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Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. The following words as used in this chapter,...
Section 2 - Duties of Commissioner of Public Health - Section 2. The commissioner shall administer the laws relative to...
Section 2a - Co-Operation With Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission - Section 2A. The commissioner and any executive officer or employee...
Section 2b - Air Pollution Emergencies - Section 2B. If the commissioner of environmental protection, in this...
Section 2c - Pollution Violations; Orders of Department of Environmental Protection - Section 2C. The commissioner of environmental protection or his designee...
Section 2d - Massachusetts State Health HIV and Hepatitis Fund; Definitions - Section 2D. As used in sections 2D to 2F, inclusive,...
Section 2e - Massachusetts State Public Health and Hepatitis Fund; Expenditures - Section 2E. The commissioner may expend amounts contained in the...
Section 2f - Massachusetts AIDS Advisory Board; Membership - Section 2F. There shall be an AIDS advisory board constituted...
Section 2g - Prevention and Wellness Trust Fund - Section 2G. (a) There shall be established and set upon...
Section 2h - Prevention and Wellness Advisory Board - Section 2H. There shall be a Prevention and Wellness Advisory...
Section 2i - Substance Abuse Services Fund - Section 2I. (a) There shall be established and set up...
Section 2j - Public Health Grant Trust Fund - Section 2J. There shall be a Public Health Grant Trust...
Section 3 - Public Health Council; Hearings, Intervention - Section 3. The council shall make and promulgate rules and...
Section 3a - Board of Trustees of Massachusetts Hospital School; Appointment - Section 3A. There shall be a board of trustees, to...
Section 4 - Health Districts; District Health Officers; Enforcement of Laws in Districts - Section 4. The commissioner, with the approval of the council,...
Section 4e - Program to Combat Intellectual Disabilities in Children - Section 4E. The department of public health is hereby authorized...
Section 4f - Advisory Council on Radiation Protection - Section 4F. There shall be an advisory council on radiation...
Section 4g - Epileptics; Program for Care, Treatment and Rehabilitation - Section 4G. The department shall establish, in one or more...
Section 4h - Chronic Renal Diseases; Care and Treatment; Agreements - Section 4H. The department is hereby authorized, subject to appropriation,...
Section 4i - Erythroblastosis Fetalis; Prevention; Rules and Regulations - Section 4I. The department is hereby authorized to establish, promote,...
Section 4j - Multi–disciplinary Medical Review Team; Certification of Nursing Home Care Eligibility - Section 4J. No individual from birth to age twenty-two shall...
Section 4k - Diethylstilbestrol; Public Information Program; Regional Screening; Annual Report - Section 4K. The commissioner shall establish, promote, and maintain a...
Section 4l - Advisory Board for Diethylstilbestrol Program - Section 4L. An advisory board is hereby established under the...
Section 4m - Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C; Needs Assessment; Prevention, Education, Outreach and Surveillance Programs; Annual Report - Section 4M. Subject to appropriation, the department shall: (1) conduct...
Section 4m1/2 - Hepatitis C Screening Test or Hepatitis C Diagnostic Test for Persons Born Between 1945 and 1965 - Section 4M1/2. (a) As used in this section, the following...
Section 4n - Prescription Drugs Outreach and Education Program for Physicians, Pharmacists and Other Health Care Professionals - Section 4N. (a) The department shall, in cooperation with Commonwealth...
Section 4o - Appointment of Dental Director; Office of Oral Health; Responsibilities - Section 4O. (a) Subject to appropriation, the commissioner shall appoint...
Section 5 - Powers and Duties of Department - Section 5. The department shall take cognizance of the interests...
Section 5a - Preparation and Distribution of Antitoxins, Serums, Vaccines and Products Applicable to Prevention and Cure of Diseases - Section 5A. Whenever the commissioner determines that the inoculation of...
Section 5a1/2 - Emergency Stockpile Trust Fund - Section 5A1/2. (a) There is hereby established and set up...
Section 5d - Plastic Bags and Film; Rules and Regulations - Section 5D. The department shall make such rules and regulations...
Section 5e - Application of Chemicals to Control Aquatic Nuisances; Licenses; Rules and Regulations; Violations; Penalties; Applicability of Section - Section 5E. No person shall for the purpose of controlling...
Section 5f - Aquatic Nuisances; Control; Cost Sharing Programs - Section 5F. The department shall undertake the control of algae,...
Section 5g - Water Supply; Treatment Facilities - Section 5G. The department may require by order a city,...
Section 5i - Laser Equipment; Rules and Regulations; Penalties for Violation - Section 5I. The department may from time to time, after...
Section 5j - Radiation Treatment; Clinical Precautions - Section 5J. Any person who administers radiation treatment of any...
Section 5k - Nuclear Reactors; Monitoring and Surveillance; Charges and Assessments - Section 5K. (A) The department, subject to appropriation, shall adopt...
Section 5l - Radiologic Technologists; Advisory Commission; Licenses - Section 5L. There shall be an advisory commission for radiologic...
Section 5m - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 5m to 5p - Section 5M. As used in sections five M to five...
Section 5n - State Radiation Control Agency; Radioactive Hazards of Sources Emitting Ionizing and Nonionizing Radiation - Section 5N. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the...
Section 5o - Notices of Violation and Orders; Hearing; Civil Penalties - Section 5O. The department may issue notices of violation and...
Section 5p - Use, Manufacture, Production, Transfer, Receipt, Acquisition, Ownership or Possession of Radiation Sources; License or Registration Requirement; Penalties - Section 5P. It shall be unlawful for any person to...
Section 5q - Mammography Facilities; Rules and Regulations; Licensing; Inspections - Section 5Q. (a) The department shall promulgate rules and regulations...
Section 5r - Definitions; Distribution and Sale of Household Cleansing Products Containing Phosphorus; Limitations; Violations - Section 5R. For the purpose of this section the following...
Section 5s - Public Bathing Waters; Minimum Sanitation Standards; Testing, Monitoring and Analysis; Regulations - Section 5S. (a) As used in this section, the following...
Section 6 - Power to Define Diseases Deemed Dangerous to Public Health; Control and Prevention - Section 6. The department shall have the power to define,...
Section 6a - Hemophilia; Program for Care and Treatment; Definition - Section 6A. The department shall establish a program for the...
Section 6b - Hemophilia Advisory Committee - Section 6B. The commissioner shall appoint a Hemophilia Advisory Committee,...
Section 6c - Hemophilia Program; Powers and Duties of Department - Section 6C. The department shall:— (a) With the advice of...
Section 6d - Advisory Committee for Genetically Handicapped Persons; Investigation and Study; Rules and Regulations - Section 6D. There is hereby established within the department an...
Section 6e - Collection and Report of Data on Law Enforcement-Related Injuries and Deaths - [Text of section added by 2020, 253, Sec. 86 effective...
Section 7 - Investigation of Contagious or Infectious Diseases; Notice - Section 7. If smallpox or any other contagious or infectious...
Section 8 - Use of Common Drinking Cup or Towel; Rules and Regulations - Section 8. In order to prevent the spread of communicable...
Section 8a - Poisonous or Corrosive Substances; Disposal or Closures of Containers - Section 8A. The department shall make such rules and regulations...
Section 8c - Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies by Local Boards; Advice of Commissioner; Election; Discontinuance - Section 8C. The department in taking cognizance of the dental...
Section 9 - Inspectors, Analysts and Chemists; Appointment; Removal; Power and Authority; Interference With - Section 9. In the performance of the duties relative to...
Section 14a - Rheumatic Fever; Treatment of Patients - Section 14A. The department shall purchase and distribute to the...
Section 15 - Services for Division of Animal Health - Section 15. The department may perform for the division of...
Section 16 - Unsanitary Condition of Barns, Stables or Enclosures in Which Cattle Are Kept; Report - Section 16. The department shall report to the director of...
Section 17 - Disposal of Sewage; Consultation, Advice or Experiments; Hearing; Improvements; Definition - Section 17. The department of environmental protection, in this section...
Section 18 - Powers and Duties of District Health Officer - Section 18. Every district health officer shall inform himself respecting...
Section 19 - Annual Report of District Health Officer - Section 19. Every such officer shall keep a record of...
