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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 142, sec. 21A — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 142 / Section 21A
Permits for plumbing and gas fitting work; proof of liability insurance or bond
Status: in_force

Section 21A. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, no licensed plumber or gas fitter, acting in the capacity of a self-employed contractor, shall be issued a permit for the performance of plumbing and gas fitting, pursuant to this chapter unless the licensee has a current liability insurance policy including completed operations coverage, which has been issued by an insurance company licensed to do business within the commonwealth, or other type of indemnity against liability providing substantially equivalent coverage, or a bond. The licensee shall check the appropriate block on the uniform application to perform plumbing and gas work. In lieu of such insurance requirement, plumbing and gas inspectors shall accept the signature of the owner or his agent on the uniform application for a permit to perform plumbing or gas work upon the property of said owner.

Section 21A. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, no licensed plumber or gas fitter, acting in the capacity of a self-employed contractor, shall be issued a permit for the performance of plumbing and gas fitting, pursuant to this chapter unless the licensee has a current liability insurance policy including completed operations coverage, which has been issued by an insurance company licensed to do business within the commonwealth, or other type of indemnity against liability providing substantially equivalent coverage, or a bond. The licensee shall check the appropriate block on the uniform application to perform plumbing and gas work.

In lieu of such insurance requirement, plumbing and gas inspectors shall accept the signature of the owner or his agent on the uniform application for a permit to perform plumbing or gas work upon the property of said owner.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 31, sec. 6C — MA Code / Part I / Title IV / Chapter 31 / Section 6C
Employee disagreement with evaluation; appeal
Status: in_force

Section 6C. A civil service employee, except an employee serving during his probationary period, who receives an evaluation with which he disagrees, shall within ten days unless otherwise specified in the collective bargaining agreement, select an option of appealing the results of such evaluation through either the grievance procedure contained in the employee's respective collective bargaining agreement or through the procedures outlined in paragraphs (a) to (c), inclusive. (a) Within ten days after the employee has reviewed the original evaluation, he may appeal the evaluation to a neutral party selected by the appointing authority to review the evaluation. (b) Within ten days of receipt of a decision on employee's appeal outlined in paragraph (a), the employee or the employer may appeal an evaluation to a three-member panel appointed by the appointing authority, in conjunction with representatives of labor. (c) Within ten days receipt of a decision on an appeal provided for in paragraph (b) the employer or the employee may further appeal the evaluation to the civil service commission. The commission shall, within twenty-one days after the close of such hearing or the evaluation, render a written decision and send notice thereof to all parties concerned. Saturdays, Sundays, vacation days, and legal holidays shall not be counted in the computation of any period of time specified in this section.

Section 6C. A civil service employee, except an employee serving during his probationary period, who receives an evaluation with which he disagrees, shall within ten days unless otherwise specified in the collective bargaining agreement, select an option of appealing the results of such evaluation through either the grievance procedure contained in the employee's respective collective bargaining agreement or through the procedures outlined in paragraphs (a) to (c), inclusive.

(a) Within ten days after the employee has reviewed the original evaluation, he may appeal the evaluation to a neutral party selected by the appointing authority to review the evaluation.

(b) Within ten days of receipt of a decision on employee's appeal outlined in paragraph (a), the employee or the employer may appeal an evaluation to a three-member panel appointed by the appointing authority, in conjunction with representatives of labor.

(c) Within ten days receipt of a decision on an appeal provided for in paragraph (b) the employer or the employee may further appeal the evaluation to the civil service commission. The commission shall, within twenty-one days after the close of such hearing or the evaluation, render a written decision and send notice thereof to all parties concerned.

Saturdays, Sundays, vacation days, and legal holidays shall not be counted in the computation of any period of time specified in this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 87U — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 87U
Aesthetics, barbering, cosmetology, electrolysis, hairdressing and manicuring; registration of students; practice upon paying customers
Status: in_force

Section 87U. The board may require schools to register or report the progress of enrolled students. No fee shall be required for such registration. No student shall practice aesthetics, barbering, electrolysis, hairdressing or manicuring upon any paying customer and no school shall directly or indirectly make any charge for services in connection with such practice of aesthetics, barbering, cosmetology, electrolysis, hairdressing or manicuring. A school shall not pay a student for any services rendered by the student.

