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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 99 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 99
Warrant to secure infected articles; application
Status: in_force

Section 99. If upon application of the board it appears to a magistrate authorized to issue warrants that there is just cause to suspect that baggage, clothing or goods found within the town are infected with any disease dangerous to the public health, he shall, by warrant directed to the sheriff or his deputy or to any constable, require him to impress as many men as said magistrate may judge necessary to secure such baggage, clothing or goods, and to post said men as a guard over the house or place containing such articles to prevent persons from removing or coming near the same until due inquiry is made into the circumstances.

Section 99. If upon application of the board it appears to a magistrate authorized to issue warrants that there is just cause to suspect that baggage, clothing or goods found within the town are infected with any disease dangerous to the public health, he shall, by warrant directed to the sheriff or his deputy or to any constable, require him to impress as many men as said magistrate may judge necessary to secure such baggage, clothing or goods, and to post said men as a guard over the house or place containing such articles to prevent persons from removing or coming near the same until due inquiry is made into the circumstances.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, sec. 26 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90 / Section 26
Accident reports; supplemental report; penalty for violation
Status: in_force

Section 26. Every person operating a motor vehicle which is involved in an accident in which any person is killed or injured or in which there is damage in excess of one thousand dollars to any one vehicle or other property shall, within five days after such accident, report in writing to the registrar on a form approved by him and send a copy thereof to the police department having jurisdiction on the way where such accident occurred; provided, however, that such police department shall accept a report filed by an owner or operator whose vehicle has been damaged in an accident in which another person has unlawfully left the scene of such accident. Such report shall not be required during the period of incapacity of any person who is physically incapable of making a report. If the operator is not the owner of the vehicle and is physically incapable of making such written report, the owner shall within five days after the accident make such report based on such knowledge as he may have and such information as he can obtain regarding the accident. The registrar may require any such operator or owner to file a supplementary written report whenever in the opinion of the registrar the original report is insufficient. The registrar may revoke or suspend the license of any person violating any provision of this section.

Section 26. Every person operating a motor vehicle which is involved in an accident in which any person is killed or injured or in which there is damage in excess of one thousand dollars to any one vehicle or other property shall, within five days after such accident, report in writing to the registrar on a form approved by him and send a copy thereof to the police department having jurisdiction on the way where such accident occurred; provided, however, that such police department shall accept a report filed by an owner or operator whose vehicle has been damaged in an accident in which another person has unlawfully left the scene of such accident. Such report shall not be required during the period of incapacity of any person who is physically incapable of making a report. If the operator is not the owner of the vehicle and is physically incapable of making such written report, the owner shall within five days after the accident make such report based on such knowledge as he may have and such information as he can obtain regarding the accident.

The registrar may require any such operator or owner to file a supplementary written report whenever in the opinion of the registrar the original report is insufficient.

The registrar may revoke or suspend the license of any person violating any provision of this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 73 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 73
Penalties
Status: in_force

Section 73. (a) Whoever advertises, announces, establishes or maintains, or is concerned in establishing or maintaining, a long-term care facility, or otherwise is engaged in any such business without a license granted pursuant to section 71, or whoever being licensed pursuant to said section 71 violates any provision of sections 71 to 73, inclusive, shall for a first offense be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000, and for a subsequent offense by a fine of not more than $2,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 2 years. (b) Whoever violates any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to sections 71, 72 and 72C shall be punished by a fine, not to exceed $500, unless the department determines a higher amount is appropriate in accordance with 42 CFR 488.438. If any person violates any such rule or regulation by allowing a condition to exist which may be corrected or remedied, the department shall order such person, in writing, to correct or remedy such condition. If such person fails or refuses to comply with such order by the correct by date, each day after the correct by date during which such failure or refusal to comply continues shall constitute a separate offense. A failure to pay the fine imposed by this section shall be a violation of this subsection.

Section 73. (a) Whoever advertises, announces, establishes or maintains, or is concerned in establishing or maintaining, a long-term care facility, or otherwise is engaged in any such business without a license granted pursuant to section 71, or whoever being licensed pursuant to said section 71 violates any provision of sections 71 to 73, inclusive, shall for a first offense be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000, and for a subsequent offense by a fine of not more than $2,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 2 years.