Section 20 - Inspection of Correctional Institutions and Lockups; Findings and Recommendations; Report - Section 20. The department shall, semiannually, inspect each correctional institution,...
Section 21 - Rules for Living Conditions of Detainees; Enforcement - Section 21. The department shall make rules and regulations for...
Section 22 - Approval of Plans for Police Station Houses, Houses of Detention or Lockups; Enforcement - Section 22. No station house, house of detention or lockup...
Section 23 - Annual Report of Commissioner of Environmental Protection; Recommendations - Section 23. The commissioner of environmental protection shall make an...
Section 24 - Publication of Parts of Annual Report; Manual of Laws - Section 24. The department may publish for general distribution such...
Section 24a - Reduction of Morbidity and Mortality; Establishment of Program; Information and Reports - Section 24A. The commissioner may authorize or cause to be...
Section 24b - Birth Information; Statistical Purposes - Section 24B. Upon the birth of any child, the physician,...
Section 24e - Comprehensive Family Planning Services; Program Establishment - Section 24E. For the purposes of this section, the term...
Section 24h - Managed Care Program Within Community Health Centers - Section 24H. The department shall, subject to appropriation, establish a...
Section 24i - Universal Immunization Program - Section 24I. There is hereby established a universal immunization program....
Section 24j - Medical Respite Services Program - Section 24J. There is hereby established a program of medical...
Section 24k - Pediatric Palliative Care Program; Eligibility; Services - Section 24K. There is hereby established the pediatric palliative care...
Section 24l - Shaken Baby Syndrome Prevention Initiative - Section 24L. (a) The department of public health shall collaborate...
Section 24m - Computerized Immunization Registry - Section 24M. The department shall establish, maintain and operate a...
Section 24n - Childhood Vaccine Program;vaccine Purchase Trust Fund; Vaccine Program Advisory Council; Surcharge - Section 24N. (a) As used in this section the following...
Section 25 - Publication of Certificate of Examination or Results of Analyses - Section 25. The department shall publish in each issue of...
Section 25a - Inventory of Health Care Resources and Related Information; Status as Public Record; Reporting Regulations; Publication; Inter-Agency Cooperation; Contracts Authorized - Section 25A. The department, in order to identify the location,...
Section 25b - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 25b to 25g - Section 25B. In this section and sections twenty-five C to...
Section 25b1/2 - Expenditure Minimums; Annual Adjustments - Section 25B1/2. Expenditure minimums established pursuant to section twenty-five B...
Section 25c - Determination of Need for Construction of Health Care Facility or Change in Service of Facility - Section 25C. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to...
Section 25c1/2 - Exemption From Determination of Need of Projects Related to Inpatient Services - Section 25C1/2. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section twenty-five C,...
Section 25d - Financing for Construction of Health Care Facility or Change in Services of Facility; Notice of Intent; Necessity of Application for Determination of Need; Acceptance of Gifts; Governmental Bodies as Applicant; Report - Section 25D. Every person, at least thirty days prior to...
Section 25e - Administrative Appeal to Health Facilities Appeals Board; Hearing; Decision; Judicial Review - Section 25E. Any person or agency filing an application for...
Section 25f - Rules and Regulations; Effective Date - Section 25F. The department and the health facilities appeals board...
Section 25g - Enforcement of Secs. 25c to 25g - Section 25G. The superior and supreme judicial courts shall have...
Section 25h - Severability of Secs. 25c to 25g; Voidability of Provisions in Violation of Federal Law - Section 25H. The provisions of sections twenty-five B to twenty-five...
Section 25i - Guidelines for the Reduction of Medication Waste in Licensed Facilities - Section 25I. The department, in conjunction with the board of...
Section 25j - Competent Interpreter Services in Acute-Care Hospitals - Section 25J. (a) For purposes of this section, the following...
Section 25j1/2 - Intervention Prior to Discharge From Acute-Care Hospital or Satellite Emergency Facility to Reduce Risk of Subsequent Harm and Fatality Following Opioid-Related Overdose - Section 25J1/2. An acute-care hospital, as defined in section 25B,...
Section 25k - Educational Insert Accompanying Sale of Hypodermic Syringes and Needles - Section 25K. The department shall develop an educational insert to...
Section 25l - Health Care Workforce Center - Section 25L. (a) There shall be in the department a...
Section 25m - Healthcare Workforce Advisory Council - Section 25M. (a) There shall be a healthcare workforce advisory...
Section 25n - Health Care Workforce Loan Repayment Program - Section 25N. (a) There shall be a health care workforce...
Section 25n1/2 - Primary Care Residency Grant Program - Section 25N1/2. (a) As used in this section, ''primary care...
Section 25n3/4 - Primary Care Workforce Development and Loan Forgiveness Grant Program - Section 25N3/4. There shall be established a primary care workforce...
Section 25o - Programs to Protect Safety of Victims of Violence; Guidelines; Dissemination to and Training of Health Care Providers - Section 25O. (a) The department of public health, in consultation...
Section 26 - Boards of Health in Cities; Membership; Appointment; Removal; Compensation - Section 26. In each city, except as hereinafter provided, the...
Section 26a - Health Departments in Cities; Commissioners - Section 26A. A city, by accepting the provisions of this...
Section 26b - Commissioner of Health in Cities; Appointment; Removal; Qualifications - Section 26B. In a city the mayor, with the approval...
Section 26c - Advisory Council of Health in Cities; Members; Qualifications; Appointment; Terms; Removal; Compensation; Meetings; Function - Section 26C. The advisory council of health shall consist of...
Section 26d - Abolition of Boards of Health in Cities and Towns Upon Qualification of Commissioner - Section 26D. Upon the qualification of the commissioner of health...
Section 26e - Rules and Regulations for Departments of Health; Assistants and Clerks - Section 26E. Every such commissioner of health shall make rules...
Section 26f - List of Hazardous Chemicals in Water Supply; Effects - Section 26F. In any city or town which accepts the...
Section 26g - Septic System Installers; Inspections - Section 26G. In any city, town or district which accepts...
Section 27 - Organization of Boards; Appointment of Physician and Clerk; Compensation - Section 27. Every such board shall organize annually by the...
Section 27a - Appointment of Health Officer by Two or More Towns; Duties; Compensation; Joint Committee - Section 27A. Two or more municipalities may, by vote of...
Section 27b - Regional Health Districts; Regional Board of Health; Powers and Duties; Administration; Organization; Management; Accounts; Rules and Regulations - Section 27B. Two or more municipalities may, by vote of...
Section 27c - Reimbursement of Regional Health Districts; Qualification; Formula for Allocation of State Funds for Operating Expenses - Section 27C. (1) Each regional health district established under section...
Section 27d - Public Health Excellence Program; Definitions; Purpose; Grant Program; Duties - Section 27D. (a) For the purposes of this section, the...
Section 28 - Annual Reports of Boards of Health - Section 28. In each city such board shall annually in...
Section 29 - Weekly Reports of Deaths From Diseases Dangerous to Public Health - Section 29. Boards of health shall send to the department...
Section 30 - Agents; Appointment; Inspections - Section 30. Boards of health may appoint agents or directors...
Section 31 - Health Regulations; Summary Publication; Hearings; Impact on Farming or Agriculture; Filing Sanitary Codes and Related Rules, Etc. - Section 31. Boards of health may make reasonable health regulations....
Section 31a - Permit for Removal or Transportation of Garbage; Application; Exemptions - Section 31A. No person shall remove or transport garbage, offal...
Section 31b - Rules and Regulations for Removal of Garbage; Penalty - Section 31B. Boards of health shall, from time to time,...
Section 31c - Atmospheric Pollution; Regulation and Control; Publication; Hearings; Penalties; Enforcement; Jurisdiction; Injunction - Section 31C. A board of health, or other legal authority...
Section 31d - Privy, Cesspool and Septic Tanks; Disposal of Contents; Investigation of Facilities - Section 31D. Cities, towns and sewerage districts may, subject to...
Section 31e - Individual Sewage Disposal Systems; Action on Applications - Section 31E. Any health officer or board of health for...
Section 32 - Retention of Cases by Board of Health - Section 32. A board of health shall retain charge of...
Section 33 - Construction and Maintenance of Sanitary Stations - Section 33. In every city, and in every town having...
