Massachusetts Code — 112
Browse 577 sections in division 112 of the Massachusetts code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 1. Duties of commissioner of occupational licensure and commissioner of public health
- § 1A. Issuance of license or certificate to engage in business or profession; statement of obligation to report certain injuries of children
- § 1B. Acceptance of education, training or service completed by applicant as member of armed forces toward qualification requirements to receive license or certification; validity of license or certificate during active service of holder; expedited licensing of spouse of member of armed services; waiver of commonwealth's fees
- § 2. Registration of physicians; alien applicants; examinations; renewal; required professional malpractice liability insurance; fees; continuing education relating to diagnosis, treatment and care of patients with cognitive impairments
- § 2A. Acceptance of certificate in lieu of examination for registration as qualified physician; fee
- § 2B. Schools for training medical laboratory technologists; inspection; approval; approving authority
- § 2C. Schools for training medical X–ray technicians; approval; inspection; approving authority
- § 2D. Professional relationships preventing physician from providing administrative or judicial testimony
- § 2E. Ultrasound services pertaining to a possible or actual pregnancy
- § 3. Examinations
- § 4. Record of registered physicians; annual report
- § 5. Investigation of complaints related to the practice of medicine; remediation program; individual profiles; hearing; disciplinary action; immunity; confidentiality; notice; subpoenas; adjudicatory hearing decisions
- § 5A. Physician's license restrictions
- § 5B. Reports of disciplinary action by professional medical organizations
- § 5C. Reports by insurers of medical malpractice claims or actions; liability
- § 5D. Reports of violations by public officers or employees
- § 5E. Reports by physicians of settlements or arbitration awards; filing; penalty
- § 5F. Reports of violations by health care providers; discrimination; liability of employers; exemption
- § 5G. Communication with professional organizations or board; liability; counsel fees and costs
- § 5H. Incompetency or impairment of physician; physical or mental examination; court order; report
- § 5I. Surgical and other procedures; report of data regarding results
- § 5J. Annual report to special commission on medical malpractice
- § 5K. Prioritization of investigations; rules and regulations
- § 5L. Standards for physicians who read and interpret mammography
- § 5M. Physician investment in for-profit hospitals and health maintenance organizations; regulations
- § 5N. Professional development training module on suicide prevention through reduction of access to lethal means
- § 5O. Telehealth
- § 6. Unauthorized or unregistered practice of medicine; penalties
- § 7. Application of Secs. 2 to 6 and Sec. 8
- § 8. Recording of certificate of registration as a physician by city or town clerk; fee; records
- § 8A. Use of term ''physician'' in title, advertisement, etc.; penalties
- § 9. Limited registration; qualifications; internationally-trained physicians; revocation
- § 9A. Medical students; limited practice of medicine under supervision
- § 9B. Temporary registration of qualified physician
- § 9C. Definitions applicable to Secs. 9C to 9K
- § 9D. Application of Secs. 9C to 9K
- § 9E. Physician assistants; medical services; supervision; legal responsibility
- § 9F. Board of registration of physician assistants; duties
- § 9G. Record of registered physician assistants and programs; annual report
- § 9H. Investigative and disciplinary powers of board
- § 9I. Registration of physician assistants; applications; requirements
- § 9J. Unauthorized use of title of physician assistant; fraud
- § 9K. Approval of education and training programs for physician assistants
- § 10. Application of medicine and its practice to osteopathy and its practice
- § 11. Prohibition of certain acts by osteopaths
- § 12. Disclosure of information relative to venereal disease by registered physician
- § 12A. Report of treatment of wounds, burns, overdose and injuries resulting from discharge of firearm; penalty
- § 12B. Emergency care of injured persons; exemption from civil liability
- § 12C. Immunity of physician or nurse administering immunization or other protective programs
- § 12D. Prescriptions of interchangeable drug products; notification of substitute for narrow therapeutic index immunosuppressant drug for treatment of organ or tissue transplant
