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§ 1 |
Definitions |
§ 2 |
Duties of commissioner of public health |
§ 2A |
Co-operation with Massachusetts rehabilitation commission |
§ 2B |
Air pollution emergencies |
§ 2C |
Pollution violations; orders of department of environmental protection |
§ 2D |
Massachusetts State Health HIV and Hepatitis fund; definitions |
§ 2E |
Massachusetts State Public Health and Hepatitis Fund; expenditures |
§ 2F |
Massachusetts AIDS advisory board; membership |
§ 2G |
Prevention and Wellness Trust Fund |
§ 2H |
Prevention and Wellness Advisory Board |
§ 2I |
Substance Abuse Services Fund |
§ 2J |
Public Health Grant Trust Fund |
§ 3 |
Public health council; hearings, intervention |
§ 3A |
Board of trustees of Massachusetts hospital school; appointment |
§ 4 |
Health districts; district health officers; enforcement of laws in districts |
§ 4E |
Program to combat intellectual disabilities in children |
§ 4F |
Advisory council on radiation protection |
§ 4G |
Epileptics; program for care, treatment and rehabilitation |
§ 4H |
Chronic renal diseases; care and treatment; agreements |
§ 4I |
Erythroblastosis fetalis; prevention; rules and regulations |
§ 4J |
Multi–Disciplinary Medical Review Team; certification of nursing home care eligibility |
§ 4K |
Diethylstilbestrol; public information program; regional screening; annual report |
§ 4L |
Advisory board for diethylstilbestrol program |
§ 4M |
Hepatitis B and hepatitis C; needs assessment; prevention, education, outreach and surveillance programs; annual report |
§ 4M1/2 |
Hepatitis C screening test or Hepatitis C diagnostic test for persons born between 1945 and 1965 |
§ 4N |
Prescription drugs outreach and education program for physicians, pharmacists and other health care professionals |
§ 4O |
Appointment of dental director; office of oral health; responsibilities |
§ 5 |
Powers and duties of department |
§ 5A |
Preparation and distribution of antitoxins, serums, vaccines and products applicable to prevention and cure of diseases |
§ 5A1/2 |
Emergency Stockpile Trust Fund |
§ 5D |
Plastic bags and film; rules and regulations |
§ 5E |
Application of chemicals to control aquatic nuisances; licenses; rules and regulations; violations; penalties; applicability of section |
§ 5F |
Aquatic nuisances; control; cost sharing programs |
§ 5G |
Water supply; treatment facilities |
§ 5I |
Laser equipment; rules and regulations; penalties for violation |
§ 5J |
Radiation treatment; clinical precautions |
§ 5K |
Nuclear reactors; monitoring and surveillance; charges and assessments |
§ 5L |
Radiologic technologists; advisory commission; licenses |
§ 5M |
Definitions applicable to Secs. 5M to 5P |
§ 5N |
State radiation control agency; radioactive hazards of sources emitting ionizing and nonionizing radiation |
§ 5O |
Notices of violation and orders; hearing; civil penalties |
§ 5P |
Use, manufacture, production, transfer, receipt, acquisition, ownership or possession of radiation sources; license or registration requirement; penalties |
§ 5Q |
Mammography facilities; rules and regulations; licensing; inspections |
§ 5R |
Definitions; distribution and sale of household cleansing products containing phosphorus; limitations; violations |
§ 5S |
Public bathing waters; minimum sanitation standards; testing, monitoring and analysis; regulations |
§ 6 |
Power to define diseases deemed dangerous to public health; control and prevention |
§ 6A |
Hemophilia; program for care and treatment; definition |
§ 6B |
Hemophilia advisory committee |
§ 6C |
Hemophilia program; powers and duties of department |
§ 6D |
Advisory committee for genetically handicapped persons; investigation and study; rules and regulations |
§ 6E |
Collection and report of data on law enforcement-related injuries and deaths |
§ 7 |
Investigation of contagious or infectious diseases; notice |
§ 8 |
Use of common drinking cup or towel; rules and regulations |
§ 8A |
Poisonous or corrosive substances; disposal or closures of containers |
§ 8C |
Fluoridation of public water supplies by local boards; advice of commissioner; election; discontinuance |
§ 9 |
Inspectors, analysts and chemists; appointment; removal; power and authority; interference with |
§ 14A |
Rheumatic fever; treatment of patients |
§ 15 |
Services for division of animal health |
§ 16 |
Unsanitary condition of barns, stables or enclosures in which cattle are kept; report |
§ 17 |
Disposal of sewage; consultation, advice or experiments; hearing; improvements; definition |
§ 18 |
Powers and duties of district health officer |
§ 19 |
Annual report of district health officer |
§ 20 |