Section 50 - Establishment and Maintenance of Dental, Medical and Health Clinics; Appropriations - Section 50. Towns may establish and maintain dental, medical and...
Section 51 - Hospitals, Institutions for Care of Unwed Mothers, or Clinics; Licensing - Section 51. The department shall issue for a term of...
Section 511/2 - Substance Use Disorder Evaluation and Treatment for Acute-Care Hospital or Satellite Emergency Facility Patient Experiencing Opioid-Related Overdose - Section 511/2. (a) For the purposes of this section, the...
Section 51a - Out-of-Hospital Dialysis Units; Licensing - Section 51A. The department shall establish rules and regulations for...
Section 51b - Pregnancy Clinics - Section 51B. Local boards of health, hospitals, dispensaries or other...
Section 51c - Applications for Staff Membership or Clinical Privileges; Discrimination - Section 51C. Each hospital, or other institution, licensed under section...
Section 51d - Discrimination by Acute Hospitals Against Medicare Beneficiaries; Discharge Planning - Section 51D. No acute hospital shall impose any discriminatory restrictions...
Section 51e - Applications by Clinical Specialists in Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing for Staff Membership or Clinical Privileges; Discrimination - Section 51E. When considering and acting on applications of certified...
Section 51f - Applications by Licensed Independent Clinical Social Workers for Staff Membership or Clinical Privileges; Discrimination - Section 51F. No hospital, or other institution, licensed under section...
Section 51g - Acute-Care Hospitals; Original Licensure Process; Determination of Suitability and Responsibility; Factors - Section 51G. (1) No original license shall be granted to...
Section 51h - Reporting About Healthcare-Associated Infections and Serious Reportable Events, and Serious Adverse Drug Events; Charges or Reimbursement for Resulting Services Prohibited - Section 51H. (a) As used in this section the following...
Section 51i - Checklists of Care - Section 51I. (a) As used in this section the following...
Section 51j - Limited Services Clinics - Section 51J. The department shall promulgate regulations regarding limited services...
Section 51k - Home Health Agency Licensure - Section 51K. (a) For the purposes of this section, the...
Section 52 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 51 to 56 - Section 52. In sections fifty-one to fifty-six, inclusive, the following...
Section 53 - Classification of Hospitals; Rules and Regulations; Dialysis Units; Inspections - [See Order of the Commissioner of Public Health, dated April...
Section 53a - Hospitals and In-Patient Clinics to Offer and Perform ''pap Tests'' - Section 53A. Every hospital and in-patient clinic licensed by the...
Section 53b - Physician Staff Privileges; Report of Denial, Restriction, Revocation or Failure to Renew; Liability of Informant; Annual Disciplinary Summary; Penalty - Section 53B. Any person licensed under section fifty-one shall report...
Section 53c - Non-Reusable Syringes; Regulation Advisory Committee - Section 53C. Every hospital, clinic or home health care provider...
Section 53d - Devises Minimizing Risk of Injury to Health Care Workers From Hypodermic Syringes or Needles; Regulations - Section 53D. (a) Any acute or non-acute hospital licensed under...
Section 53e - Patient and Family Advisory Councils; Establishment - Section 53E. The department shall promulgate regulations for the establishment...
Section 53f - Requests for Additional Assistance for Deteriorating Patients - Section 53F. The department shall require acute care hospitals to...
Section 53g - Entity Certified as Ambulatory Surgical Center for Participation in Medicaid Program Deemed a Clinic for Purposes of Licensure Under Sec. 51. - Section 53G. Any entity that is certified or seeking certification...
Section 53h - Contracts With Physicians Affecting Ability to Testify in Administrative or Judicial Hearings - Section 53H. No hospital shall enter into a contract or...
Section 54 - Audit of Medical Records - Section 54. The department shall, when deemed necessary, but not...
Section 55 - Advisory Council on the Licensing of Hospitals, Hospital Surveys and Construction Planning - Section 55. There shall be an advisory council on the...
Section 56 - Penalties; Enforcement - Section 56. Whoever advertises, announces, establishes or maintains, or is...
Section 57 - Establishment and Maintenance of Tuberculosis Dispensaries; Rules and Regulations; Inspection - Section 57. Every city having a population of fifty thousand...
Section 57a - Establishment and Maintenance of Cancer Clinics - Section 57A. The department, with or without the cooperation of...
Section 57b - Establishment and Maintenance of Muscular Dystrophy Clinics - Section 57B. The department, with or without the co-operation of...
Section 57c - Establishment and Maintenance of Clinics for the Aging - Section 57C. The department, with the co-operation of local boards...
Section 57d - Hospice Programs; Licensure; Limitations - Section 57D. The department shall, after a public hearing, promulgate...
Section 62a - Establishment of Children's Health Camps in Cities and Towns - Section 62A. In each city and town which accepts this...
Section 62b - Commission on Children's Health Camps; Membership; Appointment - Section 62B. In each such city and town there shall...
Section 62c - Powers and Duties of Commission - Section 62C. Said commission shall establish, maintain and have control...
Section 62d - Investment by City or Town Treasurer of Money and Securities Received From Commission; Bond - Section 62D. The city or town treasurer shall invest, reinvest...
Section 62e - Records; Annual Reports of Receipts and Disbursements - Section 62E. The commission shall keep a record of its...
Section 62f - Formation of Union Children's Health Camp District by Two or More Cities or Towns; Management; Commission; Membership - Section 62F. Any two or more such cities or towns...
Section 62g - Location and Construction Plans for Health Camp; Approval; Inspection - Section 62G. No children's health camp shall be established under...
Section 62h - Contracts for Care and Treatment of Children as Compliance With Secs. 62a to 62g - Section 62H. A contract for the care and treatment of...
Section 62i - Hospital School and Hospital for State Minor Wards; General Supervision - Section 62I. The department shall have general supervision of the...
Section 62j - Purpose of School; Children From Other States; Inpatient or Outpatient Services - Section 62J. The Massachusetts hospital school shall be maintained primarily...
Section 62k - Trustees; Corporation; Additional Powers and Duties; Grants; Devises; Gifts; Trusts - Section 62K. The trustees shall be a corporation for the...
Section 62l - Administration of School; Appointment of Personnel; Expenses - Section 62L. The trustees may appoint all persons necessary for...
Section 62m - Admissions; Applications; Discharges; Tuition - Section 62M. The trustees may, upon application of any child...
Section 62n - Inspection of Schools; Report; Audit - Section 62N. There shall be a thorough inspection of the...
Section 62o - Accounts and Books of Treasurer; Inspection by Trustees - Section 62O. The accounts and books of the treasurer shall...
Section 62p - Construction and Maintenance of Hospital for State Minor Wards - Section 62P. The trustees of the Massachusetts hospital school, subject...
Section 62q - Powers and Duties of Trustees; Management; Admissions; Approval - Section 62Q. The said trustees shall have the same powers...
Section 62r - Use of Land, Buildings and Farm Products by Hospital School and Hospital for State Minor Wards - Section 62R. Any land acquired or buildings erected for the...
Section 62s - Assignment of State Minor Wards to Hospital; Approval - Section 62S. No state minor wards shall be assigned to...
Section 63 - Supervision and Control by Commissioner - Section 63. The commissioner shall have general supervision and control...
Section 63a - Admissions to Hospital - Section 63A. Subject to such rules and regulations as the...
Section 63b - Medicare Program Billings; Commissioner's Report - Section 63B. The department of public health shall bill the...
Section 64 - Annual Inventory; Report; Audit - Section 64. The commissioner shall annually cause to be made...
Section 64a - Cushing Hospital; General Supervision by Department - Section 64A. The department, subject to the provisions of sections...
Section 64b - Chronic Care Hospital; Services Provided; Research on Aging - Section 64B. The Cushing Hospital shall be maintained in the...
Section 64c - Board of Trustees - Section 64C. There shall be a board of trustees of...
Section 64d - Corporation; Investments - Section 64D. The trustees shall be a corporation for the...
Section 64e - Administration of Hospital; General Trust Fund - Section 64E. The trustees may appoint all persons necessary for...
Section 64f - Projected Revenue and Disbursement Schedule of General Trust Fund - Section 64F. The trustees shall annually prepare a projected revenue...
