§ 1 Supervision; inpatient and outpatient services
§ 2 Board of trustees; number; appointment
§ 3 Board of trustees; powers and duties; appointment of superintendent
§ 4 Trustees; rules and regulations
§ 5 Corporate status of trustees; powers and duties
§ 6 Deposit of funds by superintendent
§ 7 Unclaimed patients’ funds; disposition
§ 8 Unclaimed patients’ valuables; disposition; record
§ 9 Unclaimed bank books of former patients; payment to trustees
§ 10 Powers of trustees relative to patients and their property
§ 11 Receiving of persons
§ 12 Removal of persons to places of residence
§ 13 Removal of persons infected with dangerous disease; expenses
§ 14 Admission of persons affected with diseases; expenses
§ 15 Contracts for employment of patients; discharge; forfeiture of support
§ 16 Liability of kindred for support
§ 22 Treasurer of banking institutions; failure to disclose deposits, etc.; penalty
§ 23 Unlawful possession of liquids or articles by patients with intent to consume as inebriants

Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 122 - Tewksbury Hospital

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. Source: OCC
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.