability." Several discrete activities may be carried out by two or more public agencies to address a domain. Recognizing the various activities surrounding a domain, and how they are related, is a key component of records and information management.
Note about Domains: Domains are generally added to the Archives' database when the Archives has been asked to appraise records. The list below is not a comprehensive list of domains.
DOMAINS:
| Authorized Term | Definition | Source* | Code |
| Acupuncture, Practice of | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with the practice of acupuncture. | 26 V.S.A. § 3403 | 1189 |
| Architecture, Practice of | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with the practice of architecture. | 26 V.S.A. § 164 | 1190 |
| Archival records | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with archival records. | 3 V.S.A. § 117 | 1028 |
| Athletic training | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with athletic training. | 26 V.S.A. § 4154 | 1230 |
| Attorneys at law | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with attorneys at law. | Vt. Const. ch. II, § 30 | 1246 |
| Barbering, Practice of | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with the practice of barbering. | 26 V.S.A. § 281 | 1191 |
| Body piercing, Practice of | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with the practice of body piercing. | 26 V.S.A. § 4103 | 1227 |
| Chiropractic, Practice of | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with the practice of chiropractic. | 26 V.S.A. § 527 | 1196 |
| Clinical social work, Practice of | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated the practice of clinical social work. | 26 V.S.A. § 3203 | 1226 |
| Contaminated properties | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with contaminated properties. | 10 V.S.A. § 6615a | 1019 |
| Cosmetology, Practice of | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with the practice of cosmetology. | 26 V.S.A. § 281 | 1192 |
| Crematory establishments | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with crematory establishments. | 26 V.S.A. § 1213 | 1197 |
| Dentistry, Practice of | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with the practice of dentistry. | 26 V.S.A. § 801 | 1198 |
| Dietetics, Practice of | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with the practice of dietetics. | 26 V.S.A. § 3383 | 1199 |
| Disciplinary action | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with disciplinary action taken by a public agency. | 3 V.S.A. § 129a | 1004 |
| Domestic animals | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with domestic animals. | 6 V.S.A. § 1461 | 1245 |
| Early education programs | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with early education programs. | 16 V.S.A. § 4014 | 1153 |
| Electrology, Practice of | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with the practice of electrology. | 26 V.S.A. § 4404 | 1201 |
| Electronic health information infrastructure | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with | 22 V.S.A. § 903 | 1249 |
| Engineering, Practice of | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with the practice of engineering. | 26 V.S.A. § 1172 | 1193 |
| Funeral establishments | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with funeral establishments. | 26 V.S.A. § 1213 | 1203 |
| Funeral service, Practice of | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with the practice of funeral service. | 26 V.S.A. § 1252 | 1202 |
| General control ledger | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with the general control ledger. | 32 V.S.A. § 182 | 1158 |
| Hearing aid dispensers | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with hearing aid dispensers. | 26 V.S.A. § 3288 | 1204 |
| Highways | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with public roads or highways. | 19 V.S.A. § 1 | 1239 |
| Information technology activities | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with the creation, collection, processing, storage, management, transmission, or conversion of electronic data, documents, or records; and the design, construction, purchase, installation, maintenance, or operation of systems, including both hardware and software, which perform these activities. | 3 V.S.A. § 2222 | 1247 |
| Land surveying, Practice of | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with the practice of land surveying. | 26 V.S.A. § 2544 | 1205 |
| Marriage and family therapy, Practice of | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with the practice of marriage and family therapy. | 26 V.S.A. § 4034 | 1207 |
| Midwifery | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with midwifery. | 26 V.S.A. § 4185 | 1209 |
| Mosquito and biting arthropod control | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with mosquito and biting arthropod control. | 6 V.S.A. § 1082 | 1244 |
| Motor vehicle racing | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with motor vehicle racing. | 26 V.S.A. § 4802 | 1210 |
| Municipal lands | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with municipal lands. | 32 V.S.A. § 3659 | 1255 |
| Native American arts and crafts | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with Native American arts and crafts. | 1 V.S.A. § 852 | 1242 |
| Naturopathic medicine, Practice of | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with the practice of naturopathic medicine. | 26 V.S.A. § 4125 | 1211 |
| New Hampshire-Vermont boundary | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with the New Hampshire-Vermont boundary. | 1 V.S.A. § 612 | 1241 |
| Nursing home administration, Practice of | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with the practice of nursing home administration. | 18 V.S.A. § 2053 | 1212 |
| Nursing, Practice of | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with the practice of registered and practical nursing. | 26 V.S.A. § 1576 | 1186 |
| Occupational therapy, Practice of | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with the practice of occupational therapy. | 26 V.S.A. § 3353 | 1213 |
