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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175K, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175K / Section 10
Disapproval of products; review panel; modification or withdrawal of approval
Status: in_force

Section 10. (1) Not later than 30 days after the commission has given notice of a disapproved product or advertisement filed with the commission, the insurer or third party filer whose filing was disapproved may appeal the determination to a review panel appointed by the commission. The commission shall promulgate rules to establish procedures for appointing the review panels and provide for notice and hearing. An allegation that the commission, in disapproving a product or advertisement filed with the commission, acted arbitrarily, capriciously, or in a manner that is an abuse of discretion or otherwise not in accordance with the law, shall be subject to judicial review in accordance with subsection 4 of section 2. (2) The commission shall have authority to monitor, review and reconsider products and advertisement subsequent to their filing or approval upon a finding that the product does not meet the relevant uniform standard. Where appropriate, the commission may withdraw or modify its approval after proper notice and hearing, subject to the appeal process in subsection (1).

Section 10. (1) Not later than 30 days after the commission has given notice of a disapproved product or advertisement filed with the commission, the insurer or third party filer whose filing was disapproved may appeal the determination to a review panel appointed by the commission. The commission shall promulgate rules to establish procedures for appointing the review panels and provide for notice and hearing. An allegation that the commission, in disapproving a product or advertisement filed with the commission, acted arbitrarily, capriciously, or in a manner that is an abuse of discretion or otherwise not in accordance with the law, shall be subject to judicial review in accordance with subsection 4 of section 2.

(2) The commission shall have authority to monitor, review and reconsider products and advertisement subsequent to their filing or approval upon a finding that the product does not meet the relevant uniform standard. Where appropriate, the commission may withdraw or modify its approval after proper notice and hearing, subject to the appeal process in subsection (1).
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 162K — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 162K
Insurance producer license; written examination
Status: in_force

Section 162K. (a) A resident individual applying for an insurance producer license shall pass a written examination unless exempt pursuant to section 162O. The examination shall test the knowledge of the individual concerning the lines of authority for which application is made, the duties and responsibilities of an insurance producer and the insurance laws and regulations of the commonwealth. Examinations required by this section shall be developed and conducted under rules and regulations prescribed by the commissioner. (b) The commissioner may make arrangements, including contracting with an outside testing service, for administering examinations and collecting the nonrefundable fee determined or approved by the commissioner. (c) Each individual applying for an examination shall remit a nonrefundable fee as prescribed by the commissioner. (d) An individual who fails to appear for the examination as scheduled or fails to pass the examination, shall reapply for an examination and remit all required fees and forms before being rescheduled for another examination.

Section 162K. (a) A resident individual applying for an insurance producer license shall pass a written examination unless exempt pursuant to section 162O. The examination shall test the knowledge of the individual concerning the lines of authority for which application is made, the duties and responsibilities of an insurance producer and the insurance laws and regulations of the commonwealth. Examinations required by this section shall be developed and conducted under rules and regulations prescribed by the commissioner.

(b) The commissioner may make arrangements, including contracting with an outside testing service, for administering examinations and collecting the nonrefundable fee determined or approved by the commissioner.

(c) Each individual applying for an examination shall remit a nonrefundable fee as prescribed by the commissioner.

(d) An individual who fails to appear for the examination as scheduled or fails to pass the examination, shall reapply for an examination and remit all required fees and forms before being rescheduled for another examination.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 147, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 147 / Section 18
Police stations for detention of women; appointment of matrons
Status: in_force

Section 18. In every city having a population of over thirty thousand inhabitants as shown by the latest federal census, except Boston, the mayor shall, and in any other city the mayor, and in Boston, the police commissioner, may designate one or more police stations for the detention and confinement of females under arrest, and for the detention and lodging of females not under arrest, within such city. Such mayor or police commissioner may at any time designate additional stations, or may discontinue any stations so designated; but one such station shall always remain so designated, except in Boston. The police commissioner of Boston and the mayor of any other city shall appoint, as soon as may be after any station has been so designated, one or two police matrons to be attached thereto.