Section 87U. The board may require schools to register or report the progress of enrolled students. No fee shall be required for such registration. No student shall practice aesthetics, barbering, electrolysis, hairdressing or manicuring upon any paying customer and no school shall directly or indirectly make any charge for services in connection with such practice of aesthetics, barbering, cosmetology, electrolysis, hairdressing or manicuring. A school shall not pay a student for any services rendered by the student.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176T, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176T / Section 6
Health care provider prohibited from collecting or attempting to collect money owed by risk-bearing provider organization from patient
Status: in_force

Section 6. (a) For purposes of this section, ''health care provider'' shall mean any physician, hospital or other person or entity furnishing health services that has contracted to provide services according to its agreements with a risk-bearing provider organization. (b) A health care provider or any representative of a health care provider shall not maintain any action against a patient to collect or attempt to collect any money owed to the health care provider by a risk-bearing provider organization. (c) A risk-bearing provider organization shall include provisions within its contracts with health care providers that conspicuously prohibit health care providers from collecting or attempting to collect money from a patient that is owed to the health care provider by a risk-bearing provider organization.

Section 6. (a) For purposes of this section, ''health care provider'' shall mean any physician, hospital or other person or entity furnishing health services that has contracted to provide services according to its agreements with a risk-bearing provider organization.

(b) A health care provider or any representative of a health care provider shall not maintain any action against a patient to collect or attempt to collect any money owed to the health care provider by a risk-bearing provider organization.

(c) A risk-bearing provider organization shall include provisions within its contracts with health care providers that conspicuously prohibit health care providers from collecting or attempting to collect money from a patient that is owed to the health care provider by a risk-bearing provider organization.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 132A, sec. 12C — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 132A / Section 12C
Regulations; integration of act with other programs and agencies
Status: in_force

Section 12C. Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, the office shall promulgate such regulations as it deems necessary for the implementation, administration and enforcement of the act. The office shall integrate its implementation, administration and enforcement of the act with other programs and agencies responsible for the protection of the public health, safety, welfare and the environment.

Section 12C. Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, the office shall promulgate such regulations as it deems necessary for the implementation, administration and enforcement of the act. The office shall integrate its implementation, administration and enforcement of the act with other programs and agencies responsible for the protection of the public health, safety, welfare and the environment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, sec. 11A — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 54 / Section 11A
Deputies
Status: in_force

Section 11A. In any city subject to section eleven, the aldermen of which accept this section or have accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, no deputy warden, deputy clerk or deputy inspector provided for by said section shall be appointed.

Section 11A. In any city subject to section eleven, the aldermen of which accept this section or have accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, no deputy warden, deputy clerk or deputy inspector provided for by said section shall be appointed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 165, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 165 / Section 17
Officers
Status: in_force

Section 17. The proprietors may choose any number of directors and other officers to manage the business; and the directors shall choose one of their number to be the president of the corporation.

Section 17. The proprietors may choose any number of directors and other officers to manage the business; and the directors shall choose one of their number to be the president of the corporation.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 76A — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 76A
Nurses registered in other jurisdictions; temporary registration
Status: in_force

Section 76A. The board may, at its discretion, certify as authorized to practice professional nursing any person who furnishes proof, satisfactory to the board, that he was graduated from an approved school of nursing and that he was registered to practice professional nursing in another jurisdiction. Such certification (1) shall be valid for one year only from the date of the issuance of a certificate thereof, but may be renewed for not more than one additional consecutive year, (2) shall be subject to such rules and regulations as the board may prescribe, including the requirement that such certificate holders shall practice under the supervision of a registered nurse and (3) shall, notwithstanding the provisions of section eighty, entitle such certificate holder to engage in the practice of nursing, subject to such limitations upon the capacity in which he may practice as the board may prescribe, while such certification or renewal is in effect, but only in hospitals or other health care institutions licensed by the commonwealth, in hospitals maintained by the federal government, the commonwealth or any of its political subdivisions, or in conjunction with other public health agencies. The fee for certification and renewal under this section shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven.