Inspection of correctional institutions and lockups; findings and recommendations; report |
§ 21 |
Rules for living conditions of detainees; enforcement |
§ 22 |
Approval of plans for police station houses, houses of detention or lockups; enforcement |
§ 23 |
Annual report of commissioner of environmental protection; recommendations |
§ 24 |
Publication of parts of annual report; manual of laws |
§ 24A |
Reduction of morbidity and mortality; establishment of program; information and reports |
§ 24B |
Birth information; statistical purposes |
§ 24E |
Comprehensive family planning services; program establishment |
§ 24H |
Managed care program within community health centers |
§ 24I |
Universal immunization program |
§ 24J |
Medical respite services program |
§ 24K |
Pediatric palliative care program; eligibility; services |
§ 24L |
Shaken baby syndrome prevention initiative |
§ 24M |
Computerized immunization registry |
§ 24N |
Childhood vaccine program;Vaccine Purchase Trust Fund; vaccine program advisory council; surcharge |
§ 25 |
Publication of certificate of examination or results of analyses |
§ 25A |
Inventory of health care resources and related information; status as public record; reporting regulations; publication; inter-agency cooperation; contracts authorized |
§ 25B |
Definitions applicable to Secs. 25B to 25G |
§ 25B1/2 |
Expenditure minimums; annual adjustments |
§ 25C |
Determination of need for construction of health care facility or change in service of facility |
§ 25C1/2 |
Exemption from determination of need of projects related to inpatient services |
§ 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 |
§ 25E |
Administrative appeal to health facilities appeals board; hearing; decision; judicial review |
§ 25F |
Rules and regulations; effective date |
§ 25G |
Enforcement of Secs. 25C to 25G |
§ 25H |
Severability of Secs. 25C to 25G; voidability of provisions in violation of federal law |
§ 25I |
Guidelines for the reduction of medication waste in licensed facilities |
§ 25J |
Competent interpreter services in acute-care hospitals |
§ 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 |
§ 25K |
Educational insert accompanying sale of hypodermic syringes and needles |
§ 25L |
Health care workforce center |
§ 25M |
Healthcare workforce advisory council |
§ 25N |
Health care workforce loan repayment program |
§ 25N1/2 |
Primary care residency grant program |
§ 25N3/4 |
Primary care workforce development and loan forgiveness grant program |
§ 25O |
Programs to protect safety of victims of violence; guidelines; dissemination to and training of health care providers |
§ 26 |
Boards of health in cities; membership; appointment; removal; compensation |
§ 26A |
Health departments in cities; commissioners |
§ 26B |
Commissioner of health in cities; appointment; removal; qualifications |
§ 26C |
Advisory council of health in cities; members; qualifications; appointment; terms; removal; compensation; meetings; function |
§ 26D |
Abolition of boards of health in cities and towns upon qualification of commissioner |
§ 26E |
Rules and regulations for departments of health; assistants and clerks |
§ 26F |
List of hazardous chemicals in water supply; effects |
§ 26G |
Septic system installers; inspections |
§ 27 |
Organization of boards; appointment of physician and clerk; compensation |
§ 27A |
Appointment of health officer by two or more towns; duties; compensation; joint committee |
§ 27B |
Regional health districts; regional board of health; powers and duties; administration; organization; management; accounts; rules and regulations |
§ 27C |
Reimbursement of regional health districts; qualification; formula for allocation of state funds for operating expenses |
§ 27D |
Public health excellence program; definitions; purpose; grant program; duties |
§ 27E |
Registration of sanitarians |
§ 27F |
Certification of health officers |
§ 28 |
Annual reports of boards of health |
§ 29 |
Weekly reports of deaths from diseases dangerous to public health |
§ 30 |
Agents; appointment; inspections |
§ 31 |
Health regulations; summary publication; hearings; impact on farming or agriculture; filing sanitary codes and related rules, etc. |
§ 31A |
Permit for removal or transportation of garbage; application; exemptions |
§ 31B |
Rules and regulations for removal of garbage; penalty |
§ 31C |
Atmospheric pollution; regulation and control; publication; hearings; penalties; enforcement; jurisdiction; injunction |
§ 31D |
Privy, cesspool and septic tanks; disposal of contents; investigation of facilities |
§ 31E |
Individual sewage disposal systems; action on applications |
§ 32 |
Retention of cases by board of health |
§ 33 |
