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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176A, sec. 8TT — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176A / Section 8TT
Benefits for medically necessary emergency services programs
Status: in_force

Section 8TT. A contract between a subscriber and the corporation under an individual or group hospital service plan that is delivered, issued or renewed within or without the commonwealth shall provide benefits on a nondiscriminatory basis for medically necessary emergency services programs, as defined in section 1 of chapter 175.

Section 8TT. A contract between a subscriber and the corporation under an individual or group hospital service plan that is delivered, issued or renewed within or without the commonwealth shall provide benefits on a nondiscriminatory basis for medically necessary emergency services programs, as defined in section 1 of chapter 175.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 177P — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 177P
Contracts between reinsurance intermediary broker and insurer; required provisions
Status: in_force

Section 177P. A reinsurance intermediary broker shall represent or perform services for an insurer only pursuant to a written contract which specifies the responsibilities of each party. The contract shall, at a minimum, provide that: (a) The insurer may terminate the reinsurance intermediary broker's authority at any time. (b) The reinsurance intermediary broker shall render accounts to the insurer accurately detailing all material transactions, including information necessary to support all commissions, charges and other fees received by or owing to the reinsurance intermediary broker, and remit all funds due to the insurer within thirty days of receipt. (c) All funds collected for the insurer's account shall be held by the reinsurance intermediary broker in a fiduciary capacity in a bank which is a qualified United States financial institution as defined herein. (d) The reinsurance intermediary broker shall comply with section one hundred and seventy-seven Q. (e) The reinsurance intermediary broker shall comply with the written standards established by the insurer for the cession or retrocession of all risks. (f) The reinsurance intermediary broker shall disclose to the insurer any relationship with any reinsurer to which business will be ceded or retroceded.

Section 177P. A reinsurance intermediary broker shall represent or perform services for an insurer only pursuant to a written contract which specifies the responsibilities of each party. The contract shall, at a minimum, provide that:

(a) The insurer may terminate the reinsurance intermediary broker's authority at any time.

(b) The reinsurance intermediary broker shall render accounts to the insurer accurately detailing all material transactions, including information necessary to support all commissions, charges and other fees received by or owing to the reinsurance intermediary broker, and remit all funds due to the insurer within thirty days of receipt.

(c) All funds collected for the insurer's account shall be held by the reinsurance intermediary broker in a fiduciary capacity in a bank which is a qualified United States financial institution as defined herein.

(d) The reinsurance intermediary broker shall comply with section one hundred and seventy-seven Q.

(e) The reinsurance intermediary broker shall comply with the written standards established by the insurer for the cession or retrocession of all risks.

(f) The reinsurance intermediary broker shall disclose to the insurer any relationship with any reinsurer to which business will be ceded or retroceded.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 100, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 100 / Section 4
Denial of applications; hearing; grounds
Status: in_force

Section 4. No license application conforming to the requirements of sections three and three A shall be denied except after a public hearing held by the deputy director in accordance with and subject to the provisions of chapter thirty A. No such application shall be denied except upon a finding by the deputy director after said hearing of one or more of the following grounds for denial: (a) that the applicant has been convicted of a felony; (b) that the applicant has followed a continuous and flagrant course of misrepresentations or the making of false promises, through agents, advertising or otherwise, in the conduct of auctioneering or otherwise; or (c) that the applicant has failed to meet or has violated any of the requirements for licensees set forth in this chapter. Upon denial of an application, the deputy director shall surrender to the applicant the bond filed with his application within the time set forth.

Section 4. No license application conforming to the requirements of sections three and three A shall be denied except after a public hearing held by the deputy director in accordance with and subject to the provisions of chapter thirty A. No such application shall be denied except upon a finding by the deputy director after said hearing of one or more of the following grounds for denial: (a) that the applicant has been convicted of a felony; (b) that the applicant has followed a continuous and flagrant course of misrepresentations or the making of false promises, through agents, advertising or otherwise, in the conduct of auctioneering or otherwise; or (c) that the applicant has failed to meet or has violated any of the requirements for licensees set forth in this chapter. Upon denial of an application, the deputy director shall surrender to the applicant the bond filed with his application within the time set forth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 18E — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 18E
Safety precautions in dangerous undertakings; longshore and waterfront operations
Status: in_force

Section 18E. Persons working in locations where there is a hazard to the head or eyes shall be safeguarded by means of head or eye protection. Protection may be required for persons working under conditions where there is a hazard to the body, hands or feet. Safety belts shall be of approved type. Lifelines shall be of strength equivalent to one-half inch manila rope. At least two life buoys or life rings with appropriate lines attached shall be kept in conveniently accessible places where employees' work exposes them to the hazard of drowning, or each employee so exposed shall wear a life vest. Life vests may be required for workers who are in constant and imminent danger of drowning. Readily located ladders shall be provided on all docks, wharves or piers where employees' work exposes them to the hazard of drowning. The ladders shall reach from the floor of the structure to the lowest water elevation. Portable ladders shall be equipped with a substantial means to readily secure them to the structure.

