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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 75, sec. 34 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 75 / Section 34
University of Massachusetts medical school; grants
Status: in_force

Section 34. The trustees shall maintain a medical school to be known as the University of Massachusetts medical school. Said school shall be so maintained and operated as to comply with the standards approved by nationally recognized medical associations for accredited schools of medicine. The trustees are authorized and directed to make plans and to work with all state and federal agencies and to accept grants or matching funds that are available or may become available from the federal government or any other source, public or private, for constructing, financing, equipping, improving or expanding said medical school.

Section 34. The trustees shall maintain a medical school to be known as the University of Massachusetts medical school. Said school shall be so maintained and operated as to comply with the standards approved by nationally recognized medical associations for accredited schools of medicine.

The trustees are authorized and directed to make plans and to work with all state and federal agencies and to accept grants or matching funds that are available or may become available from the federal government or any other source, public or private, for constructing, financing, equipping, improving or expanding said medical school.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 152, sec. 65L — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 152 / Section 65L
Failure of insurer to comply with statutes, order or rule; revocation or suspension of licenses; injunction
Status: in_force

Section 65L. If an insurer refuses or neglects to comply with any provision of sections sixty-five A to sixty-five K, inclusive, or with any lawful order or ruling made by the commissioner of insurance pursuant thereto, he shall issue an order to such insurer to show cause why it should not be proceeded against as hereinafter provided, and after due notice and a hearing shall make a finding thereon or order such insurer forthwith to comply. If the insurer is found by the commissioner of insurance to have refused or neglected to comply with any provision of sections sixty-five A to sixty-five K, inclusive, or with any lawful order or ruling made thereunder by the commissioner of insurance, he shall, in the case of a foreign company, revoke or suspend the license issued to it under section one hundred and fifty-one of chapter one hundred and seventy-five and the licenses issued to all of its agents under section one hundred and sixty-three of said chapter, as provided in and subject to all the provisions of section five of said chapter, until it shall comply with such order or ruling, and, in case of a domestic company, he shall apply to the supreme judicial court for an injunction and such court shall have jurisdiction to restrain such company from further transaction of its business until it shall comply with such order or ruling.

Section 65L. If an insurer refuses or neglects to comply with any provision of sections sixty-five A to sixty-five K, inclusive, or with any lawful order or ruling made by the commissioner of insurance pursuant thereto, he shall issue an order to such insurer to show cause why it should not be proceeded against as hereinafter provided, and after due notice and a hearing shall make a finding thereon or order such insurer forthwith to comply. If the insurer is found by the commissioner of insurance to have refused or neglected to comply with any provision of sections sixty-five A to sixty-five K, inclusive, or with any lawful order or ruling made thereunder by the commissioner of insurance, he shall, in the case of a foreign company, revoke or suspend the license issued to it under section one hundred and fifty-one of chapter one hundred and seventy-five and the licenses issued to all of its agents under section one hundred and sixty-three of said chapter, as provided in and subject to all the provisions of section five of said chapter, until it shall comply with such order or ruling, and, in case of a domestic company, he shall apply to the supreme judicial court for an injunction and such court shall have jurisdiction to restrain such company from further transaction of its business until it shall comply with such order or ruling.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 88 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 88
Issuance of certified statements and duplicate certificates of registration by boards of registration or examination
Status: in_force

Section 88. Except as otherwise provided in section thirty-three of chapter ninety, every board of registration or examination established by the commonwealth shall establish rules and regulations stipulating what information is to be furnished in a certified statement of registration and shall collect fees to be determined by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven for the following:— (1) Certified statement of registration and any additional information. (2) Duplicate certificates of registration, upon satisfactory evidence that the original certificate has been lost or destroyed. (3) Duplicate certificates of registration issued under sections eighty-seven T to eighty-seven JJ; provided, however, that if the original certificate of registration issued under said sections has been lost or destroyed by fire, flood or hurricane, a duplicate certificate of registration may be issued for the unexpired term without fee.

Section 88. Except as otherwise provided in section thirty-three of chapter ninety, every board of registration or examination established by the commonwealth shall establish rules and regulations stipulating what information is to be furnished in a certified statement of registration and shall collect fees to be determined by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven for the following:—

(1) Certified statement of registration and any additional information.

(2) Duplicate certificates of registration, upon satisfactory evidence that the original certificate has been lost or destroyed.