Construction and maintenance of sanitary stations |
§ 50 |
Establishment and maintenance of dental, medical and health clinics; appropriations |
§ 51 |
Hospitals, institutions for care of unwed mothers, or clinics; licensing |
§ 511/2 |
Substance use disorder evaluation and treatment for acute-care hospital or satellite emergency facility patient experiencing opioid-related overdose |
§ 513/4 |
Acute-care hospitals to provide licensed mental health professionals during all operating hours of emergency department or satellite emergency facility; promulgation of regulations |
§ 51A |
Out-of-hospital dialysis units; licensing |
§ 51B |
Pregnancy clinics |
§ 51C |
Applications for staff membership or clinical privileges; discrimination |
§ 51D |
Discrimination by acute hospitals against medicare beneficiaries; discharge planning |
§ 51E |
Applications by clinical specialists in psychiatric and mental health nursing for staff membership or clinical privileges; discrimination |
§ 51F |
Applications by licensed independent clinical social workers for staff membership or clinical privileges; discrimination |
§ 51G |
Acute-care hospitals; original licensure process; determination of suitability and responsibility; factors |
§ 51H |
Reporting about healthcare-associated infections and serious reportable events, and serious adverse drug events; charges or reimbursement for resulting services prohibited |
§ 51I |
Checklists of care |
§ 51J |
Limited services clinics |
§ 51K |
Home health agency licensure |
§ 51L |
Review of stroke patient pre-hospital care protocols and point-of-entry plans; creation of stroke advisory taskforce |
§ 52 |
Definitions applicable to Secs. 51 to 56 |
§ 53 |
Classification of hospitals; rules and regulations; dialysis units; inspections |
§ 53A |
Hospitals and in-patient clinics to offer and perform ”Pap tests” |
§ 53B |
Physician staff privileges; report of denial, restriction, revocation or failure to renew; liability of informant; annual disciplinary summary; penalty |
§ 53C |
Non-reusable syringes; regulation advisory committee |
§ 53D |
Devises minimizing risk of injury to health care workers from hypodermic syringes or needles; regulations |
§ 53E |
Patient and family advisory councils; establishment |
§ 53F |
Requests for additional assistance for deteriorating patients |
§ 53G |
Entity certified as ambulatory surgical center for participation in Medicaid program deemed a clinic for purposes of licensure under Sec. 51. |
§ 53H |
Contracts with physicians affecting ability to testify in administrative or judicial hearings |
§ 54 |
Audit of medical records |
§ 55 |
Advisory council on the licensing of hospitals, hospital surveys and construction planning |
§ 56 |
Penalties; enforcement |
§ 57 |
Establishment and maintenance of tuberculosis dispensaries; rules and regulations; inspection |
§ 57A |
Establishment and maintenance of cancer clinics |
§ 57B |
Establishment and maintenance of muscular dystrophy clinics |
§ 57C |
Establishment and maintenance of clinics for the aging |
§ 57D |
Hospice programs; licensure; limitations |
§ 62A |
Establishment of children’s health camps in cities and towns |
§ 62B |
Commission on children’s health camps; membership; appointment |
§ 62C |
Powers and duties of commission |
§ 62D |
Investment by city or town treasurer of money and securities received from commission; bond |
§ 62E |
Records; annual reports of receipts and disbursements |
§ 62F |
Formation of union children’s health camp district by two or more cities or towns; management; commission; membership |
§ 62G |
Location and construction plans for health camp; approval; inspection |
§ 62H |
Contracts for care and treatment of children as compliance with Secs. 62A to 62G |
§ 62I |
Hospital school and hospital for state minor wards; general supervision |
§ 62J |
Purpose of school; children from other states; inpatient or outpatient services |
§ 62K |
Trustees; corporation; additional powers and duties; grants; devises; gifts; trusts |
§ 62L |
Administration of school; appointment of personnel; expenses |
§ 62M |
Admissions; applications; discharges; tuition |
§ 62N |
Inspection of schools; report; audit |
§ 62O |
Accounts and books of treasurer; inspection by trustees |
§ 62P |
Construction and maintenance of hospital for state minor wards |
§ 62Q |
Powers and duties of trustees; management; admissions; approval |
§ 62R |
Use of land, buildings and farm products by hospital school and hospital for state minor wards |
§ 62S |
Assignment of state minor wards to hospital; approval |
§ 63 |
Supervision and control by commissioner |
§ 63A |
Admissions to hospital |
§ 63B |
Medicare program billings; commissioner’s report |
§ 64 |
