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MA Gen L ch 6 § 172b.5 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 172b.5 - Local Fingerprint Submission Requirement for Applicants for Licenses in Specified Occupations

Section 172B.5. Municipalities may, by local ordinance, require applicants for licenses in specified occupations to submit a full set of fingerprints for the purpose of conducting a state and national criminal history records check pursuant to sections 168 and 172 and 28 U.S.C. § 534. Fingerprint submissions may be submitted by the licensing authority to the identification unit within the department of state police through the criminal history systems board, or its successor, for a state criminal records check and to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal records check.  Municipalities may, by local ordinance, establish the appropriate fee charged to applicants for administering a fingerprinting system. For the purposes of section 2LLL of chapter 29, $30 of the fee shall be deposited into the Firearms Fingerprint Identity Verification Trust Fund and the remainder of the fee may be retained by the licensing authority for costs associated with the administration of the system.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 172c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 172c - Dissemination of Criminal Offender Record Information to Agencies Employing or Referring Individuals to Provide Services to Elderly or Disabled Persons

Section 172C. For purposes of this section, the following words shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings:—  ''Elderly person'', an individual who is sixty years of age or over.  ''Disabled person'', a person who is mentally retarded, as defined by section one of chapter one hundred and twenty-three B, or who is otherwise mentally or physically disabled and as a result of such mental or physical disability is wholly or partially dependent on others to meet his daily living needs.  Notwithstanding the provisions of section one hundred and seventy-two, criminal offender record information shall be available to any of the following entities which employ, accept as a volunteer or refer for employment to a client any individual who will provide care, treatment, education, training, transportation, delivery of meals, instruction, counseling, supervision, recreation or other services in a home or in a community based setting for any elderly person or disabled person or who will have any direct or indirect contact with such elderly or disabled persons or access to such persons' files:  (1) any agency which provides homemaker, home health aide, companion or other community based services to elderly persons or disabled persons in home or community based settings, including, but not limited to home health agencies certified under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act;  (2) a home care corporation established pursuant to the provisions of chapter nineteen A;  (3) a municipality; or  (4) any agency or organization that employs or refers personal care attendants; or  (5) any other entity receiving federal, state or local funds.  Such entities shall obtain all available criminal offender record information concerning any such individual from the department prior to employing such individual, accepting such individual as a volunteer or referring such individual for employment to an elderly or disabled person. Any entity obtaining information under this section shall not disseminate such information for any purpose other than to further the protection of the elderly or the disabled.  A violation of this section shall constitute a violation of section 2 of chapter 93A.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 172d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 172d - Availability of Information to Iv&ndash;d Agency

Section 172D. Notwithstanding any provision of section 172 or of any other provision of law, the following information shall be available to the IV–D agency as set forth in chapter 119A, upon request, for purposes connected with establishing paternity, or establishing, modifying or enforcing child support obligations pursuant to chapter 119A and Title IV, Part D of the Social Security Act: criminal offender record information, including, but not limited to, arrest, conviction, incarceration and rehabilitation information, and evaluative information pursuant to section 14 of chapter 119A; criminal offender record information obtained through any interstate system used by the commonwealth to locate an individual for purposes relating to motor vehicles or law enforcement as required by Title IV, Part D of the Social Security Act; youthful offender and adjudication of juvenile delinquency data; information contained in the warrant management system established pursuant to section 23A of chapter 276; and to further the protection of children and victims of domestic violence, data in the statewide domestic violence record keeping system maintained by the commissioner of probation. The IV–D agency shall not make, and shall prohibit, any dissemination of such information for any purpose other than as set forth herein.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 172e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 172e - Dissemination of Criminal Offender Record Information to Long Term Care Facilities, Assisted Living Residences and Continuing Care Facilities

