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CHAPTER 153 AN ACT RELATIVE TO REFERRAL OF IMPAIRED PHYSICIANS TO DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROGRAMS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

The second paragraph of section 5F of chapter 112 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1986 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:- The board may, by regulation, exempt a health care provider from the reporting obligation under this section, as to a physician who is in compliance with the requirements of a drug or alcohol program satisfactory to the board, or who has successfully concluded such a program subsequent to the actions or circumstances as to which reporting would otherwise be required.

Approved June 19, 1989.