Section 64g - Establishment of Other Trust Funds; Assent to Federal Laws; Contracts and Agreements - Section 64G. The trustees may from time to time establish...
Section 64h - Rules and Regulations - Section 64H. The trustees of the hospital may adopt, amend...
Section 64i - Staff Members Employees of Commonwealth - Section 64I. All members of the professional and non-professional staff...
Section 64j - Delegation of Authority by Trustees - Section 64J. The Trustees may, except as to the duties...
Section 64k - Deposit of Patient or Resident Funds; Disposition of Unclaimed Deposits or Personal Property; Registration and Regulation of Fiduciaries - Section 64K. (a) The superintendent of the hospital may deposit...
Section 64l - Superintendent; Subordinate Officers and Employees - Section 64L. The board of trustees of the hospital, with...
Section 64m - Care Center - Section 64M. There shall be a center on the care...
Section 65a - Admission to Lakeville Hospital - Section 65A. The department may admit to the Lakeville hospital...
Section 65c - Patients' Funds; Deposit - Section 65C. The superintendent of any institution under the supervision...
Section 65d - Patients' Funds; Disposition of Unclaimed Deposits - Section 65D. So much of any funds known as ''Patients'...
Section 67 - Gifts or Bequests - Section 67. The department may take and hold in trust...
Section 67a - Notice of Birth of Infant Weighing 2500 Grams or Less or With High Risk Problem; Annual Reporting on Status of Premature and High Risk Infants - Section 67A. (a) Within 10 days after the birth of...
Section 67c - Programs and Payment of Expenses for Care of Premature and Other High Risk Infants; Procedures for Hospital Discharge and Follow Up Care; Reporting on Causes and Incidence of Re-Hospitalizations - Section 67C. (a) The department of public health shall provide...
Section 67e - Children Born With Congenital Anomaly, Birth Defect, Birth Injury or an Intellectual Disability; Reports - Section 67E. (a) Within 30 days after the diagnosis in...
Section 67f - Newborn Hearing Screening Tests - Section 67F. For the purposes of this section, the words...
Section 67g - Audiometric Testing of Children; Costs - Section 67G. Every person in control of a child who...
Section 67h - Literature on Hearing Impairments - Section 67H. The literature required by section sixty-seven F shall...
Section 69e - Inpatient and Outpatient Services; Diagnostic Evaluation and Treatment Center; Admissions Policy - Section 69E. The commissioner shall have general supervision and control...
Section 69f - Notice of Admission of Needy Person - Section 69F. Notice of admission of a needy person shall...
Section 69g - Effect of Notice of Admission of Needy Person - Section 69G. In the case of a needy person not...
Section 69h - Charges for Support; Rate - Section 69H. The charges for the support of persons receiving...
Section 69i - Liability for Charges for Support; Assessment; Proceedings; Written Statements - Section 69I. A person, his executor, or administrator, shall be...
Section 69j - Operation of Concessions - Section 69J. The department is authorized to make contracts with...
Section 69k - Patients Eligible for Federal Veterans' Benefits - Section 69K. The commissioner shall identify patients at institutions subject...
Section 69l - Vehicles; Moving and Parking Rules; Violations - Section 69L. The commissioner shall establish rules for the control,...
Section 70 - Records of Hospitals or Clinics; Custody; Inspection; Copies; Fees - Section 70. Hospitals or clinics subject to licensure by the...
Section 70a - Hospital Lien; Creation; Priority; Application - Section 70A. Any person and any city or town maintaining...
Section 70b - Notice of Lien - Section 70B. Such lien shall take effect if, prior to...
Section 70c - Settlement Disregarding Hospital Lien; Effect; Limitation of Action - Section 70C. Any person who pays over any money upon...
Section 70d - Itemized Statement of Charges; Effect of Failure to Furnish - Section 70D. Upon receipt of a written request mailed by...
Section 70e - Patients' and Residents' Rights - [See Order of the Commissioner of Public Health, dated March...
Section 70f - HIV Test; Informed Consent; Disclosure of Results or Identity of Subject of Test - Section 70F. A facility, as defined in section 70E, physician...
Section 70g - Genetic Information and Reports Protected as Private Information; Prior Written Consent for Genetic Testing - Section 70G. (a) For purposes of this section, the following...
Section 70h - Down Syndrome; Information Provided to Parents Upon Positive Prenatal Test Result or Postnatal Diagnosis - [Text of section added by 2012, 126. See also, Section...
Section 71 - Licensing of Convalescent and Nursing Homes, Infirmaries, Etc. - [ Section impacted by 2020, 93, Secs. 1, 3 and...
Section 71a1/2 - Deposit of Inpatient or Resident Funds - Section 71A1/2. The administrator of any facility licensed pursuant to...
Section 71c - Minimum Safety and Quality of Services Standards for Dementia Special Care Units; Compliance by Providers of Specialized Services or Programming Licensed Under Sec. 71; Training - Section 71C. (a) The department, in consultation with the Alzheimer's...
Section 72 - Classification of Convalescent and Nursing Homes, Infirmaries, etc.; Rules and Regulations; Inspections; Records of Violations; Jurisdiction - Section 72. The department shall classify convalescent and nursing homes,...
Section 72c - Convalescent or Nursing Homes; Lighting and Ventilation - Section 72C. All convalescent or nursing homes shall be provided...
Section 72d - Nursing Homes, etc.; Telephone Access - Section 72D. Every nursing home, rest home, and long-term care...
Section 72e - Convalescent and Nursing Homes; Notice of Violations; Plan of Correction; Penalties; Enforcement - Section 72E. The department shall, after every inspection by its...
Section 72f - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 72f to 72l - Section 72F. As used in sections 72F to 72L, inclusive,...
Section 72g - Reports of Abuse of Patients - Section 72G. A physician, medical intern or resident, physician assistant,...
Section 72h - Duties of Department - Section 72H. The department shall, subject to appropriation: (1) notify...
Section 72i - Filing of Reports; Confidentiality - Section 72I. The department shall, subject to appropriation, maintain a...
Section 72j - Registry; Establishment; Documented Findings of Patient or Resident Abuse - Section 72J. The department shall, subject to appropriation, establish and...
Section 72k - Definitions; Civil Penalties; Recovery by Attorney General - Section 72K. (a) As used in this section, the following...
Section 72l - Abuse by Licensed or Registered Professional; Any Necessary Disciplinary Action Including Suspension or Revocation of License - Section 72L. Upon a finding by the department of patient...
Section 72l1/2 - Immunity From Liability as Result of Compliance With Secs. 72f to 72l - Section 72L1/2. A facility, home health agency, hospice program, the...
Section 72m - Appointment of Receiver; Emergency; Definition - Section 72M. The superior court department of the trial court,...
Section 72n - Action to Appoint Receiver; Hearing; List of Persons; Purpose of Receivership; Stay of Actions - Section 72N. The department or the attorney general may bring...
Section 72o - Authority of Receiver; Duties; Closure of Facility; Repairs; Financial Assistance - Section 72O. When a receiver is appointed, the licensee shall...
Section 72p - Leases, Mortgages or Secured Transactions; Avoidance; Setting of Rental or Interest Rate; Hearing; Foreclosure - Section 72P. A receiver shall not be required to honor...
Section 72q - Compensation of Receiver; Bond; Lien; Recoupment of Commonwealth Expenditures - Section 72Q. The court shall set a reasonable compensation for...
Section 72r - Termination of Receivership - Section 72R. A receivership shall not be terminated if a...
Section 72s - Actions Against Receiver; Liability - Section 72S. No person shall bring an action against a...
Section 72t - Effect of Appointment; Violation of Regulations - Section 72T. An order appointing a receiver under section seventy-two...
Section 72u - Rules and Regulations - Section 72U. The department is hereby authorized and directed to...
Section 72v - Nursing Homes, etc.; Storage Space for Residents - Section 72V. Every nursing home, rest home, or other long...
Section 72w - Nurses' Aide Training - [See Order of the Commissioner of Public Health, dated May...
Section 72x - Nursing Homes; No Smoking Areas; Use of Tobacco Products Prohibited - Section 72X. All public and private nursing homes shall designate...
Section 72y - Nursing Pool Registrations - Section 72Y. As used in this section, the following words,...
