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MA Gen L ch 112 § 87ww (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 87ww - Non-Residents; Licensed Real Estate Broker or Salesman; Power of Attorney; Service of Process

Section 87WW. A non-resident may be licensed as a broker and a non-resident individual may be licensed as a salesman upon conforming to all pertinent provisions of sections eighty-seven PP to eighty-seven DDD, inclusive; provided, that the board may exempt from the written examination prescribed in section eighty-seven SS a broker or salesman duly licensed in any other state of the United States under the laws of which a similar exemption is extended to licensed brokers and salesmen of the commonwealth. Such non-resident licensee shall not be required to maintain a usual place of business within the commonwealth; provided, that such non-resident broker shall maintain a usual place of business within such other state in which he is so licensed.  No license shall be issued to such non-resident until he shall have filed with the chairman of the board a power of attorney constituting and appointing said chairman and his successor his true and lawful attorney, upon whom all lawful processes in any action or legal proceeding against him may be served, and therein shall agree that any lawful process against him which may be served upon his said attorney shall be of the same force and validity as if served on said non-resident, and that the authority thereof shall continue in force irrevocably as long as any liability of said non-resident remains outstanding in the commonwealth. Service of such process shall be made by leaving duplicate copies thereof in the hands or office of the chairman, and the chairman shall forthwith send one of said copies by mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the defendant at his last address as appearing on the records of the board. One of the duplicates of such process, certified by the chairman as having been served upon him, shall be deemed sufficient evidence of such service, and service upon such attorney shall be deemed service upon the principal.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 87yy (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 87yy - Real Estate Brokers; Place of Business; Display of License; Notice; Change of Business Location

Section 87YY. A licensed resident broker shall maintain a usual place of business in the commonwealth and shall display conspicuously therein or in any branch thereof his license or a certified copy thereof. He shall promptly give written notice to the board of any change of business location, and the board shall issue a new license for such new location for the unexpired term of such license. Failure to give such notice shall be grounds for the revocation of such license.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 87yy1/2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 87yy1/2 - Real Estate Brokers and Salesmen; First Signing of Purchase Agreement; Distribution of Home Inspection Brochure; Prohibition of Specific Recommendations; Exception

Section 87YY1/2. At the time of the signing of the first written contract to purchase, real estate brokers and salesmen, or the seller if no broker or salesperson is involved in the sale, shall distribute a brochure, published by the office of consumer affairs and business regulations, educating consumers about the home inspection process. Real estate brokers and salesmen shall not directly recommend a specific home inspection company or home inspector but may, upon request, provide a complete list of licensed home inspectors prepared by the board. This prohibition shall not apply if there is a written contractual agreement or a written agency disclosure between the buyer and the real estate broker specifying that the real estate broker is acting exclusively for the buyer as a buyer's broker.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 87zz (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 87zz - Real Estate Brokers and Salesmen; License Fee; Purposes; Advance Payments

Section 87ZZ. Fees, as determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven, shall be paid by individuals in advance for the following:—  (a) Examination for a broker's license or a salesman's license; provided however that a veteran holding an honorable discharge or a blind person shall not be required to pay any examination fee; and provided, further, in the event the examination is conducted by an independent testing service designated by the board under the authority of section eighty-seven SS, in addition to the above fee, each individual shall pay to the testing service a fee, approved by the board, covering the actual cost of giving the examination.  (b) Issuance and renewal of a broker's license; provided, however, that a blind person or a veteran suffering from paraplegia, as defined in section six B of chapter one hundred and fifteen, shall not be required to pay such fee.  (c) Issuance and renewal of a salesman's license; provided, however, that a blind person or a veteran suffering from paraplegia, as defined in section six B of chapter one hundred and fifteen, shall not be required to pay such fee.  (d) The applicable fee for the issuance of a license shall be adjusted by the board on the basis of each month during which the license originally issued would be valid unless revoked or suspended and, for this purpose, any part of a month shall be considered as a full month.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 87ccc (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 87ccc - Real Estate Brokers and Salesmen; Penalty for Illegal Representation or Practice

Section 87CCC. Whoever, without being licensed as required by section eighty-seven RR, acts as a broker or salesman or advertises that he is a broker or salesman shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 87ddd1/2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 87ddd1/2 - Real Estate Brokers and Salesmen; Persons Finding Dwelling Accommodations for Fee

Section 87DDD1/2. No person shall engage in the business of finding dwelling accommodations for prospective tenants for a fee unless such person is a licensed broker or salesman as defined in section eighty-seven PP of chapter one hundred and twelve.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 87www (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 87www - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 87www to 87zzz

