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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 202, sec. 33 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 202 / Section 33
Foreign guardian or conservator; license to sell realty of ward
Status: in_force

Section 33. If a person who resides out of the commonwealth is under guardianship or conservatorship in the state or country where he resides and has no guardian or conservator appointed in this commonwealth, the foreign guardian or conservator may file an authenticated copy of his appointment in the probate court for any county where there is real estate of the ward; after which upon petition he may be licensed to sell, mortgage or lease the real estate of the ward in any county, for the purposes, in the manner and upon the terms provided in this chapter for a guardian or conservator appointed in this commonwealth, except as provided in the following section.

Section 33. If a person who resides out of the commonwealth is under guardianship or conservatorship in the state or country where he resides and has no guardian or conservator appointed in this commonwealth, the foreign guardian or conservator may file an authenticated copy of his appointment in the probate court for any county where there is real estate of the ward; after which upon petition he may be licensed to sell, mortgage or lease the real estate of the ward in any county, for the purposes, in the manner and upon the terms provided in this chapter for a guardian or conservator appointed in this commonwealth, except as provided in the following section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223A, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 223A / Section 2
Domicile, organization or place of business for personal jurisdiction
Status: in_force

Section 2. A court may exercise personal jurisdiction over a person domiciled in, organized under the laws of, or maintaining his or its principal place of business in, this commonwealth as to any cause of action.

Section 2. A court may exercise personal jurisdiction over a person domiciled in, organized under the laws of, or maintaining his or its principal place of business in, this commonwealth as to any cause of action.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 172, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 172 / Section 1
Definitions
Status: in_force

Section 1. (a) As used in sections 1 to 9, inclusive, of this chapter the words ''board'' or ''board of bank incorporation'' shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, mean a board consisting of the commissioner of banks, the commissioner of revenue and the state treasurer. (b) As used in this chapter the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— ''Capital stock'', the sum of the par value of the preferred and common shares of capital stock, issued and outstanding. ''Commissioner'', the commissioner of banks. ''Common stock'', the shares of capital stock of a trust company, other than preferred stock. ''Incorporators'', subscribers to the agreement of association for the purpose of forming a trust company under this chapter. ''Officer'', any individual designated as such in accordance with the by-laws including, whether or not so designated, the president, vice-president, treasurer and the clerk or secretary, or any individual who performs the duties appropriate to those offices. ''Stockholder'', a registered owner of shares of capital stock of a trust company. ''Surplus account'', an account so designated on the books of a trust company and consisting of such amounts as shall be required by law or shall be transferred thereto by vote of the board of directors. ''Trust company'' or ''corporation'', a trust company incorporated as such in the commonwealth.

Section 1. (a) As used in sections 1 to 9, inclusive, of this chapter the words ''board'' or ''board of bank incorporation'' shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, mean a board consisting of the commissioner of banks, the commissioner of revenue and the state treasurer.

(b) As used in this chapter the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:—

''Capital stock'', the sum of the par value of the preferred and common shares of capital stock, issued and outstanding.

''Commissioner'', the commissioner of banks.

''Common stock'', the shares of capital stock of a trust company, other than preferred stock.

''Incorporators'', subscribers to the agreement of association for the purpose of forming a trust company under this chapter.

''Officer'', any individual designated as such in accordance with the by-laws including, whether or not so designated, the president, vice-president, treasurer and the clerk or secretary, or any individual who performs the duties appropriate to those offices.

''Stockholder'', a registered owner of shares of capital stock of a trust company.

''Surplus account'', an account so designated on the books of a trust company and consisting of such amounts as shall be required by law or shall be transferred thereto by vote of the board of directors.

''Trust company'' or ''corporation'', a trust company incorporated as such in the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 21A — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 21A
Prescriptions on hospital or clinic blanks; printing of podiatrist's name required
Status: in_force

Section 21A. Every registered podiatrist who writes a prescription upon a prescription blank of a hospital or clinic shall print or type his name directly below his signature thereon.