- § 12E. Drug dependent minors; consent to medical care; liability for payment; records
- § 12F. Emergency treatment of minors
- § 12G. Disclosure of information by physicians and other medical providers
- § 12H. Prescriptions on hospital or clinic blanks; printing of physician's name required
- § 12I. Abortion or sterilization procedures; refusal of hospital or health facility staff members or employees to participate
- § 12J. Experimentation on human fetuses prohibited; medical procedures authorized; consent; approval; civil and criminal liability and proceedings; severability
- § 12K. Definitions applicable to Secs. 12L to 12R
- § 12L. Personal decision regarding pregnancy
- § 12M. Abortion; pregnancy existing for 24 weeks or less
- § 12N. Abortion; pregnancy existing for 24 weeks or more
- § 12O. Abortion performed pursuant to Sec. 12N; protection of unborn child
- § 12P. Abortion performed pursuant to Sec. 12M or 12N; written informed consent; facilities
- § 12Q. Collection of data
- § 12R. Written informed consent; confidentiality; patient less than 16 years of age
- § 12V. Exemption of certain individuals rendering emergency cardiopulmonary resuscitation from liability
- § 12W. Sterilization operations; consent
- § 12X. Restrictive covenants upon physicians rendered unenforceable
- § 12Y. Medicare assignment policy; posting
- § 12Z. Reports of dog bites
- § 12AA. Referral for physical therapy; ownership interest; disclosure
- § 12BB. Lead poisoning screening
- § 12CC. Health care providers; inspection of records
- § 12DD. Administration of long-term antibiotic therapy upon diagnosis of Lyme disease
- § 12EE. Substitution of interchangeable biological product by pharmacist
- § 12FF. Immunity of person administering naloxone or other opioid antagonist to person experiencing opiate-related overdose
- § 12GG. Dispensing of 90–day supply for prescribed topical ophthalmic products
- § 13. Podiatry; definition; application of Secs. 13 to 23
- § 14. Practice of podiatry; holding out as a registered podiatrist
- § 15. Preparation and distribution of forms for applications for registration by the board of registration in podiatry; examinations
- § 16. Registration of podiatrists; application; fees; examinations and reexaminations; certificate; registration without examination; participation in medical assistance program; revocation; approval of schools
- § 16A. Limited registration of podiatrists
- § 16B. Students of podiatric medicine; limited practice
- § 16C. Temporary registration of podiatrists
- § 17. Examinations
- § 17A. Records of board of registration in podiatry; rules and regulations; reports; investigation of complaints
- § 17B. Liability of persons filing complaint, reporting or providing information or assisting the board of registration in podiatry
- § 18. Refusal to issue certificate of registration in podiatry; revocation
- § 19. Unprofessional conduct; definition; regulation by board
- § 20. Suspension of certificate of registration in podiatry
- § 21. Recording of certificate of registration in podiatry by city or town clerk; fee; records
- § 21A. Prescriptions on hospital or clinic blanks; printing of podiatrist's name required
- § 22. Penalties
- § 23A. Definitions applicable to Secs. 23A to 23P
- § 23B. Board of allied health professions; examinations; applications for licensure; fees; renewal of license
- § 23C. Athletic trainers, occupational therapists, physical therapists or assistants, or lactation consultants; practice upon filing of license application
- § 23D. Athletic trainers, occupational therapists or physical therapists or assistants; licensing of persons registered or licensed in other states, territories, etc.; fees
- § 23E. Limitation of application of section to other practices, services or activities
- § 23F. Athletic trainers; qualifications
- § 23G. Occupational therapists; qualifications
- § 23H. Occupational therapy assistant; qualifications
- § 23I. Physical therapist; qualifications
- § 23J. Physical therapist assistants; qualifications
- § 23K. Revocation, suspension, etc. of licensee
- § 23L. Practice of medicine or other form of healing by athletic trainer, occupational therapist, physical therapist or assistants or licensed lactation consultant
- § 23M. Rules and regulations of board of allied health professions; record of proceedings; roster of licensees
- § 23N. Athletic trainers; necessity of license
- § 23O. Occupational therapists or assistants; necessity of license; use of letters, abbreviations, etc.