Section 76A. The board may, at its discretion, certify as authorized to practice professional nursing any person who furnishes proof, satisfactory to the board, that he was graduated from an approved school of nursing and that he was registered to practice professional nursing in another jurisdiction. Such certification (1) shall be valid for one year only from the date of the issuance of a certificate thereof, but may be renewed for not more than one additional consecutive year, (2) shall be subject to such rules and regulations as the board may prescribe, including the requirement that such certificate holders shall practice under the supervision of a registered nurse and (3) shall, notwithstanding the provisions of section eighty, entitle such certificate holder to engage in the practice of nursing, subject to such limitations upon the capacity in which he may practice as the board may prescribe, while such certification or renewal is in effect, but only in hospitals or other health care institutions licensed by the commonwealth, in hospitals maintained by the federal government, the commonwealth or any of its political subdivisions, or in conjunction with other public health agencies. The fee for certification and renewal under this section shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 157B, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 157B / Section 7
Name
Status: in_force

Section 7. The name of each cooperative corporation must comply with the provisions of chapter one hundred and fifty-six B and, in addition, must contain the word ''cooperative''.

Section 7. The name of each cooperative corporation must comply with the provisions of chapter one hundred and fifty-six B and, in addition, must contain the word ''cooperative''.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 23W — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 23W
Respiratory therapists; qualifications
Status: in_force

Section 23W. An applicant for licensure as a respiratory therapist shall have:— (a) completed a respiratory therapy program that is accredited by an agency recognized by the United States Department of Education or a member of the Council on Postsecondary Education, and that is approved by the board, (b) successfully passed an examination approved by the board for licensure as a respiratory therapist. Such examination shall be written and shall test the applicant's knowledge of the basic and clinical sciences related to the respiratory care theory and practice, including the applicant's professional skills and judgments in the utilization of respiratory care techniques and methods, and such other subjects as the board may deem useful to determine the applicant's fitness to act as a respiratory therapist pursuant to section twenty-three R. The examination shall be conducted by the board at least twice each year and at times and places to be determined by the board; provided, however, that the board may utilize any existing national examination that meets the requirements of this section.

Section 23W. An applicant for licensure as a respiratory therapist shall have:—

(a) completed a respiratory therapy program that is accredited by an agency recognized by the United States Department of Education or a member of the Council on Postsecondary Education, and that is approved by the board,

(b) successfully passed an examination approved by the board for licensure as a respiratory therapist. Such examination shall be written and shall test the applicant's knowledge of the basic and clinical sciences related to the respiratory care theory and practice, including the applicant's professional skills and judgments in the utilization of respiratory care techniques and methods, and such other subjects as the board may deem useful to determine the applicant's fitness to act as a respiratory therapist pursuant to section twenty-three R. The examination shall be conducted by the board at least twice each year and at times and places to be determined by the board; provided, however, that the board may utilize any existing national examination that meets the requirements of this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 114, sec. 43H — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 114 / Section 43H
Sale of community mausoleum prior to completion
Status: in_force

Section 43H. No crypt in a community mausoleum shall be sold or offered for sale before said structure, or a component section thereof, is fully completed.

Section 43H. No crypt in a community mausoleum shall be sold or offered for sale before said structure, or a component section thereof, is fully completed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 138, sec. 55 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 138 / Section 55
Appeal
Status: in_force

Section 55. A claimant whose claim is not allowed as aforesaid, and the person complained against, shall each have the same right of appeal to the superior court as if he had been convicted of crime; but before his appeal is allowed he shall recognize to the commonwealth in the sum of two hundred dollars, with sufficient surety or sureties, to prosecute his appeal to the superior court and to abide the sentence of the court thereon. Upon such appeal, any question of fact shall be tried by a jury. On the judgment of the court after verdict, whether a forfeiture of the whole or any part of the alcoholic beverages and vessels seized, or otherwise, similar proceedings shall be had as are directed in the five preceding sections.

