Chapter 111

Section 1 Definitions
Section 1A, 1B Repealed, 1966, 685, Sec. 4
Section 2 Duties of commissioner of public health
Section 2A Co-operation with MassAbility
Section 2B Air pollution emergencies
Section 2C Pollution violations; orders of department of environmental protection
Section 2D Massachusetts State Health HIV and Hepatitis fund; definitions
Section 2E Massachusetts State Public Health and Hepatitis Fund; expenditures
Section 2F Massachusetts AIDS advisory board; membership
Section 2G Prevention and Wellness Trust Fund
Section 2H Prevention and Wellness Advisory Board
Section 2I Substance Abuse Services Fund
Section 2J Public Health Grant Trust Fund
Section 2K Affirming Health Care Trust Fund
Section 3 Public health council; hearings, intervention
Section 3A Board of trustees of Massachusetts hospital school; appointment
Section 4 Health districts; district health officers; enforcement of laws in districts
Section 4A to 4D Repealed, 1971, 1076, Sec. 3
Section 4E Program to combat intellectual disabilities in children
Section 4F Advisory council on radiation protection
Section 4G Epileptics; program for care, treatment and rehabilitation
Section 4H Chronic renal diseases; care and treatment; agreements
Section 4I Erythroblastosis fetalis; prevention; rules and regulations
Section 4J Multi–Disciplinary Medical Review Team; certification of nursing home care eligibility
Section 4K Diethylstilbestrol; public information program; regional screening; annual report
Section 4L Advisory board for diethylstilbestrol program
Section 4M Hepatitis B and hepatitis C; needs assessment; prevention, education, outreach and surveillance programs; annual report
Section 4N Prescription drugs outreach and education program for physicians, pharmacists and other health care professionals
Section 4O Appointment of dental director; office of oral health; responsibilities
Section 4M1/2 Hepatitis C screening test or Hepatitis C diagnostic test for persons born between 1945 and 1965
Section 5 Powers and duties of department
Section 5A Preparation and distribution of antitoxins, serums, vaccines and products applicable to prevention and cure of diseases
Section 5B Repealed, 1987, 549, Sec. 3
Section 5C Repealed, 1958, 79, Sec. 1
Section 5D Plastic bags and film; rules and regulations
Section 5E Application of chemicals to control aquatic nuisances; licenses; rules and regulations; violations; penalties; applicability of section
Section 5F Aquatic nuisances; control; cost sharing programs
Section 5G Water supply; treatment facilities
Section 5H Repealed, 1966, 685, Sec. 4; 1980, 261, Sec. 24A
Section 5I Laser equipment; rules and regulations; penalties for violation
Section 5J Radiation treatment; clinical precautions
Section 5K Nuclear reactors; monitoring and surveillance; charges and assessments
Section 5L Radiologic technologists; advisory commission; licenses
Section 5M Definitions applicable to Secs. 5M to 5P
Section 5N State radiation control agency; radioactive hazards of sources emitting ionizing and nonionizing radiation
Section 5O Notices of violation and orders; hearing; civil penalties
Section 5P Use, manufacture, production, transfer, receipt, acquisition, ownership or possession of radiation sources; license or registration requirement; penalties
Section 5Q Mammography facilities; rules and regulations; licensing; inspections
Section 5R Definitions; distribution and sale of household cleansing products containing phosphorus; limitations; violations
Section 5S Public bathing waters; minimum sanitation standards; testing, monitoring and analysis; regulations
Section 5A1/2 Emergency Stockpile Trust Fund
Section 6 Power to define diseases deemed dangerous to public health; control and prevention
Section 6A Hemophilia; program for care and treatment; definition
Section 6B Hemophilia advisory committee
Section 6C Hemophilia program; powers and duties of department
Section 6D Advisory committee for persons with genetic disabilities; investigation and study; rules and regulations
Section 6E Collection and report of data on law enforcement-related injuries and deaths
Section 7 Investigation of contagious or infectious diseases; notice
Section 8 Use of common drinking cup or towel; rules and regulations
Section 8A Poisonous or corrosive substances; disposal or closures of containers
Section 8B Repealed, 1973, 948, Sec. 6
Section 8C Fluoridation of public water supplies by local boards; advice of commissioner; election; discontinuance
Section 9 Inspectors, analysts and chemists; appointment; removal; power and authority; interference with
Section 10 Repealed, 1989, 610, Sec. 2
Section 11 to 13 Repealed, 2012, 139, Sec. 107
Section 14 Repealed, 1989, 610, Sec. 3
Section 14A Rheumatic fever; treatment of patients
Section 15 Services for division of animal health
Section 16 Unsanitary condition of barns, stables or enclosures in which cattle are kept; report
Section 17 Disposal of sewage; consultation, advice or experiments; hearing; improvements; definition
