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MA Gen L ch 112 § 95 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 95 - Chiropractors; Penalty for Illegal Representation or Practice

Section 95. Whoever, not being lawfully authorized to practice chiropractic in this commonwealth, practices or attempts to practice chiropractic, or holds himself out as a practitioner of, or as being able to practice, chiropractic, or uses the science or system of chiropractic, or uses any of the titles, words or letters, ''chiropractic'', ''chiropractor'', ''chiropractic physician'', ''doctor of chiropractic'', ''D.C.'', or any other titles or letters, either alone or with qualifying words or phrases, in such manner or under such circumstances as to indicate that he is engaged in the practice of chiropractic, or whoever practices chiropractic under a false or assumed name or under a name other than that by which he is registered, or whoever personates another practitioner of chiropractic, or whoever buys, sells or fraudulently obtains any diploma, license, license renewal certificate, or record or registration to practice chiropractic, or aids or abets in such selling or fraudulent obtaining, or whoever practices chiropractic under cover of any diploma, license, license renewal certificate, record or registration to practice chiropractic illegally obtained or signed or issued unlawfully or under fraudulent representations or whoever being licensed to practice chiropractic in this commonwealth uses any title, words or letters which do not indicate that he is engaged in the practice of chiropractic, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not less than thirty days nor more than one year, or both.  A chiropractor whose license, certificate, registration, or authority relating to the practice is suspended for more than 1 year for professional misconduct with regard to insurance claims shall not own, operate, practice in, or be employed by any chiropractic or physical therapy office, clinic, or other place designated to the practice of chiropractic medicine or physical therapy until the license is reinstated by the board.  A chiropractor whose license, certificate, registration, or authority relating to the practice is suspended for a second offense with regard to insurance claims shall have the license permanently revoked.  A chiropractor whose license, certificate, registration, or authority relating to the practice is revoked with regard to insurance claims shall not own, operate, practice in, or be employed by any chiropractic or physical therapy office, clinic, or other place designated to the practice of chiropractic or physical therapy.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 96 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 96 - Address of Chiropractor; Notification to Board of Registration of Chiropractors; License Fee; License Renewal Certificate; Suspension of Authority

Section 96. Every registered chiropractor, upon commencing to practice, shall forthwith notify the board of his office address or addresses. Every registered chiropractor practicing as aforesaid shall annually, before April first, pay to the board a license fee to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven. The board shall thereupon issue to said registered chiropractor a license renewal certificate; provided, however, that said chiropractor shall furnish to the board satisfactory evidence that he has attended, in the twelve months preceding each renewal date, twelve hours of instruction in chiropractic related subjects as conducted by the Massachusetts Chiropractic Society or received instruction equivalent thereof as approved by the board. Satisfactory evidence of completion of post-graduate study of a type and character, at an educational session or institution, both as approved by the board, shall be considered said equivalent. The board may waive such educational requirements if it is satisfied that an applicant was prevented from meeting said educational requirements by reason of an unusual emergency, or that the applicant has undergone an extreme hardship, or for other good and sufficient reason deemed adequate by the board. Each registered chiropractor shall promptly notify the board of any change in his address or addresses, and from time to time shall furnish such other information to the board as it may require. The board may suspend the authority of any registered chiropractor to practice chiropractic for failure to comply with any of the above requirements. The board shall publish annually complete lists of the names and office addresses of all chiropractors registered and practicing in the commonwealth arranged alphabetically by name and also by the towns where their various offices are situated.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 97 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 97 - Chiropractors; Rendition of Services; Advertisement

Section 97. Registered chiropractors may render services under the terms and provisions of the workers' compensation and rehabilitation laws.  No registered chiropractor or person practicing chiropractic shall include, or permit or cause to be included, in any advertising in any newspaper, or by radio, television, display sign, personal solicitation or other manner of advertising, any written or spoken words or statements of character tending to deceive or mislead the public.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 98 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 98 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 98 to 107

Section 98. The following words as used in this section and sections ninety-nine to one hundred and seven, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings:—  ''Landscape architect'', a person who holds a certificate entitling him to be called by the title ''landscape architect'' in the commonwealth under the authority of section ninety-nine.  ''Landscape architecture'', the performance of professional services, such as consultations, investigation, reconnaissance, research, planning, design, or responsible supervision, in connection with the development of land and incidental water areas where and to the extent that the dominant purpose of such services is the preservation, enhancement or determination of proper land uses, natural land features, naturalistic and esthetic values, the settings and approaches to buildings, structures, facilities or other improvements, and natural drainage and the consideration, determination and solution of inherent problems of the land relating to erosion, wear and tear, blight or other hazards. The practice of landscape architecture shall include the location and arrangement of such tangible objects and features as are incidental and necessary to the purposes outlined herein, but shall not include the practice of architecture, the practice of engineering or the practice of land surveying, as defined in this chapter, or the making of final land plots for official recording or approval. A registered landscape architect may, however, do such architectural, engineering and surveying work as is incidental to his work.  ''Board'', the board of registration of landscape architects established by section sixty-seven of chapter thirteen.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 99 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 99 - Landscape Architects; Certificate of Registration; Necessity; Display