- § 23P. Physical therapists or assistants; necessity of license; use of letters, abbreviations, etc.
- § 23Q. Citation
- § 23R. Definitions applicable to Secs. 23R to 23BB
- § 23S. Board of respiratory care; examination of candidates; application for license; renewal of license
- § 23T. Supervised practice pending examination results
- § 23U. Licensing as respiratory therapist without examination
- § 23V. Limitation of application of Secs. 23R to 23BB to other practices, services or activities
- § 23W. Respiratory therapists; qualifications
- § 23X. Revocation or suspension of respiratory therapist license
- § 23Y. Unauthorized practice of medicine by respiratory therapist
- § 23Z. Rules and regulations of the board of respiratory care; roster of licensees
- § 23AA. Unauthorized practice of respiratory care
- § 23BB. Voluntary emergency care or treatment by respiratory therapist; exemption from liability
- § 24. Registration of pharmacists; examination; fees
- § 24A. Records of board of registration in pharmacy; expiration of registrations; renewals; reinstatement; fees; continuing education requirements; audits
- § 24B. Standards for schools of pharmacy; certificates of approval; courses
- § 24C. Pharmacy technicians; registration
- § 24D. Complaints relating to pharmacy technicians; investigation; discipline
- § 24E. Person acting as pharmacy technician without being registered; misdemeanor; punishment
- § 24F. Pharmacy technician change of address; written notification
- § 24G. Pharmacy interns
- § 24H. Rehabilitation program for registered pharmacists and pharmacy interns and technicians with substance use issue
- § 25. Records of board of registration in pharmacy; annual reports
- § 25A. Annual report of investigatory or disciplinary actions conducted by the board of registration in pharmacy; availability
- § 26. Display of certificate of registration from the board of registration in pharmacy
- § 27. Complaints against registered pharmacists; notice; hearing
- § 28. Decision of board of registration in pharmacy; effect
- § 29. Suspension of certificate of registration of registered pharmacist
- § 30. Unlawful dispensing of controlled substances; penalties; clerical and ministerial supportive services excepted
- § 32. Investigation of complaints; participation in national data reporting system
- § 33. Access to documents by registered pharmacists against whom a complaint or charge is pending
- § 34. Certificate of conviction of pharmacist; notification of board
- § 36. Continuance of business of deceased or incapacitated registered pharmacists
- § 36A. Sale, distribution or delivery, at wholesale, of drugs or medicines; license
- § 36B. Sale, distribution or delivery, at wholesale, of drugs or medicines; license fee; qualification; renewal
- § 36C. Use of words ''wholesale druggist''; inspection and investigation of wholesale dealers; reports of violations; complaints
- § 36D. Penalties
- § 36E. Outsourcing facilities; registration
- § 37. Drug business; definition
- § 38. Transaction of retail drug business; registration; permit; display of permit
- § 39. Registration; permits; fees; rendering of final decision; establishment of specialty pharmacy licensure categories
- § 39A. Restricted pharmacies; registration
- § 39B. Nuclear pharmacies
- § 39C. Long-term care pharmacy and home infusion pharmacy
- § 39D. Definitions applicable to Secs. 36E to 42D; reporting of improper dispensing of prescription drugs; reporting of serious adverse drug events; recall and reporting of defective drug preparation
- § 39F. Compounding and distribution of sterile or complex non-sterile drug preparation prohibited without license; adherence to current standards under cGMP
- § 39G. Retail sterile compounding pharmacies; licensure; designation of manager of record; inspection and quality assurance procedures; supplementary regulations
- § 39H. Retail complex non-sterile compounding pharmacies; licensure; designation of manager of record; inspection and quality assurance procedures; supplementary regulations
- § 39I. Institutional sterile compounding pharmacies; licensure; designation of manager or record; inspection and quality assurance procedures; supplementary regulations
- § 39J. Non-resident pharmacies; licensure; designation of pharmacist in charge; distribution of drug preparations produced or compounded by a pharmacy not granted a non-resident license prohibited
