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MA Gen L ch 111n § 4 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111n - Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Manufacturer Conduct|Section 4 - Adoption of Marketing Code of Conduct by Pharmaceutical or Medical Device Manufacturing Company; Training Program; Annual Audits; Investigation and Correction of Noncompliance; Compliance Officer

Section 4. (a) A pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturing company that employs a person to sell or market a drug, medicine, or medical device in the commonwealth shall adopt and comply with the most recent marketing code of conduct as adopted by the department.  (b) A pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturing company that employs a person to sell or market prescription drugs or medical devices in the commonwealth shall adopt a training program to provide regular training to appropriate employees including, without limitation, all sales and marketing staff, on the marketing code of conduct.  (c) A pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturing company that employs a person to sell or market prescription drugs or medical devices in the commonwealth shall conduct annual audits to monitor compliance with the marketing code of conduct.  (d) A pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturing company that employs a person to sell or market a prescription drugs or medical devices in the commonwealth shall adopt policies and procedures for investigating instances of noncompliance with the marketing code of conduct and take corrective action in response to noncompliance and the reporting of instances of noncompliance to the appropriate state authorities.  (e) A pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturing company that employs a person to sell or market prescription drugs or medical devices in the commonwealth shall identify a compliance officer responsible for operating and monitoring the marketing code of conduct.
MA Gen L ch 111n § 5 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111n - Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Manufacturer Conduct|Section 5 - Annual Submission of Compliance Information

Section 5. A pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturing company that employs a person to sell or market prescription drugs or medical devices in the commonwealth shall annually submit to the department: (i) a description of its training program; (ii) a description of its investigation policies; (iii) the name, title, address, telephone number and electronic mail address of its compliance officer; and (iv) certification that it has conducted its annual audit and is in compliance with the marketing code of conduct.
MA Gen L ch 111n § 6 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111n - Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Manufacturer Conduct|Section 6 - Disclosure of Data Relating to Provision of Economic Benefits Valuing Fifty Dollars or Greater

Section 6. (1) By July 1 of each year, every pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturing company that employs a person to sell or market a drug, medicine, chemical, device or appliance in the commonwealth shall disclose to the department of public health the value, nature, purpose and particular recipient of any fee, payment, subsidy or other economic benefit with a value of at least $50, which the company provides, directly or through its agents, to any physician, hospital, nursing home, pharmacist, health benefit plan administrator, health care practitioner or other person in the commonwealth authorized to prescribe, dispense, or purchase prescription drugs or medical devices in the commonwealth. The disclosure shall be accompanied by the payment of a fee, to be determined by the department, to pay the costs of administering this section. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the department shall not require a pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturing company to disclose information which has been disclosed to a federal agency pursuant to federal law and which may be obtained by the department from such federal agency.  (2) The department of public health shall make all disclosed data publicly available and easily searchable on its website.  (3) The department of public health shall report to the attorney general any payment, entertainment, meals, travel, honorarium, subscription, advance, services or anything of value provided in violation of the market code of conduct as adopted by the department of public health.
MA Gen L ch 111n § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111n - Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Manufacturer Conduct|Section 7 - Enforcement; Penalties

Section 7. This chapter shall be enforced by the attorney general, the district attorney with jurisdiction over a violation or the department of public health. A person that violates this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 for each transaction, occurrence or event that violates this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 111n § 8 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111n - Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Manufacturer Conduct|Section 8 - Electronic Availability of Annual Report Data

Section 8. The department shall make all disclosed data in annual reports publicly available and easily searchable on its website not later than 90 days following the receipt thereof from the secretary.
MA Gen L ch 111o § 3 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111o - Mobile Integrated Health Care|Section 3 - Community Ems Programs

Section 3. The department shall evaluate and approve community EMS programs developed and operated by the primary ambulance service with the approval of the local jurisdiction and the affiliate hospital medical director to provide community outreach and assistance to residents of the local jurisdiction in order to advance injury and illness prevention within the community.  A community EMS program may work with local public health agencies or officials and identify members of the community who use the 911 system or emergency department and connect them to their primary care providers, other health care providers, low-cost medication programs, and other social services. The programs may also utilize EMS providers to provide follow-up and preventive measures including, but not limited to, fall prevention, vaccinations under the direction of local public health agencies or officials, and health screenings, including blood pressure and blood glucose checks.  All EMS provider training and activities related to the program shall be approved by the local jurisdiction and the affiliate hospital medical director. Nothing in this section shall authorize an EMS provider to perform any medical procedures outside their scope of practice.
MA Gen L ch 111o § 4 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111o - Mobile Integrated Health Care|Section 4 - Mobile Integrated Health Advisory Council

