Massachusetts General Laws
Title XVI - Public Health
Chapter 111c - Emergency Medical Services System

Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. (a) For the purpose of this chapter the...

Section 2 - Statewide Ems System; Expectations; Purpose - Section 2. The department, with the assistance of interested parties...

Section 3 - Statewide Ems System; Powers and Duties of Department of Public Health - Section 3. (a) It shall be the duty of the...

Section 4 - Regional Ems Councils; Duties; Membership - Section 4. (a) Regional EMS councils shall assist and support...

Section 5 - Contracts Between Department and Regional Ems Councils - Section 5. (a) The department shall enter into contracts with...

Section 6 - Ems First Response Service or Ambulance Service; Application; License; Renewal; Provisional License - Section 6. (a) Any person who proposes to establish or...

Section 7 - Ems Vehicles; Inspection; Certificate - Section 7. Prior to issuing a license under section 6,...

Section 8 - Modification of License; Written Request; Restrictions on Transfer, Assignment, and Abandonment - Section 8. (a) Any service seeking to modify any term...

Section 9 - Provision of Emergency Medical Services; Certification of Individuals; Restrictions on Advertising - Section 9. (a) No person shall provide EMS or hold...

Section 9a - Emergency Treatment of Police Dogs - [ Text of section added by 2022, 23, Sec. 2...

Section 10 - Regional Ems Councils; Service Zone Plans; Designation of Service Zone Providers; Primary Ambulance Service - Section 10. (a) Each regional EMS council shall, subject to...

Section 11 - Statewide Coordinated Trauma Care System; Regulations and Guidelines; Trauma Registry Reporting and Analysis System; Designation as Trauma Center; Limitations - Section 11. (a) The department shall develop a statewide coordinated...

Section 12 - State Medical Director; Regional Medical Directors; Duties - Section 12. (a) The commissioner shall appoint a state medical...

Section 13 - Ems System Advisory Board; Membership; Duties; Advisory Committees - Section 13. (a) There shall be within the department an...

Section 14 - Complaints; Procedure; Investigation; Referral; Notice - Section 14. The department shall establish and implement procedures for...

Section 15 - Failure to Comply Under Certification, License or Designation; Correction Order; Administrative Reconsideration; Assessment; Collection - Section 15. (a) Whenever the department finds upon inspection or...

Section 16 - Revocation or Refusal to Renew Certification, License or Designation; Hearing; Suspension Without Hearing; Modification - Section 16. The department may, after hearing or waiver thereof,...

Section 17 - Transportation of Children by Ambulance; Accompaniment by Parent or Guardian; Report by EMT - Section 17. The parent or guardian of an injured or...

Section 18 - Restraint of Patient by Emt; Written Report - Section 18. Subject to regulations and guidelines promulgated by the...

Section 19 - Use of Emergency Medical Titles and Provision of Services; Prohibitions; Fines; Report to Attorney General - Section 19. (a) No person shall: (1) establish or maintain...

Section 20 - Remote Communication; Advice, Consultation, or Orders; Limitation on Liability of Physicians, Nurses, Hospitals and Ems Personnel - Section 20. No physician duly registered under section 2, 2A,...

Section 21 - Ems Personnel; Good Faith Performance of Duties; Limitation on Personal Liability - [ Text of section effective until May 16, 2022. For...

Section 22 - Commissioner; Waiver of Regulations or Guidelines; Conditions - Section 22. The commissioner may waive any provision of the...

Section 23 - Action by Department; Adjudicatory Hearing; Written Request - Section 23. Any person subject to an action by the...

Section 24 - Ems Regional Councils; Distribution and Use of Funds; Goals and Objectives - Section 24. Distribution and use of funds, if any, by...

Section 25 - Staffing of Class I, Ii or v Ambulances - Section 25. When a class I, II or V ambulance...