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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221, sec. 38A — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 221 / Section 38A
Aliens; petitions and examinations
Status: in_force

Section 38A. Every alien who has made the primary declaration to become a citizen of the United States under the federal naturalization laws shall, upon otherwise complying with section thirty-seven, be permitted to file a petition in the supreme judicial or superior court to be examined for admission as an attorney at law, and to take the examinations held under said section; provided, that upon passing such examinations and otherwise meeting the requirements for admission as set forth in said section, the board of bar examiners shall not recommend his admission until satisfied that the applicant has become a citizen of the United States. No alien who claimed exemption during the world war on the ground of being an alien shall be entitled to the benefits of this section.

Section 38A. Every alien who has made the primary declaration to become a citizen of the United States under the federal naturalization laws shall, upon otherwise complying with section thirty-seven, be permitted to file a petition in the supreme judicial or superior court to be examined for admission as an attorney at law, and to take the examinations held under said section; provided, that upon passing such examinations and otherwise meeting the requirements for admission as set forth in said section, the board of bar examiners shall not recommend his admission until satisfied that the applicant has become a citizen of the United States. No alien who claimed exemption during the world war on the ground of being an alien shall be entitled to the benefits of this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 114, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 114 / Section 17
Preservation of ancient burial places
Status: in_force

Section 17. A town shall not alienate or appropriate to any other use than that of a burial ground, any tract of land which has been for more than one hundred years used as a burial place; and no portion of such burial ground shall be taken for public use without special authority from the general court. ''Burial place'', as referred to in this section, shall include unmarked burial grounds known or suspected to contain the remains of one or more American Indian.

Section 17. A town shall not alienate or appropriate to any other use than that of a burial ground, any tract of land which has been for more than one hundred years used as a burial place; and no portion of such burial ground shall be taken for public use without special authority from the general court. ''Burial place'', as referred to in this section, shall include unmarked burial grounds known or suspected to contain the remains of one or more American Indian.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176P, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176P / Section 11
Limited societies; change of location of business; change of purpose of corporation
Status: in_force

Section 11. A limited society may, with the approval of the commissioner, change the location of its place of business to another location in the commonwealth, or change the purposes for which it was incorporated so as to permit it to transact any business authorized by this chapter. Upon such approval, the presiding financial and recording officers, and a majority of its other officers having the powers of directors, shall file with the state secretary a certificate, with the approval of the commissioner endorsed thereon, setting forth the change in the location of its place of business or in the purposes of the corporation. The state secretary shall, upon receipt of $5, cause such certificate to be filed in his office. Every domestic society may exercise all the rights, powers and privileges conferred by this chapter, including the powers specified in section 32, or its certificate of incorporation or charter, not inconsistent herewith, and shall be subject to this chapter, as if reincorporated hereunder.

Section 11. A limited society may, with the approval of the commissioner, change the location of its place of business to another location in the commonwealth, or change the purposes for which it was incorporated so as to permit it to transact any business authorized by this chapter. Upon such approval, the presiding financial and recording officers, and a majority of its other officers having the powers of directors, shall file with the state secretary a certificate, with the approval of the commissioner endorsed thereon, setting forth the change in the location of its place of business or in the purposes of the corporation. The state secretary shall, upon receipt of $5, cause such certificate to be filed in his office. Every domestic society may exercise all the rights, powers and privileges conferred by this chapter, including the powers specified in section 32, or its certificate of incorporation or charter, not inconsistent herewith, and shall be subject to this chapter, as if reincorporated hereunder.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 10, sec. 40 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 10 / Section 40
Violations of Secs. 38 and 39; submitting false information; penalties
Status: in_force

Section 40. Whoever violates any provision of sections thirty-eight and thirty-nine the punishment for which is not otherwise provided, and whoever submits false information on any application, report or return required by any provision of said sections, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than one year, or both.