Section 87WWW. For the purposes of this section and sections eighty-seven XXX to eighty-seven ZZZ, inclusive, the following words shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings:—  ''Board'', the board of certification of health officers established by section seventy of chapter thirteen.  ''Health officer'', a person with a broad basic education and experience in the physical and biological and social sciences supplemented by specialization in the field of health administration and who is qualified to carry out public health administrative duties and enforce the laws in the field of public health.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 87xxx (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 87xxx - Certified Health Officers; Application; Certification

Section 87XXX. A person who desires to be certified as a health officer shall file with said board an application upon a form to be prescribed and furnished by the board. He shall include in such application under oath his qualifications as a health officer. Said application shall be accompanied by a registration fee to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven.  If the board deems the educational qualifications of an applicant are satisfactory and if such applicant passes a written examination satisfactory to the board, the board shall issue to him a certificate. Said certification shall expire at the end of the calendar year and may be renewed on or before January fifteen of the following year; provided, however, that a person seeking such renewal shall provide evidence of such continuing education as the board shall require by regulation. The fee for renewal or certification shall be determined under the aforementioned provision, and shall be acknowledged by sending the person certified a notice of renewal.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 87yyy (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 87yyy - Certified Health Officers; Qualifications; Temporary Certification

Section 87YYY. The board may by rule establish the minimum educational and experience qualifications which the applicants must possess before being allowed to take the examination for certification as health officers and may in like manner provide for the issuance of temporary certification pending an examination to applicants who appear to be qualified and may in like manner provide for the issuance of certification without examination to persons holding certification of licenses as health officers under the laws of another state.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 87zzz (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 87zzz - Title: Certified Health Officer or c.h.o.

Section 87ZZZ. Any person to whom a certificate or certification as a health officer has been issued shall have the right to use after his name the title ''Certified Health Officer'' or the letters ''C.H.O.''. No other person shall assume such title or use such letters or any other words, letters or writing to indicate that he is a certified health officer. No employee of a local board of health shall be required to be a certified health officer as a condition precedent to employment.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 87cccc (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 87cccc - Operators of Drinking Water Supply Facilities; Application; Qualifications; Examination; Certificate; Renewal; Fees; Temporary Emergency Certification

Section 87CCCC. A person who desires to be certified as an operator of a drinking water supply facility shall file with the board of certification of operators of drinking water supply facilities, established by section sixty-six B of chapter thirteen, an application upon a form to be furnished by said board. He shall include in such application under oath his qualifications. If the qualifications of the applicant meet or exceed the minimum qualifications established by the board, and if he passes an examination satisfactory to the board, the board shall issue him a certificate, which shall expire at the end of the calendar year in which it is issued and which may be renewed from time to time for periods of not more than four years thereafter, as the board shall determine. The fee for the original certificate and for any renewal thereof shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven. Said board may provide for the issuance for good cause shown of temporary emergency certification to be effective for a period of no longer than six months.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 87dddd (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 87dddd - Operators of Drinking Water Supply Facilities; Necessity of Certification; Penalty; Jurisdiction

Section 87DDDD. No person, corporation, city, town or district shall furnish to the public any drinking water for which any charge is made unless the treatment and distribution of such water is at all times under the supervision of a person who shall have received a certificate of competency issued by the board of certification of operators of drinking water supply facilities, established by section sixty-six B of chapter thirteen, or unless said board shall have issued a temporary emergency certification for a duration of not more than six months. Violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars for each day such violation occurs. The superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity to enforce the provisions of this section.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 88 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 88 - Issuance of Certified Statements and Duplicate Certificates of Registration by Boards of Registration or Examination

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.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 89 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 89 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 89 to 97

Section 89. For the purposes of this section and sections ninety to ninety-seven, inclusive, the following words shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings:—  ''Board'', the board of registration of chiropractors established by section sixty-four of chapter thirteen.  ''Chiropractic'', the science of locating, and removing interference with the transmission or expression of nerve force in the human body, by the correction of misalignments or subluxations of the bony articulation and adjacent structures, more especially those of the vertebra column and pelvis, for the purpose of restoring and maintaining health. It shall exclude operative surgery, prescription or use of drugs or medicines, the practice of obstetrics, the treatment of infectious diseases, and internal examinations whether or not diagnostic instruments are used except that the X–ray and analytical instruments may be used solely for the purposes of chiropractic examinations. Nothing in this definition shall exclude the use of supportive procedures and therapy, including braces, traction, heat, cold, sound, electricity, and dietary and nutritional advice, as treatment supplemental to a chiropractic adjustment.  ''Chiropractic facility'', a place, office, clinic or establishment in which chiropractic treatment is provided or in which business and patient records related to chiropractic treatment are used or stored which has been registered by the board pursuant to section 94A.  ''Chiropractor'', a person who lawfully practices chiropractic.  ''License renewal certificate,'' a certificate issued annually by the board to a registered chiropractor upon payment of the license fee as provided in section ninety-six, and upon presentation of satisfactory evidence to the board that said chiropractor has completed the prescribed educational requirements for renewal.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 90 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 90 - Chiropractors; Rules and Regulations; Records; Reports