(3) Duplicate certificates of registration issued under sections eighty-seven T to eighty-seven JJ; provided, however, that if the original certificate of registration issued under said sections has been lost or destroyed by fire, flood or hurricane, a duplicate certificate of registration may be issued for the unexpired term without fee.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 105, sec. 64 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 105 / Section 64
Disposing of receipt after attachment
Status: in_force

Section 64. Whoever, knowing that his interest in the property described in a warehouse receipt has been attached, endorses, assigns or otherwise disposes of such receipt without disclosing such attachment to the person to whom such receipt is endorsed, assigned or disposed of, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars and by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than three years, or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than one year.

Section 64. Whoever, knowing that his interest in the property described in a warehouse receipt has been attached, endorses, assigns or otherwise disposes of such receipt without disclosing such attachment to the person to whom such receipt is endorsed, assigned or disposed of, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars and by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than three years, or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than one year.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 148, sec. 25A — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 148 / Section 25A
Second hand space heaters; unvented space heaters
Status: in_force

Section 25A. No person shall sell, offer for sale or install a secondhand space heater, or a secondhand portable stove which uses kerosene, range oil or number 1 fuel oil for fuel. No person shall install or use in a building which is used in whole or in part for human habitation an unvented space heater which uses oil as a fuel. No person shall sell or offer for sale, or install, use or maintain in a building which is used in whole or in part for human habitation, an unvented space heater using natural or propane gas fuel unless the appliance meets the standards for use and installation as promulgated by regulations of the board of fire prevention regulations. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100.

Section 25A. No person shall sell, offer for sale or install a secondhand space heater, or a secondhand portable stove which uses kerosene, range oil or number 1 fuel oil for fuel. No person shall install or use in a building which is used in whole or in part for human habitation an unvented space heater which uses oil as a fuel. No person shall sell or offer for sale, or install, use or maintain in a building which is used in whole or in part for human habitation, an unvented space heater using natural or propane gas fuel unless the appliance meets the standards for use and installation as promulgated by regulations of the board of fire prevention regulations. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 18
Duties of industrial health inspectors relative to minors
Status: in_force

Section 18. Every industrial health inspector shall inform himself concerning the health of all minors employed in factories within his district; and whenever he may deem it advisable or necessary, he shall call the ill health or physical unfitness of any minor to the attention of his parents, guardians or employer and of the department.

Section 18. Every industrial health inspector shall inform himself concerning the health of all minors employed in factories within his district; and whenever he may deem it advisable or necessary, he shall call the ill health or physical unfitness of any minor to the attention of his parents, guardians or employer and of the department.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 62C, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 62C / Section 4
Forms; provisions respecting fractional parts of a dollar; credit, refund, or abatement
Status: in_force

Section 4. The commissioner may by regulation provide with respect to any amount required to be shown on a form prescribed by him for any return, statement, or other document that, if such amount is other than a whole dollar amount, the fractional part of a dollar shall be disregarded unless it amounts to one half dollar or more, in which case the amount determined without regard to the fractional part of a dollar shall be increased by one dollar. The provisions of the above paragraph shall not be applicable to items which must be taken into account in making the computations necessary to determine the amount required to be shown on the form, but shall be applicable only to such final amount. In the assessment or collection of any tax, or in the allowance of any amount as a credit, refund, or abatement, the commissioner, may, under regulations issued by him, disregard a fractional part of a dollar unless it amounts to fifty cents or more, in which case it shall be increased to one dollar.

Section 4. The commissioner may by regulation provide with respect to any amount required to be shown on a form prescribed by him for any return, statement, or other document that, if such amount is other than a whole dollar amount, the fractional part of a dollar shall be disregarded unless it amounts to one half dollar or more, in which case the amount determined without regard to the fractional part of a dollar shall be increased by one dollar.

The provisions of the above paragraph shall not be applicable to items which must be taken into account in making the computations necessary to determine the amount required to be shown on the form, but shall be applicable only to such final amount.