Annual inventory; report; audit |
§ 64A |
Cushing hospital; general supervision by department |
§ 64B |
Chronic care hospital; services provided; research on aging |
§ 64C |
Board of trustees |
§ 64D |
Corporation; investments |
§ 64E |
Administration of hospital; general trust fund |
§ 64F |
Projected revenue and disbursement schedule of general trust fund |
§ 64G |
Establishment of other trust funds; assent to federal laws; contracts and agreements |
§ 64H |
Rules and regulations |
§ 64I |
Staff members employees of commonwealth |
§ 64J |
Delegation of authority by trustees |
§ 64K |
Deposit of patient or resident funds; disposition of unclaimed deposits or personal property; registration and regulation of fiduciaries |
§ 64L |
Superintendent; subordinate officers and employees |
§ 64M |
Care center |
§ 65A |
Admission to Lakeville hospital |
§ 65C |
Patients’ funds; deposit |
§ 65D |
Patients’ funds; disposition of unclaimed deposits |
§ 67 |
Gifts or bequests |
§ 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 |
§ 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 |
§ 67E |
Children born with congenital anomaly, birth defect, birth injury or an intellectual disability; reports |
§ 67F |
Newborn hearing screening tests |
§ 67G |
Audiometric testing of children; costs |
§ 67H |
Literature on hearing impairments |
§ 69E |
Inpatient and outpatient services; diagnostic evaluation and treatment center; admissions policy |
§ 69F |
Notice of admission of needy person |
§ 69G |
Effect of notice of admission of needy person |
§ 69H |
Charges for support; rate |
§ 69I |
Liability for charges for support; assessment; proceedings; written statements |
§ 69J |
Operation of concessions |
§ 69K |
Patients eligible for federal veterans’ benefits |
§ 69L |
Vehicles; moving and parking rules; violations |
§ 70 |
Records of hospitals or clinics; custody; inspection; copies; fees |
§ 70A |
Hospital lien; creation; priority; application |
§ 70B |
Notice of lien |
§ 70C |
Settlement disregarding hospital lien; effect; limitation of action |
§ 70D |
Itemized statement of charges; effect of failure to furnish |
§ 70E |
Patients’ and residents’ rights |
§ 70F |
HIV test; informed consent; disclosure of results or identity of subject of test |
§ 70G |
Genetic information and reports protected as private information; prior written consent for genetic testing |
§ 70H |
Down Syndrome; information provided to parents upon positive prenatal test result or postnatal diagnosis |
§ 71 |
Licensing of convalescent and nursing homes, infirmaries, etc. |
§ 71A1/2 |
Deposit of inpatient or resident funds |
§ 71A3/4 |
Inspection of state-operated veterans’ homes; notice and correction of violations; licensure |
§ 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 |
§ 72 |
Classification of convalescent and nursing homes, infirmaries, etc.; rules and regulations; inspections; records of violations; jurisdiction |
§ 72C |
Convalescent or nursing homes; lighting and ventilation |
§ 72D |
Nursing homes, etc.; telephone access |
§ 72E |
Convalescent and nursing homes; notice of violations; plan of correction; penalties; enforcement |
§ 72F |
Definitions applicable to Secs. 72F to 72L |
§ 72G |
Reports of abuse of patients |
§ 72H |
Duties of department |
§ 72I |
Filing of reports; confidentiality |
§ 72J |
Registry; establishment; documented findings of patient or resident abuse |
§ 72K |
Definitions; civil penalties; recovery by attorney general |
§ 72L |
Abuse by licensed or registered professional; any necessary disciplinary action including suspension or revocation of license |
§ 72L1/2 |
Immunity from liability as result of compliance with Secs. 72F to 72L |
§ 72M |
Appointment of receiver; emergency; definition |
§ 72N |
Action to appoint receiver; hearing; list of persons; purpose of receivership; stay of actions |
§ 72O |
Authority of receiver; duties; closure of facility; repairs; financial assistance |
§ 72P |
Leases, mortgages or secured transactions; avoidance; setting of rental or interest rate; hearing; foreclosure |
§ 72Q |
Compensation of receiver; bond; lien; recoupment of commonwealth expenditures |
§ 72R |
Termination of receivership |
§ 72S |
Actions against receiver; liability |
§ 72T |
Effect of appointment; violation of regulations |
§ 72U |
Rules and regulations |
§ 72V |
Nursing homes, etc.; storage space for residents |
§ 72W |
Nurses’ aide training |
§ 72X |
Nursing homes; no smoking areas; use of tobacco products prohibited |
§ 72Y |
Nursing pool registrations |
§ 72Z |
Licensed skilled nursing facilities; intermediate care facilities; family councils |
§ 72AA |