Section 18 Powers and duties of district health officer
Section 19 Annual report of district health officer
Section 20 Inspection of correctional institutions and lockups; findings and recommendations; report
Section 21 Rules for living conditions of detainees; enforcement
Section 22 Approval of plans for police station houses, houses of detention or lockups; enforcement
Section 23 Annual report of commissioner of environmental protection; recommendations
Section 24 Publication of parts of annual report; manual of laws
Section 24A Reduction of morbidity and mortality; establishment of program; information and reports
Section 24B Birth information; statistical purposes
Section 24C Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 299
Section 24D Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 300
Section 24E Comprehensive family planning services; program establishment
Section 24F Repealed, 1997, 170, Sec. 4
Section 24G Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 301
Section 24H Managed care program within community health centers
Section 24I Universal immunization program
Section 24J Medical respite services program
Section 24K Pediatric palliative care program; eligibility; services
Section 24L Shaken baby syndrome prevention initiative
Section 24M Computerized immunization registry
Section 24N Childhood vaccine program; Vaccine Purchase Fund; vaccine program advisory council; surcharge
Section 24O Maternal mortality and morbidity review committee; duties; confidentiality of information, documents and records; committee membership
Section 24P In-depth fetal and infant mortality review of each individual fetal or infant death
Section 25 Publication of certificate of examination or results of analyses
Section 25A Inventory of health care resources and related information; status as public record; reporting regulations; inter-agency cooperation; contracts authorized
Section 25B Definitions applicable to Secs. 25B to 25G
Section 25C Determination of need for construction of health care facility or change in service of facility
Section 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
Section 25E Administrative appeal to health facilities appeals board; hearing; decision; judicial review
Section 25F Rules and regulations; effective date
Section 25G Enforcement of Secs. 25C to 25G
Section 25H Severability of Secs. 25C to 25G; voidability of provisions in violation of federal law
Section 25I Guidelines for the reduction of medication waste in licensed facilities
Section 25J Competent interpreter services in acute-care hospitals
Section 25K Educational insert accompanying sale of hypodermic syringes and needles
Section 25L Health care workforce center
Section 25M Healthcare workforce advisory council
Section 25N Health care workforce loan repayment program
Section 25O Programs to protect safety of victims of violence; guidelines; dissemination to and training of health care providers
Section 25P Repealed, 2012, 224, Sec. 73
Section 25B1/2 Expenditure minimums; annual adjustments
Section 25C1/2 Exemption from determination of need of projects related to inpatient services
Section 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
Section 25N1/2 Primary care residency grant program
Section 25N3/4 Primary care workforce development and loan forgiveness grant program
Section 26 Boards of health in cities; membership; appointment; removal; compensation
Section 26A Health departments in cities; commissioners
Section 26B Commissioner of health in cities; appointment; removal; qualifications
Section 26C Advisory council of health in cities; members; qualifications; appointment; terms; removal; compensation; meetings; function
Section 26D Abolition of boards of health in cities and towns upon qualification of commissioner
Section 26E Rules and regulations for departments of health; assistants and clerks
Section 26F List of hazardous chemicals in water supply; effects
Section 26G Septic system installers; inspections
Section 27 Organization of boards; appointment of physician and clerk; compensation
Section 27A Appointment of health officer by two or more towns; duties; compensation; joint committee
Section 27B Regional health districts; regional board of health; powers and duties; administration; organization; management; accounts; rules and regulations
Section 27C Reimbursement of regional health districts; qualification; formula for allocation of state funds for operating expenses
Section 27D Public health excellence program; definitions; purpose; grant program; duties
Section 27E Registration of sanitarians
Section 27F Certification of health officers
Section 28 Annual reports of boards of health
Section 29 Weekly reports of deaths from diseases dangerous to public health
Section 30 Agents; appointment; inspections
Section 31 Health regulations; summary publication; hearings; impact on farming or agriculture; filing sanitary codes and related rules, etc.