Section 40. Whoever violates any provision of sections thirty-eight and thirty-nine the punishment for which is not otherwise provided, and whoever submits false information on any application, report or return required by any provision of said sections, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than one year, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 92, sec. 84 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 92 / Section 84
Abandonment of interests in land
Status: in_force

Section 84. The department may, with the concurrence of the park commissioners, if any, of the town within the urban parks district where the property is situated, by deed recorded in the county where the land lies, accompanied by plan or survey, abandon any easement or other right in land less than the fee taken by the department by right of eminent domain for reservation or boulevard purposes, and said abandonment shall revest title thereof, as if never taken, in the persons, their heirs and assigns, in whom vested at the time of the taking.

Section 84. The department may, with the concurrence of the park commissioners, if any, of the town within the urban parks district where the property is situated, by deed recorded in the county where the land lies, accompanied by plan or survey, abandon any easement or other right in land less than the fee taken by the department by right of eminent domain for reservation or boulevard purposes, and said abandonment shall revest title thereof, as if never taken, in the persons, their heirs and assigns, in whom vested at the time of the taking.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93, sec. 86 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93 / Section 86
Actions for damages or other relief; actions involving use or non-use of defibrillator
Status: in_force

Section 86. Any buyer who has suffered any injury as a result of a violation of sections seventy-eight to eighty-eight, inclusive, or the attorney general, may bring an action for recovery of damages or other relief, including injunctive relief, multiple damages and attorney's fees, as and to the extent provided for under chapter ninety-three A. Nothing in sections seventy-eight to eighty-eight, inclusive, shall be construed so as to nullify or impair any right or rights which a buyer may have against a seller at common law, by statute, or otherwise. The provisions of said sections seventy-eight to eighty-eight, inclusive, are not exclusive and do not relieve the seller or his assignees or the contracts subject to said sections from compliance with all other applicable provisions of law. Absent a showing of gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct, no cause of action against a health club or its employees may arise in connection with the use or non-use of a defibrillator.

Section 86. Any buyer who has suffered any injury as a result of a violation of sections seventy-eight to eighty-eight, inclusive, or the attorney general, may bring an action for recovery of damages or other relief, including injunctive relief, multiple damages and attorney's fees, as and to the extent provided for under chapter ninety-three A. Nothing in sections seventy-eight to eighty-eight, inclusive, shall be construed so as to nullify or impair any right or rights which a buyer may have against a seller at common law, by statute, or otherwise. The provisions of said sections seventy-eight to eighty-eight, inclusive, are not exclusive and do not relieve the seller or his assignees or the contracts subject to said sections from compliance with all other applicable provisions of law.

Absent a showing of gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct, no cause of action against a health club or its employees may arise in connection with the use or non-use of a defibrillator.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176R, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176R / Section 3
Qualification of nurse practitioner as primary care provider
Status: in_force

Section 3. A participating provider nurse practitioner practicing within the scope of his license including all regulations requiring collaboration with a physician under section 80B of chapter 112, shall be considered qualified within the carrier's definition of primary care provider to an insured.

Section 3. A participating provider nurse practitioner practicing within the scope of his license including all regulations requiring collaboration with a physician under section 80B of chapter 112, shall be considered qualified within the carrier's definition of primary care provider to an insured.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176A, sec. 8BBB — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176A / Section 8BBB
Coverage for prescribed, ordered or dispensed opioid antagonists
Status: in_force

[Text of section applicable to all contracts entered into, renewed or amended on or after July 1, 2025. See 2024, 285, Sec. 45.]

[Text of section applicable to all contracts entered into, renewed or amended on or after July 1, 2025. See 2024, 285, Sec. 45.]

Section 8BBB. (a) Any contract between a subscriber and the corporation under an individual or group hospital service plan that is delivered, issued or renewed within the commonwealth shall provide coverage for prescribed, ordered or dispensed opioid antagonists, as defined in section 19B of chapter 94C and used in the reversal of overdoses caused by opioids; provided, however, that the coverage for such prescribed, ordered or dispensed opioid antagonists shall not require prior authorization; and provided further, that a prescription from a health care practitioner shall not be required for coverage or reimbursement of opioid antagonists under this section. An opioid antagonist used in the reversal of overdoses caused by opioids shall not be subject to any deductible, coinsurance, copayments or out-of-pocket limits; provided, however, that cost-sharing shall be required if the applicable plan is governed by the federal Internal Revenue Code and would lose its tax-exempt status as a result of the prohibition on cost-sharing for this service.