Section 21A. Every registered podiatrist who writes a prescription upon a prescription blank of a hospital or clinic shall print or type his name directly below his signature thereon.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 202, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 202 / Section 14
Public or private sale of realty
Status: in_force

Section 14. Upon a petition of an executor or administrator for a license to sell real estate of the deceased or of a guardian or conservator to sell real estate of his ward, the court may, if the petitioner so requests, authorize him to sell such property at public auction and to convey to the purchaser all the estate, right, title and interest which the deceased had therein at his death and which was then chargeable with the payment of his debts or which the ward has at the time of the sale. If the petitioner requests that such property may be sold by private sale and the court, upon a hearing, finds that an advantageous offer for the purchase thereof has been made to the petitioner, and that the interests of all parties will be promoted by an acceptance thereof, it may authorize a conveyance by private sale in accordance with such offer or upon other terms; but the petitioner so authorized may nevertheless sell such property by public auction in accordance with this chapter. The court, if satisfied that such action will not be prejudicial to the interests of the estate, may authorize the petitioner to become the purchaser of such real estate at public or private sale.

Section 14. Upon a petition of an executor or administrator for a license to sell real estate of the deceased or of a guardian or conservator to sell real estate of his ward, the court may, if the petitioner so requests, authorize him to sell such property at public auction and to convey to the purchaser all the estate, right, title and interest which the deceased had therein at his death and which was then chargeable with the payment of his debts or which the ward has at the time of the sale. If the petitioner requests that such property may be sold by private sale and the court, upon a hearing, finds that an advantageous offer for the purchase thereof has been made to the petitioner, and that the interests of all parties will be promoted by an acceptance thereof, it may authorize a conveyance by private sale in accordance with such offer or upon other terms; but the petitioner so authorized may nevertheless sell such property by public auction in accordance with this chapter. The court, if satisfied that such action will not be prejudicial to the interests of the estate, may authorize the petitioner to become the purchaser of such real estate at public or private sale.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 199 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 199
Workers' compensation for covered employees under professional employer agreements
Status: in_force

Section 199. (a) Workers' compensation shall be provided to covered employees at each client company either by the PEO or by the client company of the covered employee pursuant to chapter 152 and regulations promulgated pursuant to said chapter 152. (b) PEOs and clients shall comply with employer notice requirements pursuant to sections 21 and 22 of said chapter 152. (c) To the extent the PEO has assumed responsibility in the professional employer agreement, the PEO shall maintain responsibility for the management of workers' compensation claims. (d) The professional employer agreement shall specify the allocation of responsibilities between the PEO and the client for workplace safety, risk and hazard control including the responsibility for disclosing information about workplace injuries and illness required by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act and for performing workplace safety inspections of all premises where covered employees are employed. (e) Where the PEO has workers' compensation coverage and has executed an alternate employer endorsement naming the client as an additional insured, both the client and the PEO shall be considered the employer for purpose of coverage under said chapter 152. (f) Where the client has workers' compensation coverage and has executed an alternate employer endorsement naming the PEO as an additional insured, both the client and the PEO shall be considered the employer for the purpose of coverage under said chapter 152.

Section 199. (a) Workers' compensation shall be provided to covered employees at each client company either by the PEO or by the client company of the covered employee pursuant to chapter 152 and regulations promulgated pursuant to said chapter 152.

(b) PEOs and clients shall comply with employer notice requirements pursuant to sections 21 and 22 of said chapter 152.

(c) To the extent the PEO has assumed responsibility in the professional employer agreement, the PEO shall maintain responsibility for the management of workers' compensation claims.

(d) The professional employer agreement shall specify the allocation of responsibilities between the PEO and the client for workplace safety, risk and hazard control including the responsibility for disclosing information about workplace injuries and illness required by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act and for performing workplace safety inspections of all premises where covered employees are employed.

(e) Where the PEO has workers' compensation coverage and has executed an alternate employer endorsement naming the client as an additional insured, both the client and the PEO shall be considered the employer for purpose of coverage under said chapter 152.

(f) Where the client has workers' compensation coverage and has executed an alternate employer endorsement naming the PEO as an additional insured, both the client and the PEO shall be considered the employer for the purpose of coverage under said chapter 152.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, sec. 53 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 277 / Section 53
District attorneys; authority and duty as to transferred cases
Status: in_force

Section 53. If a case is transferred for plea or trial and sentence pursuant to the Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure, the district attorney for the county to which the case is transferred or the district attorney for the county from which the case is transferred shall have the same authority and duty in the case as if it had not been transferred, depending upon which of the district attorneys is to try the case.