Section 31A Permit for removal or transportation of garbage; application; exemptions
Section 31B Rules and regulations for removal of garbage; penalty
Section 31C Atmospheric pollution; regulation and control; publication; hearings; penalties; enforcement; jurisdiction; injunction
Section 31D Privy, cesspool and septic tanks; disposal of contents; investigation of facilities
Section 31E Individual sewage disposal systems; action on applications
Section 32 Retention of cases by board of health
Section 33 Construction and maintenance of sanitary stations
Section 34 to 43 Repealed, 1937, 362, Sec. 6
Section 44, 45 Repealed, 1928, 229, Sec. 2
Section 46 to 49 Repealed, 1937, 362, Sec. 6
Section 50 Establishment and maintenance of dental, medical and health clinics; appropriations
Section 51 Hospitals, institutions for care of unwed mothers, or clinics; licensing
Section 51.25 Acute-care hospitals; promulgation of regulations; enforcement and penalties
Section 51A Out-of-hospital dialysis units; licensing
Section 51B Pregnancy clinics
Section 51C Applications for staff membership or clinical privileges; discrimination
Section 51D Discrimination by acute hospitals against medicare beneficiaries; discharge planning
Section 51E Applications by clinical specialists in psychiatric and mental health nursing for staff membership or clinical privileges; discrimination
Section 51F Applications by licensed independent clinical social workers for staff membership or clinical privileges; discrimination
Section 51G Acute-care hospitals; original licensure process; determination of suitability and responsibility; factors; notice of closure or discontinuance of essential health care service
Section 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
Section 51I Checklists of care
Section 51J Limited services clinics
Section 51K Home health agency licensure
Section 51L Review of stroke patient pre-hospital care protocols and point-of-entry plans; creation of stroke advisory taskforce
Section 51M Promulgation of regulations relative to the operation and maintenance of birth centers licensed as clinics pursuant to section 51
Section 51N Licensing of office-based surgical centers
Section 51O Licensing of urgent care centers
Section 52 Definitions applicable to Secs. 51 to 56
Section 53 Classification of hospitals; rules and regulations; dialysis units; inspections
Section 53A Hospitals and in-patient clinics to offer and perform ''Pap tests''
Section 53B Physician staff privileges; report of denial, restriction, revocation or failure to renew; liability of informant; annual disciplinary summary; penalty
Section 53C Non-reusable syringes; regulation advisory committee
Section 53D Devises minimizing risk of injury to health care workers from hypodermic syringes or needles; regulations
Section 53E Patient and family advisory councils; establishment
Section 53F Requests for additional assistance for deteriorating patients
Section 53G Entity certified as ambulatory surgical center for participation in Medicaid program deemed a clinic for purposes of licensure under Sec. 51.
Section 53H Contracts with physicians affecting ability to testify in administrative or judicial hearings
Section 54 Audit of medical records
Section 55 Advisory council on the licensing of hospitals, hospital surveys and construction planning
Section 56 Penalties; enforcement
Section 57 Establishment and maintenance of tuberculosis dispensaries; rules and regulations; inspection
Section 57A Establishment and maintenance of cancer clinics
Section 57B Establishment and maintenance of muscular dystrophy clinics
Section 57C Establishment and maintenance of clinics for the aging
Section 57D Hospice programs; licensure; limitations
Section 58 to 62 Repealed, 1972, 785, Sec. 4
Section 62A Establishment of children's health camps in cities and towns
Section 62B Commission on children's health camps; membership; appointment
Section 62C Powers and duties of commission
Section 62D Investment by city or town treasurer of money and securities received from commission; bond
Section 62E Records; annual reports of receipts and disbursements
Section 62F Formation of union children's health camp district by two or more cities or towns; management; commission; membership
Section 62G Location and construction plans for health camp; approval; inspection
Section 62H Contracts for care and treatment of children as compliance with Secs. 62A to 62G
Section 62I Hospital school and hospital for state minor wards; general supervision
Section 62J Purpose of school; children from other states; inpatient or outpatient services
Section 62K Trustees; corporation; additional powers and duties; grants; devises; gifts; trusts
Section 62L Administration of school; appointment of personnel; expenses
Section 62M Admissions; applications; discharges; tuition
Section 62N Inspection of schools; report; audit
Section 62O Accounts and books of treasurer; inspection by trustees
Section 62P Construction and maintenance of hospital for state minor wards
Section 62Q Powers and duties of trustees; management; admissions; approval
Section 62R Use of land, buildings and farm products by hospital school and hospital for state minor wards
Section 62S Assignment of state minor wards to hospital; approval
Section 63 Supervision and control by commissioner
Section 63A Admissions to hospital
Section 63B Medicare program billings; commissioner's report
Section 64 Annual inventory; report; audit