Section 172E. Notwithstanding any provision of section 172 to the contrary, criminal offender record information shall be available to a long term care facility, as defined in section 72W of chapter 111, an assisted living residence as defined in section 1 of chapter 19D, and to any continuing care facility as defined in section 1 of chapter 40D, for the purpose of evaluating applicants under final consideration as, or an individual currently working as, an employee, a volunteer or a provider of care, treatment, education, training, transportation, delivery of meals, instruction, counseling, supervision, recreation or other services for an elderly or disabled person or for the purpose of evaluating applicants under final consideration for, or an individual currently working in, a position involving direct or indirect contact with such elderly or disabled persons or access to such persons' personal information. A long-term care facility, assisted living residence or continuing care facility shall obtain all available criminal offender record information from the department on such applicant or current staff member. A long-term care facility, assisted living residence or continuing care facility which obtains information under this section shall prohibit the dissemination of such information for any purpose other than to further the protection of the elderly or the disabled; provided, further that dissemination among and between long term care facilities, assisted living residences or continuing care facilities shall be permitted.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 172f (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 172f - Conviction and Arrest Data Available to Department of Early Education and Care

Section 172F. Notwithstanding section 172, the following information shall be available, upon request, to the department of early education and care for the purposes of evaluating any residence, facility, program, system or other entity licensed under chapter 15D whether public or private, or any child care provider or program exempt from licensure under said chapter 15D that receives federal or state funding in order to further the protection of children: conviction data, arrest data, sealed record data and juvenile arrest or conviction data. The same information shall be available, upon request, to adoption and foster placement agencies licensed by the department of early education and care for purposes of evaluating prospective or current adoptive or foster parents and their household members 15 years of age and older. The department of early education and care and adoption and foster placement agencies licensed by the department in receipt of such data shall not disseminate this information for any purpose other than to further the protection of children.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 172g (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 172g - Children's Camps to Obtain Criminal and Juvenile Data; Employees and Volunteers

Section 172G. Notwithstanding section 172, section 60 or 60A of chapter 119, or any other general or special law to the contrary, operators of camps for children shall obtain all available criminal offender record information and juvenile data as found in the court activity record information from the department of all employees or volunteers prior to employment or volunteer service. Information obtained under this section shall not be disseminated for any purpose other than to further the protection of children.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 172h (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 172h - Children's Programs to Obtain Criminal and Juvenile Data

Section 172H. Notwithstanding section 172 or any other general or special law to the contrary, any entity or organization primarily engaged in providing activities or programs to children 18 years of age or less, shall obtain all available criminal offender record information from the department prior to accepting any person as an employee, volunteer, vendor or contractor. Any entity or organization obtaining information under this section shall not disseminate such information for any purpose other than to further the protection of children.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 172i (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 172i - Schools to Obtain Criminal Records of Taxicab Employees

Section 172I. Notwithstanding section 172 or any other general or special law to the contrary, taxicab companies that have contracted to provide transportation of pupils pursuant to section 7A of chapter 71 shall submit the names of any employee who may have direct and unmonitored contact with pupils to the appropriate school committee or school superintendent prior to transporting any pupil. The school committee or superintendent shall obtain all available criminal offender record information on such employees from the department pursuant to section 38R of chapter 71.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 172j (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 172j - Commissioner of Banks to Obtain Criminal Record Information of Applicants for Licensure Pursuant to Chapter 255f; Restriction on Use

Section 172J. Notwithstanding section 172 or any other general or special law to the contrary, the commissioner of banks may obtain all available criminal offender record information as found in the court activity record information from the department of all applicants for licensure pursuant to chapter 255F. Information obtained under this section shall not be disseminated for any purpose other than to provide mortgage protection for home owners.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 172l (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 172l - Navigator Organizations Certified by the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Under 42 u.s.c. &sect; 18031(i) Required to Obtain Criminal Offender Record Information Prior to Hiring New Employee

Section 172L. Navigator organizations certified by the commonwealth health insurance connector under 42 U.S.C. § 18031(i) shall obtain from the department all available criminal offender record information before accepting any person as a new employee. Navigator organizations shall obtain from the department periodically, but not less than every 3 years, all available criminal offender record information for current employees. A navigator organization obtaining information under this section shall not disseminate the information for any purpose other than for the protection of persons utilizing the services of the navigator organization.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 172m (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 172m - Person Licensed Pursuant to Sec. 122 of Chapter 140 Required to Obtain Criminal Offender Record Information Prior to Hiring New Employee Who May Have Direct and Unmonitored Contact With Firearms, Shotguns or Rifles