Section 53. If a case is transferred for plea or trial and sentence pursuant to the Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure, the district attorney for the county to which the case is transferred or the district attorney for the county from which the case is transferred shall have the same authority and duty in the case as if it had not been transferred, depending upon which of the district attorneys is to try the case.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21G, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 21G / Section 13
Examination of activities involving water withdrawal
Status: in_force

Section 13. For the purpose of determining compliance with this chapter or any regulations adopted thereunder, the duly authorized agents and employees of the department may at all reasonable times enter and examine any property, facility, operation or activity involving the withdrawal of water. The owner, operator or other person in charge of the property, facility, operation or activity, upon presentation of proper identification and purpose for inspection by the agents or employees of the department, shall give such agents and employees free and unrestricted entry and access. Such agents and employees are authorized to make such inspection, conduct such tests, reviews, studies, monitoring or sampling or examine books, papers and records pertinent to any matter relevant to the administration or enforcement of this chapter as it deems necessary. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, any information, record, or particular part thereof, obtained by the department pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, shall, upon request, be kept confidential and not be considered to be a public record when it is deemed by the department that such information, record or report relates to secret processes, methods of manufacture or production, or that such information, record or report, if made public, would divulge a trade secret.

Section 13. For the purpose of determining compliance with this chapter or any regulations adopted thereunder, the duly authorized agents and employees of the department may at all reasonable times enter and examine any property, facility, operation or activity involving the withdrawal of water. The owner, operator or other person in charge of the property, facility, operation or activity, upon presentation of proper identification and purpose for inspection by the agents or employees of the department, shall give such agents and employees free and unrestricted entry and access. Such agents and employees are authorized to make such inspection, conduct such tests, reviews, studies, monitoring or sampling or examine books, papers and records pertinent to any matter relevant to the administration or enforcement of this chapter as it deems necessary.

Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, any information, record, or particular part thereof, obtained by the department pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, shall, upon request, be kept confidential and not be considered to be a public record when it is deemed by the department that such information, record or report relates to secret processes, methods of manufacture or production, or that such information, record or report, if made public, would divulge a trade secret.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 110C, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 110C / Section 2
Disclosure of terms of take-over bid; filing; hearing
Status: in_force

Section 2. No offeror shall make a take-over bid unless he announces publicly the terms of the proposed take-over bid, files with the secretary and the target company, on the date of the commencement of the take-over bid, copies of all information required by section four, and pays the secretary a filing fee of one thousand dollars to defray the costs of any investigation the secretary may make in connection therewith. Within five days following such filing, or after a request made by the target company or an offeree within said five days, the secretary may order a hearing within ten days following such filing if he determines it necessary or appropriate for the protection of offerees in the commonwealth. If no such hearing is ordered within said ten days or a hearing is so ordered within such time and after hearing the secretary adjudicates that the take-over bid is not in violation of this chapter and that effective provision is made for fair and full disclosure to offerees of all information material to a decision to accept or reject the offer, the take-over bid shall be deemed to be in compliance with this chapter. If the secretary finds that the take-over bid would comply with provisions of this chapter if amended in certain respects, the take-over bid shall be deemed to be in compliance with this chapter only if so amended.

Section 2. No offeror shall make a take-over bid unless he announces publicly the terms of the proposed take-over bid, files with the secretary and the target company, on the date of the commencement of the take-over bid, copies of all information required by section four, and pays the secretary a filing fee of one thousand dollars to defray the costs of any investigation the secretary may make in connection therewith.

Within five days following such filing, or after a request made by the target company or an offeree within said five days, the secretary may order a hearing within ten days following such filing if he determines it necessary or appropriate for the protection of offerees in the commonwealth. If no such hearing is ordered within said ten days or a hearing is so ordered within such time and after hearing the secretary adjudicates that the take-over bid is not in violation of this chapter and that effective provision is made for fair and full disclosure to offerees of all information material to a decision to accept or reject the offer, the take-over bid shall be deemed to be in compliance with this chapter. If the secretary finds that the take-over bid would comply with provisions of this chapter if amended in certain respects, the take-over bid shall be deemed to be in compliance with this chapter only if so amended.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33, sec. 116 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33 / Section 116
Acceptance of gifts
Status: in_force

Section 116. The adjutant general, with the approval of the commander-in-chief, may accept on behalf of the commonwealth any gift or bequest of personal property to or for the use of the military forces of the commonwealth, and shall forthwith transfer any money or securities so received to the state treasurer who shall administer the same as provided in section seventeen A of chapter ten.