Section 64A Cushing hospital; general supervision by department
Section 64B Chronic care hospital; services provided; research on aging
Section 64C Board of trustees
Section 64D Corporation; investments
Section 64E Administration of hospital; general trust fund
Section 64F Projected revenue and disbursement schedule of general trust fund
Section 64G Establishment of other trust funds; assent to federal laws; contracts and agreements
Section 64H Rules and regulations
Section 64I Staff members employees of commonwealth
Section 64J Delegation of authority by trustees
Section 64K Deposit of patient or resident funds; disposition of unclaimed deposits or personal property; registration and regulation of fiduciaries
Section 64L Superintendent; subordinate officers and employees
Section 64M Care center
Section 65 Repealed, 1963, 517, Sec. 4
Section 65A Admission to Lakeville hospital
Section 65B Repealed, 1962, 598, Sec. 4
Section 65C Patients' funds; deposit
Section 65D Patients' funds; disposition of unclaimed deposits
Section 66, 66A Repealed, 1961, 608, Sec. 1
Section 67 Gifts or bequests
Section 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
Section 67B Repealed, 1985, 557, Sec. 2
Section 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
Section 67D Repealed, 1985, 577, Sec. 4
Section 67E Children born with congenital anomaly, birth defect, birth injury or an intellectual disability; reports
Section 67F Newborn hearing screening tests
Section 67G Audiometric testing of children; costs
Section 67H Literature on hearing impairments
Section 68 Repealed, 1924, 477, Sec. 4
Section 69 Repealed, 1931, 426, Sec. 14
Section 69A to 69D Repealed, 1957, 459, Sec. 1
Section 69E Inpatient and outpatient services; diagnostic evaluation and treatment center; admissions policy
Section 69F Notice of admission of needy person
Section 69G Effect of notice of admission of needy person
Section 69H Charges for support; rate
Section 69I Liability for charges for support; assessment; proceedings; written statements
Section 69J Operation of concessions
Section 69K Patients eligible for federal veterans' benefits
Section 69L Vehicles; moving and parking rules; violations
Section 70 Records of hospitals or clinics; custody; inspection; copies; fees
Section 70A Hospital lien; creation; priority; application
Section 70B Notice of lien
Section 70C Settlement disregarding hospital lien; effect; limitation of action
Section 70D Itemized statement of charges; effect of failure to furnish
Section 70E Patients' and residents' rights
Section 70F HIV test; informed consent; disclosure of results or identity of subject of test
Section 70G Genetic information and reports protected as private information; prior written consent for genetic testing
Section 70H Down Syndrome; information provided to parents upon positive prenatal test result or postnatal diagnosis
Section 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
Section 71 Licensing of long-term care facilities; intermediate care facilities for persons with intellectual disabilities; transfer of operations
Section 71A Repealed, 1983, 636, Sec. 24
Section 71B Repealed, 1967, 891, Sec. 12
Section 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
Section 71A1/2 Deposit of inpatient or resident funds
Section 71A3/4 Inspection of state-operated veterans' homes; notice and correction of violations; licensure
Section 72 Classification of long-term care facilities; rules and regulations; inspections; records of violations; jurisdiction; construction standards for small house nursing homes
Section 72A, 72B Repealed, 1967, 891, Sec. 12
Section 72C Convalescent or nursing homes; lighting and ventilation
Section 72D Nursing homes, etc.; telephone access
Section 72E Inspection of long-term care facilities; notice of violations; plan of correction; penalties; enforcement
Section 72F Definitions applicable to Secs. 72F to 72L
Section 72G Reports of abuse of patients
Section 72H Duties of department
Section 72I Filing of reports; confidentiality
Section 72J Registry; establishment; documented findings of patient or resident abuse
Section 72K Definitions; civil penalties; recovery by attorney general
Section 72L Abuse by licensed or registered professional; any necessary disciplinary action including suspension or revocation of license
Section 72M Appointment of receiver; emergency; definition
Section 72N Action to appoint receiver; hearing; list of persons; purpose of receivership; stay of actions
Section 72O Authority of receiver; duties; closure of facility; repairs; financial assistance
Section 72P Leases, mortgages or secured transactions; avoidance; setting of rental or interest rate; hearing; foreclosure
Section 72Q Compensation of receiver; bond; lien; recoupment of commonwealth expenditures
Section 72R Termination of receivership
Section 72S Actions against receiver; liability
Section 72T Effect of appointment; violation of regulations
Section 72U Rules and regulations
Section 72V Nursing homes, etc.; storage space for residents
Section 72W Nurses' aide training
Section 72X Nursing homes; no smoking areas; use of tobacco products prohibited
Section 72Y Nursing pool registrations
Section 72Z Licensed skilled nursing facilities; intermediate care facilities; family councils
Section 72AA Informational document containing laws and regulations; distribution by long-term care facilities
Section 72BB Administering of psychotropic medication by nursing home, rest home or other long-term care facility; informed consent