Section 172M. Notwithstanding section 172 or any other general or special law to the contrary, a person licensed pursuant to section 122 of chapter 140 shall obtain from the department all available criminal offender record information prior to accepting a person as an employee to determine the suitability of such employee who may have direct and unmonitored contact with firearms, shotguns or rifles. A person obtaining information pursuant to this section shall not disseminate such information for any purpose other than the further protection of public safety.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 172n (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 172n - Requirements for Professional Licenses; List of Specific Disqualifying Criminal Convictions

Section 172N. State and political subdivision licensing authorities shall provide in the licensing requirements for a professional license a list of the specific criminal convictions that are directly related to the duties and responsibilities for the licensed occupation that may disqualify an applicant from eligibility for a license. For the purposes of this section, ''licensing authority'' shall include an agency, examining board, credentialing board, or other office or commission with the authority to impose occupational fees or licensing requirements on a profession.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 173 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 173 - Regulations for Program Research; Monitoring; Access Restricted

Section 173. The commissioner may approve research programs to obtain criminal offender record information; provided, however, that said research programs shall not publish any information that either identifies or tends to identify the subject of the criminal offender record information, and the commissioner shall promulgate regulations to govern the use of criminal offender record information for purposes of program research. Such regulations shall require preservation of the anonymity of the individuals to whom such information relates, shall require the completion of nondisclosure agreements by all participants in such programs, and shall impose such additional requirements and conditions as the commissioner finds to be necessary to assure the protection of privacy and security interests.  The commissioner may monitor any such programs to assure their effectiveness. The commissioner may, if it determines that a program's continuance threatens privacy or security interests, prohibit access on behalf of any such program to criminal offender record information.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 174 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 174 - Interstate System for Exchange of Record Information; Supervision of Participation by State and Local Agencies; Access Limited; Telecommunications Access Terminals

Section 174. The board shall supervise the participation by all state and local agencies in any interstate system for the exchange of criminal offender record information, and shall be responsible to assure the consistency of such participation with the terms and purposes of sections one hundred and sixty-eight to section one hundred and seventy-eight, inclusive.  Direct access to any such system shall be limited to such criminal justice agencies as are expressly designated for that purpose by the board. Where any such system employs telecommunications access terminals, the board shall limit the number and placement of such terminals to those for which adequate security measures may be taken and as to which the board may impose appropriate supervisory regulations.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 175 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 175 - Right of Subject to Inspect Criminal Offender Record Information; Correction of Inaccurate or Incomplete Information; Procedure; Restrict

Section 175. A subject shall have the right to inspect, and if practicable, obtain a copy of all criminal offender record information from the department that refers to the subject. The commissioner shall publish and furnish, upon request, guidelines for individuals on how to correct inaccurate or incomplete information. Subject to appropriation, the department shall provide assistance to individuals that have requested assistance to correct inaccurate or incomplete criminal offender record information. Such assistance shall include but not be limited to cooperation with appropriate entities to correct, modify or appropriately supplement criminal offender record information that has been determined to be inaccurate or incomplete. If criminal offender record information is corrected by the office of the commissioner of probation or the courts, any corrections made by such commissioner or court shall be transmitted forthwith to the department and the department's database shall reflect the corrected criminal offender record information.  Requestors shall prescribe reasonable hours and places for subjects to inspect their criminal offender record information under subsection (f) of section 172 and shall impose such additional restrictions as are reasonably necessary both to ensure the record's security and to verify the identities of those who seek to inspect them.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 176 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 176 - Appeal; De Novo Hearing; Equitable Relief

Section 176. Any individual or agency aggrieved by any order or decision of the board may appeal such order or decision to the superior court in the county in which he is a resident or in which the board issued the order or decision from which the individual or agency appeals. The court shall in each such case conduct a de novo hearing, and may order such relief as it finds equitable.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 177 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 177 - Violations; Civil Liability

Section 177. Any aggrieved person may institute a civil action in superior court for damages or to restrain any violation of sections one hundred and sixty-eight to one hundred and seventy-five, inclusive. If it is found in any such action that there has occurred a willful violation, the violator shall not be entitled to claim any privilege absolute or qualified, and he shall in addition to any liability for such actual damages as may be shown, be liable for exemplary damages of not less than one hundred and not more than one thousand dollars for each violation, together with costs and reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements incurred by the person bringing the action.