Section 72z - Licensed Skilled Nursing Facilities; Intermediate Care Facilities; Family Councils - Section 72Z. (a.) No licensed skilled nursing facility or intermediate...
Section 72aa - Informational Document Containing Laws and Regulations; Distribution by Long-Term Care Facilities - Section 72AA. Long-term care facilities shall distribute to each new...
Section 72bb - Administering of Psychotropic Medication by Nursing Home, Rest Home or Other Long-Term Care Facility; Informed Consent - Section 72BB. (a) For the purposes of this section, the...
Section 73 - Penalties - Section 73. Whoever advertises, announces, establishes or maintains, or is...
Section 73a - Facilities Operated by and for Persons Who Rely Exclusively Upon Treatment by Spiritual Means Through Prayer for Healing - Section 73A. Nothing in this chapter or in any rule...
Section 73b - Facilities Operated by Roman Catholic Church - Section 73B. Nothing in this chapter or in any rule...
Section 74 - Appropriation of Money for Maintenance of Free Bed in Hospital - Section 74. Any town not maintaining or managing a hospital...
Section 75 - Unlawful Use of Buildings for Hospitals - Section 75. Whoever occupies or uses a building for a...
Section 77 - Department; Duty to Provide Care and Treatment of Tuberculosis Patients - Section 77. The department shall have responsibility for providing hospital...
Section 78 - Utilization of County Institutions; Contracts; Notice of Discontinuance; Payments; Regulations - Section 78. Where county institutions are utilized for providing such...
Section 78a - Hospital Care of Persons Suffering From Chronic Diseases; Admission; Cost - Section 78A. The trustees of a county tuberculosis hospital may...
Section 79 - Admissions, Transfers and Discharges of Tuberculous Patients; Supervision; Rates of Charges - Section 79. The department shall have supervision and control of...
Section 80 - Payments for Care by Cities, Towns or Able Patients; Definitions; Classifications; Appeals - Section 80. Each city and town shall pay to the...
Section 81 - Programs of Control and Eradication of Tuberculosis; Responsibility - Section 81. The department shall have responsibility for conducting programs...
Section 81a - Use of Intradermal Tuberculin Tests to Show Freedom From Tuberculosis - Section 81A. No ordinance, by-law, rule or regulation of a...
Section 82 - Operation of Hospitals by County Commissioners or Trustees - Section 82. The county commissioners may operate and maintain a...
Section 83 - County or Municipal Tuberculosis Institutions; Conveyance to Commonwealth - Section 83. Where a county or municipal institution is operating...
Section 83a - Indemnity Insurance for Officers and Employees of Hospital - Section 83A. The county commissioners of any county, acting as...
Section 83b - Authority to Raise and Expend Money for Tuberculosis Hospital; Borrowing; Notes; Apportionment of Costs - Section 83B. County commissioners in carrying out their responsibilities as...
Section 85 - Maintenance of County Tuberculosis Hospitals; Apportionment of Costs and Expenses - Section 85. The county commissioners shall provide for the maintenance,...
Section 85a - Maintenance, Operation and Repair of Hospitals; Apportionment; Expenditures - Section 85A. To provide such funds as may be necessary...
Section 86 - Acquisition of Land - Section 86. Subject to section eight-four, county commissioners may purchase,...
Section 87 - County Commissioners as Trustees of Institutions - Section 87. The county commissioners shall be trustees of the...
Section 88 - Conversion of Hospitals Into Chronic Disease Hospitals or Homes for the Aged - Section 88. Where, at the time this section goes into...
Section 91 - Exemptions; Size of Cities and Towns; Change; Cities and Towns to Become Part of District; Proportionate Payment of Costs - Section 91. Cities having one hundred thousand or more inhabitants...
Section 91c - Diseases of Chest; Use of Facilities for Treatment; Rules and Regulations - Section 91C. Whenever, in the opinion of the board or...
Section 92 - Construction and Maintenance of Isolation Hospitals; Approval - Section 92. Each city shall, and each town may, and...
Section 93 - Regulation of Persons Approaching Isolation Hospital - Section 93. Physicians, nurses, attendants, patients and all persons approaching...
Section 94 - Receiving Persons From Adjoining Towns - Section 94. The board of health of any town which...
Section 94a - Certification of Non-Hospitalized Persons Afflicted With Active Tuberculosis; Examination; Transportation; Release - Section 94A. (a) The board of health of any city...
Section 94b - Detention of Patient at Sanatorium; Petition; Transfer to Tuberculosis Treatment Center; Release - Section 94B. If any active tuberculosis patient in a municipal,...
Section 94c - Court Commitment to Tuberculosis Treatment Center; Procedure; Notice; Hearing - Section 94C. Any justice or associate justice of the district...
Section 94d - Tuberculosis Treatment Center; Establishment; Supervision - Section 94D. The department shall establish a tuberculosis treatment center...
Section 94e - Financial Responsibility for Treatment of Patients; Residence - Section 94E. The full financial responsibility for the care and...
Section 94f - Discharge From Treatment Center; Declassification; Transfer - Section 94F. Any person hospitalized at the treatment center may...
Section 94g - Petition for Release; Order of Release - Section 94G. Any person hospitalized at the treatment center may...
Section 94h - Regulations Concerning Content of Certification; Minimum Standards - Section 94H. The commissioner and the public health council may...
Section 95 - Powers and Duties of Boards in Cases of Infectious Diseases - Section 95. If a disease dangerous to the public health...
Section 96 - Warrants to Remove Persons Infected With Dangerous Disease - Section 96. A magistrate authorized to issue warrants may issue...
Section 96a - Transportation of Person Infected With Dangerous Disease to Another Town - Section 96A. No town shall transport or permit to be...
Section 97 - Removal of Patient From Home Where Patient Cannot Be Isolated - Section 97. Sections ninety-five and ninety-six, so far as they...
Section 98 - Permits for Removal of Infected Articles or Sick Persons - Section 98. Boards of health may grant permits for the...
Section 99 - Warrant to Secure Infected Articles; Application - Section 99. If upon application of the board it appears...
Section 100 - Warrant to Take Houses for Safe Keeping of Infected Articles - Section 100. The magistrate may, by the same warrant, require...
Section 101 - Execution of Warrant; Breaking Open Houses - Section 101. The officers, in executing the warrant, may command...
Section 102 - Payment of Expenses in Purifying Infected Articles - Section 102. The expense of securing, transporting and purifying such...
Section 103 - Compensation for Houses and Stores Impressed - Section 103. If a sheriff or other officer impresses or...
Section 104 - Prevention of Spread of Infection; Public Notice; Removal - Section 104. If a disease dangerous to the public health...
Section 105 - Violation of Regulations - Section 105. If a physician or other person who is...
Section 106 - Travelers From Infected Places Outside Commonwealth; License - Section 106. The board of health of a town near...
Section 107 - Transportation of Infected Dead Bodies; Rules and Regulations - Section 107. No person shall convey or cause to be...
Section 108 - Removal of Sick Prisoners - Section 108. If a prisoner in a jail or house...
Section 109 - Notice of Householder That Person in Family or House Is Infected With Dangerous Disease - Section 109. A householder who knows or has cause to...
Section 109a - Treatment of Infants' Eyes at Time of Birth - Section 109A. The physician, or hospital medical officer registered under...
Section 110 - Report of Diseases of the Eyes of Infants - Section 110. If either eye of an infant becomes inflamed,...
Section 110a - Tests of Newborn Children for Treatable Disorders or Diseases - Section 110A. The physician attending a newborn child shall cause...
Section 110b - Reyes Syndrome Treatment or Examination; Reports - Section 110B. A physician, intern, physician assistant, a public health...
Section 110c - Congenital Heart Defects Screenings for Newborns Through Pulse Oximetry Testing or Other Testing; Regulations; Development of Protocols - Section 110C. For the purposes of this section, the following...
Section 111 - Notice to Board of Health That Persons Infected With Dangerous Diseases; Application of Section - Section 111. If a physician knows or has cause to...
Section 111a - Cerebral Palsy; Reports - Section 111A. If a physician or hospital medical officer registered...
Section 111b - Malignant Disease and Benign Brain-Related Tumor Registry; Reports - Section 111B. The department shall, subject to appropriation, establish a...