Informational document containing laws and regulations; distribution by long-term care facilities |
§ 72BB |
Administering of psychotropic medication by nursing home, rest home or other long-term care facility; informed consent |
§ 73 |
Penalties |
§ 73A |
Facilities operated by and for persons who rely exclusively upon treatment by spiritual means through prayer for healing |
§ 73B |
Facilities operated by Roman Catholic Church |
§ 74 |
Appropriation of money for maintenance of free bed in hospital |
§ 75 |
Unlawful use of buildings for hospitals |
§ 77 |
Department; duty to provide care and treatment of tuberculosis patients |
§ 78 |
Utilization of county institutions; contracts; notice of discontinuance; payments; regulations |
§ 78A |
Hospital care of persons suffering from chronic diseases; admission; cost |
§ 79 |
Admissions, transfers and discharges of tuberculous patients; supervision; rates of charges |
§ 80 |
Payments for care by cities, towns or able patients; definitions; classifications; appeals |
§ 81 |
Programs of control and eradication of tuberculosis; responsibility |
§ 81A |
Use of intradermal tuberculin tests to show freedom from tuberculosis |
§ 82 |
Operation of hospitals by county commissioners or trustees |
§ 83 |
County or municipal tuberculosis institutions; conveyance to commonwealth |
§ 83A |
Indemnity insurance for officers and employees of hospital |
§ 83B |
Authority to raise and expend money for tuberculosis hospital; borrowing; notes; apportionment of costs |
§ 85 |
Maintenance of county tuberculosis hospitals; apportionment of costs and expenses |
§ 85A |
Maintenance, operation and repair of hospitals; apportionment; expenditures |
§ 86 |
Acquisition of land |
§ 87 |
County commissioners as trustees of institutions |
§ 88 |
Conversion of hospitals into chronic disease hospitals or homes for the aged |
§ 91 |
Exemptions; size of cities and towns; change; cities and towns to become part of district; proportionate payment of costs |
§ 91C |
Diseases of chest; use of facilities for treatment; rules and regulations |
§ 92 |
Construction and maintenance of isolation hospitals; approval |
§ 93 |
Regulation of persons approaching isolation hospital |
§ 94 |
Receiving persons from adjoining towns |
§ 94A |
Certification of non-hospitalized persons afflicted with active tuberculosis; examination; transportation; release |
§ 94B |
Detention of patient at sanatorium; petition; transfer to tuberculosis treatment center; release |
§ 94C |
Court commitment to tuberculosis treatment center; procedure; notice; hearing |
§ 94D |
Tuberculosis treatment center; establishment; supervision |
§ 94E |
Financial responsibility for treatment of patients; residence |
§ 94F |
Discharge from treatment center; declassification; transfer |
§ 94G |
Petition for release; order of release |
§ 94H |
Regulations concerning content of certification; minimum standards |
§ 95 |
Powers and duties of boards in cases of infectious diseases |
§ 96 |
Warrants to remove persons infected with dangerous disease |
§ 96A |
Transportation of person infected with dangerous disease to another town |
§ 97 |
Removal of patient from home where patient cannot be isolated |
§ 98 |
Permits for removal of infected articles or sick persons |
§ 99 |
Warrant to secure infected articles; application |
§ 100 |
Warrant to take houses for safe keeping of infected articles |
§ 101 |
Execution of warrant; breaking open houses |
§ 102 |
Payment of expenses in purifying infected articles |
§ 103 |
Compensation for houses and stores impressed |
§ 104 |
Prevention of spread of infection; public notice; removal |
§ 105 |
Violation of regulations |
§ 106 |
Travelers from infected places outside commonwealth; license |
§ 107 |
Transportation of infected dead bodies; rules and regulations |
§ 108 |
Removal of sick prisoners |
§ 109 |
Notice of householder that person in family or house is infected with dangerous disease |
§ 109A |
Treatment of infants’ eyes at time of birth |
§ 110 |
Report of diseases of the eyes of infants |
§ 110A |
Tests of newborn children for treatable disorders or diseases |
§ 110B |
Reyes syndrome treatment or examination; reports |
§ 110C |
Congenital heart defects screenings for newborns through pulse oximetry testing or other testing; regulations; development of protocols |
§ 111 |
Notice to board of health that persons infected with dangerous diseases; application of section |
§ 111A |
Cerebral palsy; reports |
§ 111B |
Malignant disease and benign brain-related tumor registry; reports |
§ 111C |
Unprotected exposure capable of transmitting infectious disease; standardized trip form |
§ 112 |
Notice by local board to department |
§ 113 |
Records of reports of dangerous diseases; notice |
