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MA Gen L ch 93 § 68e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 93 - Regulation of Trade and Certain Enterprises|Section 68e - Violations of Secs. 68b to 68d

Section 68E. Any violation of sections sixty-eight B to sixty-eight D, inclusive, shall constitute a violation of chapter ninety-three A.
MA Gen L ch 93 § 70 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 93 - Regulation of Trade and Certain Enterprises|Section 70 - Certification of Title to Mortgaged Premises; Liability of Attorney; Unfair Practice

Section 70. In connection with the granting of any loan or credit to be secured by a purchase money first mortgage on real estate improved with a dwelling designed to be occupied by not more than four families and occupied or to be occupied in whole or in part by the mortgagor, an attorney acting for or on behalf of the mortgagee shall render a certification of title to the mortgaged premises to the mortgagor and to the mortgagee.  For the purposes of this section, said certification shall include a title examination which covers a period of at least fifty years with the earliest instrument being a warranty or quitclaim deed which on its face does not suggest a defect in said title; provided, however, that in the case of registered land, it shall be sufficient to start the said examination with the present owner's certificate of title issued by the land court, except that bankruptcy indices and federal and state liens shall be examined. The term record title, as used herein, shall mean the records of the registry of deeds or registry district in which the mortgaged premises lie and relevant records of registries of probate.  The certification shall include a statement that at the time of recording the said mortgage, the mortgagor holds good and sufficient record title to the mortgaged premises free from all encumbrances, and shall enumerate exceptions thereto. The certification shall further include a statement that the mortgagee holds a good and sufficient record first mortgage to the property, subject only to the matters excepted by said certification.  The liability of any attorney rendering such certification shall be limited to the amount of the consideration shown on the deed with respect to the mortgagor, and shall be limited to the original principal amount secured by the mortgage with respect to the mortgagee. Said certification shall be effective for the benefit of the mortgagor so long as said mortgagor has title to the mortgaged premises, and shall be effective for the benefit of the mortgagee so long as the original debt secured by the mortgage remains unpaid.  Willful failure by an attorney to render a certification to the mortgagor as required by the provisions of this section shall constitute an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the provisions of chapter ninety-three A.
MA Gen L ch 93 § 71 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 93 - Regulation of Trade and Certain Enterprises|Section 71 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 72 to 75

Section 71. As used in sections seventy-two to seventy-five, inclusive, the following words shall have the following meanings:—  ''Audiologist'', a person who is duly licensed as an audiologist in the commonwealth according to the requirements set forth in chapter one hundred and twelve.  ''Audiological evaluation'', a written statement from an audiologist, prepared in triplicate, based on testing conducted by such audiologist that includes the following information: the ear or ears to be fitted and the date of the testing.  ''Hearing aid'', an electronic instrument or device worn on the human body for or offered for the purpose of aiding or compensating for impaired human hearing and any parts, attachments or accessories, but excluding batteries, cords and earmolds; provided, that equipment devices and attachments offered by a public utility company and used in conjunction with its services shall not be included within this definition.  ''Person'', an individual, partnership, association, organization or corporation.  ''Physician'', a person licensed in the commonwealth in accordance with the provisions of section two of chapter one hundred and twelve.  ''Otolaryngologist'', a physician licensed in the commonwealth who specializes in medical problems of the ear, nose and throat, and who is eligible for qualification by the American Board of Otolaryngology as an otolaryngologist.  ''Sell'' or ''sale'', a transfer of title to a hearing aid or transfer of the right to possession of a hearing aid by sales contract, lease, bailment, loan or any other means, excluding wholesale transactions of dealers and distributors.  ''Medical clearance'', a written statement, from a physician or otolaryngolgist, prepared in triplicate, based on a medical examination by such physician or otolaryngologist, that concludes that the prospective purchaser has been examined, that the physician or otolaryngologist has determined that the prospective purchaser is a candidate for a hearing aid and that there are no medical conditions to contraindicate the use of a hearing aid. Such statement shall include the date of the medical clearance, and whether or not the person, at the time of the medical examination, owns or uses a hearing aid for the designated ear.
MA Gen L ch 93 § 72 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 93 - Regulation of Trade and Certain Enterprises|Section 72 - Purchases and Sales of Hearing Aids; Prerequisites