Section 18. In every city having a population of over thirty thousand inhabitants as shown by the latest federal census, except Boston, the mayor shall, and in any other city the mayor, and in Boston, the police commissioner, may designate one or more police stations for the detention and confinement of females under arrest, and for the detention and lodging of females not under arrest, within such city. Such mayor or police commissioner may at any time designate additional stations, or may discontinue any stations so designated; but one such station shall always remain so designated, except in Boston. The police commissioner of Boston and the mayor of any other city shall appoint, as soon as may be after any station has been so designated, one or two police matrons to be attached thereto.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121E, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 121E / Section 5
Regulations
Status: in_force

Section 5. The department shall promulgate regulations for the implementation, administration and enforcement of this chapter.

Section 5. The department shall promulgate regulations for the implementation, administration and enforcement of this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 159, sec. 95 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 159 / Section 95
Compensation of police; liability for misconduct of police
Status: in_force

Section 95. Railroad, railway, railway express and steamboat police officers shall be paid by the corporation or company upon whose petition they are appointed. Such corporation or company shall be liable for any official misconduct of such officers to the same extent as for torts of agents or servants in their employ.

Section 95. Railroad, railway, railway express and steamboat police officers shall be paid by the corporation or company upon whose petition they are appointed. Such corporation or company shall be liable for any official misconduct of such officers to the same extent as for torts of agents or servants in their employ.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 24H — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 24H
Managed care program within community health centers
Status: in_force

Section 24H. The department shall, subject to appropriation, establish a program of managed care within community health centers pursuant to regulations promulgated by the department; provided, however, that the department may transfer funds to the division of medical assistance to provide medical benefits pursuant to section 9A of chapter 118E equal to the cost of providing such benefits to persons eligible for said programs. Any revenues generated by said program shall be credited to the General Fund.

Section 24H. The department shall, subject to appropriation, establish a program of managed care within community health centers pursuant to regulations promulgated by the department; provided, however, that the department may transfer funds to the division of medical assistance to provide medical benefits pursuant to section 9A of chapter 118E equal to the cost of providing such benefits to persons eligible for said programs. Any revenues generated by said program shall be credited to the General Fund.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, sec. 33 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 271 / Section 33
Race grounds in towns
Status: in_force

Section 33. No land within a town shall be laid out or used as a race ground or trotting park without the previous consent of and location by the mayor and city council, the town council in a town having a town council or the selectmen in any other town, who may regulate and alter the terms and conditions under which the same shall be laid out, used or continued in use and may discontinue the same when in their judgment the public good so requires; and no land shall be used for any of the purposes declared unlawful in section thirty-one.

Section 33. No land within a town shall be laid out or used as a race ground or trotting park without the previous consent of and location by the mayor and city council, the town council in a town having a town council or the selectmen in any other town, who may regulate and alter the terms and conditions under which the same shall be laid out, used or continued in use and may discontinue the same when in their judgment the public good so requires; and no land shall be used for any of the purposes declared unlawful in section thirty-one.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, sec. 22 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 123 / Section 22
Civil liability of physicians, qualified advanced practice registered nurses, qualified psychologists, qualified psychiatric nurse mental health clinic specialists, police officers and licensed independent clinical social workers
Status: in_force

Section 22. Physicians, qualified advanced practice registered nurses, qualified psychologists, qualified psychiatric nurse mental health clinical specialists, police officers and licensed independent clinical social workers shall be immune from civil suits for damages for restraining, transporting, applying for the admission of or admitting any person to a facility or Bridgewater state hospital if the physician, qualified advanced practice registered nurse, qualified psychologist, qualified psychiatric nurse mental health clinical specialist, police officer or licensed independent clinical social workers acts in accordance with this chapter.

Section 22. Physicians, qualified advanced practice registered nurses, qualified psychologists, qualified psychiatric nurse mental health clinical specialists, police officers and licensed independent clinical social workers shall be immune from civil suits for damages for restraining, transporting, applying for the admission of or admitting any person to a facility or Bridgewater state hospital if the physician, qualified advanced practice registered nurse, qualified psychologist, qualified psychiatric nurse mental health clinical specialist, police officer or licensed independent clinical social workers acts in accordance with this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 159, sec. 26 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 159 / Section 26
Valuation and revaluation of carrier's property
Status: in_force

Section 26. The department may investigate and determine the fair value for any purpose of all the property of any common carrier rendering a public service subject to the supervision of the department, actually used or useful for the convenience of the public, whenever it deems the ascertainment of such value necessary to carry into effect any provision of this chapter, and may at any time make a revaluation of such property. In making any valuation under this section, the department shall have access to and may use any books, documents or records in the possession of any department or board of the commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof.