§ 114 |
Forfeiture of claim |
§ 115 |
Recovery of expenses |
§ 116 |
Payment of reasonable expenses; chronically nonresident person defined |
§ 116A |
Hospitalization of persons suffering from chronic rheumatism; rules and regulations |
§ 117 |
Establishment and maintenance of clinics for prevention of HIV or treatment of venereal diseases; examinations; minors |
§ 118 |
Discrimination against treatment of venereal diseases |
§ 119 |
Records pertaining to venereal diseases |
§ 121 |
Treatment of venereal diseases or pulmonary tuberculosis in public charitable or penal institutions; expenses |
§ 121A |
Serological test for syphilis of pregnant women |
§ 121B |
Prescription and distribution of drugs to treat Chlamydia in unexamined sexual partners of patients |
§ 122 |
Regulations relative to nuisances; examinations |
§ 122A |
Regulation of domestic water supply; powers of board of health; penalties |
§ 123 |
Abatement of nuisance by owner; penalty |
§ 124 |
Service of order for abatement |
§ 125 |
Removal of nuisance by board |
§ 125A |
Review of order adjudging the operation of a farm to be a nuisance |
§ 126 |
Location of privy vaults |
§ 127 |
Regulations relative to house drainage |
§ 127A |
State sanitary code; adoption; enforcement; jurisdiction; speedy trial |
§ 127A1/2 |
Requirement of personal flotation devices for municipal and recreational programs and camps for minor children; determination of swimming ability |
§ 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 |
§ 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 |
§ 127C |
Petition for violation of sanitary code; requisites |
§ 127D |
Entry fee; notice upon offending owner |
§ 127E |
Copy of report of investigation; admissibility in evidence |
§ 127F |
Court order regarding rental payments; disbursement of funds; receiver |
§ 127G |
Removal from district to superior or housing court; transmittal of rents and removal fees |
§ 127I |
Enforcement of sanitary code; remedies; receiver |
§ 127J |
Petition by receiver to apply for financial assistance; notice and hearing; financial assistance; lien |
§ 127K |
Agreement to waive enforcement of sanitary code; validity |
§ 127L |
Repairs by tenants of residential premises to cure violations; reimbursement for cost |
§ 127N |
Actions by tenants against owners of residential premises; joinder of certain other persons as parties; liability; exception |
§ 127O |
Conveyance of real estate with intent to evade nuisance provisions; penalty |
§ 127P |
Land covered by subdivision plan; application of state environmental code |
§ 128A |
Filling of sites of demolished or removed buildings |
§ 128G |
Farm labor camps; inspection; certificate; complaints |
§ 128H |
Migrant workers; educational and recreational opportunities; locomotion; visitation rights; regulations; injunctive relief |
§ 129 |
Removal or destruction of nuisance on conviction of owner |
§ 130 |
Enjoining nuisance |
§ 131 |
Compulsory examination of premises; complaint; warrant |
§ 142A |
Pollution or contamination of atmosphere; prevention; regulations; violation; enforcement |
§ 142B |
Metropolitan air pollution control district; establishment; composition; powers of department of environmental protection |
§ 142C |
Other air pollution control districts; formation |
§ 142D |
Air pollution control districts; standards and plans for implementation; establishment; periodic review; amendment; compliance with minimum federal standards |
§ 142E |
Air pollution; preventing and controlling by departments, agencies, commissions, authorities and political subdivisions |
§ 142F |
Discharging excess fuel from aircraft into atmosphere; penalty; definitions |
§ 142G |
Burning of Christmas trees restricted |
§ 142H |
Ceremonial bonfires restricted; permits |
§ 142I |
Bonfires from July 2 to July 6 authorized |
§ 142K |
Motor vehicle emissions standards; late models |
§ 142L |
Agricultural burning |
§ 142M |
Motor vehicle emissions inspection and repair; definitions; rules and regulations; inspection facilities; waivers; quality assurance program; violations |
§ 142N |
Fossil fuel-fired electric generation facilities; uniform performance standards |
§ 142O |
Motor vehicle fuel dispensing facilities; stage II vapor recovery systems; operation and standards |
§ 143 |
Trade or employment attended with noisome and injurious odors; assignment of places; prohibition; appeal |
§ 144 |
Revocation of location assignment; removal of nuisance |
§ 145 |
Damages |
§ 146 |
Orders of prohibition; service |
§ 147 |
Appeal from order; notice; trial |
§ 148 |
Exercise of trade or employment during pendency of proceedings |
§ 149 |
Verdict; effect |
§ 150 |