Section 72. No person shall enter into a contract for the sale of or sell a hearing aid unless within the preceding six months the prospective purchaser has obtained a medical clearance.  No person shall enter into a contract for the sale of or sell a hearing aid to a person under eighteen years of age unless within the preceding six months the prospective purchaser has obtained an audiological evaluation.  No person except a person eighteen years of age or older whose religious or personal beliefs preclude consultation with a physician may waive the requirement of a medical clearance.
MA Gen L ch 93 § 73 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 93 - Regulation of Trade and Certain Enterprises|Section 73 - Sale of Hearing Aid by Physician, Otolaryngologist or Audiologist Offering Services Under Sec. 72; Disclosure; Inducement to Influence Recommendation of Purchase

Section 73. No physician or otolaryngologist shall sell hearing aids or have a direct or indirect membership, employment, co-ownership, or proprietary interest in or with a business which sells hearing aids to, a person to whom such physician or otolaryngologist has provided services pursuant to section seventy-two; provided, however, that this restriction shall not apply to a nonprofit or charitable organization, clinic, hospital or health care facility.  An audiologist who sells a hearing aid to a person to whom such audiologist had provided services pursuant to section seventy-two shall disclose to the prospective purchaser before the sale of the hearing aid the fees for the services provided pursuant to section seventy-two and the terms of the prospective sale of the hearing aid, including a written estimate of the total purchase price, including, but not limited to, the cost of the hearing aid, the earmold, any batteries or other accessories, and any service costs, and shall inform the prospective purchaser of his right to obtain a hearing aid from a different source.  No person directly or indirectly shall give or offer to give or permit or cause to be given money or anything of value to a physician, otolaryngologist or audiologist as an inducement to influence the recommendation of the purchase of a hearing aid.  Nothing in this section shall prevent a physician, otolaryngologist or audiologist from suggesting a specific make and model of a hearing aid.
MA Gen L ch 93 § 74 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 93 - Regulation of Trade and Certain Enterprises|Section 74 - Hearing Aid Sales and Delivery Receipts; Copies of Medical Clearance and Hearing Evaluation; Customer Records

Section 74. Every person who sells a hearing aid shall accompany such sale with a receipt that shall include: the name, address and signature of the purchaser; the date of consummation of the sale; the name and address of the regular place of business and the signature of the seller; the make, model, serial number and purchase price of the hearing aid; a statement whether the hearing aid is new, used or reconditioned; the terms of the sale, including an itemization of the total purchase price, including but not limited to the cost of the hearing aid, the earmold, any batteries or other accessories, and any service costs; a clear and precise statement of any guarantee or trial period; and shall also include the following printed statement in ten point type or larger: ''This hearing aid will not restore normal hearing nor will it prevent further hearing loss. The sale of a hearing aid is restricted to those individuals who have obtained a medical evaluation from a licensed physician or otolaryngologist. A fully informed adult whose religious or personal beliefs preclude consultation with a physician may waive the requirement of a medical evaluation. The exercise of such a waiver is not in your best health interest and its use is strongly discouraged. It is also required that a person under the age of eighteen years obtain an evaluation by an audiologist in addition to the medical evaluation before a hearing aid can be sold to such person.''  A copy of the medical clearance statement and audiological evaluation, where required, for the hearing aid shall be attached to the receipt.  Upon the date that the purchaser receives the hearing aid, the seller shall provide a delivery receipt signed by the seller and the purchaser which states the date of delivery to the purchaser of the hearing aid.  The seller shall keep records for every customer to whom he renders services or sells a hearing aid including a copy of such receipt, a copy of the medical clearance and the audiological evaluation, a copy of the delivery receipt, a record of services provided, and any correspondence to or from the customer. Such records shall be preserved for at least four years after the date of the last transaction.
MA Gen L ch 93 § 75 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 93 - Regulation of Trade and Certain Enterprises|Section 75 - Violations of Secs. 72 to 74; Effect; Rules and Regulations

Section 75. Violations of the provisions of sections seventy-two to seventy-four, inclusive, in the course of a sale of a hearing aid shall void such sale.  Violations of any of the provisions of sections seventy-two to seventy-four, inclusive, shall constitute an unfair and deceptive trade practice under the provisions of chapter ninety-three A. Such violations may be reported to the office of the attorney general or the director of consumer affairs and business regulation. The office of the attorney general may make such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the purposes of sections seventy-one to seventy-five, inclusive.
MA Gen L ch 93 § 78 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 93 - Regulation of Trade and Certain Enterprises|Section 78 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 78a to 88