Section 4. (a) There shall be a mobile integrated health advisory council, which shall assist and support the department in carrying out this chapter by planning, guiding and coordinating the components of mobile integrated health services.  (b) The advisory council shall consist of the director of healthcare safety and quality or a designee, who shall serve as a non-voting chair, and 18 members who shall be appointed by the commissioner and who shall reflect a broad distribution of diverse perspectives on mobile integrated health care, including appointees or their designees from the following groups: the division of medical assistance; the Massachusetts Hospital Association, Inc.; the Massachusetts Council of Community Hospitals, Inc.; a for-profit hospital system that is not a member of another hospital advocacy group; the Massachusetts Senior Care Association, Inc.; the Massachusetts Medical Society; the Massachusetts chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians; the Massachusetts Nurses Association; the Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts, Inc.; the Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts; the Fire Chiefs' Association of Massachusetts, Inc.; the International Association of EMTs and Paramedics; the Massachusetts Ambulance Association, Incorporated; the Hospice & Palliative Care Federation of Massachusetts, Inco*.; the Association for Behavioral Healthcare, Inc.; and 3 members representing payors, including 1 representative of the health care organization providing services to MassHealth members under sections 9D and 9F of chapter 118E.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 1a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 1a - Issuance of License or Certificate to Engage in Business or Profession; Statement of Obligation to Report Certain Injuries of Children

Section 1A. Whenever any person required to report under the provisions of section fifty-one A of chapter one hundred and nineteen is issued or reissued a license or certificate to engage in a business or profession, the issuing agency shall send such person a statement informing them of their obligations under said section fifty-one A.  Such statement shall contain a statement that such person understands his obligations under said section fifty-one A and the punishment for failure to comply, which shall be signed by such person and returned to the issuing agency.  In compliance with the provisions of this section, the issuing agency may include such required statement on application forms for such licenses or certificates.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 2a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 2a - Acceptance of Certificate in Lieu of Examination for Registration as Qualified Physician; Fee

Section 2A. In determining the qualifications necessary for registration as a qualified physician, the board may at its discretion accept the certificate of the National Board of Medical Examiners of the United States, chartered under the laws of the District of Columbia, or the certificate of the National Board of Examiners for Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of the American Osteopathic Association, in place of and as equivalent to its own professional examination; but before registration in pursuance of this section the applicant therefor shall pay a fee to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 2b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 2b - Schools for Training Medical Laboratory Technologists; Inspection; Approval; Approving Authority

Section 2B. No person shall operate or maintain a school for training medical laboratory technologists unless such school has been approved in writing by the approving authority established by section two, provided, however, that for the purposes of this section only, the membership of said authority shall be increased by three members to be appointed for a term of three years each by the governor with the advice and consent of the council, one member to be a hospital administrator or hospital trustee, who shall be a member of the Massachusetts Hospital Association; one member to be a medical laboratory technologist meeting the training and experience requirements of the American Medical Association, to be appointed from a list submitted by the Massachusetts Association of Technologists and Laboratory Technicians, Incorporated; and one member to be a physician, appointed from a list submitted by the section of physiology and pathology of the Massachusetts Medical Society. Said additional members shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for their travel and other reasonable expenses incidental to the performance of their duties.  A school for training of medical laboratory technologists shall mean a school maintained or classes conducted for the purpose of training two or more individuals to perform or assist in the performance of various medical laboratory procedures used in the diagnosis, treatment and study of disease, but shall not be construed to apply to duly accredited colleges and graduate schools teaching courses in physiology, biochemistry, bacteriology, clinical pathology or the various other medical sciences.  The provisions of section two relating to the inspection and approval of colleges, universities and medical schools by the approving authority shall apply to schools for the training of medical laboratory technologists.  Whoever being the educational director or the business director of a school for training of medical laboratory technologists violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 2c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 2c - Schools for Training Medical X&ndash;ray Technicians; Approval; Inspection; Approving Authority

Section 2C. No person shall operate or maintain a school for training medical X–ray technicians unless such school has been approved by the approving authority established by section two; provided, however, that for the purposes of this section only, the membership of said authority shall be increased by three members to be appointed for a term of three years each by the governor with the advice and consent of the council, one member to be a radiologist who is a member of the section on radiology of the Massachusetts Medical Society; one member to be a member of the Massachusetts Hospital Association; and one member to be an X–ray technician who is a member of the Massachusetts Society of X–ray technicians and certified by the American Registry of X–ray Technicians of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Said additional members shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for their travel and other reasonable expenses incidental to the performance of their duties. The provisions of section two relating to the inspection and approval of colleges, universities and medical schools by the approving authority shall apply to schools for the training of medical X–ray technicians. A school for training medical X–ray technicians shall mean a school or classes conducted for the purpose of training two or more individuals to perform various medical X–ray procedures used in the diagnosis, treatment or study of disease. Any person who operates or maintains a school for training medical X–ray technicians and who violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 2d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 2d - Professional Relationships Preventing Physician From Providing Administrative or Judicial Testimony