Section 26. The department may investigate and determine the fair value for any purpose of all the property of any common carrier rendering a public service subject to the supervision of the department, actually used or useful for the convenience of the public, whenever it deems the ascertainment of such value necessary to carry into effect any provision of this chapter, and may at any time make a revaluation of such property. In making any valuation under this section, the department shall have access to and may use any books, documents or records in the possession of any department or board of the commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 15IIIII — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 15IIIII
Jack Kerouac Day
Status: in_force

Section 15IIIII. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart March 12 as Jack Kerouac Day, in recognition of Jack Kerouac's contributions to American literature and the genre of spontaneous prose, for his contributions to his Franco–American heritage and for his love of his hometown of Lowell, and recommending that the day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.

Section 15IIIII. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart March 12 as Jack Kerouac Day, in recognition of Jack Kerouac's contributions to American literature and the genre of spontaneous prose, for his contributions to his Franco–American heritage and for his love of his hometown of Lowell, and recommending that the day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, sec. 67 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 277 / Section 67
Furnishing person in custody, etc., with copy of indictment
Status: in_force

Section 67. Whoever, having been indicted for felony, is under recognizance or in custody to answer therefor shall be entitled to a copy of the indictment and of all endorsements thereon without charge.

Section 67. Whoever, having been indicted for felony, is under recognizance or in custody to answer therefor shall be entitled to a copy of the indictment and of all endorsements thereon without charge.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 107 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 107
Annual reports; compensation of members; executive secretary; gifts and bequests
Status: in_force

Section 107. The commission shall report annually to the general court and to the governor its activities and its recommendations. The members of the commission shall receive no compensation for their services. The commission may appoint an executive secretary who shall be exempt from the provisions of chapter thirty-one. The commission may expend for the salary of the executive secretary and for other expenses such sums as may be appropriated. The commission may also receive funds by gift, bequest and otherwise and expend the same in carrying out its program of promoting the employment of people with disabilities.

Section 107. The commission shall report annually to the general court and to the governor its activities and its recommendations. The members of the commission shall receive no compensation for their services. The commission may appoint an executive secretary who shall be exempt from the provisions of chapter thirty-one. The commission may expend for the salary of the executive secretary and for other expenses such sums as may be appropriated. The commission may also receive funds by gift, bequest and otherwise and expend the same in carrying out its program of promoting the employment of people with disabilities.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 109A — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 109A
Treatment of infants' eyes at time of birth
Status: in_force

Section 109A. The physician, or hospital medical officer registered under section nine of chapter one hundred and twelve, if any, personally attending the birth of a child shall treat his eyes within two hours after birth with a prophylactic remedy furnished or approved by the department. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.

Section 109A. The physician, or hospital medical officer registered under section nine of chapter one hundred and twelve, if any, personally attending the birth of a child shall treat his eyes within two hours after birth with a prophylactic remedy furnished or approved by the department. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 233, sec. 47 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 233 / Section 47
Notice of taking deposition; compelling testimony
Status: in_force

Section 47. The justices or notaries shall thereupon cause notice of the time and place appointed for taking the deposition to be given to all persons named in said statement as interested in the case, in the manner provided in sections twenty-six to twenty-nine, inclusive; and if in the opinion of the justices or notaries no sufficient provision is made by law for giving notice to parties adversely interested, they shall cause such reasonable notice to be given as they consider proper. A person may be summoned and compelled to give a deposition in perpetuation of his testimony in like manner and under the same penalties as are provided for a witness before a court.