Section 78. For purposes of sections 78A to 88, inclusive, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings:—  ''Buyer'', any person who enters into a contract for health club services with a health club.  ''Contract for health club services'', a contract which has the primary purpose of providing a person with the right to use the facilities of a health club or with instruction, training, or assistance by a health club in the preservation, maintenance, encouragement or development of physical fitness, conditioning or well-being, including physical culture, bodybuilding, exercising, weight control, figure development or the teaching of martial arts including judo, karate and self-defense, or any similar course of physical fitness training or assistance.  ''Health club'', each facility or location or group or chain of facilities or locations, in which any person, firm, corporation, partnership, unincorporated association, franchise or other business enterprise offers facilities for or instruction, training or assistance in the preservation, maintenance, encouragement or development of physical fitness, conditioning or well being. Such term shall include, but not be limited to, health spas, sports, tennis, racquet ball, platform tennis and health clubs, figure salons, health studios, gymnasiums, weight control centers or studios, martial arts and self-defense schools, or any other similar course of physical training.  ''Seller'', any person, firm, corporation, partnership, unincorporated association, franchise, franchisor, or other business enterprise which operates a health club or which offers or enters into contracts for health club services.
MA Gen L ch 93 § 78a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 93 - Regulation of Trade and Certain Enterprises|Section 78a - Health Clubs to Have Aed and Aed Provider on Premises

Section 78A. A health club shall have on the premises at least 1 AED, as defined in section 12V.5 of chapter 112, and shall have in attendance during staffed business hours at least 1 employee or authorized volunteer as an AED provider, as defined in said section 12V.5 of said chapter 112.
MA Gen L ch 93 § 79 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 93 - Regulation of Trade and Certain Enterprises|Section 79 - Sellers of Contracts for Health Club Services; Bond Requirement

Section 79. Prior to the execution of any contract for health club services and for a period of five years after initially commencing operation of a health club, every seller which sells contracts for health club services, except weight loss and control services which do not provide physical exercise facilities and classes, and which do not obligate the customer for more than thirty days, and which do not require an initiation fee as a condition of said contract, shall, for each individual health club location or facility, maintain a bond issued by a surety company admitted to do business in the commonwealth. The principal sum of the bond shall be either twenty-five thousand dollars, for each health club location or facility that sells contracts for terms not greater than twenty-four months, or one hundred thousand dollars for each health club location or facility that sells contracts for terms greater than twenty-four months but not greater than thirty-six months, and evidence of such bond shall be filed with the secretary of state within thirty days of its procurement. The bond shall be in favor of the commonwealth for the benefit of any buyer or class of buyers who suffers any loss or damage because a health club facility ceases operation, fails to open or fails to honor a buyer's right to cancel a contract for health club services pursuant to section eighty-two, and who obtains a judgment for said loss or damage which is not satisfied within thirty days of its entry. Said bond shall provide for the surety to pay the amount of such unsatisfied judgment either directly to said buyer or class of buyers or, if the attorney general obtains said judgment on behalf of said buyer or buyers and so directs, then to the attorney general for distribution to said buyers.  The liability of the surety on the bond shall be limited to indemnifying the claimant only for his actual damages. The aggregate liability of the surety to all persons for all breaches of the conditions of the bonds provided for herein shall in no event exceed the amount of the bond.  A change in ownership of a health club or location shall not release, cancel or terminate liability under any bond filed for such health club or location under this section as to any buyer who purchases a health club contract while such bond is in effect, unless the transferee, purchaser, successor or assign of such health club or location obtains a bond under this section for the benefit of such buyer. The fact that any health club is in bankruptcy proceedings, or that its debts have been discharged in bankruptcy, shall not be a bar or defense to a surety's obligation under any such bond.
MA Gen L ch 93 § 80 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 93 - Regulation of Trade and Certain Enterprises|Section 80 - Contracts for Health Club Services; Terms

Section 80. No contract for health club services shall be for a term measured by the life of the buyer. No contract for health club services shall be for a term longer than thirty-six months, except that upon expiration of the contract, the seller may offer to the buyer the right to renew his contract for a similar, shorter or longer period not to exceed thirty-six months.  No contract for health club services shall require payments or financing by the buyer over a period that extends more than one month beyond the expiration of the contract. The installment payments shall be in substantially equal amounts exclusive of the down payment and shall be required to be made at substantially equal intervals, not more frequently than one payment per month.  No contract for health club services may contain any provisions whereby the buyer agrees not to assert against the seller or any assignee or transferee of the health club services contract any claim or defense arising out of the health club services contract or the buyer's activities at the health club. No contract for services may require the buyer to execute a promissory note or series of promissory notes which, when negotiated, cuts off as to third parties a defense which the buyer may have against the seller. No contract may be assigned by one health club to another health club without written consent of the buyer.
MA Gen L ch 93 § 81 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 93 - Regulation of Trade and Certain Enterprises|Section 81 - Contracts for Health Club Services; Cancellation of Contract; Notice; Refund