Section 72CC Outbreak response plans for long-term care facilities
Section 72DD Training and education program for staff of long-term care facilities
Section 72EE Regulations to promote communication, religious and recreational activities for residents of long-term care facilities; access to funds
Section 72FF Cost trends and financial performance among skilled nursing facilities; annual examination and report
Section 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
Section 72L1/2 Immunity from liability as result of compliance with Secs. 72F to 72L
Section 72W1/2 Certification, training and oversight of certified medication aides
Section 73 Penalties
Section 73A Facilities operated by and for persons who rely exclusively upon treatment by spiritual means through prayer for healing
Section 73B Facilities operated by Roman Catholic Church
Section 74 Appropriation of money for maintenance of free bed in hospital
Section 75 Unlawful use of buildings for hospitals
Section 76 Repealed, 1961, 608, Sec. 1
Section 77 Department; duty to provide care and treatment of tuberculosis patients
Section 78 Utilization of county institutions; contracts; notice of discontinuance; payments; regulations
Section 78A Hospital care of persons suffering from chronic diseases; admission; cost
Section 79 Admissions, transfers and discharges of tuberculous patients; supervision; rates of charges
Section 80 Payments for care by cities, towns or able patients; definitions; classifications; appeals
Section 81 Programs of control and eradication of tuberculosis; responsibility
Section 81A Use of intradermal tuberculin tests to show freedom from tuberculosis
Section 82 Operation of hospitals by county commissioners or trustees
Section 83 County or municipal tuberculosis institutions; conveyance to commonwealth
Section 83A Indemnity insurance for officers and employees of hospital
Section 83B Authority to raise and expend money for tuberculosis hospital; borrowing; notes; apportionment of costs
Section 84 Repealed, 1931, 426, Sec. 218
Section 85 Maintenance of county tuberculosis hospitals; apportionment of costs and expenses
Section 85A Maintenance, operation and repair of hospitals; apportionment; expenditures
Section 85B, 85C Repealed, 1961, 608, Sec. 1
Section 86 Acquisition of land
Section 87 County commissioners as trustees of institutions
Section 87A Repealed, 1968, 487, Sec. 6
Section 88 Conversion of hospitals into chronic disease hospitals or homes for the aged
Section 88A Repealed, 1951, 562, Sec. 9
Section 88B to 90 Repealed, 1961, 608, Sec. 1
Section 91 Exemptions; size of cities and towns; change; cities and towns to become part of district; proportionate payment of costs
Section 91A, 91B Repealed, 1961, 608, Sec. 1
Section 91C Diseases of chest; use of facilities for treatment; rules and regulations
Section 92 Construction and maintenance of isolation hospitals; approval
Section 93 Regulation of persons approaching isolation hospital
Section 94 Receiving persons from adjoining towns
Section 94A Certification of non-hospitalized persons afflicted with active tuberculosis; examination; transportation; release
Section 94B Detention of patient at sanatorium; petition; transfer to tuberculosis treatment center; release
Section 94C Court commitment to tuberculosis treatment center; procedure; notice; hearing
Section 94D Tuberculosis treatment center; establishment; supervision
Section 94E Financial responsibility for treatment of patients; residence
Section 94F Discharge from treatment center; declassification; transfer
Section 94G Petition for release; order of release
Section 94H Regulations concerning content of certification; minimum standards
Section 95 Powers and duties of boards in cases of infectious diseases
Section 96 Warrants to remove persons infected with dangerous disease
Section 96A Transportation of person infected with dangerous disease to another town
Section 97 Removal of patient from home where patient cannot be isolated
Section 98 Permits for removal of infected articles or sick persons
Section 99 Warrant to secure infected articles; application
Section 100 Warrant to take houses for safe keeping of infected articles
Section 101 Execution of warrant; breaking open houses
Section 102 Payment of expenses in purifying infected articles
Section 103 Compensation for houses and stores impressed
Section 104 Prevention of spread of infection; public notice; removal
Section 105 Violation of regulations
Section 106 Travelers from infected places outside commonwealth; license
Section 107 Transportation of infected dead bodies; rules and regulations
Section 108 Removal of sick prisoners
Section 109 Notice of householder that person in family or house is infected with dangerous disease
Section 109A Treatment of infants' eyes at time of birth
Section 110 Report of diseases of the eyes of infants
Section 110A Tests of newborn children for treatable disorders or diseases
Section 110B Reyes syndrome treatment or examination; reports
Section 110C Congenital heart defects screenings for newborns through pulse oximetry testing or other testing; regulations; development of protocols
Section 110D Data collected and provided to the department of children and families on all births of infants affected by prenatal substance exposure; annual report