(b) Whoever violates any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to sections 71, 72 and 72C shall be punished by a fine, not to exceed $500, unless the department determines a higher amount is appropriate in accordance with 42 CFR 488.438. If any person violates any such rule or regulation by allowing a condition to exist which may be corrected or remedied, the department shall order such person, in writing, to correct or remedy such condition. If such person fails or refuses to comply with such order by the correct by date, each day after the correct by date during which such failure or refusal to comply continues shall constitute a separate offense. A failure to pay the fine imposed by this section shall be a violation of this subsection.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, sec. 52 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 223 / Section 52
Personalty; attachment of proceeds of sale
Status: in_force

Section 52. If personal property has been sold or disposed of by consent of the parties, or after an appraisal as hereinafter provided, the proceeds, while remaining in the hands of the officer, shall be liable to be further attached by him as the property of the original defendant, in the manner in which the property itself might have been attached; and shall be held and disposed of in the same manner as if the attachment had been made on the property itself before the sale thereof. The foregoing provision shall not prevent the officer from paying over to the defendant the surplus of the proceeds of such sale, after retaining enough to satisfy all the attachments actually existing at the time of such payment.

Section 52. If personal property has been sold or disposed of by consent of the parties, or after an appraisal as hereinafter provided, the proceeds, while remaining in the hands of the officer, shall be liable to be further attached by him as the property of the original defendant, in the manner in which the property itself might have been attached; and shall be held and disposed of in the same manner as if the attachment had been made on the property itself before the sale thereof. The foregoing provision shall not prevent the officer from paying over to the defendant the surplus of the proceeds of such sale, after retaining enough to satisfy all the attachments actually existing at the time of such payment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 215, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 215 / Section 1
Divisions; definitions; courts of record
Status: in_force

Section 1. The probate and family court department established under section one of chapter two hundred and eleven B shall consist of divisions, one for each county, and wherever the words ''probate court'', ''court of insolvency'' or ''probate and insolvency court'' are used, or similar words importing the same, or wherever in this chapter the word ''court'' is used in that context, they shall refer to a division of the probate and family court department; and the words ''judge of probate'', ''judge of probate and insolvency'' or the word ''judge'', in context, shall mean an associate justice of the trial court appointed to a division of the probate and family court department; and the words ''register of probate'', ''register of probate and insolvency'' or the word ''register'', in context, shall mean the register of a division of the probate and family court department; and the words ''registry of probate'', ''registry of probate and insolvency'' or the word ''registry'', in context, shall mean the registry of said division. Probate courts shall be courts of record, and the judge and the register of probate for each county shall be, respectively, the judge and the register of the division within the probate and family court department for that county.

Section 1. The probate and family court department established under section one of chapter two hundred and eleven B shall consist of divisions, one for each county, and wherever the words ''probate court'', ''court of insolvency'' or ''probate and insolvency court'' are used, or similar words importing the same, or wherever in this chapter the word ''court'' is used in that context, they shall refer to a division of the probate and family court department; and the words ''judge of probate'', ''judge of probate and insolvency'' or the word ''judge'', in context, shall mean an associate justice of the trial court appointed to a division of the probate and family court department; and the words ''register of probate'', ''register of probate and insolvency'' or the word ''register'', in context, shall mean the register of a division of the probate and family court department; and the words ''registry of probate'', ''registry of probate and insolvency'' or the word ''registry'', in context, shall mean the registry of said division.

Probate courts shall be courts of record, and the judge and the register of probate for each county shall be, respectively, the judge and the register of the division within the probate and family court department for that county.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, sec. 51 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 121B / Section 51
Redevelopment authority taking over project initiated by housing authority
Status: in_force

Section 51. A housing authority of a city or town which, prior to the organization of a redevelopment authority in such city or town, has initiated an urban renewal project may complete, operate and maintain such project notwithstanding such organization of a redevelopment authority; provided, however, that if the municipal officers of such city or town so order and with the consent in writing of the holders of any bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness of the housing authority issued for such project and then outstanding, the redevelopment authority shall take over a planned or existing urban renewal project initiated by a housing authority. The initiating authority shall use its best efforts promptly to secure the consent of all such holders and, all necessary consents having been secured, shall promptly execute an agreement with the authority which is to take over such project. Thereupon such authority shall assume, exercise, continue, perform and carry out all undertakings, obligations, duties, rights, powers, plans and activities with respect to such project and the authority which initiated the project shall have no powers and duties with respect to such project.