Section 81. Every contract for health club services shall provide clearly and conspicuously in writing that such contract may be cancelled within three business days after the date of receipt by the buyer of a copy of the written contract or written receipt indicating the buyer's payment for health club services. The contract for health club services shall contain the following written notice in at least ten point bold type:  ''CONSUMER'S RIGHT TO CANCELLATION. YOU MAY CANCEL THIS CONTRACT WITHOUT ANY PENALTY OR FURTHER OBLIGATION BY CAUSING A WRITTEN NOTICE OF YOUR CANCELLATION TO BE DELIVERED IN PERSON OR POSTMARKED BY CERTIFIED OR REGISTERED UNITED STATES MAIL WITHIN THREE (3) BUSINESS DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS CONTRACT OR THE DATE OF YOUR RECEIPT TO THE ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN THIS CONTRACT.''  Notice of the buyer's right to cancel and the method of cancellation under this section shall also be posted clearly and conspicuously on the premises of the health club.  The notice of the buyer's cancellation of his contract shall be in writing and delivered in person or by certified or registered United States mail at the address specified in the contract. Such notice shall be accompanied by the contract forms, membership cards and any other documents or evidence of membership previously delivered to the buyer. All monies paid pursuant to such contract shall be refunded within fifteen business days of receipt of such notice of cancellation. If the buyer has executed any credit or loan agreement to pay for all or part of the health club services, any such negotiable instrument shall be void upon cancellation under this section and shall also be returned to the buyer within said fifteen days.
MA Gen L ch 93 § 83 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 93 - Regulation of Trade and Certain Enterprises|Section 83 - Assignment of Contract for Health Club Services; Right of Cancellation Preserved; Notice of Assignment

Section 83. No assignee or creditor who takes a note or other obligation as consideration for a contract for health club services shall fail to honor the consumer's right of cancellation as provided in section eighty-one or eighty-two. No assignee of a contract shall fail to give notice of the assignment to the consumer. A notice of assignment shall be in writing addressed to the consumer at the address shown on the contract and shall identify the contract.
MA Gen L ch 93 § 84 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 93 - Regulation of Trade and Certain Enterprises|Section 84 - Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices of Health Clubs or Sellers of Contracts for Health Club Services

Section 84. It is hereby declared to be an unfair and deceptive trade practice in violation of chapter ninety-three A for a seller, or his agents, employees or other representatives to:  (1) misrepresent directly or indirectly, including in its advertising, promotional materials, or in any other manner, the size, location, available facilities, or equipment of its health club or health clubs, or the location or locations at which its services, facilities or equipment will be offered;  (2) misrepresent directly or indirectly, including in its advertising, promotional materials, or in any other manner, the nature of its courses, membership programs, training devices or methods, services, pricing structure, price discounts, sales or offers;  (3) misrepresent, directly or indirectly, including in its advertising, promotional material, or in any other manner, the number, qualifications, title, status, training or experience of its personnel, agents, employees or other representatives, whether by means of endorsements or otherwise;  (4) use or refer, directly or indirectly, including in its advertising, promotional material, or in any other manner, to fictional organizational divisions or personnel position titles, or make any representation which has the tendency or capacity to mislead or deceive consumers as to the size or importance of the health club, its franchisor, parent, subsidiary or affiliated business, its divisions, or its personnel, or in any other material respect;  (5) fail to clearly and conspicuously post on its health club premises all of its courses and membership prices, discounts, sales or offers;  (6) misrepresent, directly or indirectly, including in its advertising, promotional material, or in any other manner, the nature, extent or availability of any services, guidance, instruction, counseling, assistance, or other attention which the health club will provide to buyers;  (7) misrepresent, directly or indirectly, including in its advertising, promotional material, or in any other manner, or fail to disclose the buyer's rights to cancel under sections eighty-one to eighty-three, inclusive; or  (8) violate or fail to comply with any other provision of sections seventy-eight to eighty-eight, inclusive.  This section shall not be construed to prevent other acts or practices of a seller from being declared to be in violation of said chapter ninety-three A.