Section 110E Promulgation of regulations on the requirements of health care providers involved in the delivery or care of infants identified as being affected by prenatal substance exposure or fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Section 111 Notice to board of health that persons infected with dangerous diseases; application of section
Section 111A Cerebral palsy; reports
Section 111B Malignant disease and benign brain-related tumor registry; reports
Section 111C Unprotected exposure capable of transmitting infectious disease; standardized trip form
Section 112 Notice by local board to department
Section 113 Records of reports of dangerous diseases; notice
Section 114 Forfeiture of claim
Section 115 Recovery of expenses
Section 116 Payment of reasonable expenses; chronically nonresident person defined
Section 116A Hospitalization of persons suffering from chronic rheumatism; rules and regulations
Section 117 Establishment and maintenance of clinics for prevention of HIV or treatment of venereal diseases; examinations; minors
Section 118 Discrimination against treatment of venereal diseases
Section 119 Records pertaining to venereal diseases
Section 120 Repealed, 1948, 120
Section 121 Treatment of venereal diseases or pulmonary tuberculosis in public charitable or penal institutions; expenses
Section 121A Serological test for syphilis of pregnant women
Section 121B Prescription and distribution of drugs to treat Chlamydia and other sexually transmitted infections in unexamined sexual partners of patients
Section 122 Regulations relative to nuisances; examinations
Section 122A Regulation of domestic water supply; powers of board of health; penalties
Section 123 Abatement of nuisance by owner; penalty
Section 124 Service of order for abatement
Section 125 Removal of nuisance by board
Section 125A Review of order adjudging the operation of a farm to be a nuisance
Section 126 Location of privy vaults
Section 127 Regulations relative to house drainage
Section 127A State sanitary code; adoption; enforcement; jurisdiction; speedy trial
Section 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
Section 127C Petition for violation of sanitary code; requisites
Section 127D Entry fee; notice upon offending owner
Section 127E Copy of report of investigation; admissibility in evidence
Section 127F Court order regarding rental payments; disbursement of funds; receiver
Section 127G Removal from district to superior or housing court; transmittal of rents and removal fees
Section 127H Repealed, 1992, 407, Sec. 9
Section 127I Enforcement of sanitary code; remedies; receiver
Section 127J Petition by receiver to apply for financial assistance; notice and hearing; financial assistance; lien
Section 127K Agreement to waive enforcement of sanitary code; validity
Section 127L Repairs by tenants of residential premises to cure violations; reimbursement for cost
Section 127M Repealed, 1975, 615
Section 127N Actions by tenants against owners of residential premises; joinder of certain other persons as parties; liability; exception
Section 127O Conveyance of real estate with intent to evade nuisance provisions; penalty
Section 127P Land covered by subdivision plan; application of state environmental code
Section 127A1/2 Requirement of personal flotation devices for municipal and recreational programs and camps for minor children; determination of swimming ability
Section 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
Section 128 Repealed, 1954, 209, Sec. 1
Section 128A Filling of sites of demolished or removed buildings
Section 128B to 128F Repealed, 1963, 390, Sec. 2
Section 128G Farm labor camps; inspection; certificate; complaints
Section 128H Migrant workers; educational and recreational opportunities; locomotion; visitation rights; regulations; injunctive relief
Section 129 Removal or destruction of nuisance on conviction of owner
Section 130 Enjoining nuisance
Section 131 Compulsory examination of premises; complaint; warrant
Section 132 to 142 Repealed, 1982, 95
Section 142A Pollution or contamination of atmosphere; prevention; regulations; violation; enforcement
Section 142B Metropolitan air pollution control district; establishment; composition; powers of department of environmental protection
Section 142C Other air pollution control districts; formation
Section 142D Air pollution control districts; standards and plans for implementation; establishment; periodic review; amendment; compliance with minimum federal standards
Section 142E Air pollution; preventing and controlling by departments, agencies, commissions, authorities and political subdivisions
Section 142F Discharging excess fuel from aircraft into atmosphere; penalty; definitions
Section 142G Burning of Christmas trees restricted
Section 142H Ceremonial bonfires restricted; permits
Section 142I Bonfires from July 2 to July 6 authorized
Section 142J Repealed, 1998, 490, Sec. 8
Section 142K Motor vehicle emissions standards; late models
Section 142L Agricultural burning
Section 142M Motor vehicle emissions inspection and repair; definitions; rules and regulations; inspection facilities; waivers; quality assurance program; violations
Section 142N Fossil fuel-fired electric generation facilities; uniform performance standards
Section 142O Motor vehicle fuel dispensing facilities; stage II vapor recovery systems; operation and standards
Section 143 Trade or employment attended with noisome and injurious odors; assignment of places; prohibition; appeal
Section 144 Revocation of location assignment; removal of nuisance
Section 145 Damages
