Massachusetts Code — 111
Browse 494 sections in division 111 of the Massachusetts code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
Sections (showing up to 300)
- § 1. Definitions
- § 2. Duties of commissioner of public health
- § 2A. Co-operation with MassAbility
- § 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
- § 2K. Affirming Health Care 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
- § 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
- § 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 persons with genetic disabilities; 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 Fund; vaccine program advisory council; surcharge
- § 24O. Maternal mortality and morbidity review committee; duties; confidentiality of information, documents and records; committee membership
- § 24P. In-depth fetal and infant mortality review of each individual fetal or infant death
- § 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; inter-agency cooperation; contracts authorized
- § 25B. Definitions applicable to Secs. 25B to 25G
- § 25C. Determination of need for construction of health care facility or change in service of facility
- § 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
- § 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
- § 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
- § 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; notice of closure or discontinuance of essential health care service
- § 51H. Reporting about healthcare-associated infections and serious reportable events, serious adverse drug events, and operational impairment 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
- § 51M. Promulgation of regulations relative to the operation and maintenance of birth centers licensed as clinics pursuant to section 51
- § 51N. Licensing of office-based surgical centers
- § 51O. Licensing of urgent care centers
- § 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
- § 70I. Businesses that electronically store or maintain medical information related to the provision of abortion or abortion-related health care services, in vitro fertilization and gender-affirming health care services; promulgation of regulations; required use of consent form; enforcement and violations; exception
- § 71. Licensing of long-term care facilities; intermediate care facilities for persons with intellectual disabilities; transfer of operations
- § 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 long-term care facilities; rules and regulations; inspections; records of violations; jurisdiction; construction standards for small house nursing homes
- § 72C. Convalescent or nursing homes; lighting and ventilation
- § 72D. Nursing homes, etc.; telephone access
- § 72E. Inspection of long-term care facilities; 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
- § 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
- § 72CC. Outbreak response plans for long-term care facilities
- § 72DD. Training and education program for staff of long-term care facilities
- § 72EE. Regulations to promote communication, religious and recreational activities for residents of long-term care facilities; access to funds
- § 72FF. Cost trends and financial performance among skilled nursing facilities; annual examination and report
- § 72GG. Prohibition on discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, intersex status or HIV status in long-term care facilities; notice requirements; resident records; privacy in direct care and physical examinations; access to transgender medical care; LBGTQI-related programming; violations; staff training
- § 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