Section 111c - Unprotected Exposure Capable of Transmitting Infectious Disease; Standardized Trip Form - Section 111C. Any person, including without limitation, a police officer,...
Section 112 - Notice by Local Board to Department - Section 112. If the board of health of a town...
Section 113 - Records of Reports of Dangerous Diseases; Notice - Section 113. Every board of health shall keep a record...
Section 114 - Forfeiture of Claim - Section 114. A claim of a town against the commonwealth...
Section 115 - Recovery of Expenses - Section 115. Expenses incurred by a town in the removal...
Section 116 - Payment of Reasonable Expenses; Chronically Nonresident Person Defined - Section 116. Reasonable expenses incurred by boards of health or...
Section 116a - Hospitalization of Persons Suffering From Chronic Rheumatism; Rules and Regulations - Section 116A. The department, subject to rules and regulations approved...
Section 117 - Establishment and Maintenance of Clinics for Treatment of Venereal Diseases; Examinations; Minors - Section 117. For the purpose of providing treatment for persons...
Section 118 - Discrimination Against Treatment of Venereal Diseases - Section 118. No discrimination shall be made against the treatment...
Section 119 - Records Pertaining to Venereal Diseases - Section 119. Hospital, dispensary, laboratory and morbidity reports and records...
Section 121 - Treatment of Venereal Diseases or Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Public Charitable or Penal Institutions; Expenses - Section 121. An inmate of a public charitable institution or...
Section 121a - Serological Test for Syphilis of Pregnant Women - Section 121A. A physician attending a pregnant woman in this...
Section 121b - Prescription and Distribution of Drugs to Treat Chlamydia in Unexamined Sexual Partners of Patients - Section 121B. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the...
Section 122 - Regulations Relative to Nuisances; Examinations - Section 122. The board of health shall examine into all...
Section 122a - Regulation of Domestic Water Supply; Powers of Board of Health; Penalties - Section 122A. Upon determination by the board of health that...
Section 123 - Abatement of Nuisance by Owner; Penalty - Section 123. Said board shall order the owner or occupant...
Section 124 - Service of Order for Abatement - Section 124. Such order shall be in writing, and may...
Section 125 - Removal of Nuisance by Board - Section 125. If the owner or occupant fails to comply...
Section 125a - Review of Order Adjudging the Operation of a Farm to Be a Nuisance - Section 125A. If, in the opinion of the board of...
Section 126 - Location of Privy Vaults - Section 126. If the city council of a city, or...
Section 127 - Regulations Relative to House Drainage - Section 127. The board of health of a city or...
Section 127a - State Sanitary Code; Adoption; Enforcement; Jurisdiction; Speedy Trial - Section 127A. Said department shall adopt, and may from time...
Section 127a1/2 - Requirement of Personal Flotation Devices for Municipal and Recreational Programs and Camps for Minor Children; Determination of Swimming Ability - Section 127A1/2. (a) The department of public health shall adopt...
Section 127b - Dwellings Unfit for Human Habitation; Order to Vacate or to Abate Nuisance; Removal of Occupants; Demolition Expense, Lien; Inspection Reports; Code Violations; Notices; Enforcement Proceedings, Jurisdiction; Appeal - Section 127B. Upon a determination by the board of health,...
Section 127b1/2 - Petition for Agreement to Remove Underground Fuel Storage Tank, Media Contaminated by Home Heating Oil or Lead Paint, or to Provide Proper Service by a Septic System; Costs; Authority to Evict - Section 127B1/2. At any time prior to or during the...
Section 127c - Petition for Violation of Sanitary Code; Requisites - Section 127C. If the condition of any building or any...
Section 127d - Entry Fee; Notice Upon Offending Owner - Section 127D. The entry fee for a petition under section...
Section 127e - Copy of Report of Investigation; Admissibility in Evidence - Section 127E. A copy of the report of the investigation...
Section 127f - Court Order Regarding Rental Payments; Disbursement of Funds; Receiver - Section 127F. If the court finds after hearing that the...
Section 127g - Removal From District to Superior or Housing Court; Transmittal of Rents and Removal Fees - Section 127G. At any time after thirty days from the...
Section 127i - Enforcement of Sanitary Code; Remedies; Receiver - Section 127I. Upon the filing of a petition to enforce...
Section 127j - Petition by Receiver to Apply for Financial Assistance; Notice and Hearing; Financial Assistance; Lien - Section 127J. A receiver may petition the court for leave...
Section 127k - Agreement to Waive Enforcement of Sanitary Code; Validity - Section 127K. Any provision of a lease or other rental...
Section 127l - Repairs by Tenants of Residential Premises to Cure Violations; Reimbursement for Cost - Section 127L. When violations of the standards of fitness for...
Section 127n - Actions by Tenants Against Owners of Residential Premises; Joinder of Certain Other Persons as Parties; Liability; Exception - Section 127N. In actions brought under this chapter against owners...
Section 127o - Conveyance of Real Estate With Intent to Evade Nuisance Provisions; Penalty - Section 127O. Any person who conveys a parcel of real...
Section 127p - Land Covered by Subdivision Plan; Application of State Environmental Code - Section 127P. Whenever a person has submitted a subdivision plan,...
Section 128a - Filling of Sites of Demolished or Removed Buildings - Section 128A. The board of health may adopt and, from...
Section 128g - Farm Labor Camps; Inspection; Certificate; Complaints - Section 128G. The department shall annually inspect all farm labor...
Section 128h - Migrant Workers; Educational and Recreational Opportunities; Locomotion; Visitation Rights; Regulations; Injunctive Relief - Section 128H. The department of public health shall, as a...
Section 129 - Removal or Destruction of Nuisance on Conviction of Owner - Section 129. If a person is convicted on an indictment...
Section 130 - Enjoining Nuisance - Section 130. The superior court, either before or pending a...
Section 131 - Compulsory Examination of Premises; Complaint; Warrant - Section 131. If the board considers it necessary for preservation...
Section 142a - Pollution or Contamination of Atmosphere; Prevention; Regulations; Violation; Enforcement - Section 142A. The department of environmental protection, referred to in...
Section 142b - Metropolitan Air Pollution Control District; Establishment; Composition; Powers of Department of Environmental Protection - Section 142B. There is hereby established a metropolitan air pollution...
Section 142c - Other Air Pollution Control Districts; Formation - Section 142C. Other air pollution control districts similar to that...
Section 142d - Air Pollution Control Districts; Standards and Plans for Implementation; Establishment; Periodic Review; Amendment; Compliance With Minimum Federal Standards - Section 142D. The department, with the approval of the governor,...
Section 142e - Air Pollution; Preventing and Controlling by Departments, Agencies, Commissions, Authorities and Political Subdivisions - Section 142E. Any department, agency, commission, authority or political subdivision...
Section 142f - Discharging Excess Fuel From Aircraft Into Atmosphere; Penalty; Definitions - Section 142F. Whoever, except in an emergency, allows excess fuel...
Section 142g - Burning of Christmas Trees Restricted - Section 142G. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections one hundred and...
Section 142h - Ceremonial Bonfires Restricted; Permits - Section 142H. The city council of a city with the...
Section 142i - Bonfires From July 2 to July 6 Authorized - Section 142I. Notwithstanding any provision of sections one hundred and...
Section 142k - Motor Vehicle Emissions Standards; Late Models - Section 142K. (a) In addition to the provisions of section...
Section 142l - Agricultural Burning - Section 142L. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections one hundred and...
Section 142m - Motor Vehicle Emissions Inspection and Repair; Definitions; Rules and Regulations; Inspection Facilities; Waivers; Quality Assurance Program; Violations - Section 142M. (a) As used in this section, the following...
Section 142n - Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generation Facilities; Uniform Performance Standards - Section 142N. For the purpose of preventing, mitigating, or alleviating...
Section 142o - Motor Vehicle Fuel Dispensing Facilities; Stage Ii Vapor Recovery Systems; Operation and Standards - Section 142O. (a) As used in this section, the following...
Section 143 - Trade or Employment Attended With Noisome and Injurious Odors; Assignment of Places; Prohibition; Appeal - Section 143. No trade or employment which may result in...