In the assessment or collection of any tax, or in the allowance of any amount as a credit, refund, or abatement, the commissioner, may, under regulations issued by him, disregard a fractional part of a dollar unless it amounts to fifty cents or more, in which case it shall be increased to one dollar.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 141, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 141 / Section 2
State examiners; rules; examinations; reports
Status: in_force

Section 2. The state examiners of electricians, in this chapter called the examiners, may make necessary rules for the proper performance of their duties. They shall hold frequent examinations in Boston, and, twice in each year, shall hold examinations in at least five other convenient places within the commonwealth, and they may hold annual or occasional examinations in other places. Public notice shall be given of all examinations. They shall make a biennial report of their doings in each odd-numbered year.

Section 2. The state examiners of electricians, in this chapter called the examiners, may make necessary rules for the proper performance of their duties.

They shall hold frequent examinations in Boston, and, twice in each year, shall hold examinations in at least five other convenient places within the commonwealth, and they may hold annual or occasional examinations in other places. Public notice shall be given of all examinations.

They shall make a biennial report of their doings in each odd-numbered year.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, sec. 85A — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 276 / Section 85A
Probation officers of the probate court; support and maintenance enforcement
Status: in_force

Section 85A. In addition to other duties, a probation officer of the probate court may, when ordered to do so by the court, examine all records and files in divorce, legal separation, annulment, custody and paternity cases in which orders or decrees have been entered to ascertain whether the persons to whom payments of money should have been made regularly received the various and definite amounts provided for in the orders or decrees of the court and, where there are dependent minor children, that the same are applied for the support, maintenance, education and betterment of said dependent minor children, and that said dependent minor children are properly cared for by their custodian. Said officers shall bring into court when necessary, by citation or otherwise, all persons who are delinquent in making payments ordered or decreed by the court and shall ascertain in the case of dependent minor children whether they are receiving proper maintenance and education and whether they are liable to become public charges. Consistent with these and other duties, a probation officer shall assist the IV–D agency, as set forth in chapter one hundred and nineteen A to enforce child support orders.

Section 85A. In addition to other duties, a probation officer of the probate court may, when ordered to do so by the court, examine all records and files in divorce, legal separation, annulment, custody and paternity cases in which orders or decrees have been entered to ascertain whether the persons to whom payments of money should have been made regularly received the various and definite amounts provided for in the orders or decrees of the court and, where there are dependent minor children, that the same are applied for the support, maintenance, education and betterment of said dependent minor children, and that said dependent minor children are properly cared for by their custodian. Said officers shall bring into court when necessary, by citation or otherwise, all persons who are delinquent in making payments ordered or decreed by the court and shall ascertain in the case of dependent minor children whether they are receiving proper maintenance and education and whether they are liable to become public charges. Consistent with these and other duties, a probation officer shall assist the IV–D agency, as set forth in chapter one hundred and nineteen A to enforce child support orders.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 108C — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 108C
Discrimination in issuance, denial, cancellation, renewal or rates of policy of accident and sickness insurance for reason of exposure to diethylstilbestrol or DES compounds prohibited
Status: in_force

Section 108C. No individual policy of accident and sickness insurance issued pursuant to section one hundred and eight or group blanket policy of accident and sickness insurance, issued pursuant to section one hundred and ten, or any renewals thereof, shall be denied, cancelled or fail to be renewed, nor shall any excessive rates be charged or restrictions or length of coverage be imposed, nor shall any other factor be altered in such a way as to constitute discrimination primarily because the insured person has had a suspected, alleged or confirmed exposure to the potential hazards and afflictions of diethylstilbestrol or compounds commonly referred to as DES. The practices prohibited under this section shall include not only those overtly discriminatory but also practices and devices which are fair in form but discriminatory in practice.

Section 108C. No individual policy of accident and sickness insurance issued pursuant to section one hundred and eight or group blanket policy of accident and sickness insurance, issued pursuant to section one hundred and ten, or any renewals thereof, shall be denied, cancelled or fail to be renewed, nor shall any excessive rates be charged or restrictions or length of coverage be imposed, nor shall any other factor be altered in such a way as to constitute discrimination primarily because the insured person has had a suspected, alleged or confirmed exposure to the potential hazards and afflictions of diethylstilbestrol or compounds commonly referred to as DES. The practices prohibited under this section shall include not only those overtly discriminatory but also practices and devices which are fair in form but discriminatory in practice.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 7D, sec. 4B — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 7D / Section 4B
Chief privacy officer
Status: in_force

Section 4B. The secretary may, notwithstanding section 45 of chapter 30 and chapter 31, appoint a qualified individual to serve as commonwealth chief privacy officer, who shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary. The chief privacy officer shall promote privacy and security in the use and dissemination of sensitive data, and shall serve as an ombudsperson to effectuate resolution of concerns regarding privacy and security in the use of data.