Damages and costs |
§ 150A |
Solid waste disposal facilities; maintenance and operation; applications for site assignment |
§ 150A1/2 |
Standards and criteria for siting of facilities; rules and regulations |
§ 150B |
Establishment of facility site |
§ 151 |
Slaughter houses; regulation; public hearing; application of section |
§ 152 |
Use or occupation of buildings or premises for carrying on offensive trades or occupations |
§ 153 |
Restraint of unauthorized occupancy, use or extension of building or premises occupied or used for offensive trades or occupations |
§ 154 |
Killing or rendering of horses; licenses; application; notice to director of animal health; fees |
§ 155 |
Licensing of stables in cities and large towns; fees |
§ 156 |
Stables in vicinity of churches |
§ 157 |
Penalty for violation of Secs. 155 and 156 |
§ 158 |
Licensing of stables in small towns; fees; restraint of erection, occupancy or use of stables |
§ 159 |
Supervision of inland waters |
§ 160 |
Examination of water supply; assistance to cities, towns and districts for groundwater aquifers and recharge areas |
§ 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 |
§ 160B |
Water quality violations; orders of department of environmental quality engineering; enforcement |
§ 160C |
Home water treatment devices; definitions applicable to Secs. 160B to 160G |
§ 160D |
Analysis of drinking water; disclosure form |
§ 160E |
Analysis of drinking water by uncertified person; penalty |
§ 160F |
Misrepresentations; sale of home water treatment devices |
§ 160G |
Enforcement of Secs. 160C to 160F |
§ 162 |
Removal of causes of pollution; petition; hearing; notice; damages; violation of order |
§ 163 |
Appeal |
§ 164 |
Enforcement of orders, rules and regulations |
§ 165 |
Entry on premises; compensation of agents; apportionment |
§ 167 |
Protection of sources of water supply |
§ 168 |
Prescriptive rights of drainage; application of Sec. 167 |
§ 169 |
Injunction against pollution of water supply |
§ 170 |
Willful defilement or corruption of spring or source of water |
§ 171 |
Wilful deposit of excrement or foul matter into water supply; bathing in water supply |
§ 173A |
Police employed to protect water supply; powers and duties |
§ 173B |
Entry upon premises within water shed of source of water supply |
§ 174 |
Driving animal on ice of pond or stream used for domestic water supply |
§ 174A |
Prevention of defilement of domestic water supply by gulls or terns |
§ 175 |
Protection of Charles river from pollution |
§ 181 |
Enforcement of vaccination of inhabitants of towns |
§ 182 |
Vaccination of inmates of institutions supported by aid of commonwealth |
§ 183 |
Exemptions from vaccination requirement |
§ 184 |
Establishment and maintenance of bacteriological laboratories |
§ 184A |
Certificates of approval relative to bacteriological laboratories; rules and regulations; renewals; fees |
§ 184B |
Blood banks |
§ 184C |
Donation of blood by minors |
§ 185 |
Disinfecting public mutoscopes and other apparatus |
§ 185A |
Rules of instruction, test cards and other appliances |
§ 186 |
Public use of machines requiring application of lips |
§ 186A |
Shoe-fitting machines; restrictions on use; penalty |
§ 186B |
Sale of ”flammable” fabric or related material to be used for children’s sleepwear; penalties |
§ 187 |
Enforcement of chapter |
§ 188 |
Disposition of fines and forfeitures |
§ 189 |
Application of chapter to cities |
§ 189A |
Definitions applicable to Secs. 189A to 199B |
§ 190 |
Program for the prevention, screening, diagnosis and treatment of lead poisoning; lead poisoning control director; advisory committee |
§ 191 |
Reports of lead poisoning; notifications to agencies; records |
§ 192 |
Lead poisoning educational and publicity program |
§ 192A |
Field testing and approval of new methods of removing paint and other materials containing lead |
§ 192B |
Preparation of educational materials |
§ 193 |
Lead poisoning early identification program; examination and reports |
§ 194 |
Detection of sources of lead poisoning; inspection; search warrant; notice; examination of children; reports; records |
§ 195 |
State laboratory for lead and lead poisoning detection; specimen analysis; fee; report as prima facie evidence |
§ 196 |
Prohibited acts relating to lead-based paint, glaze or other substance; punishment; embargo of personal property |
§ 197 |
Duty of residential premises owners; interim control measures; abatement or containment of paint, plaster or other accessible structural material containing lead |
§ 197A |
Notice to prospective purchasers of premises of hazards of lead in premises; forms; letter of compliance; civil penalty |
§ 197B |