| Optician practice | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with optician practice. | 26 V.S.A. § 2662 | 1214 |
| Optometry, Practice of | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with the practice of optometry. | 26 V.S.A. § 1708 | 1215 |
| Osteopathic medicine, Practice of | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with the practice of osteopathic medicine. | 26 V.S.A. § 1792 | 1216 |
| Personal services contracts | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated agreements or combination or series of agreements, by which an entity or individual who is not a state employee agrees with an agency to provide services. | 3 V.S.A. § 342 | 1250 |
| Pharmacy, Practice of | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with the practice of pharmacy. | 26 V.S.A. § 2032 | 1194 |
| Physical therapy, Practice of | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with the practice of physical therapy. | 26 V.S.A. § 2091 | 1217 |
| Plant pest / Biological control agent | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with plant pests or biological control agents. | 6 V.S.A. § 1035 | 1243 |
| Potable water supply and wastewater systems | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with potable water supply and wastewater systems. | 10 V.S.A. § 1973 | 1011 |
| Private investigative and security services | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with private investigative and security services. | 26 V.S.A. § 3162 | 1218 |
| Privatization contracts | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with personal services contracts by which an entity or an individual who is not a state employee agrees with an agency to provide services which are the same or substantially similar to and in lieu of services previously provided, in whole or in part, by permanent, classified state employees, and which result in the reduction in force of at least one permanent, classified employee. | 3 V.S.A. § 344 | 1251 |
| Professional boxing matches | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with professional boxing matches. | 31 V.S.A. § 1102 | 1195 |
| Professional regulation | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with professions regulated by the State of Vermont, including professional registration and certification. | 3 V.S.A. § 122 | 1181 |
| Psychoanalytic services | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with psychoanalytic services. | 26 V.S.A. § 4054 | 1219 |
| Psychology, Practice of | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with the practice of psychology. | 26 V.S.A. § 3009a | 1220 |
| Psychotherapy, Practice of | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with the practice of psychotherapy. | 26 V.S.A. § 3009a | 1208 |
| Public accountancy, Practice of | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with the practice of public accountancy. | 26 V.S.A. § 54 | 1187 |
| Public records | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with public records. | 1 V.S.A. § 317 | 1027 |
| Public water systems | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with any system, or combination of systems owned or controlled by a person, which provides drinking water through pipes or other constructed conveyances to the public; any part of a piped system which does not provide drinking water, if use of such a part could affect the quality or quantity of the drinking water supplied by the system; or a system which bottles drinking water for public distribution and sale. | 10 V.S.A. § 1672 | 1025 |
| Radiologic technology, Practice of | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with the practice of radiologic technology. | 26 V.S.A. § 2812 | 1221 |
| Real estate appraising, Practice of | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with the practice of real estate appraising. | 26 V.S.A. § 3315 | 1222 |
| Real estate brokers | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with real estate brokers. | 26 V.S.A. § 2252 | 1223 |
| Real estate salespersons | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with real estate salespersons. | 26 V.S.A. § 2252 | 1224 |
| Real property | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with real property. | 3 V.S.A. § 2825 | 1235 |
| Respiratory care, Practice of | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with the practice of respiratory care. | 26 V.S.A. § 4704 | 1225 |
| State land use and development plans | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with State land use and development plans. | 10 V.S.A. § 6001 | 1185 |
| State lands | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with all state-owned lands inside or outside the state, including the state-owned lands under the water of Lake Champlain or any other waters. | 29 V.S.A. § 503 | 1254 |
| Tattooing, Practice of | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with the practice of tattooing. | 26 V.S.A. § 4103 | 1228 |
| Town highways | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with town highways. | 19 V.S.A. § 306 | 1234 |
| Transportation network | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with Vermont's transportation network.. | 19 V.S.A. § 10g | 1240 |
| Underground storage tanks | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with underground storage tanks. | 10 V.S.A. § 1927 | 1021 |
| Veterinary medicine, Practice of | This domain is reserved for activities and tasks associated with the practice of veterinary medicine. | 26 V.S.A. § 2413 | 1229 |
*SOURCE: The source is the statutory reference for the domain term. The statute listed is not necessarily the only source for the term and the applicable "definition" statute, rather than the source, may be where the exact term is found. In some cases, the term may have multiple statutory references. The VCLAS definition, rather than the statute, defines the scope and applicability of the domain term.
NOTE: This section was previously titled "Sub-functions."
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