- § 40. Suspension or revocation of registration and permit; notice; hearing
- § 41A. Patent and proprietary medicines; non-controlled substances; exemption from regulation
- § 42A. Rules and regulations of the board of registration in pharmacy; participation in national data reporting systems; suspension or revocation of license or permit; hearing; summary action upon belief of threat to public health, safety or welfare
- § 42B. Development and operation of publicly accessible and searchable website containing enforcement action records of licensed pharmacies and pharmacists, record of serious adverse drug events and other relevant information
- § 42C. Advisory committee to the board of registration in pharmacy
- § 42D. Assessment of penalty against licensed pharmacy for violation of regulation or administrative rule or for failure to comply with order to correct violation
- § 43. Powers and duties of board of registration of dentistry; records; annual reports
- § 43A. Definitions
- § 44. Notification of board of office address; fees, default; lists; display of name
- § 45. Registration of dentists; applications; examinations and re-examinations; fees; participation in medical assistance program; certificate; alien applicants
- § 45A. Limited registration of dentists; renewal; revocation
- § 45B. Temporary registration of dentists; prerequisites; fee; restrictions on practice; revocation
- § 45C. Registration of dentists; fee waived for certain volunteer practitioners; scope of practice restricted; contents of application
- § 46. Reputable dental college; definition
- § 46A. Reexamination for competency
- § 47. Examination
- § 48. Reciprocity certificate for dentist lawfully in practice for at least five years in another state; fee
- § 49. Operation of dental office under name of owner; exception
- § 50. Practicing dentistry; definition; identification of removable dental prosthesis
- § 50A. Prescriptions on hospital or clinic blanks; printing of dentist's name required
- § 51. Dental hygienists
- § 51A. Continuing education; rules and regulations
- § 52. Penalties for violations regarding licensing of dental professionals
- § 52A. Illegal advertising; dental referral service disclosure
- § 52B. Conviction for illegal advertising; revocation or suspension of registration of dentist or dental hygienist
- § 52C. Illegal advertisement by persons engaged in dental business relating to dentures and bridges
- § 52D. Suspension, revocation or cancellation of certificate, registration, license or authority upon conviction of felony related to practice of dentistry
- § 52E. Repeated irregularities in billing third party payers; disciplinary proceedings
- § 52F. Suspension of or refusal to renew registrant's license; hearing
- § 52G. Persons filing complaint or providing information to board; liability
- § 52H. Unified recovery and monitoring program of dentists and dental hygienists seeking support for mental health or substance use as a voluntary alternative to disciplinary actions; reports; dismissal of pending investigation or complaint; license status; failure to complete program
- § 53. Application of Secs. 43 to 52; treatment by registered physician or registered dentist from another state
- § 54. Board of registration in veterinary medicine; power to make by-laws and rules; quorum
- § 54A. Definitions applicable to Secs. 54 to 60
- § 55. Registration of veterinarians; examinations; certificate; fees; renewal of licenses; revocation
- § 55A. Graduates of non-approved veterinary schools; waiver of requirements; rules and regulations
- § 56. Examinations
- § 56A. Temporary permits to practice veterinary medicine; revocation
- § 56B. Prescriptions on hospital or clinic blanks; printing of veterinarian's name required
- § 56C. Out-of-state veterinarians; examination; registration; reciprocity
- § 56D. Schools of veterinary medicine; institutional license
- § 56E. Veterinary students; clinical training; licensing exemption
- § 57. Register of registered veterinarians; annual reports; investigation of complaints
- § 58. Practicing veterinary medicine; definition
- § 58A. Emergency care to animals; exemption from civil liability
- § 58B. Reports of suspected acts of cruelty to animals; veterinarians; immunity from liability; failure to report
- § 59. Illegal practice of veterinary medicine; penalty; powers of board; causes for revocation of license