Section 144 - Revocation of Location Assignment; Removal of Nuisance - Section 144. If a place or building so assigned becomes...
Section 145 - Damages - Section 145. Whoever is injured in the comfort or enjoyment...
Section 146 - Orders of Prohibition; Service - Section 146. Orders of prohibition issued under section one hundred...
Section 147 - Appeal From Order; Notice; Trial - Section 147. Whoever is aggrieved by an order made under...
Section 148 - Exercise of Trade or Employment During Pendency of Proceedings - Section 148. Such trade or employment shall not be exercised...
Section 149 - Verdict; Effect - Section 149. The verdict may alter, affirm or annul the...
Section 150 - Damages and Costs - Section 150. If the order is affirmed by the verdict,...
Section 150a - Solid Waste Disposal Facilities; Maintenance and Operation; Applications for Site Assignment - Section 150A. As used in this section and in section...
Section 150a1/2 - Standards and Criteria for Siting of Facilities; Rules and Regulations - Section 150A1/2. The department of environmental protection, in cooperation with...
Section 150b - Establishment of Facility Site - Section 150B. The definition of ''facility'' in section two of...
Section 151 - Slaughter Houses; Regulation; Public Hearing; Application of Section - Section 151. No person shall occupy or use a building...
Section 152 - Use or Occupation of Buildings or Premises for Carrying on Offensive Trades or Occupations - Section 152. If any buildings or premises are so occupied...
Section 153 - Restraint of Unauthorized Occupancy, Use or Extension of Building or Premises Occupied or Used for Offensive Trades or Occupations - Section 153. The superior court may restrain the unauthorized occupancy,...
Section 154 - Killing or Rendering of Horses; Licenses; Application; Notice to Director of Animal Health; Fees - Section 154. A person engaged in or desiring to engage...
Section 155 - Licensing of Stables in Cities and Large Towns; Fees - Section 155. No person shall erect, occupy or use for...
Section 156 - Stables in Vicinity of Churches - Section 156. No person shall in a city occupy or...
Section 157 - Penalty for Violation of Secs. 155 and 156 - Section 157. Whoever violates any provision of the two preceding...
Section 158 - Licensing of Stables in Small Towns; Fees; Restraint of Erection, Occupancy or Use of Stables - Section 158. The selectmen of towns having a population of...
Section 159 - Supervision of Inland Waters - Section 159. The department of environmental protection, in this section...
Section 160 - Examination of Water Supply; Assistance to Cities, Towns and Districts for Groundwater Aquifers and Recharge Areas - Section 160. The department may cause examinations of such waters...
Section 160a - Cross Connections Between Distribution System of Public Water Supply and Distribution System of Unapproved Water Supply; Certification for Inspection and Testing of Backflow Prevention Devices - Section 160A. No physical cross connection shall be maintained between...
Section 160b - Water Quality Violations; Orders of Department of Environmental Quality Engineering; Enforcement - Section 160B. The department shall immediately report any violations of...
Section 160c - Home Water Treatment Devices; Definitions Applicable to Secs. 160b to 160g - Section 160C. As used in this section and sections one...
Section 160d - Analysis of Drinking Water; Disclosure Form - Section 160D. Any person shall be permitted to test or...
Section 160e - Analysis of Drinking Water by Uncertified Person; Penalty - Section 160E. A civil penalty of not more than five...
Section 160f - Misrepresentations; Sale of Home Water Treatment Devices - Section 160F. Any misleading statement or material misrepresentation made in...
Section 160g - Enforcement of Secs. 160c to 160f - Section 160G. The department may make such rules and regulations...
Section 162 - Removal of Causes of Pollution; Petition; Hearing; Notice; Damages; Violation of Order - Section 162. Upon petition to the department by the mayor...
Section 163 - Appeal - Section 163. Whoever is aggrieved by an order made under...
Section 164 - Enforcement of Orders, Rules and Regulations - Section 164. The supreme judicial or superior court, upon the...
Section 165 - Entry on Premises; Compensation of Agents; Apportionment - Section 165. The agents and servants of the department may...
Section 167 - Protection of Sources of Water Supply - Section 167. No sewage, drainage, refuse or polluting matter, of...
Section 168 - Prescriptive Rights of Drainage; Application of Sec. 167 - Section 168. The preceding section shall not destroy or impair...
Section 169 - Injunction Against Pollution of Water Supply - Section 169. The supreme judicial or superior court, upon application...
Section 170 - Willful Defilement or Corruption of Spring or Source of Water - Section 170. Whoever willfully and maliciously defiles or corrupts any...
Section 171 - Wilful Deposit of Excrement or Foul Matter Into Water Supply; Bathing in Water Supply - Section 171. Whoever wilfully deposits excrement or foul or decaying...
Section 173a - Police Employed to Protect Water Supply; Powers and Duties - Section 173A. Police employed by the water board or board...
Section 173b - Entry Upon Premises Within Water Shed of Source of Water Supply - Section 173B. Any water board or board of water commissioners...
Section 174 - Driving Animal on Ice of Pond or Stream Used for Domestic Water Supply - Section 174. Whoever, not being engaged in cutting or harvesting...
Section 174a - Prevention of Defilement of Domestic Water Supply by Gulls or Terns - Section 174A. In order to preserve the purity and prevent...
Section 175 - Protection of Charles River From Pollution - Section 175. The department of environmental protection, in this section...
Section 181 - Enforcement of Vaccination of Inhabitants of Towns - Section 181. Boards of health, if in their opinion it...
Section 182 - Vaccination of Inmates of Institutions Supported by Aid of Commonwealth - Section 182. The board of health of a town where...
Section 183 - Exemptions From Vaccination Requirement - Section 183. Any person over eighteen presenting a certificate, signed...
Section 184 - Establishment and Maintenance of Bacteriological Laboratories - Section 184. In order to better preserve public health and...
Section 184a - Certificates of Approval Relative to Bacteriological Laboratories; Rules and Regulations; Renewals; Fees - Section 184A. The department, at the request of any person...
Section 184b - Blood Banks - Section 184B. No blood bank, so-called, shall be established and...
Section 184c - Donation of Blood by Minors - Section 184C. A minor 17 years of age or older...
Section 185 - Disinfecting Public Mutoscopes and Other Apparatus - Section 185. The proprietor or manager of any place of...
Section 185a - Rules of Instruction, Test Cards and Other Appliances - Section 185A. The department of public health, after consultation with...
Section 186 - Public Use of Machines Requiring Application of Lips - Section 186. No person shall provide for public use or...
Section 186a - Shoe-Fitting Machines; Restrictions on Use; Penalty - Section 186A. No person shall operate or maintain a shoe-fitting...
Section 186b - Sale of ''flammable'' Fabric or Related Material to Be Used for Children's Sleepwear; Penalties - Section 186B. It shall be unlawful to sell or offer...
Section 187 - Enforcement of Chapter - Section 187. The supreme judicial or superior court, upon the...
Section 188 - Disposition of Fines and Forfeitures - Section 188. Fines and forfeitures incurred under the general laws,...
Section 189 - Application of Chapter to Cities - Section 189. Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of...
Section 189a - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 189a to 199b - Section 189A. For the purposes of this section and sections...
Section 190 - Program for the Prevention, Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment of Lead Poisoning; Lead Poisoning Control Director; Advisory Committee - Section 190. Subject to appropriation, the department shall establish a...
Section 191 - Reports of Lead Poisoning; Notifications to Agencies; Records - Section 191. Any examining physician, hospital, public health nurse or...
Section 192 - Lead Poisoning Educational and Publicity Program - Section 192. The director shall institute an educational and publicity...
Section 192a - Field Testing and Approval of New Methods of Removing Paint and Other Materials Containing Lead - Section 192A. The director shall investigate, field test and approve...
Section 192b - Preparation of Educational Materials - Section 192B. The department of public health's childhood lead poisoning...
Section 193 - Lead Poisoning Early Identification Program; Examination and Reports - Section 193. The director shall establish a program for early...
Section 194 - Detection of Sources of Lead Poisoning; Inspection; Search Warrant; Notice; Examination of Children; Reports; Records - Section 194. The director shall, subject to appropriation, establish a...