Section 18E. Persons working in locations where there is a hazard to the head or eyes shall be safeguarded by means of head or eye protection.

Protection may be required for persons working under conditions where there is a hazard to the body, hands or feet.

Safety belts shall be of approved type. Lifelines shall be of strength equivalent to one-half inch manila rope.

At least two life buoys or life rings with appropriate lines attached shall be kept in conveniently accessible places where employees' work exposes them to the hazard of drowning, or each employee so exposed shall wear a life vest. Life vests may be required for workers who are in constant and imminent danger of drowning.

Readily located ladders shall be provided on all docks, wharves or piers where employees' work exposes them to the hazard of drowning. The ladders shall reach from the floor of the structure to the lowest water elevation. Portable ladders shall be equipped with a substantial means to readily secure them to the structure.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19A, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 19A / Section 8
Employees; appointments and removal; age restriction
Status: in_force

Section 8. The secretary, subject to appropriation, shall appoint and may remove all employees in the department. Unless otherwise provided by law, all such appointments and removals shall be in accordance with chapter thirty-one. In making such appointments, the secretary shall make every reasonable effort to assure that at least twenty-five per cent of all employees of the department are fifty-five years of age or older.

Section 8. The secretary, subject to appropriation, shall appoint and may remove all employees in the department. Unless otherwise provided by law, all such appointments and removals shall be in accordance with chapter thirty-one.

In making such appointments, the secretary shall make every reasonable effort to assure that at least twenty-five per cent of all employees of the department are fifty-five years of age or older.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18A, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 18A / Section 3
Deputy commissioner
Status: in_force

Section 3. The commissioner shall appoint, with the approval of the secretary of health and human services, a deputy commissioner who shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one and to whom the provisions of section nine A of chapter thirty shall not apply, but who shall possess the same qualifications required of the commissioner, except that he shall have had not less than five years of experience in work related to juvenile delinquency, of which at least two shall have been as an administrator. Said deputy commissioner shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner, and shall devote his full time during business hours to the duties of his office. He shall exercise such authority and discharge such duties of the commissioner as the commissioner may from time to time delegate to him and, in the absence or incapacity of the commissioner, or in the event of a vacancy in the office of commissioner, shall act as the commissioner until the absence or incapacity shall have terminated or the vacancy shall have been filled.

Section 3. The commissioner shall appoint, with the approval of the secretary of health and human services, a deputy commissioner who shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one and to whom the provisions of section nine A of chapter thirty shall not apply, but who shall possess the same qualifications required of the commissioner, except that he shall have had not less than five years of experience in work related to juvenile delinquency, of which at least two shall have been as an administrator. Said deputy commissioner shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner, and shall devote his full time during business hours to the duties of his office. He shall exercise such authority and discharge such duties of the commissioner as the commissioner may from time to time delegate to him and, in the absence or incapacity of the commissioner, or in the event of a vacancy in the office of commissioner, shall act as the commissioner until the absence or incapacity shall have terminated or the vacancy shall have been filled.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, sec. 28 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 126 / Section 28
Supplies for jails and houses of correction
Status: in_force

Section 28. The county commissioners shall, except in Suffolk county, without extra charge or commission to themselves or to any other person, procure or cause to be procured all necessary supplies for the jails and houses of correction, to be purchased and provided under their direction and at the expense of the county.