- § 59A. Disposal of abandoned animals; notice
- § 60. Application of Secs. 54 to 59; emergency advice or service
- § 60A. Definitions applicable to Secs. 60A to 60L
- § 60B. Application for registration as architect; fees; examinations
- § 60C. Submission of evidence of education and experience; examinations; exemption from written examination; rules and regulations
- § 60D. Renewals of certificates of registration as architect; fee
- § 60E. Display of certificate of registration as architect; issuance of duplicate certificates; fee
- § 60F. Seal of registered architect
- § 60G. Revocation, suspension or annulment of certificate of registration as architect; disciplining of registrant; grounds
- § 60H. Charges against architect; hearing; notice; revocation, suspension or annulment of certificate; notice to secretary of state; re-issue of certificate
- § 60I. Certificate of registration; prima facie evidence
- § 60J. Roster of registered architects
- § 60K. Practice of architecture; use of titles; display of signs and other advertising matter
- § 60L. Services in practice of architecture; plans and specifications; registered professional engineer; employees; landscape architects; partnership or corporation; non-resident architects
- § 60M. Determination of services as practice of architecture; finality; fraud
- § 60N. Certificate of registration as architect emeritus
- § 60O. Enforcement by board of registration of architects; attorney general; duties
- § 60P. Punishment for violations of Secs. 60A to 60N
- § 60Q. Immunity from liability for professionals providing services related to natural disaster or catastrophe
- § 61. Suspension, revocation or cancellation of certificate, registration, license or authority by boards; disciplinary measures; sanctions; educational loan defaulters; review; discipline; activities in other states
- § 61A. Sale of tobacco products within buildings, facilities or grounds of health care institutions
- § 62. Hearings
- § 63. Pendency of action before criminal court; delay; pendency of charge before board; continuance
- § 64. Review by supreme judicial court of suspension, revocation or cancellation order; decree; standards of review by other courts
- § 65. Practice during suspension, revocation or cancellation; civil administrative penalties; notice; expiration and renewal of license; court orders
- § 65A. Unlicensed practice of trade or profession for which license is required; penalties
- § 65B. Board authority to suspend or refuse to renew license; hearing; judicial review
- § 65C. Investigative conference meetings; access to meeting records
- § 65D. Assessed penalties; allocation of funds
- § 65E. Reporting of action against individual practicing a trade or profession on suspended, revoked or cancelled license to attorney general
- § 65F. Fee for reinstating lapsed or expired license issued by a board of registration under the supervision of the division of occupational licensure
- § 65G. Program for monitoring the rehabilitation of licensed health care professionals seeking support for mental health or substance use
- § 66. Practice of optometry; definition
- § 66A. Diagnostic pharmaceutical agents; utilization
- § 66B. Therapeutic pharmaceutical agents and therapeutic contact lenses; utilization; prescriptions
- § 66C. Optometrists; prescriptions; referrals; medical error reduction
- § 67. Board of registration in optometry; records; inspection; rules and regulations; reports
- § 68. Registration of optometrists; examinations; fees; certificate; exemption from written examination; participation in medical assistance program
- § 68A. Examination for use of diagnostic pharmaceutical agents
- § 68B. Examination for use of therapeutic pharmaceutical agents
- § 68C. Optometrists; examination to permit the use and prescription of therapeutic pharmaceutical agents; licensed in other jurisdictions; residency; continuing education
- § 69. Annual license fees; revocation of certificate; renewal of registration, educational requirement
- § 70. Recording of certificate of registration in optometry by city or town clerk; fees; display of certificate
- § 71. Refusal to grant certificate in optometry; revocation or suspension; hearing; notice; renewal
- § 72. Name of optometric practice
- § 72A. Unlawful practice of optometry; violation of rules and regulations; penalties
- § 73. Application of Secs. 66 to 72A
