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MA Gen L ch 111 § 72r (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 72r - Termination of Receivership

Section 72R. A receivership shall not be terminated if a license to operate the facility would not be in effect upon termination; or the facility would revert to the licensee during the pendency of proceedings to revoke, deny, or suspend its license; or the facility would revert to a person not approved for licensure by the department.  The court may terminate a receivership under the following conditions: the department grants a license to operate the facility to the licensee divested of possession and control by the receiver; or there is a transfer of ownership of the facility to a transferee approved for licensure by the department; or all residents of the facility have been provided appropriate alternative placements, either in another facility or otherwise, and the subject facility is closed.  Notwithstanding the provisions of the second paragraph, a receivership shall not be terminated in favor of the former licensee, or, in the discretion of the court, a related person, unless such person first makes restitution to the department of public welfare of any rate increases for the receiver's compensation paid to the facility pursuant to section thirty-two A of chapter six A and such person repays the department of any amount that it may have paid to the receiver as a loan for major repairs or improvements of the facility, or assumes the obligation to repay the loan and provides collateral or other assurance of payment deemed sufficient by the department.  As an additional precondition to termination in favor of the former licensee, or in the discretion of the court, a related person, the court may require the posting of a bond in an amount fixed by the court as security for maintaining compliance with the laws and regulations governing the operation of the facility. If it shall appear that the licensee fails to maintain the facility in substantial compliance with such laws and regulations, the court, after notice to those persons who have appeared in the proceeding, and after hearing, shall reinstate its order appointing a receiver. A receiver thus appointed may use the security, or such part of the security as is necessary, to remedy the deficient conditions. A receivership thus reinstated shall be terminated only upon transfer of the facility to a purchaser approved by the department and the court, or upon closure of the facility.  If the receivership has not been terminated within twelve months of the appointment of the receiver, the court shall, after hearing, order either that the facility shall be closed, after an orderly transfer of the residents to appropriate alternative placements; or the facility shall be sold, under reasonable terms approved by the court, to a new owner approved for licensure by the department. The receivership period may be extended as necessary to protect the health and safety of the residents.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 72s (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 72s - Actions Against Receiver; Liability

Section 72S. No person shall bring an action against a receiver appointed under section seventy-two N without first securing leave of court. The receiver shall be liable in his personal capacity for gross negligence or intentional wrongdoing. In all other cases, the receiver shall be liable in his official capacity only, and any judgment rendered shall be satisfied out of the receivership assets.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 72t (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 72t - Effect of Appointment; Violation of Regulations

Section 72T. An order appointing a receiver under section seventy-two N shall have the effect of a license for the duration of the receivership. The receiver shall be responsible to the court for the conduct of the facility during the receivership, and any violation of regulations governing the conduct of the facility, if not promptly corrected, shall be reported by the department to the court.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 72u (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 72u - Rules and Regulations

Section 72U. The department is hereby authorized and directed to promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of sections seventy-two N to seventy-two T, inclusive.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 72v (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 72v - Nursing Homes, etc.; Storage Space for Residents

Section 72V. Every nursing home, rest home, or other long term care facility shall provide adequate and secure storage space for the personal property of each resident. The department shall promulgate regulations specifying methods to protect such property, including regulations providing individual access to each resident to said resident's private storage area which may include a locked drawer, to which each resident shall have a key, except that the administrator or his designee of each such facility shall hold a master key to any such locked spaces.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 72w (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 72w - Nurses' Aide Training

[See Order of the Commissioner of Public Health, dated May 12, 2020, (2019 MA EO H20-33) related to the COVID-19 State of Emergency, for potential impact on the terms of this section.]  Section 72W. As used in this section the following words shall have the following meanings:—  ''Long term care facility'', a convalescent home, nursing home, rest home or charitable home for the aged licensed under the provisions of section seventy-one.  ''Nurses' aide'', any employee of a long term care facility who provides nursing care under the supervision of a nurse for the purpose of providing safety, comfort, personal hygiene or protection of a patient in a long term care facility.  The commissioner after consultation with the secretary of elder affairs and the board of registration shall establish standards for the training of nurses' aides which shall include a minimum of sixty hours of training.  Any person administering a long term care facility who hires a nurses' aide shall provide such training for said nurses' aide within ninety days of the commencement of employment.  Any long term care facility which complies with the provisions of this section shall have the costs of such compliance recognized in its interim rate of payment.  The department shall make such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 72x (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 72x - Nursing Homes; No Smoking Areas; Use of Tobacco Products Prohibited