Section 2D. No physician shall enter into a contract or agreement which creates or establishes a partnership, employment or any other form of professional relationship that prohibits a physician from providing testimony in an administrative or judicial hearing, including cases of medical malpractice.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 3 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 3 - Examinations

Section 3. Examinations shall be in whole or in part in writing, in English, shall be of a scientific and practical character, shall include the subjects of anatomy, surgery, chemistry, biology, physics, physiology, pathology, obstetrics, gynecology, psychiatry, practice of medicine and hygiene and shall be sufficiently thorough to test the applicants' fitness to practice medicine. The board may employ expert assistance in conducting hospital and laboratory tests.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 4 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 4 - Record of Registered Physicians; Annual Report

Section 4. The board shall keep a record of the names of all persons registered by it and of all money received and disbursed by it, and a duplicate thereof shall be open to inspection in the office of the state secretary. The board shall make an annual report, including a statement of the condition of medicine and surgery in the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 5a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 5a - Physician's License Restrictions

Section 5A. The board shall have the authority, after a hearing pursuant to chapter thirty A, to impose restrictions on a physician's license prohibiting the physician from performing certain medical procedures or operations, or from performing procedures except under certain conditions. The board shall by regulations specify the bases for such restrictions.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 5b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 5b - Reports of Disciplinary Action by Professional Medical Organizations

Section 5B. Any professional medical association, society, body, professional standards review organization, or similarly constituted professional organization, whether or not such association, society, body, or organization is local, regional, state, national, or international in scope, shall report to the board of registration in medicine any disciplinary action taken against any of the board's licensees. Such report of disciplinary action, shall be filed with the board within thirty days of such disciplinary action, shall be in writing, and shall be mailed to the board by certified or registered mail. ''Disciplinary action'' includes, but is not limited to, revocation, suspension, censure, reprimand, restriction, nonrenewal, denial, or restriction of privileges, or resignation. A denial or restriction of privileges or a resignation shall be reported only when the resignation or the denial or restriction of privileges is related in any way to (a) the applicant's competence to practice medicine, or (b) a complaint or allegation regarding any violation of law or regulation, including but not limited to the regulations of the board, or hospital, health care facility or professional medical association by-laws, whether or not the complaint or allegation specifically cites violation of a specified law, regulation, or by-law.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 5c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 5c - Reports by Insurers of Medical Malpractice Claims or Actions; Liability

Section 5C. Every insurer or risk management organization which provides professional liability insurance to a registered physician shall report to the board any claim or action for damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by error, omission, or negligence in the performance of such physician's professional services where such claim resulted in:  (a) A final judgment in any amount,  (b) A settlement in any amount, or  (c) A final disposition not resulting in payment on behalf of the insured.  Reports shall be filed with the board no later than thirty days following the occurrence of any event listed in paragraph (a), (b), or (c).  Such reports shall be in writing on a form prescribed by the board and shall contain the following information:  (a) the name, address, specialty coverage, and policy number of the physician against whom the claim is made; and  (b) name, address and age of the claimant or plaintiff; and  (c) nature and substance of the claim; and  (d) date when and place at which the claim arose; and  (e) the amounts paid, if any, and the date and manner of disposition, judgment, settlement, or otherwise; and  (f) the date and reason for final disposition, if no judgment or settlement; and  (g) such additional information as the board shall require. No insurer or its agents or employees shall be liable in any cause of action arising from reporting to the board as required in this section.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 5d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 5d - Reports of Violations by Public Officers or Employees

Section 5D. Any officer or employee of any agency, executive office, department, board, commission, bureau, division or authority of the commonwealth, or of any political subdivision thereof which is engaged in the provision or oversight of medical or health services, shall report to the board of registration in medicine any person who there is reasonable basis to believe is in violation of section five, or any of the regulations of the board except as otherwise prohibited by law.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 5e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 5e - Reports by Physicians of Settlements or Arbitration Awards; Filing; Penalty

Section 5E. Any registered physician who does not possess professional liability insurance shall report to the board every settlement or arbitration award of a claim or action for damages for death or personal injury caused by negligence, error or omission in practice, or the unauthorized rendering of professional services by such physician. Such report shall be made within thirty days after any such settlement agreement has been reduced to writing thereto or thirty days after service of such arbitration award on the parties and signed by all the parties. Failure of the physician to comply with the provisions of this section is an offense punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars. Knowing and intentional failure to comply with the provisions of this section, or conspiracy or collusion not to comply with the provisions of this section, or to hinder or impede any other person in such compliance is an offense punishable by a fine of not less than five thousand dollars nor more than fifty thousand dollars.