Section 47. The justices or notaries shall thereupon cause notice of the time and place appointed for taking the deposition to be given to all persons named in said statement as interested in the case, in the manner provided in sections twenty-six to twenty-nine, inclusive; and if in the opinion of the justices or notaries no sufficient provision is made by law for giving notice to parties adversely interested, they shall cause such reasonable notice to be given as they consider proper. A person may be summoned and compelled to give a deposition in perpetuation of his testimony in like manner and under the same penalties as are provided for a witness before a court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 49, sec. 38 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 49 / Section 38
Disposition of proceeds
Status: in_force

Section 38. The proceeds of the sale, after paying all damages, costs, expenses and charges for advertising and selling the beasts, shall be deposited in the town treasury for the use of the owner, upon proof of his right thereto within two years from the sale.

Section 38. The proceeds of the sale, after paying all damages, costs, expenses and charges for advertising and selling the beasts, shall be deposited in the town treasury for the use of the owner, upon proof of his right thereto within two years from the sale.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151A, sec. 65 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 151A / Section 65
Records available to federal railroad retirement board; cooperation with federal agencies; agreements relative to employment offices; acceptance of moneys, services or quarters
Status: in_force

Section 65. The commissioner may make the commonwealth's records relating to the administration of this chapter available to the Federal Railroad Retirement Board and may furnish said board, at the expense of said board, such copies thereof as said board deems necessary for its purposes. The commissioner may afford reasonable cooperation with every agency of the United States charged with the administration of any unemployment insurance law. For the purpose of establishing and maintaining free employment offices, he may enter into agreements with any agency of the United States charged with the administration of an employment security law, and, as a part of any such agreement, the department may accept moneys, services or quarters as a contribution to the employment service accounts.

Section 65. The commissioner may make the commonwealth's records relating to the administration of this chapter available to the Federal Railroad Retirement Board and may furnish said board, at the expense of said board, such copies thereof as said board deems necessary for its purposes. The commissioner may afford reasonable cooperation with every agency of the United States charged with the administration of any unemployment insurance law. For the purpose of establishing and maintaining free employment offices, he may enter into agreements with any agency of the United States charged with the administration of an employment security law, and, as a part of any such agreement, the department may accept moneys, services or quarters as a contribution to the employment service accounts.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183, sec. 30 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183 / Section 30
Method of making acknowledgment
Status: in_force

Section 30. The acknowledgment of the execution of a deed or other written instrument required to be acknowledged shall be by 1 or more of the grantors or by any attorneys or representatives executing it on behalf of the grantors. The officer before whom the acknowledgment is made shall endorse upon or annex to the instrument a certificate thereof. Such acknowledgment may be made— (a) If within the commonwealth, before a justice of the peace or notary public. (b) If without the commonwealth, in any state, territory, district or dependency of the United States, before a justice of the peace, notary public, magistrate or commissioner appointed therefor by the governor of this commonwealth, or, if a certificate of authority in the form prescribed by section thirty-three is attached thereto, before any other officer therein authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds. (c) If without the United States or any dependency thereof, before a justice of the peace, notary, magistrate or commissioner as above provided, or before an ambassador, minister, consul, vice consul, charge d'affaires or consular officer or agent of the United States accredited to the country where the acknowledgment is made; if made before an ambassador or other official of the United States, it shall be certified by him under his seal of office.

Section 30. The acknowledgment of the execution of a deed or other written instrument required to be acknowledged shall be by 1 or more of the grantors or by any attorneys or representatives executing it on behalf of the grantors. The officer before whom the acknowledgment is made shall endorse upon or annex to the instrument a certificate thereof. Such acknowledgment may be made—

(a) If within the commonwealth, before a justice of the peace or notary public.

(b) If without the commonwealth, in any state, territory, district or dependency of the United States, before a justice of the peace, notary public, magistrate or commissioner appointed therefor by the governor of this commonwealth, or, if a certificate of authority in the form prescribed by section thirty-three is attached thereto, before any other officer therein authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds.

(c) If without the United States or any dependency thereof, before a justice of the peace, notary, magistrate or commissioner as above provided, or before an ambassador, minister, consul, vice consul, charge d'affaires or consular officer or agent of the United States accredited to the country where the acknowledgment is made; if made before an ambassador or other official of the United States, it shall be certified by him under his seal of office.