Section 195 - State Laboratory for Lead and Lead Poisoning Detection; Specimen Analysis; Fee; Report as Prima Facie Evidence - Section 195. The commissioner shall establish, within the Bureau of...
Section 196 - Prohibited Acts Relating to Lead-Based Paint, Glaze or Other Substance; Punishment; Embargo of Personal Property - Section 196. (a) No person shall apply or cause to...
Section 197 - Duty of Residential Premises Owners; Interim Control Measures; Abatement or Containment of Paint, Plaster or Other Accessible Structural Material Containing Lead - Section 197. (a) Whenever a child under six years of...
Section 197a - Notice to Prospective Purchasers of Premises of Hazards of Lead in Premises; Forms; Letter of Compliance; Civil Penalty - Section 197A. Prospective purchasers of premises shall be notified about...
Section 197b - Lead Paint Inspectors; Deleaders; Licensure - Section 197B. (a) The director shall, by July first, nineteen...
Section 197c - Child Exhibiting Dangerous Blood Lead Level After Issuance of Letters of Compliance or Interim Control; Liability - Section 197C. (a) If, after the issuance of a letter...
Section 197d - Secured Lenders; Liability - Section 197D. (a) No secured lender shall be considered an...
Section 197e - Lead Abatement Loan Program - Section 197E. There shall be a loan program in the...
Section 198 - Violations of State Sanitary Code; Enforcement - Section 198. Violations of this section shall not constitute violations...
Section 199 - Liability of Owner of Premises; Punitive Damages - Section 199. (a) Except as provided in section one hundred...
Section 199a - Unlawful Practices in Selling, Renting, or Leasing Premises Containing Lead in Paint, Plaster or Materials - Section 199A. (a) It shall be an unlawful practice for...
Section 199b - Exemptions From Secs. 189a to 199a - Section 199B. The provisions of sections one hundred and eighty-nine...
Section 201 - First Aid Training of Emergency Personnel, Including Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Standards; Refresher Course; Coordination by Department; Personnel Excepted - Section 201. Members of police and fire departments, members of...
Section 202 - Fetal Deaths; Reports; Confidentiality; Disposition of Remains; Violations; Forms - Section 202. As used in this section, ''fetal death'' means...
Section 203 - Health Care Provider Misconduct; Medical Peer Review - Section 203. (a) The by-laws of every licensed or public...
Section 204 - Confidentiality of Medical Peer Review Committee Proceedings, Reports and Records; Exceptions; Immunity - Section 204. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section,...
Section 205 - Information and Records Necessary to Comply With Risk Management and Quality Assurance Programs; Confidentiality; Definitions - Section 205. (a) As used in this section the following...
Section 206 - Program to Reduce Incidence of Mortality and Morbidity From Accidents and Diseases; Risk Factors; Wellness Programs - Section 206. The department shall establish a program to reduce...
Section 206a - Seal of Approval for Wellness Programs Implemented by Businesses - Section 206A. (a) The department, in consultation with the division...
Section 207 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 208 to 214 - Section 207. For the purposes of sections two hundred and...
Section 208 - Tanning Facilities; Licenses; Necessity; Expiration; Fees; Inspection of Tanning Facilities; Violations; Revocation; Appeals - Section 208. No access shall be provided to any tanning...
Section 209 - Tanning Facilities; Statement of Warning and Notice; Posting; Form; Acknowledgment by Customer - Section 209. A tanning facility shall give each customer a...
Section 210 - Tanning Facilities; Presence of Operators; Protective Eyewear Required; Limitation of Exposure and Temperature - Section 210. A tanning facility shall at all times during...
Section 211 - Use of Tanning Device by Minors - Section 211. No person under 18 years of age shall...
Section 212 - Tanning Facilities; Promotional Material; Liability Not Affected by Warnings; Report of Injuries - Section 212. No tanning facility shall claim or distribute promotional...
Section 213 - Access to Tanning Facilities for Inspections; Rules and Regulations; Phototherapy Devices Excluded - Section 213. The board of health, local health agent, or...
Section 214 - Violations; Fines - Section 214. Whoever violates any provision of sections two hundred...
Section 215 - Needle Exchange Programs; Approval; Report - Section 215. The department of public health may implement needle...
Section 216 - Fragrance Advertising Inserts; Microencapsulated Fragrance; Penalty - Section 216. All fragrance advertising inserts contained in a newspaper,...
Section 218 - Guidelines for Human Leukocyte or Histocompatibility Locus Antigen Testing - Section 218. (a) The commissioner, in collaboration with the commissioner...
Section 219 - Meningitis Immunization Awareness - Section 219. The commissioner shall adopt regulations requiring a public...
Section 220 - Multidisciplinary Advisory Board; Training and Examination of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners - Section 220. (a) As used in this section, the following...
Section 220a - Prevention of the Practice of Female Genital Mutilation - Section 220A. (a) The commissioner shall develop and administer a...
Section 221 - Breastfeeding in a Public Place - Section 221. (a) A mother may breastfeed her child in...
Section 222 - Interscholastic Athletic Head Injury Safety Training Program; Written Authorization Required for Participation in Extracurricular Athletic Activity Following Unconsciousness or Diagnosis of Concussion; Maintenance of Records Showing Com... - Section 222. (a) The department shall direct the division of...
Section 223 - Nutritional Standards for Sale or Provision of Foods or Beverages in Public Schools; School Wellness Advisory Committees; Food Safety Inspections at Public Schools - Section 223. (a) As used in this section, the following...
Section 224 - Commission on Falls Prevention; Members; Duties - Section 224. There shall be a commission on falls preventions...
Section 225 - Presenting Claim for Payment for Anatomic Pathology Services - Section 225. (a) For the purposes of this section, the...
Section 226 - Mandatory Overtime for Nurses Prohibited; Exception for Emergency Situations - Section 226. For purposes of this section, ''mandatory overtime'' shall...
Section 227 - Palliative Care and End-of-Life Options; Distribution of Information Regarding Availability - Section 227. (a) As used in this section the following...
Section 228 - Allowed Amount; Advance Disclosure of Allowed Amount or Charge for Admission, Procedure or Service; Referrals; Nonparticipation in Plan; Penalties - Section 228. (a) As used in this section "allowed amount'',...
Section 229 - Distribution of Information Regarding Benefits of Annual Immunization Against Influenza for Children - Section 229. (a) The commissioner shall adopt regulations requiring all...
Section 230 - Folic Acid Awareness Initiative - Section 230. The department shall administer a folic acid awareness...
Section 231 - Limitation on Patient Assignments per Nurse in Intensive Care Units; Development and Certification of Acuity Tool - Section 231. For the purposes of this section, the term...
Section 232 - Collection, Recording and Analyzation of Data on Suicides in the Commonwealth; Annual Report - Section 232. The department, in consultation with the executive office...
Section 233 - Palliative Care and Quality of Life Interdisciplinary Advisory Council - Section 233. (a) As used in sections 233 and 234...
Section 234 - Palliative Care Consumer and Professional Information and Education Program - Section 234. Subject to appropriation, there shall be a statewide...
Section 235 - Surgical Technologists; Standards and Requisites for Employment; Waiver - Section 235. (a) For the purposes of this section, the...
Section 236 - Nondiscrimination in Access to Organ Transplantation - [Text of section added by 2016, 328. See also, Section...
Section 237 - Analysis of Population Health Trends; Opiate Overdoses - Section 237. The commissioner shall collect, record and analyze data,...
Section 238 - Promoting Awareness of Reproductive Health Care Facilities in the Commonwealth - Section 238. The department of public health shall develop and...
Section 239 - Promulgation of Regulations Regarding the Advertisement and Sale of Tobacco Products and Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems - [Text of section applicable to policies, contracts and subscription certificates...
Section 240 - Reimbursement for Travel and Ancillary Costs for Cancer Clinical Trials - Section 240. (a) As used in this section, the following...
Section 241 - Rare Disease Advisory Council; Membership; Duties; Funding; Reports - Section 241. (a) For the purposes of this section the...
Section 242 - Advisory Council on Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder; Membership and Terms; Annual Report; Cooperation From State Agencies; Funding - Section 242. (a) There shall be an advisory council on...
Section 243 - Parkinson's Disease Registry - [ Text of section added by 2021, 24, Sec. 45...