Section 51. A housing authority of a city or town which, prior to the organization of a redevelopment authority in such city or town, has initiated an urban renewal project may complete, operate and maintain such project notwithstanding such organization of a redevelopment authority; provided, however, that if the municipal officers of such city or town so order and with the consent in writing of the holders of any bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness of the housing authority issued for such project and then outstanding, the redevelopment authority shall take over a planned or existing urban renewal project initiated by a housing authority. The initiating authority shall use its best efforts promptly to secure the consent of all such holders and, all necessary consents having been secured, shall promptly execute an agreement with the authority which is to take over such project. Thereupon such authority shall assume, exercise, continue, perform and carry out all undertakings, obligations, duties, rights, powers, plans and activities with respect to such project and the authority which initiated the project shall have no powers and duties with respect to such project.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 237 / Section 4
Actual entry; seisin; proof; right of entry
Status: in_force

Section 4. The plaintiff need not prove an actual entry under his title, but proof that he is entitled to such an estate as he claims in the land and that he has a right of entry therein shall be sufficient to prove his seisin. No such action shall be maintained unless the plaintiff has at the time of commencing his action a right of entry into the land demanded.

Section 4. The plaintiff need not prove an actual entry under his title, but proof that he is entitled to such an estate as he claims in the land and that he has a right of entry therein shall be sufficient to prove his seisin. No such action shall be maintained unless the plaintiff has at the time of commencing his action a right of entry into the land demanded.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176B, sec. 4HH — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176B / Section 4HH
Preauthorization for substance abuse treatment not to be required
Status: in_force

Section 4HH. For the purposes of this section the term ''substance abuse treatment'' shall include: early intervention services for substance use disorder treatment; a substance use disorder evaluation, as defined in section 511/2 of chapter 111; outpatient services including medically assisted therapies; intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization services; residential or inpatient services, not covered under section 4II; and medically managed intensive inpatient services, not covered under said section 4II. Any subscription certificate under an individual or group medical service agreement delivered, issued or renewed within the commonwealth shall not require a member to obtain a preauthorization for substance abuse treatment if the provider is certified or licensed by the department of public health.

Section 4HH. For the purposes of this section the term ''substance abuse treatment'' shall include: early intervention services for substance use disorder treatment; a substance use disorder evaluation, as defined in section 511/2 of chapter 111; outpatient services including medically assisted therapies; intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization services; residential or inpatient services, not covered under section 4II; and medically managed intensive inpatient services, not covered under said section 4II.

Any subscription certificate under an individual or group medical service agreement delivered, issued or renewed within the commonwealth shall not require a member to obtain a preauthorization for substance abuse treatment if the provider is certified or licensed by the department of public health.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 153, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 153 / Section 2
Knowledge by employee of defect or negligence
Status: in_force

Section 2. An employee or his legal representatives shall not be entitled under section one of this chapter or under chapter two hundred and twenty-nine to any right of action for damages against his employer if such employee knew of the defect or negligence which caused the injury, and failed within a reasonable time to give, or cause to be given, information thereof to the employer, or to some person superior to himself in the service of the employer who was intrusted with general superintendence.

Section 2. An employee or his legal representatives shall not be entitled under section one of this chapter or under chapter two hundred and twenty-nine to any right of action for damages against his employer if such employee knew of the defect or negligence which caused the injury, and failed within a reasonable time to give, or cause to be given, information thereof to the employer, or to some person superior to himself in the service of the employer who was intrusted with general superintendence.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 143, sec. 72 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 143 / Section 72
Cinematograph booth or enclosure; necessity of inspection and approval; certificate; fire precautions
Status: in_force

Section 72. No cinematograph or similar apparatus, thirty-five millimeter or larger, involving the use of so-called safety film shall be kept or used for the purpose of exhibiting such films in or upon the premises of a public building until a booth or enclosure, which has been inspected and approved by an inspector and his certificate issued therefor, has been provided; nor until such precautions against fire as the commissioner of the division of professional licensure may specify have been taken by the owner, user, or exhibitor.