Section 146 Orders of prohibition; service
Section 147 Appeal from order; notice; trial
Section 148 Exercise of trade or employment during pendency of proceedings
Section 149 Verdict; effect
Section 150 Damages and costs
Section 150A Solid waste disposal facilities; maintenance and operation; applications for site assignment
Section 150B Establishment of facility site
Section 150A1/2 Standards and criteria for siting of facilities; rules and regulations
Section 151 Slaughter houses; regulation; public hearing; application of section
Section 152 Use or occupation of buildings or premises for carrying on offensive trades or occupations
Section 153 Restraint of unauthorized occupancy, use or extension of building or premises occupied or used for offensive trades or occupations
Section 154 Killing or rendering of horses; licenses; application; notice to director of animal health; fees
Section 155 Licensing of stables in cities and large towns; fees
Section 156 Stables in vicinity of churches
Section 157 Penalty for violation of Secs. 155 and 156
Section 158 Licensing of stables in small towns; fees; restraint of erection, occupancy or use of stables
Section 159 Supervision of inland waters
Section 160 Examination of water supply; assistance to cities, towns and districts for groundwater aquifers and recharge areas
Section 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
Section 160B Water quality violations; orders of department of environmental quality engineering; enforcement
Section 160C Home water treatment devices; definitions applicable to Secs. 160B to 160G
Section 160D Analysis of drinking water; disclosure form
Section 160E Analysis of drinking water by uncertified person; penalty
Section 160F Misrepresentations; sale of home water treatment devices
Section 160G Enforcement of Secs. 160C to 160F
Section 161 Repealed, 1961, 48
Section 162 Removal of causes of pollution; petition; hearing; notice; damages; violation of order
Section 163 Appeal
Section 164 Enforcement of orders, rules and regulations
Section 165 Entry on premises; compensation of agents; apportionment
Section 166 Repealed, 1977, 526, Sec. 4
Section 167 Protection of sources of water supply
Section 168 Prescriptive rights of drainage; application of Sec. 167
Section 169 Injunction against pollution of water supply
Section 170 Willful defilement or corruption of spring or source of water
Section 171 Wilful deposit of excrement or foul matter into water supply; bathing in water supply
Section 172, 173 Repealed, 1975, 384
Section 173A Police employed to protect water supply; powers and duties
Section 173B Entry upon premises within water shed of source of water supply
Section 174 Driving animal on ice of pond or stream used for domestic water supply
Section 174A Prevention of defilement of domestic water supply by gulls or terns
Section 175 Protection of Charles river from pollution
Section 176 to 180 Repealed, 1938, 265, Sec. 17
Section 181 Enforcement of vaccination of inhabitants of towns
Section 182 Vaccination of inmates of institutions supported by aid of commonwealth
Section 183 Exemptions from vaccination requirement
Section 184 Establishment and maintenance of bacteriological laboratories
Section 184A Certificates of approval relative to bacteriological laboratories; rules and regulations; renewals; fees
Section 184B Blood banks
Section 184C Donation of blood by minors
Section 185 Disinfecting public mutoscopes and other apparatus
Section 185A Rules of instruction, test cards and other appliances
Section 186 Public use of machines requiring application of lips
Section 186A Shoe-fitting machines; restrictions on use; penalty
Section 186B Sale of ''flammable'' fabric or related material to be used for children's sleepwear; penalties
Section 187 Enforcement of chapter
Section 188 Disposition of fines and forfeitures
Section 189 Application of chapter to cities
Section 189A Definitions applicable to Secs. 189A to 199B
Section 190 Program for the prevention, screening, diagnosis and treatment of lead poisoning; lead poisoning control director; advisory committee
Section 191 Reports of lead poisoning; notifications to agencies; records
Section 192 Lead poisoning educational and publicity program
Section 192A Field testing and approval of new methods of removing paint and other materials containing lead
Section 192B Preparation of educational materials
Section 193 Lead poisoning early identification program; examination and reports
Section 194 Detection of sources of lead poisoning; inspection; search warrant; notice; examination of children; reports; records
Section 194A Repealed, 1993, 482, Sec. 6
Section 195 State laboratory for lead and lead poisoning detection; specimen analysis; fee; report as prima facie evidence
Section 196 Prohibited acts relating to lead-based paint, glaze or other substance; punishment; embargo of personal property
Section 197 Duty of residential premises owners; interim control measures; abatement or containment of paint, plaster or other accessible structural material containing lead
Section 197A Notice to prospective purchasers of premises of hazards of lead in premises; forms; letter of compliance; civil penalty
Section 197B Lead paint inspectors; deleaders; licensure
Section 197C Child exhibiting dangerous blood lead level after issuance of letters of compliance or interim control; liability
Section 197D Secured lenders; liability
Section 197E Lead abatement loan program