(b) Such contracts shall provide coverage and reimbursement for an opioid antagonist used in the reversal of overdoses caused by opioids as a medical benefit when dispensed by the health care facility in which the opioid antagonist was prescribed or ordered and shall provide coverage as a pharmacy benefit for an opioid antagonist used in the reversal of overdoses caused by opioids dispensed by a pharmacist, including an opioid antagonist dispensed pursuant to section 19B of chapter 94C; provided, however, that the rate to be reimbursed under the medical benefit shall not exceed the carrier's average in-network pharmacy benefit rate and the health care facility shall not balance bill the patient.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112A, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112A / Section 11
Executive director of board of registration in nursing as administrator
Status: in_force

Section 11. The executive director of the board of registration in nursing or a designee thereof shall be the administrator of the nurse licensure compact for the commonwealth.

Section 11. The executive director of the board of registration in nursing or a designee thereof shall be the administrator of the nurse licensure compact for the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 120, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 120 / Section 11
Places for detention and diagnosis; treatment and training facilities; facilities to aid persons given conditional releases; forest or farm school camps
Status: in_force

Section 11. When funds are available for the purpose, the commissioner of youth services may (a) establish and operate places for detention and diagnosis of all persons committed to the department; (b) establish and operate additional treatment and training facilities necessary to classify and segregate and handle delinquents, youthful offenders and juvenile offenders of different ages, habits and mental and physical condition according to their needs; (c) establish facilities to aid persons given conditional release or discharged by the department to find employment and to lead a law-abiding existence, and shall establish, on land under the control of the department of environmental management or upon other sites approved by the commissioner of conservation and recreation, forest or farm school camps to which children placed in the care of the department of youth services may be sent for such education and training as may be deemed best for their readjustment, the work projects of which may be assigned in farming or reforestation, maintenance and development of state forests and recreational areas as may be approved by the commissioner of conservation and recreation.

Section 11. When funds are available for the purpose, the commissioner of youth services may (a) establish and operate places for detention and diagnosis of all persons committed to the department; (b) establish and operate additional treatment and training facilities necessary to classify and segregate and handle delinquents, youthful offenders and juvenile offenders of different ages, habits and mental and physical condition according to their needs; (c) establish facilities to aid persons given conditional release or discharged by the department to find employment and to lead a law-abiding existence, and shall establish, on land under the control of the department of environmental management or upon other sites approved by the commissioner of conservation and recreation, forest or farm school camps to which children placed in the care of the department of youth services may be sent for such education and training as may be deemed best for their readjustment, the work projects of which may be assigned in farming or reforestation, maintenance and development of state forests and recreational areas as may be approved by the commissioner of conservation and recreation.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 234A, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 234A / Section 19
Juror summons; contents; postcard summons
Status: in_force

Section 19. At least twelve weeks prior to the commencement of any term of grand or trial juror service, the office of jury commissioner shall summon by first-class mail, grand and trial jurors from the corresponding master juror list to appear for juror service within each judicial district. The summons shall state whether the anticipated service is that of a grand or trial juror, the beginning date of the term; the name, address, hour and room number, if any, of the courthouse or office to which the juror is directed to report on the first day of service; the fact that a trial juror has the right to one postponement of his term of juror service for not more than one year; the fact that a knowing failure to obey the summons without justifiable excuse is a crime, which, upon conviction, may be punished by fine of not more than two thousand dollars; and such other information and instructions as are deemed appropriate by the jury commissioner. The jury commissioner may use a postcard summons for purposes of summoning grand and trial jurors. A postcard summons shall be considered an official juror summons for purposes of this chapter.