Section 99. No person shall represent himself to be a landscape architect or use the title landscape architect in the commonwealth on any sign, title, card or other device to indicate that such person is a landscape architect, unless such person shall have secured from the board a certificate of registration as a landscape architect. Every holder of a certificate of such registration shall display it in a conspicuous place in his principal office or place of employment within the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 100 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 100 - Landscape Architects; Seal of Design

Section 100. Every registered landscape architect shall have a seal of a design authorized by the board. All plans and specifications and reports prepared by a registered landscape architect, or under his supervision, shall be stamped with the impression of such seal. A registered landscape architect shall impress his seal on any plans, specifications or reports only if his certificate of registration is in full force and if he was the author of such plans, specifications and reports or in responsible supervision of their preparation.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 101 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 101 - Landscape Architects; Qualifications of Applicants; Practice by Associations

Section 101. Before being examined for registration as a landscape architect, each applicant shall submit evidence to the board that:  (a) he is at least twenty-three years of age and of good moral character;  (b) he is a citizen of the United States or has legally declared his intention of so becoming;  (c) he has completed the course of study and been graduated from a college or school of landscape architecture approved by the board and that he has had two years of practical experience in landscape architectural work of a grade and character satisfactory to the board. In lieu of graduation from an approved college or school of landscape architecture, and the practical experience in addition thereto, an applicant may take the examination upon presenting evidence of at least six years of practical experience in landscape architectural work of a grade and character satisfactory to the board. Credit may be given for approved college education at the discretion of the board.  Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, any individual who has been employed by the commonwealth in the title of landscape architect, for a period of two years who is a graduate of a college or school of landscape architecture approved by the board shall meet the requirements of clause (c).  Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent a firm, partnership or corporation from using the title ''landscape architect'' or ''landscape architects'', or similar title provided that the practice of landscape architecture by such firm, partnership or corporation shall be under the professional and supervisory control of a person registered as a landscape architect.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 102 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 102 - Landscape Architects; Examinations for Registration; Rules and Regulations

Section 102. Examinations for registration as a landscape architect shall be held by the board at least one each year, provided that applications shall have been receiving during the time announced. The board shall adopt rules and regulations covering the subjects and scope of the examinations, shall publish appropriate announcements and shall conduct the examinations at the times designated. Except as hereinafter provided, every applicant for registration as a landscape architect shall be required, in addition to all other requirements, to establish, by written examination, his competency to plan, design, specify and supervise the installation of landscape projects. Each written examination may be supplemented by such oral examinations as the board shall determine.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 103 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 103 - Landscape Architects; Fees

Section 103. Fees for landscape architects shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven and shall be paid to the board for the following:—  (a) Annual registration fee on or before the thirty-first day of January of each year, if not so paid, a penalty shall be added to the amount thereof.  (b) Failure to renew certificate of registration within sixty days after notification by the board that his certificate has expired, shall, before again using the title of landscape architect within the commonwealth, be required to reregister, and may be required by the board to be reexamined.  (c) Application fee for examination.  (d) An original certificate.  (e) A duplicate certificate.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 104 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 104 - Foreign Landscape Architects; Certification; Reciprocity

Section 104. The board may certify for registration without examination an applicant who is legally registered as a landscape architect in any other state or country whose requirements for registration are at least substantially equivalent to the requirements of this commonwealth, provided such other state or country extends the same privilege to landscape architects registered in this commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 106 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 106 - Landscape Architects; Suspension or Revocation of Certificate; Reissuance

Section 106. The board, after due notice and hearing, may suspend or revoke the certificate of registration of a landscape architect upon proof satisfactory to the board:  (a) that the holder of such certificate of registration is in violation of any provision of sections ninety-eight to one hundred and seven, inclusive, or of any rule or regulation promulgated by the board;  (b) that such certificate of registration was obtained by fraud or misrepresentation;  (c) that any money or thing of value, except fees prescribed or authorized by said sections, was paid or received to secure the issuance of such certificate of registration;  (d) that the holder of such certificate of registration has been guilty of a felony;  (e) that the holder of such certificate of registration has been guilty of fraud or deceit, or of gross negligence, incompetence or misconduct, in the use of the title of landscape architect; or  (f) that the holder of such certificate of registration has permitted or suffered his official seal to be affixed to any plans, specifications, drawings or reports, if such portions thereof as involve the practice of landscape architecture were not prepared by him or under his personal supervision by his regularly employed subordinates.  The board may reissue a certificate of registration to any person whose certificate of registration has been revoked. Application for the reissuance of a certificate of registration shall be made in such manner as the board may direct.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 107 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 107 - Landscape Architects; Penalty for Illegal Representation or Practice