Section 4B. The secretary may, notwithstanding section 45 of chapter 30 and chapter 31, appoint a qualified individual to serve as commonwealth chief privacy officer, who shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary. The chief privacy officer shall promote privacy and security in the use and dissemination of sensitive data, and shall serve as an ombudsperson to effectuate resolution of concerns regarding privacy and security in the use of data.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94H, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94H / Section 2
Operation or participation in drug stewardship program required; powers and duties of department
Status: repealed

[Text of section effective until December 31, 2026. Repealed by 2016, 52, Sec. 55 as amended by 2016, 351, Sec. 6. See 2016, 52, Sec. 77 as amended by 2021, 102, Sec. 45.]

[Text of section effective until December 31, 2026. Repealed by 2016, 52, Sec. 55 as amended by 2016, 351, Sec. 6. See 2016, 52, Sec. 77 as amended by 2021, 102, Sec. 45.]

Section 2. (a) Any pharmaceutical product manufacturer selling or distributing a covered drug to consumers in the commonwealth, whether directly or through a wholesaler, retailer or other agent, shall: (i) operate a drug stewardship program approved by the department individually or jointly with other manufacturers; (ii) enter into an agreement with a stewardship organization that shall operate a drug stewardship program approved by the department; or (iii) enter into an agreement with the department to operate an alternative plan under section 6.

(b) The department shall establish a process to review applications for approval and renewal of a manufacturer's drug stewardship plan. The department shall consult with the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council, the Interagency Council on Substance Abuse and other interested parties in developing the requirements of a drug stewardship program.

(c) Each operator of a drug stewardship program shall file an annual written report to the department describing the program's activities for the prior year and the volume and type of unwanted drugs collected not later than March 1.

(d) The department shall review for renewal each drug stewardship program at a frequency to be determined by the department.

(e) The department shall publish and make publicly available a list and description of each approved drug stewardship program and shall update this list at a frequency determined by the department.

(f) The department may promulgate regulations to implement this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 92, sec. 53 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 92 / Section 53
Band concerts
Status: in_force

Section 53. The commission may provide band concerts in such parks, parkways or other places under its control for boulevard or reservation purposes, and at such times, as it may select. Said commission shall include in its annual estimate of the expense of maintenance of the urban parks system for each year such sum as it may recommend should be appropriated for the purposes of this section.

Section 53. The commission may provide band concerts in such parks, parkways or other places under its control for boulevard or reservation purposes, and at such times, as it may select. Said commission shall include in its annual estimate of the expense of maintenance of the urban parks system for each year such sum as it may recommend should be appropriated for the purposes of this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, sec. 35A — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90 / Section 35A
Structures within airport approaches; regulation of location and height
Status: in_force

Section 35A. The safety, welfare and protection of persons and property in the air and on the ground requires that the navigable air space overlying the commonwealth in the approaches to, and the air traffic pattern area of, airports approved by the commission be maintained in a reasonably unobstructed condition for the safe flight of aircraft, and therefore, in the exercise of the police power, the location and height of structures and the use of land thereto related is regulated as provided in sections thirty-five B to thirty-five D, inclusive.

Section 35A. The safety, welfare and protection of persons and property in the air and on the ground requires that the navigable air space overlying the commonwealth in the approaches to, and the air traffic pattern area of, airports approved by the commission be maintained in a reasonably unobstructed condition for the safe flight of aircraft, and therefore, in the exercise of the police power, the location and height of structures and the use of land thereto related is regulated as provided in sections thirty-five B to thirty-five D, inclusive.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 160F — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 160F
Misrepresentations; sale of home water treatment devices
Status: in_force

Section 160F. Any misleading statement or material misrepresentation made in order to sell, lease, rent or promote for sale, lease, or rental of a home water treatment device shall constitute an unfair and deceptive practice under the provisions of chapter ninety-three A.

Section 160F. Any misleading statement or material misrepresentation made in order to sell, lease, rent or promote for sale, lease, or rental of a home water treatment device shall constitute an unfair and deceptive practice under the provisions of chapter ninety-three A.