Section 72. No cinematograph or similar apparatus, thirty-five millimeter or larger, involving the use of so-called safety film shall be kept or used for the purpose of exhibiting such films in or upon the premises of a public building until a booth or enclosure, which has been inspected and approved by an inspector and his certificate issued therefor, has been provided; nor until such precautions against fire as the commissioner of the division of professional licensure may specify have been taken by the owner, user, or exhibitor.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176O, sec. 30 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176O / Section 30
Report to division regarding drugs selected to be provided with no or limited cost-sharing
Status: in_force

Section 30. (a) On an annual basis, each carrier shall report to the division the drugs selected to be provided with no or limited cost-sharing under section 47CCC of chapter 175, section 8DDD of chapter 176A, section 4DDD of chapter 176B and section 4VV of chapter 176G. The commissioner shall review the drugs to verify that the selected drugs meet the criteria identified in those sections. Should a selected drug be deemed by the commissioner to not meet the criteria, the commissioner may require a different drug to be selected. The commissioner shall disclose the list of drugs selected by each entity annually on the division's website. [There is no subsection (b).]

Section 30. (a) On an annual basis, each carrier shall report to the division the drugs selected to be provided with no or limited cost-sharing under section 47CCC of chapter 175, section 8DDD of chapter 176A, section 4DDD of chapter 176B and section 4VV of chapter 176G. The commissioner shall review the drugs to verify that the selected drugs meet the criteria identified in those sections. Should a selected drug be deemed by the commissioner to not meet the criteria, the commissioner may require a different drug to be selected. The commissioner shall disclose the list of drugs selected by each entity annually on the division's website.

[There is no subsection (b).]
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 91, sec. 47 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 91 / Section 47
Application for license; issuance; conditions; bond
Status: in_force

Section 47. Upon the application of the owner of any vessel, scow, lighter or similar floating structure, the department may issue a license authorizing him to break up such vessel or other floating structure upon the following conditions: first, that the written consent of the owner of the premises where the work is to be done shall first be obtained and filed with the department; second, that all the material composing the vessel or other structure shall be removed wholly from tide water, to the satisfaction of the department; third, that the work shall be completed within a certain fixed time, which may be extended by the department; fourth, if the work is not completed at the time fixed in the license or as so extended, the department may cause the work to be completed at the expense of the licensee; and fifth, such other conditions as the department deems proper in any case. Before receiving the license, the licensee shall file a bond with the department in a sum fixed by it, with satisfactory sureties, in which the commonwealth is obligee, conditioned to perform the provisions of the license and to pay to the commonwealth such sums as it may expend in connection with the work licensed.

Section 47. Upon the application of the owner of any vessel, scow, lighter or similar floating structure, the department may issue a license authorizing him to break up such vessel or other floating structure upon the following conditions: first, that the written consent of the owner of the premises where the work is to be done shall first be obtained and filed with the department; second, that all the material composing the vessel or other structure shall be removed wholly from tide water, to the satisfaction of the department; third, that the work shall be completed within a certain fixed time, which may be extended by the department; fourth, if the work is not completed at the time fixed in the license or as so extended, the department may cause the work to be completed at the expense of the licensee; and fifth, such other conditions as the department deems proper in any case. Before receiving the license, the licensee shall file a bond with the department in a sum fixed by it, with satisfactory sureties, in which the commonwealth is obligee, conditioned to perform the provisions of the license and to pay to the commonwealth such sums as it may expend in connection with the work licensed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 88 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 88
Weighers of fish
Status: in_force

Section 88. The mayor of each city, and the selectmen of each town, where salt water fish are landed from vessels, shall annually appoint a public weigher of fish, to hold office for one year from the time of his appointment and until his successor is appointed, who shall be sworn to the faithful performance of his official duties and shall give bond, with sureties, in the sum of five thousand dollars.

Section 88. The mayor of each city, and the selectmen of each town, where salt water fish are landed from vessels, shall annually appoint a public weigher of fish, to hold office for one year from the time of his appointment and until his successor is appointed, who shall be sworn to the faithful performance of his official duties and shall give bond, with sureties, in the sum of five thousand dollars.