Section 107. It shall be unlawful for any person to:  (a) hold himself as a landscape architect unless he is registered under the provisions of sections ninety-eight to one hundred and six, inclusive;  (b) present as his own the certificate of registration of another;  (c) give false or forged evidence to the board of registration or any member thereof in obtaining a certificate;  (d) falsely impersonate any other registrant of like or different name;  (e) use or attempt to use a certificate of registration that has been revoked; or  (f) otherwise violate any of the provisions of said sections.  Each such violation shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 108 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 108 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 108 to 117

Section 108. The following words as used in this section and in sections one hundred and nine to one hundred and seventeen, inclusive, shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings:—  ''Board'', the board of registration of nursing home administrators established under section seventy of chapter thirteen.  ''Nursing home administrator'', a person who administers, manages, supervises or is in general administrative charge of a nursing home whether such individual has an ownership interest in such home and whether his functions and duties are shared with one or more individuals. Nothing in this chapter or the rules and regulations thereunder shall be construed to require an applicant for a license as a nursing home administrator who is employed by an institution operated by and for persons who rely exclusively upon treatment by spiritual means through prayer for healing, in accordance with the creed or tenets of a church or religious denomination, to demonstrate proficiency in any medical techniques or to meet any medical educational qualifications or medical standards not in accord with the remedial care and treatment provided in such institutions.  ''Nursing home'', any institution or facility providing nursing care which is licensed under section seventy-one of chapter one hundred eleven or any other law of the commonwealth, including but not limited to convalescent homes, charitable homes for the aged, and infirmaries maintained in towns, or any other appropriate facility as determined by the Secretary of the United States' Department of Health, Education and Welfare.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 109 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 109 - Supervision of Nursing Homes; Necessity of Licensed Administrator; Evidence of Eligibility for Examination

Section 109. (a) No nursing home which is licensed by the department of public health to provide nursing care may operate except under the supervision of a nursing home administrator duly licensed by the board.  (b) No person shall be admitted to or permitted to take an examination for license as a nursing home administrator unless he shall have first submitted evidence satisfactory to the board, (1) that he is over eighteen years of age, (2) that he is a citizen of the United States, (3) that he is of good moral character, (4) that he is suitable and fit to be licensed and to practice as a nursing home administrator.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 110 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 110 - Nursing Home Administrators; Internship; Evidence of Training

Section 110. Each applicant for an original license as a nursing home administrator shall also serve for a period of not less than three months as a nursing home administrator in training. At least two weeks before entering upon such administrator training internship the applicant shall submit evidence to the board that such training (1) will be under the supervision of a licensed nursing home administrator, (2) will be at a grade and character satisfactory to the board, and (3) will be in a duly authorized nursing home having an authorized bed capacity of not less then fifty beds.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 111 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 111 - Nursing Home Administrators; Application; Qualifications and Examination; Certificate of Licensure; Renewal; Fees

Section 111. A person who desires to be registered as a qualified nursing home administrator shall file with the 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 nursing home administrator. 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 training and experience qualifications of the applicant are satisfactory and if he passes an examination satisfactory to the board, the board shall register him as a qualified nursing home administrator and shall issue him a certificate of licensure in testimony thereof. Said certification shall expire on July first after date of issue and may be renewed annually on that date thereafter. Such renewals shall be granted as a matter of course unless the board finds, after due notice and hearing, that the applicant has acted or failed to act in such a manner or under such circumstances as would constitute grounds for suspension or revocation of a license. The fee for renewal of such certification shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 112 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 112 - Nursing Home Administrators; Transferability and Validity of License; Review of Denial of Issuance or Renewal; Supervision or Revocation of License

Section 112. A nursing home administrator's license shall not be transferable and shall be valid until surrendered for cancellation or suspended or revoked for violation of any laws or regulations relating to the proper management and administration of a nursing home. Any denial of issuance or renewal, suspension or revocation of a license shall be subject to review upon the timely request of the licensee and pursuant to chapter thirty A.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 113 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 113 - Nursing Home Administrators; Issuance of License Without Examination to Licensees of Other Jurisdictions

Section 113. The board may issue a nursing home administrator's license without examination, to any person who holds a valid license as a nursing home administrator from another jurisdiction; provided, that the board finds that the standards for licensure in such other jurisdiction are at least the substantial equivalent of those prevailing in this commonwealth, and that the applicant is otherwise qualified.