Section 28. The county commissioners shall, except in Suffolk county, without extra charge or commission to themselves or to any other person, procure or cause to be procured all necessary supplies for the jails and houses of correction, to be purchased and provided under their direction and at the expense of the county.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 118E, sec. 70 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 118E / Section 70
Definitions for Secs. 70 through 75
Status: in_force

Section 70. As used in sections 70 to 75 inclusive, the following words shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— ''Consumer,'' a person to whom a personal care attendant provides personal care services. ''PCA quality home care workforce council'', ''workforce council'' or ''the council'', the Personal Care Attendant quality home care workforce council established in section 71. ''Personal care attendant'', a person, including a personal aide, who has been selected by a consumer or the consumer's surrogate to provide personal care services to persons with disabilities or seniors under the MassHealth personal care attendant program or any successor program or under any program operated by an entity under contract in whole or in part with MassHealth. ''Personal care attendant'' shall include a person who has been selected by a consumer or the consumer's surrogate to provide consumer directed care services under the MassHealth Moving Forward Plan—Community Living home and community-based services waiver program, or any successor program. ''Surrogate'', a consumer's legal guardian or person identified in a written agreement with the consumer as responsible for hiring, directing and firing on behalf of the consumer.

Section 70. As used in sections 70 to 75 inclusive, the following words shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings:—

''Consumer,'' a person to whom a personal care attendant provides personal care services.

''PCA quality home care workforce council'', ''workforce council'' or ''the council'', the Personal Care Attendant quality home care workforce council established in section 71.

''Personal care attendant'', a person, including a personal aide, who has been selected by a consumer or the consumer's surrogate to provide personal care services to persons with disabilities or seniors under the MassHealth personal care attendant program or any successor program or under any program operated by an entity under contract in whole or in part with MassHealth. ''Personal care attendant'' shall include a person who has been selected by a consumer or the consumer's surrogate to provide consumer directed care services under the MassHealth Moving Forward Plan—Community Living home and community-based services waiver program, or any successor program.

''Surrogate'', a consumer's legal guardian or person identified in a written agreement with the consumer as responsible for hiring, directing and firing on behalf of the consumer.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 114 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 114
Title insurance companies; applicability of chapter
Status: in_force

Section 114. A company organized under the eleventh clause of section forty-seven or under earlier laws relating to such companies shall not be subject to this chapter, except this section and sections three A, four, six, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen A, twenty-two, twenty-five, twenty-six, thirty, thirty-two, thirty-three, forty-four, forty-seven to forty-nine, inclusive, fifty-seven to sixty-one, inclusive, sixty-nine to seventy-two, inclusive, one hundred and sixteen, one hundred and seventy-eight to one hundred and eighty A, inclusive, one hundred and eighty-nine, one hundred and ninety-three A and one hundred and ninety-four, and the first paragraph, so far as applicable to the title guaranty fund, and the third paragraph, of section sixty-two. Such company may transact all the kinds of business specified in said eleventh clause.

Section 114. A company organized under the eleventh clause of section forty-seven or under earlier laws relating to such companies shall not be subject to this chapter, except this section and sections three A, four, six, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen A, twenty-two, twenty-five, twenty-six, thirty, thirty-two, thirty-three, forty-four, forty-seven to forty-nine, inclusive, fifty-seven to sixty-one, inclusive, sixty-nine to seventy-two, inclusive, one hundred and sixteen, one hundred and seventy-eight to one hundred and eighty A, inclusive, one hundred and eighty-nine, one hundred and ninety-three A and one hundred and ninety-four, and the first paragraph, so far as applicable to the title guaranty fund, and the third paragraph, of section sixty-two. Such company may transact all the kinds of business specified in said eleventh clause.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33A, sec. 141 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33A / Section 141
Payment of fees, costs, and expenses
Status: in_force

Article 141. Payment of fees, costs, and expenses. (a) The fees and authorized travel expenses of all witnesses, experts, victims, court reporters and interpreters, the fees for the service of process, the costs of collection, apprehension, detention and confinement and all other necessary expenses of prosecution and the administration of military justice that are not otherwise payable by any other source shall be paid out of the Military Justice Fund. (b) There shall be a Military Justice Fund that shall be administered by the adjutant general, from which expenses of military justice shall be paid in the amounts and manner as prescribed by law. Funds may be appropriated and deposited into the fund as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the code.

Article 141. Payment of fees, costs, and expenses.

(a) The fees and authorized travel expenses of all witnesses, experts, victims, court reporters and interpreters, the fees for the service of process, the costs of collection, apprehension, detention and confinement and all other necessary expenses of prosecution and the administration of military justice that are not otherwise payable by any other source shall be paid out of the Military Justice Fund.