Section 90. The board may make and publish necessary rules and regulations for the proper conduct of its duties, and shall keep a full record of its proceedings and keep a record of the names of all persons examined or registered by it, which shall be open to public inspection. The board shall make an annual report containing a full and complete account of all of its official acts during the preceding year and setting forth the condition of chiropractic in the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 91 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 91 - Chiropractors; Application for Certificate; Filing; Fees; Qualifications of Applicant

Section 91. Every person, before engaging in the practice of chiropractic in this commonwealth, shall make application to the board, on a form prescribed and furnished by it, for a certificate to practice chiropractic. Said application shall be filed with the secretary of the board at least thirty days before the date of examination, and shall be accompanied by an examination fee as determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven or, in the case of reexamination, each applicant shall pay a fee as determined under the aforementioned provision for each subject upon which he is reexamined. Each applicant must be at least eighteen years of age and of good moral character, and shall furnish the board with satisfactory proof that he has completed two years in a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in liberal arts or science and that he is a graduate of a chiropractic school or college approved by the board, and which is (1) authorized by its charter to confer the degree of doctor of chiropractic; (2) gives a course of four academic years, comprising a total of four thousand hours, to matriculants possessing the educational qualifications required for graduation from an accredited public high school; and (3) confers such degree only after personal attendance of the applicant therefor at such course, and upon completion thereof.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 92 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 92 - Chiropractors; Licensees of Other States; Registration

Section 92. Any person licensed by a chiropractic board of any other state having at the time when said person obtained his license a standard equal to that of this commonwealth and which extends similar privileges to persons licensed by the commonwealth, or any person certified by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners of the United States, may be registered at the discretion of the board upon the payment of a fee as determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven and the production to the board of his diploma, the license obtained in such other state by examination or the proof of his certification by said National Board of Chiropractic Examiners of the United States, and evidence satisfactory to the board that he is of good moral character. The board may accept any or all facts of the examination of said National Board of Chiropractic Examiners of the United States in lieu of equivalent subjects in the examination required under section ninety-four. Any person making application under this section under a license granted by another state shall produce evidence that he has practiced chiropractic under such license for at least three years.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 93 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 93 - Chiropractors; Refusal to Grant Certificate; Revocation

Section 93. The board may refuse to grant a certificate to any person who has been convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude, who has been guilty of unprofessional conduct, or who is addicted to any vice to such a degree as to render him, in the opinion of the board, unfit to practice chiropractic, and may, for any of said causes, after due notice and hearing, revoke a certificate already issued.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 94 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 94 - Chiropractors; Examinations; Registration; Certificate; Display

Section 94. The board shall examine each applicant as to his qualifications for the practice of chiropractic. Such examination shall be in writing, and except as otherwise provided by section ninety-two, shall include the subjects of anatomy, physiology, chemistry, pathology, diagnosis, hygiene, public health, the use and effects of X–ray and chiropractic principles and practice as taught in chiropractic schools and colleges, and its examination shall also include practical demonstrations of chiropractic technique. Except for the examinations in chiropractic principles and practice, the use and effects of X–ray, and the practical demonstrations of chiropractic techniques, the examinations required by this section may be proposed by the board of higher education, and shall be under the direction and supervision of the board of registration of chiropractors. Every applicant whom the board finds qualified to practice chiropractic shall be registered as a chiropractor by the board, and a certificate of such registration signed by the chairman and secretary of the board shall be issued to such applicant. Said certificate shall entitle the person to whom it is issued to practice chiropractic in this commonwealth, shall designate him as a chiropractor and shall be publicly displayed at his principal office so long as he shall continue to practice chiropractic. The board shall furnish each person registered as a chiropractor a copy of section eighty-nine, which copy shall be the same size as the certificate of registration and shall be similarly displayed.