SECTION 1. Definitions

SECTION 1A, 1B. Repealed, 1966, 685, Sec. 4

SECTION 2. Duties of commissioner of public health

SECTION 2A. Co-operation with Massachusetts rehabilitation commission

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 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 Repealed, 1971, 1076, Sec. 3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 4M1/2. Hepatitis C screening test or Hepatitis C diagnostic test for persons born between 1945 and 1965

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 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 5A1/2. Emergency Stockpile Trust Fund

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 Repealed, 1987, 549, Sec. 3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 Repealed, 1958, 79, Sec. 1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 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 genetically handicapped persons; investigation and study; rules and regulations

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 Trust Fund; vaccine program advisory council; surcharge

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; publication; inter-agency cooperation; contracts authorized

SECTION 25B. Definitions applicable to Secs. 25B to 25G

SECTION 25B1/2. Expenditure minimums; annual adjustments

SECTION 25C. Determination of need for construction of health care facility or change in service of facility

SECTION 25C1/2. Exemption from determination of need of projects related to inpatient services

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 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 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 25N1/2. Primary care residency grant program

SECTION 25N3/4. Primary care workforce development and loan forgiveness grant 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 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 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 511/2. Substance use disorder evaluation and treatment for acute-care hospital or satellite emergency facility patient experiencing opioid-related overdose

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

SECTION 51H. Reporting about healthcare-associated infections and serious reportable events, and serious adverse drug 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 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 71. Licensing of convalescent and nursing homes, infirmaries, etc.

SECTION 71A. Repealed, 1983, 636, Sec. 24

SECTION 71A1/2. Deposit of inpatient or resident funds

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 72. Classification of convalescent and nursing homes, infirmaries, etc.; rules and regulations; inspections; records of violations; jurisdiction

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. Convalescent and nursing homes; 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 72L1/2. Immunity from liability as result of compliance with Secs. 72F to 72L

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 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 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 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 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 127A1/2. Requirement of personal flotation devices for municipal and recreational programs and camps for minor children; determination of swimming ability

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 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 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 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 150A1/2. Standards and criteria for siting of facilities; rules and regulations

SECTION 150B. Establishment of facility site

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 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. Advance disclosure of allowed amount or charge for admission, procedure or service

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