Lead paint inspectors; deleaders; licensure |
§ 197C |
Child exhibiting dangerous blood lead level after issuance of letters of compliance or interim control; liability |
§ 197D |
Secured lenders; liability |
§ 197E |
Lead abatement loan program |
§ 198 |
Violations of state sanitary code; enforcement |
§ 199 |
Liability of owner of premises; punitive damages |
§ 199A |
Unlawful practices in selling, renting, or leasing premises containing lead in paint, plaster or materials |
§ 199B |
Exemptions from Secs. 189A to 199A |
§ 201 |
First aid training of emergency personnel, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation; standards; refresher course; coordination by department; personnel excepted |
§ 202 |
Fetal deaths; reports; confidentiality; disposition of remains; violations; forms |
§ 203 |
Health care provider misconduct; medical peer review |
§ 204 |
Confidentiality of medical peer review committee proceedings, reports and records; exceptions; immunity |
§ 205 |
Information and records necessary to comply with risk management and quality assurance programs; confidentiality; definitions |
§ 206 |
Program to reduce incidence of mortality and morbidity from accidents and diseases; risk factors; wellness programs |
§ 206A |
Seal of approval for wellness programs implemented by businesses |
§ 207 |
Definitions applicable to Secs. 208 to 214 |
§ 208 |
Tanning facilities; licenses; necessity; expiration; fees; inspection of tanning facilities; violations; revocation; appeals |
§ 209 |
Tanning facilities; statement of warning and notice; posting; form; acknowledgment by customer |
§ 210 |
Tanning facilities; presence of operators; protective eyewear required; limitation of exposure and temperature |
§ 211 |
Use of tanning device by minors |
§ 212 |
Tanning facilities; promotional material; liability not affected by warnings; report of injuries |
§ 213 |
Access to tanning facilities for inspections; rules and regulations; phototherapy devices excluded |
§ 214 |
Violations; fines |
§ 215 |
Needle exchange programs; approval; report |
§ 216 |
Fragrance advertising inserts; microencapsulated fragrance; penalty |
§ 218 |
Guidelines for human leukocyte or histocompatibility locus antigen testing |
§ 219 |
Meningitis immunization awareness |
§ 220 |
Multidisciplinary advisory board; training and examination of sexual assault nurse examiners |
§ 220A |
Prevention of the practice of female genital mutilation |
§ 221 |
Breastfeeding in a public place |
§ 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 compliance with sectio |
§ 223 |
Nutritional standards for sale or provision of foods or beverages in public schools; school wellness advisory committees; food safety inspections at public schools |
§ 224 |
Commission on falls prevention; members; duties |
§ 225 |
Presenting claim for payment for anatomic pathology services |
§ 226 |
Mandatory overtime for nurses prohibited; exception for emergency situations |
§ 227 |
Palliative care and end-of-life options; distribution of information regarding availability |
§ 228 |
Allowed amount; advance disclosure of allowed amount or charge for admission, procedure or service; referrals; nonparticipation in plan; penalties |
§ 229 |
Distribution of information regarding benefits of annual immunization against influenza for children |
§ 230 |
Folic acid awareness initiative |
§ 231 |
Limitation on patient assignments per nurse in intensive care units; development and certification of acuity tool |
§ 232 |
Collection, recording and analyzation of data on suicides in the commonwealth; annual report |
§ 233 |
Palliative care and quality of life interdisciplinary advisory council |
§ 234 |
Palliative care consumer and professional information and education program |
§ 235 |
Surgical technologists; standards and requisites for employment; waiver |
§ 236 |
Nondiscrimination in access to organ transplantation |
§ 237 |
Analysis of population health trends; opiate overdoses |
§ 238 |
Promoting awareness of reproductive health care facilities in the commonwealth |
§ 239 |
Promulgation of regulations regarding the advertisement and sale of tobacco products and electronic nicotine delivery systems |
§ 240 |
Reimbursement for travel and ancillary costs for cancer clinical trials |
§ 241 |
Rare disease advisory council; membership; duties; funding; reports |
§ 242 |
Advisory council on pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder; membership and terms; annual report; cooperation from state agencies; funding |
§ 243 |
Parkinson’s disease registry |
§ 244 |
Open burn pits or other airborne hazards in overseas military deployments; educational materials; duties of the commissioner |