Section 19. At least twelve weeks prior to the commencement of any term of grand or trial juror service, the office of jury commissioner shall summon by first-class mail, grand and trial jurors from the corresponding master juror list to appear for juror service within each judicial district. The summons shall state whether the anticipated service is that of a grand or trial juror, the beginning date of the term; the name, address, hour and room number, if any, of the courthouse or office to which the juror is directed to report on the first day of service; the fact that a trial juror has the right to one postponement of his term of juror service for not more than one year; the fact that a knowing failure to obey the summons without justifiable excuse is a crime, which, upon conviction, may be punished by fine of not more than two thousand dollars; and such other information and instructions as are deemed appropriate by the jury commissioner. The jury commissioner may use a postcard summons for purposes of summoning grand and trial jurors. A postcard summons shall be considered an official juror summons for purposes of this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, sec. 62 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 277 / Section 62
Crime committed in commonwealth resulting in death outside commonwealth; venue
Status: in_force

Section 62. If a mortal wound is given, or if other violence or injury is inflicted, or if poison is administered, in any county of the commonwealth, by means whereof death ensues without the commonwealth, the homicide may be prosecuted and punished in the county where the act was committed.

Section 62. If a mortal wound is given, or if other violence or injury is inflicted, or if poison is administered, in any county of the commonwealth, by means whereof death ensues without the commonwealth, the homicide may be prosecuted and punished in the county where the act was committed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 118E, sec. 47A — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 118E / Section 47A
Benefits available only to otherwise eligible individuals showing lawful presence in the United States or meeting applicable federal requirements necessary to qualify for benefits for which the commonwealth receives federal reimbursement
Status: in_force

Section 47A. Benefits for individuals age 19 or older for any program established pursuant to this chapter or chapter 118H shall be available only to otherwise eligible individuals who provide satisfactory documentation that they are lawfully present in the United States, including persons permanently residing in the United States under color of law, or to individuals who establish that they meet all applicable federal requirements necessary to qualify for benefits for which the commonwealth receives federal reimbursement under Title XIX and Title XXI of the Social Security Act, including any demonstration program under section 1115 of the Social Security Act.

Section 47A. Benefits for individuals age 19 or older for any program established pursuant to this chapter or chapter 118H shall be available only to otherwise eligible individuals who provide satisfactory documentation that they are lawfully present in the United States, including persons permanently residing in the United States under color of law, or to individuals who establish that they meet all applicable federal requirements necessary to qualify for benefits for which the commonwealth receives federal reimbursement under Title XIX and Title XXI of the Social Security Act, including any demonstration program under section 1115 of the Social Security Act.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 148, sec. 26A — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 148 / Section 26A
Automatic sprinklers in high rise buildings; enforcement; appeals
Status: in_force

Section 26A. Every building or structure of more than seventy feet in height above the mean grade shall be protected with an adequate system of automatic sprinklers in accordance with the provisions of the state building code, except that sprinklers shall not be required to be installed in patient rooms in hospitals. The head of the fire department shall enforce the provisions of this section. Whoever is aggrieved by the head of the fire department's interpretation, order, requirement, direction or failure to act under the provisions of this section, may, within forty-five days after the service of notice thereof, appeal from such interpretation, order, requirement, direction, or failure to act, to the board of appeals as provided in the state building code and section twenty-three of chapter twenty-three B.

Section 26A. Every building or structure of more than seventy feet in height above the mean grade shall be protected with an adequate system of automatic sprinklers in accordance with the provisions of the state building code, except that sprinklers shall not be required to be installed in patient rooms in hospitals.

The head of the fire department shall enforce the provisions of this section.

Whoever is aggrieved by the head of the fire department's interpretation, order, requirement, direction or failure to act under the provisions of this section, may, within forty-five days after the service of notice thereof, appeal from such interpretation, order, requirement, direction, or failure to act, to the board of appeals as provided in the state building code and section twenty-three of chapter twenty-three B.