(b) There shall be a Military Justice Fund that shall be administered by the adjutant general, from which expenses of military justice shall be paid in the amounts and manner as prescribed by law. Funds may be appropriated and deposited into the fund as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the code.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 128, sec. 91 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 128 / Section 91
Defacing or destroying labels; false advertising; prohibited sales
Status: in_force

Section 91. No person within the commonwealth shall detach, alter, deface or destroy any label provided for in said sections eighty-four to one hundred and one, inclusive, or the regulations promulgated thereunder; nor alter or substitute seed, in a manner that may defeat the purpose of said sections; nor disseminate any false or misleading advertisement concerning agricultural, vegetable, flower or tree and shrub seed; nor hinder or obstruct any authorized person in the performance of his duties under said sections eighty-four to one hundred and one, inclusive; nor fail to comply with an official order to withhold from sale certain seeds as provided in section ninety-five; nor move or otherwise handle or dispose of any lot of seed held under a ''stop-sale'' order or tags attached thereto, except with the written permission of the enforcing officer, and for the purpose specified therein. No person shall sell, offer or expose for sale any color mixture of a single kind of flower seed representing four or more colors or shades, in which any one color or shade occurs in sixty per cent or more of the plants which the mixture is capable of producing, unless colors or shades and approximate percentage of each is indicated on the label, or sell, offer or expose for sale a mixture of flower seed kinds in which any one kind is present in excess of twenty-five per cent by seed count unless the kinds present and the approximate percentage of each are indicated on the label.

Section 91. No person within the commonwealth shall detach, alter, deface or destroy any label provided for in said sections eighty-four to one hundred and one, inclusive, or the regulations promulgated thereunder; nor alter or substitute seed, in a manner that may defeat the purpose of said sections; nor disseminate any false or misleading advertisement concerning agricultural, vegetable, flower or tree and shrub seed; nor hinder or obstruct any authorized person in the performance of his duties under said sections eighty-four to one hundred and one, inclusive; nor fail to comply with an official order to withhold from sale certain seeds as provided in section ninety-five; nor move or otherwise handle or dispose of any lot of seed held under a ''stop-sale'' order or tags attached thereto, except with the written permission of the enforcing officer, and for the purpose specified therein.

No person shall sell, offer or expose for sale any color mixture of a single kind of flower seed representing four or more colors or shades, in which any one color or shade occurs in sixty per cent or more of the plants which the mixture is capable of producing, unless colors or shades and approximate percentage of each is indicated on the label, or sell, offer or expose for sale a mixture of flower seed kinds in which any one kind is present in excess of twenty-five per cent by seed count unless the kinds present and the approximate percentage of each are indicated on the label.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, sec. 22 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 54 / Section 22
Compensation of election officers
Status: in_force

Section 22. Election officers shall receive such compensation as the city council or the selectmen respectively may determine; but no deputy officer shall receive compensation except for attendance at the opening of the polls or for services in place of an absent officer.

Section 22. Election officers shall receive such compensation as the city council or the selectmen respectively may determine; but no deputy officer shall receive compensation except for attendance at the opening of the polls or for services in place of an absent officer.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33, sec. 130 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33 / Section 130
Drills or parades by armed citizens or foreign troops; conditions
Status: in_force

Section 130. The commander-in-chief may prescribe rules and regulations under which bodies of citizens of the United States, or foreign troops to whose admission to the United States the government of the United States has consented, may drill or parade with firearms or harmless imitations thereof. The commander-in-chief may authorize the use by any such body of any state armory or air installation for drill or training.

Section 130. The commander-in-chief may prescribe rules and regulations under which bodies of citizens of the United States, or foreign troops to whose admission to the United States the government of the United States has consented, may drill or parade with firearms or harmless imitations thereof. The commander-in-chief may authorize the use by any such body of any state armory or air installation for drill or training.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 35, sec. 39G — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 35 / Section 39G
Facsimile of county seal on bonds, etc.; validity
Status: in_force

Section 39G. The engraved or printed facsimile of a county seal on a bond, note or certificate of indebtedness of such county shall have the same validity and effect as though such seal were impressed thereon.

Section 39G. The engraved or printed facsimile of a county seal on a bond, note or certificate of indebtedness of such county shall have the same validity and effect as though such seal were impressed thereon.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 56, sec. 30 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 56 / Section 30
Obstruction of voting
Status: in_force

Section 30. Whoever wilfully obstructs the voting at a primary, caucus or election shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.

Section 30. Whoever wilfully obstructs the voting at a primary, caucus or election shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.