Section 55. A claimant whose claim is not allowed as aforesaid, and the person complained against, shall each have the same right of appeal to the superior court as if he had been convicted of crime; but before his appeal is allowed he shall recognize to the commonwealth in the sum of two hundred dollars, with sufficient surety or sureties, to prosecute his appeal to the superior court and to abide the sentence of the court thereon. Upon such appeal, any question of fact shall be tried by a jury. On the judgment of the court after verdict, whether a forfeiture of the whole or any part of the alcoholic beverages and vessels seized, or otherwise, similar proceedings shall be had as are directed in the five preceding sections.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161, sec. 153 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161 / Section 153
Extension of lines by transportation area; purchase of equipment; consent of department
Status: in_force

Section 153. No extension of lines or trackage shall be made or additional equipment purchased by a transportation area without the consent of the department.

Section 153. No extension of lines or trackage shall be made or additional equipment purchased by a transportation area without the consent of the department.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, sec. 64 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 272 / Section 64
Tramps; punishment; entering buildings; injuries to or threats against persons or property; carrying weapons
Status: in_force

Section 64. A tramp shall be punished by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than thirty days; and if he enters a dwelling house or other building without the consent of the owner or occupant thereof, or wilfully or maliciously injures or threatens to injure any person therein, or threatens to do any injury to any person, or to the property of another, or is found carrying a firearm or other dangerous weapon, he shall be punished by imprisonment in the house of correction for not less than one nor more than two and one half years, but notwithstanding the foregoing a tramp found carrying a firearm or other dangerous weapon in violation of section ten of chapter two hundred and sixty-nine may be prosecuted and punished thereunder.

Section 64. A tramp shall be punished by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than thirty days; and if he enters a dwelling house or other building without the consent of the owner or occupant thereof, or wilfully or maliciously injures or threatens to injure any person therein, or threatens to do any injury to any person, or to the property of another, or is found carrying a firearm or other dangerous weapon, he shall be punished by imprisonment in the house of correction for not less than one nor more than two and one half years, but notwithstanding the foregoing a tramp found carrying a firearm or other dangerous weapon in violation of section ten of chapter two hundred and sixty-nine may be prosecuted and punished thereunder.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 235, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 235 / Section 16
Execution not to issue until appellate review exhausted
Status: in_force

Section 16. No execution shall issue upon a judgment until the exhaustion of all possible appellate review thereof, and the receipt by the clerk of the trial court of the appropriate rescript or order.

Section 16. No execution shall issue upon a judgment until the exhaustion of all possible appellate review thereof, and the receipt by the clerk of the trial court of the appropriate rescript or order.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 204, sec. 27 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 204 / Section 27
Release; powers
Status: in_force

Section 27. A power of appointment, whether or not coupled with an interest, and whether or not existing at the time this section takes effect, and whether the power is held by the donee in an individual or in a fiduciary capacity, may be released, wholly or partially, by the donee thereof, unless otherwise expressly provided in the instrument creating the power. As used in sections twenty-seven to thirty-five, inclusive, the term power of appointment includes all powers which are in substance and effect powers of appointment regardless of the language used in creating them and whether they are: (a) general, special, or otherwise; (b) in gross, appendant, simply collateral, in trust, or otherwise; (c) exercisable by will, deed, deed or will, or instrument amending a trust, or otherwise; (d) exercisable presently or in the future.

Section 27. A power of appointment, whether or not coupled with an interest, and whether or not existing at the time this section takes effect, and whether the power is held by the donee in an individual or in a fiduciary capacity, may be released, wholly or partially, by the donee thereof, unless otherwise expressly provided in the instrument creating the power. As used in sections twenty-seven to thirty-five, inclusive, the term power of appointment includes all powers which are in substance and effect powers of appointment regardless of the language used in creating them and whether they are: (a) general, special, or otherwise; (b) in gross, appendant, simply collateral, in trust, or otherwise; (c) exercisable by will, deed, deed or will, or instrument amending a trust, or otherwise; (d) exercisable presently or in the future.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 81 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 81
Application of Secs. 80 to 80A; government employees
Status: in_force

Section 81. Neither section eighty nor eighty A, as the case may be, shall apply to any person duly licensed to practice nursing within any other jurisdiction, while discharging official duties as an employee of the federal government.

Section 81. Neither section eighty nor eighty A, as the case may be, shall apply to any person duly licensed to practice nursing within any other jurisdiction, while discharging official duties as an employee of the federal government.