- § 73A. Advertisements for sale price of eyeglasses, contact lenses or eyeglass frames; restrictions; violations; penalties
- § 73B. Practice of optometry on premises selling eyeglasses, lenses or frames; unauthorized receipt of fees from practice of optometry
- § 73C. Dispensing optician; definition
- § 73D. Licensing of dispensing opticians
- § 73E. Applications for registration as dispensing optician; examinations; licenses; fees; exemption from written examination
- § 73F. Records of board of registration of dispensing opticians; annual reports; rules and regulations
- § 73G. Dispensing optician license fees
- § 73H. Refusal to grant license; suspension; revocation; hearing; notice
- § 73I. Unlicensed practice as dispensing optician; penalties
- § 73J. Application of Secs. 73C to 73L to registered physicians or optometrists
- § 73K. Certification as apprentice dispensing optician; application; fee; certificate; powers of apprentice
- § 73L. Revocation of order of suspension; granting of new licenses; hearing
- § 73M. Sellers of ready-to-wear magnifying spectacles or eyeglasses; applicability of law
- § 74. Registration of nurses; examinations; fees; certificate; rules and regulations; continuing education relating to the diagnosis, treatment and care of patients with cognitive impairments
- § 74A. Registration of practical nurses; examinations and re-examinations; certificate; fees; cancellation of certificate; rules and regulations; continuing education relating to diagnosis, treatment and care of patients with cognitive impairments
- § 74C. Advisory council on continuing education; membership; appointment
- § 74D. Contracts or agreements; restrictive covenants on nurses or practical nurses void
- § 74E. Registration of nurses; fingerprint-based background checks; fees; use of criminal history record check; promulgation of regulations
- § 75. Examinations
- § 76. Reciprocity registration as nurse or practical nurse; fee
- § 76A. Nurses registered in other jurisdictions; temporary registration
- § 76B. Canadian nurse licensure; reciprocity
- § 77. Investigation of complaints; national data reporting systems
- § 78. Records of board of registration in nursing; inspection; annual report
- § 79. Rules and regulations of board of registration in nursing
- § 80. Violations of provisions relating to professional nursing
- § 80A. Violations of provisions relating to practical nursing
- § 80B. Nursing practice; advanced practice; licensed practical nurses
- § 80C. Nurse-midwife; designation
- § 80D. Nurse-midwifery advisory committee
- § 80E. Nurse practitioners or psychiatric nurse mental health clinical specialists; power to order therapeutics and tests; issuance of written prescriptions
- § 80F. Rehabilitation program to assist nurses with substance abuse disorders; establishment; functions; rehabilitation evaluation committees; program participants
- § 80G. Nurse-midwives; authority to order and interpret tests and prescribe medications; clinical relationship with obstetrician-gynecologist; standards of care
- § 80H. Nurse anesthetist; power to issue prescriptions and order tests and therapeutics
- § 80I. Required signature, certification, etc. by physician relating to physical or mental health; fulfillment by nurse practitioner or psychiatric nurse mental health clinical specialist
- § 80J. Authority of psychiatric nurse mental health clinical specialist to order tests, therapeutics and prescribe medications
- § 80K. Promulgation of regulations by the board regarding advanced practice nursing
- § 81. Application of Secs. 80 to 80A; government employees
- § 81A. Inspection and approval of schools for nurses
- § 81B. Approval of schools for nurses in other states
- § 81C. Rules and regulations relative to nursing schools
- § 81D. Definitions applicable to Secs. 81D to 81T
- § 81E. Registration as professional engineers and as professional land surveyors; examination; rules and regulations of board; seal
- § 81F. Moneys received by secretary of board; bond
- § 81G. Clerical and other assistance
- § 81H. Record of proceedings of board of registration of professional engineers and of land surveyors; register of applications for registration; prima facie evidence; annual report to governor
- § 81I. Roster of registered professional engineers and land surveyors
- § 81J. Registration as professional engineer or land surveyor; qualifications
- § 81K. Form and content of application for registration; fees