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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 13, sec. 8A — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 13 / Section 8A
Office of private occupational school education
Status: in_force

Section 8A. There shall be an office of private occupational school education within the division of occupational licensure, under the direction and supervision of the commissioner of the division. The office of private occupational school education shall assist the commissioner in carrying out the powers, duties and responsibilities set forth in section 263 of chapter 112 and the commissioner may appoint such employees as necessary to carry out such powers, duties and responsibilities. The office of private occupational school education shall not be considered a board serving in the division of occupational licensure, within the meaning of this chapter.

Section 8A. There shall be an office of private occupational school education within the division of occupational licensure, under the direction and supervision of the commissioner of the division. The office of private occupational school education shall assist the commissioner in carrying out the powers, duties and responsibilities set forth in section 263 of chapter 112 and the commissioner may appoint such employees as necessary to carry out such powers, duties and responsibilities. The office of private occupational school education shall not be considered a board serving in the division of occupational licensure, within the meaning of this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 56, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 56 / Section 13
Challenged ballots; failure to make proper entry
Status: in_force

Section 13. A presiding officer at a caucus, primary or state or city election, or at an election in a town or district at which official ballots are used, who, when the right of a person offering to vote is challenged for any legal cause, wilfully or negligently fails to require the name and residence of such person to be written upon the ballot offered by him, and to add thereto the name of the person challenging and the assigned cause, before such ballot is received, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months.

Section 13. A presiding officer at a caucus, primary or state or city election, or at an election in a town or district at which official ballots are used, who, when the right of a person offering to vote is challenged for any legal cause, wilfully or negligently fails to require the name and residence of such person to be written upon the ballot offered by him, and to add thereto the name of the person challenging and the assigned cause, before such ballot is received, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25C, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 25C / Section 5
Protection of confidential and proprietary information during proceedings
Status: in_force

Section 5. Notwithstanding clause Twenty-sixth of section 7 of chapter 4 and section 10 of chapter 66, the department may protect from public disclosure trade secrets, confidential, competitively sensitive or other proprietary information provided in the course of proceedings conducted pursuant to this chapter. There shall be a presumption that the information for which such protection is sought is public information and the burden shall be upon the proponent of such protection to prove the need for such protection. Where such a need has been found to exist, the department shall protect only so much of the information as is necessary to meet such need. The commissioner shall adopt procedural regulations consistent with this section to implement this section.

Section 5. Notwithstanding clause Twenty-sixth of section 7 of chapter 4 and section 10 of chapter 66, the department may protect from public disclosure trade secrets, confidential, competitively sensitive or other proprietary information provided in the course of proceedings conducted pursuant to this chapter. There shall be a presumption that the information for which such protection is sought is public information and the burden shall be upon the proponent of such protection to prove the need for such protection. Where such a need has been found to exist, the department shall protect only so much of the information as is necessary to meet such need. The commissioner shall adopt procedural regulations consistent with this section to implement this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, sec. 19E — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 15A / Section 19E
Principal and superintendent recruitment program
Status: in_force

Section 19E. There shall be a principal and superintendent recruitment program for recruiting and training as principals and superintendents in public schools individuals from other professions who have the skills, experience and talent to be outstanding school principals and superintendents, but who do not meet the existing statutory and regulatory requirements to serve as principals and superintendents. The program shall include the use of financial incentives and other methods for recruiting candidates and innovative methods for providing the necessary training. The board of education shall promulgate regulations, where necessary, for the effective implementation of the program. The board shall establish standards that individuals who participate in the program shall meet to be authorized to serve as principals or superintendents. If the board determines that existing statutory or regulatory requirements for such service interfere with attracting highly qualified individuals from other professions who meet the standards established by the board, it may exempt such individuals from such requirements.

Section 19E. There shall be a principal and superintendent recruitment program for recruiting and training as principals and superintendents in public schools individuals from other professions who have the skills, experience and talent to be outstanding school principals and superintendents, but who do not meet the existing statutory and regulatory requirements to serve as principals and superintendents. The program shall include the use of financial incentives and other methods for recruiting candidates and innovative methods for providing the necessary training.

The board of education shall promulgate regulations, where necessary, for the effective implementation of the program. The board shall establish standards that individuals who participate in the program shall meet to be authorized to serve as principals or superintendents. If the board determines that existing statutory or regulatory requirements for such service interfere with attracting highly qualified individuals from other professions who meet the standards established by the board, it may exempt such individuals from such requirements.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, sec. 25 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 126 / Section 25
Care of jail or house of correction
Status: in_force

Section 25. The keeper of each jail and the superintendent of each house of correction shall, at the county's expense, cause it to be constantly kept in as cleanly and healthful a condition as may be. No permanent vault shall be used in any apartment. Every room occupied by a prisoner shall be furnished with a suitable bucket, with a cover made to shut tight, for the necessary accommodation of such prisoner, and such bucket, when used, shall be emptied daily and shall be constantly kept in good order.