Section 116. The adjutant general, with the approval of the commander-in-chief, may accept on behalf of the commonwealth any gift or bequest of personal property to or for the use of the military forces of the commonwealth, and shall forthwith transfer any money or securities so received to the state treasurer who shall administer the same as provided in section seventeen A of chapter ten.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 172G — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 172G
Children's camps to obtain criminal and juvenile data; employees and volunteers
Status: in_force

Section 172G. Notwithstanding section 172, section 60 or 60A of chapter 119, or any other general or special law to the contrary, operators of camps for children shall obtain all available criminal offender record information and juvenile data as found in the court activity record information from the department of all employees or volunteers prior to employment or volunteer service. Information obtained under this section shall not be disseminated for any purpose other than to further the protection of children.

Section 172G. Notwithstanding section 172, section 60 or 60A of chapter 119, or any other general or special law to the contrary, operators of camps for children shall obtain all available criminal offender record information and juvenile data as found in the court activity record information from the department of all employees or volunteers prior to employment or volunteer service. Information obtained under this section shall not be disseminated for any purpose other than to further the protection of children.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 125, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 125 / Section 7
Suggestions for alterations in commissioner's rules
Status: in_force

Section 7. The superintendent of each such institution shall from time to time suggest to the commissioner in writing such alterations in the commissioner's rules as he considers advisable for the direction of the officers and employees of the institution and its government.

Section 7. The superintendent of each such institution shall from time to time suggest to the commissioner in writing such alterations in the commissioner's rules as he considers advisable for the direction of the officers and employees of the institution and its government.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176P, sec. 27 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176P / Section 27
Mingling of certain funds
Status: in_force

Section 27. A society may provide in its by-laws and in the certificate issued under sections 23 to 28, inclusive, for specified payments on account of the expense or general fund, which may be mingled with the general fund of the society as its constitution and by-laws may provide.

Section 27. A society may provide in its by-laws and in the certificate issued under sections 23 to 28, inclusive, for specified payments on account of the expense or general fund, which may be mingled with the general fund of the society as its constitution and by-laws may provide.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176G, sec. 4JJ — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176G / Section 4JJ
Coverage for mental health or substance use disorder services delivered through psychiatric collaborative care model
Status: in_force

Section 4JJ. (a) For the purposes of this section, ''psychiatric collaborative care model'' shall mean the evidence-based, integrated behavioral health service delivery method in which a primary care team consisting of a primary care provider and a care manager provides structured care management to a patient, and that works in collaboration with a psychiatric consultant that provides regular consultations to the primary care team to review the clinical status and care of patients and to make recommendations. (b) Any individual or group health maintenance contract that is issued or renewed within or without the commonwealth shall provide coverage for mental health or substance use disorder services that are delivered through the psychiatric collaborative care model.

Section 4JJ. (a) For the purposes of this section, ''psychiatric collaborative care model'' shall mean the evidence-based, integrated behavioral health service delivery method in which a primary care team consisting of a primary care provider and a care manager provides structured care management to a patient, and that works in collaboration with a psychiatric consultant that provides regular consultations to the primary care team to review the clinical status and care of patients and to make recommendations.

(b) Any individual or group health maintenance contract that is issued or renewed within or without the commonwealth shall provide coverage for mental health or substance use disorder services that are delivered through the psychiatric collaborative care model.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151D, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 151D / Section 10
Compliance with other applicable laws by trustees or plan administrators
Status: in_force

Section 10. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to relieve the trustee or plan administrator of any trust or fund from compliance with any provisions of any other applicable laws of the commonwealth.

Section 10. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to relieve the trustee or plan administrator of any trust or fund from compliance with any provisions of any other applicable laws of the commonwealth.