Section 198 Violations of state sanitary code; enforcement
Section 199 Liability of owner of premises; punitive damages
Section 199A Unlawful practices in selling, renting, or leasing premises containing lead in paint, plaster or materials
Section 199B Exemptions from Secs. 189A to 199A
Section 200 Repealed, 1998, 180, Sec. 4
Section 201 First aid training of emergency personnel, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation; standards; refresher course; coordination by department; personnel excepted
Section 202 Fetal deaths; reports; confidentiality; disposition of remains; violations; forms
Section 203 Health care provider misconduct; medical peer review
Section 204 Confidentiality of medical peer review committee proceedings, reports and records; exceptions; immunity
Section 205 Information and records necessary to comply with risk management and quality assurance programs; confidentiality; definitions
Section 206 Program to reduce incidence of mortality and morbidity from accidents and diseases; risk factors; wellness programs
Section 206A Seal of approval for wellness programs implemented by businesses
Section 207 Definitions applicable to Secs. 208 to 214
Section 208 Tanning facilities; licenses; necessity; expiration; fees; inspection of tanning facilities; violations; revocation; appeals
Section 209 Tanning facilities; statement of warning and notice; posting; form; acknowledgment by customer
Section 210 Tanning facilities; presence of operators; protective eyewear required; limitation of exposure and temperature
Section 211 Use of tanning device by minors
Section 212 Tanning facilities; promotional material; liability not affected by warnings; report of injuries
Section 213 Access to tanning facilities for inspections; rules and regulations; phototherapy devices excluded
Section 214 Violations; fines
Section 215 Needle exchange programs; approval; report
Section 216 Fragrance advertising inserts; microencapsulated fragrance; penalty
Section 217 Repealed, 2013, 35, Sec. 7
Section 218 Guidelines for human leukocyte or histocompatibility locus antigen testing
Section 219 Meningitis immunization awareness
Section 220 Multidisciplinary advisory board; training and examination of sexual assault nurse examiners
Section 220A Prevention of the practice of female genital mutilation
Section 221 Breastfeeding in a public place
Section 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 section; liability
Section 223 Nutritional standards for sale or provision of foods or beverages in public schools; school wellness advisory committees; food safety inspections at public schools
Section 224 Commission on falls prevention; members; duties
Section 225 Presenting claim for payment for anatomic pathology services
Section 226 Mandatory overtime for nurses prohibited; exception for emergency situations
Section 227 Palliative care and end-of-life options; distribution of information regarding availability
Section 228 Allowed amount; advance disclosure of allowed amount or charge for admission, procedure or service; referrals; nonparticipation in plan; penalties
Section 229 Distribution of information regarding benefits of annual immunization against influenza for children
Section 230 Folic acid awareness initiative
Section 231 Limitation on patient assignments per nurse in intensive care units; development and certification of acuity tool
Section 232 Collection, recording and analyzation of data on suicides in the commonwealth; annual report
Section 233 Palliative care and quality of life interdisciplinary advisory council
Section 234 Palliative care consumer and professional information and education program
Section 235 Surgical technologists; standards and requisites for employment; waiver
Section 236 Nondiscrimination in access to organ transplantation
Section 237 Analysis of population health trends; opiate overdoses
Section 238 Promoting awareness of reproductive health care facilities in the commonwealth
Section 239 Promulgation of regulations regarding the advertisement and sale of tobacco products and electronic nicotine delivery systems
Section 240 Reimbursement for travel and ancillary costs for cancer clinical trials
Section 241 Rare disease advisory council; membership; duties; funding; reports
Section 242 Advisory council on pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder; membership and terms; annual report; cooperation from state agencies; funding
Section 243 Parkinson's disease registry
Section 244 Open burn pits or other airborne hazards in overseas military deployments; educational materials; duties of the commissioner
Section 245 Initiative to increase public awareness of availability of extreme risk protection order process to remove firearm from individual posing risk to self or others
Section 246 Development and maintenance of comprehensive digital resource center on perinatal mood and anxiety disorders
Section 247 Screening for postpartum depression or major depressive disorder; treatment
Section 248 Statewide system of programs providing universal postpartum home visiting services
Section 249 Authorization of pharmacy operated by the department to distribute controlled substances
Section 511/2 Substance use disorder evaluation and treatment for acute-care hospital or satellite emergency facility patient experiencing opioid-related overdose
Section 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

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Chapter 111: PUBLIC HEALTH