Section 25. The keeper of each jail and the superintendent of each house of correction shall, at the county's expense, cause it to be constantly kept in as cleanly and healthful a condition as may be. No permanent vault shall be used in any apartment. Every room occupied by a prisoner shall be furnished with a suitable bucket, with a cover made to shut tight, for the necessary accommodation of such prisoner, and such bucket, when used, shall be emptied daily and shall be constantly kept in good order.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111G, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111G / Section 2
Early intervention services; state wide system; funding; rules and regulations; contracts
Status: in_force

Section 2. The department shall establish a state wide system of programs providing early intervention services. The department shall be the sole source of state funds for early intervention services; provided, however, that reimbursement for such services shall be allowed pursuant to section six of chapter one hundred and eighteen E. The department shall be the lead agency for the coordination of all governmental funding, both state and federal, for such programs. Such programs shall be located within the division of family health services. The division shall be responsible for implementing and administering such programs. The division shall develop and promulgate uniform rules and regulations for the provision of early intervention services. The division may contract with any agencies, individuals or groups for the provision of such services, subject to appropriation.

Section 2. The department shall establish a state wide system of programs providing early intervention services. The department shall be the sole source of state funds for early intervention services; provided, however, that reimbursement for such services shall be allowed pursuant to section six of chapter one hundred and eighteen E. The department shall be the lead agency for the coordination of all governmental funding, both state and federal, for such programs.

Such programs shall be located within the division of family health services. The division shall be responsible for implementing and administering such programs.

The division shall develop and promulgate uniform rules and regulations for the provision of early intervention services. The division may contract with any agencies, individuals or groups for the provision of such services, subject to appropriation.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, sec. 30 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 166 / Section 30
Regulations concerning wires
Status: in_force

Section 30. A person or a corporation, private or municipal, owning or operating a line of wires over or under streets or buildings shall use only strong and proper wires safely attached to strong and sufficient supports and insulated at all points of attachment; shall remove all wires the use of which is abandoned; shall properly insulate every wire where it enters a building, and, if such wire is other than a wire designed to carry an electric light, heat or power current, shall attach to it at a proper point in the circuit, near the place of entering the building, and so situated as to avoid danger from fire, an appliance adapted at all times to prevent a current of electricity of such intensity or volume as to be capable of injuring electrical instruments or of causing fire from entering the building by means of such wire beyond the point at which such appliance is attached; and shall properly insulate every wire within a building designed to carry an electric light, heat or power current.

Section 30. A person or a corporation, private or municipal, owning or operating a line of wires over or under streets or buildings shall use only strong and proper wires safely attached to strong and sufficient supports and insulated at all points of attachment; shall remove all wires the use of which is abandoned; shall properly insulate every wire where it enters a building, and, if such wire is other than a wire designed to carry an electric light, heat or power current, shall attach to it at a proper point in the circuit, near the place of entering the building, and so situated as to avoid danger from fire, an appliance adapted at all times to prevent a current of electricity of such intensity or volume as to be capable of injuring electrical instruments or of causing fire from entering the building by means of such wire beyond the point at which such appliance is attached; and shall properly insulate every wire within a building designed to carry an electric light, heat or power current.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, sec. 33 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 15A / Section 33
Report assessing overall faculty productivity and teacher effectiveness
Status: in_force

Section 33. The council shall publish a report, on or before January first, nineteen hundred and ninety-five, and every four years thereafter, assessing overall faculty productivity and overall teacher effectiveness within the public system of higher education. Said report may include narrative research and statistical data which the council deems appropriate. Any data or information gathered for said report is not intended to be and shall not be used for the evaluation of the performance of any individual faculty member and the identity of individual faculty members shall be confidential. Said report shall also include information gained from students, both present and former, and shall further include information obtained from the commonwealth's business community relative to work force preparation. The report shall draw comparisons between institutions and types of institution, as well as between the commonwealth's public higher education system and those in other states, to the extent feasible.

Section 33. The council shall publish a report, on or before January first, nineteen hundred and ninety-five, and every four years thereafter, assessing overall faculty productivity and overall teacher effectiveness within the public system of higher education. Said report may include narrative research and statistical data which the council deems appropriate. Any data or information gathered for said report is not intended to be and shall not be used for the evaluation of the performance of any individual faculty member and the identity of individual faculty members shall be confidential. Said report shall also include information gained from students, both present and former, and shall further include information obtained from the commonwealth's business community relative to work force preparation. The report shall draw comparisons between institutions and types of institution, as well as between the commonwealth's public higher education system and those in other states, to the extent feasible.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 48, sec. 88 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 48 / Section 88
Fire fighters; performance of police duties
Status: in_force

Section 88. No city or town shall require a permanent member of its fire department to perform the duties of a police officer during his tour of duty. No fire fighter shall, in connection with any industrial or labor dispute, perform the duties of a police officer or any duties other than those regularly performed by him.

Section 88. No city or town shall require a permanent member of its fire department to perform the duties of a police officer during his tour of duty. No fire fighter shall, in connection with any industrial or labor dispute, perform the duties of a police officer or any duties other than those regularly performed by him.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 23G, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 23G / Section 20
Small business incubator facilities; location restriction
Status: in_force

Section 20. The small business incubator facilities that receive financial assistance from the Agency shall not be located within a 25 mile radius of another small business incubator project approved by the Agency.

Section 20. The small business incubator facilities that receive financial assistance from the Agency shall not be located within a 25 mile radius of another small business incubator project approved by the Agency.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 13, sec. 25A — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 13 / Section 25A
Agents appointed pursuant to Sec. 25; training
Status: in_force

Section 25A. As directed by the board, all agents appointed pursuant to section 25 shall be trained in chapters 795 and 797 of the United States Pharmacopeia and the National Formulary as well as additional sterile compounding and non-sterile compounding surveyor courses. This training shall include, but not be limited to, programs offered free of charge by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy.

Section 25A. As directed by the board, all agents appointed pursuant to section 25 shall be trained in chapters 795 and 797 of the United States Pharmacopeia and the National Formulary as well as additional sterile compounding and non-sterile compounding surveyor courses. This training shall include, but not be limited to, programs offered free of charge by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 162X — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 162X
Severability of Secs. 162G to 162X
Status: in_force

Section 162X. If any provisions of sections 162G to 162X, inclusive, or the application of a provision to any person or circumstances, shall be held invalid, the remainder of said sections 162G to 162X, inclusive, and the application of the provision to persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected.

Section 162X. If any provisions of sections 162G to 162X, inclusive, or the application of a provision to any person or circumstances, shall be held invalid, the remainder of said sections 162G to 162X, inclusive, and the application of the provision to persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 236, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 236 / Section 12
Land held jointly or in common; levy upon
Status: in_force

Section 12. If land is held by a debtor in joint tenancy or as a tenant in common, the share thereof belonging to the debtor may be taken on execution, and shall thereafter be held in common with the co-tenant. If the whole share of the debtor is more than sufficient to satisfy the execution, the levy shall be made upon such undivided portion of such share as will, in the opinion of the appraisers, satisfy the execution, and such undivided portion shall be held in common with the debtor and the other co-tenant.

Section 12. If land is held by a debtor in joint tenancy or as a tenant in common, the share thereof belonging to the debtor may be taken on execution, and shall thereafter be held in common with the co-tenant. If the whole share of the debtor is more than sufficient to satisfy the execution, the levy shall be made upon such undivided portion of such share as will, in the opinion of the appraisers, satisfy the execution, and such undivided portion shall be held in common with the debtor and the other co-tenant.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, sec. 34 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 272 / Section 34
Crime against nature
Status: in_force

Section 34. Whoever commits the abominable and detestable crime against nature, either with mankind or with a beast, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than twenty years.

Section 34. Whoever commits the abominable and detestable crime against nature, either with mankind or with a beast, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than twenty years.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 12, sec. 8B — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 12 / Section 8B
Division of public charities; duties
Status: in_force

Section 8B. There shall be in the department of the attorney general a division of public charities which shall, under the direction and control of the attorney general, perform the duties imposed upon him by the provisions of section eight to eight M, inclusive.

Section 8B. There shall be in the department of the attorney general a division of public charities which shall, under the direction and control of the attorney general, perform the duties imposed upon him by the provisions of section eight to eight M, inclusive.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 118E, sec. 10J — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 118E / Section 10J
Coverage for medical or drug treatments to correct or repair disturbances of body composition caused by HIV associated lipodystrophy syndrome
Status: in_force

Section 10J. The division shall provide coverage for medical or drug treatments to correct or repair disturbances of body composition caused by HIV associated lipodystrophy syndrome including, but not limited to, reconstructive surgery, such as suction assisted lipectomy, other restorative procedures and dermal injections or fillers for reversal of facial lipoatrophy syndrome. Coverage shall be subject to a statement from a treating provider that the treatment is necessary for correcting, repairing or ameliorating the effects of HIV associated lipodystrophy syndrome. The benefits in this section shall not be subject to any greater deductible, coinsurance, copayments or out-of-pocket limits than any other benefit provided by the division.

Section 10J. The division shall provide coverage for medical or drug treatments to correct or repair disturbances of body composition caused by HIV associated lipodystrophy syndrome including, but not limited to, reconstructive surgery, such as suction assisted lipectomy, other restorative procedures and dermal injections or fillers for reversal of facial lipoatrophy syndrome. Coverage shall be subject to a statement from a treating provider that the treatment is necessary for correcting, repairing or ameliorating the effects of HIV associated lipodystrophy syndrome. The benefits in this section shall not be subject to any greater deductible, coinsurance, copayments or out-of-pocket limits than any other benefit provided by the division.