Section 72X. All public and private nursing homes shall designate no smoking sections in certain common areas, including lobbies, cafeterias, conference rooms and employee lounges. Using tobacco products, as defined in section 6 of chapter 270, by any employee of such nursing homes is hereby prohibited in all patient care areas.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 72aa (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 72aa - Informational Document Containing Laws and Regulations; Distribution by Long-Term Care Facilities

Section 72AA. Long-term care facilities shall distribute to each new resident, a resident's family member or health care proxy, at the time of admission, an informational document written by the department of public health in layperson's language about the laws and regulations that govern nursing homes, rest homes and long-term care facilities. Information in the document shall include, but not be limited to, the location of all relevant state and federal laws and regulations relating to long-term care facilities. The nursing home shall be required to maintain a record with the signature as acknowledgment of receipt by the resident, family member or health care proxy.  For the purposes of this section, ''long-term care facilities'' shall mean nursing homes or skilled nursing or rehabilitation facilities.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 72bb (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 72bb - Administering of Psychotropic Medication by Nursing Home, Rest Home or Other Long-Term Care Facility; Informed Consent

Section 72BB. (a) For the purposes of this section, the term ''facility'' shall mean a nursing home, rest home or other long-term care facility.  (b) The department shall establish a schedule of psychotropic medications that shall not be administered to a resident by a facility without informed written consent.  (c) Prior to administering psychotropic medication listed on the schedule created under subsection (b), a facility shall obtain the informed written consent of the resident, the resident's health care proxy or the resident's guardian. Informed written consent shall be obtained on a form approved by the department, which shall include, at a minimum, the following information: (i) the purpose for administering the listed psychotropic drug; (ii) the prescribed dosage; and (iii) any known effect or side effect of the psychotropic medication. The written consent form shall be kept in the resident's medical record.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 73 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 73 - Penalties

Section 73. Whoever advertises, announces, establishes or maintains, or is concerned in establishing or maintaining, a convalescent or nursing home, infirmary maintained in a town, a rest home, charitable home for the aged or intermediate care facility for persons with an intellectual disability, or is engaged in any such business, without a license granted under section seventy-one, or whoever being licensed under said section violates any provision of sections seventy-one to seventy-three, inclusive, shall for a first offense be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, and for a subsequent offense by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two years.  Whoever violates any rule or regulation made under sections seventy-one, seventy-two and seventy-two C shall be punished by such fine, not to exceed fifty dollars, as the department may establish. If any person violates any such rule or regulation by allowing a condition to exist which may be corrected or remedied, the department shall order him, in writing, to correct or remedy such condition, and if such person fails or refuses to comply with such order, each day during which such failure or refusal to comply continues shall constitute a separate offense.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 73a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 73a - Facilities Operated by and for Persons Who Rely Exclusively Upon Treatment by Spiritual Means Through Prayer for Healing

Section 73A. Nothing in this chapter or in any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, shall be construed to authorize or require any facility which is 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 be licensed or inspected except under laws, rules or regulations pertaining to sanitation, fire, safety, and building and construction codes; nor shall any guests, patients, residents or personnel thereof be subjected to any medical supervision, regulation or control in connection with the operation of any such facility.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 73b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 73b - Facilities Operated by Roman Catholic Church

Section 73B. Nothing in this chapter or in any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, shall be construed to authorize or require any facility which is operated for only those duly ordained priests, or for the members of the religious orders of the Roman Catholic Church in their own locations, buildings, residences or headquarters to provide care, shelter, treatment and medical assistance for any of the said duly ordained priests or members of the said religious orders, to be licensed or inspected; except under laws, rules or regulations pertaining to sanitation, fire, safety, and building construction codes; nor shall personnel while working at such facility be subjected to any requirements of medical supervision, regulation, or control in connection with the operation of any such facility.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 74 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 74 - Appropriation of Money for Maintenance of Free Bed in Hospital

Section 74. Any town not maintaining or managing a hospital may annually appropriate a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, to be paid to a hospital established in such town or in the vicinity thereof, for the establishment and maintenance of a free bed in the hospital for the care and treatment of persons certified by the selectmen to be residents of the town and unable to pay for such care and treatment. This section shall not apply to cities.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 75 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 75 - Unlawful Use of Buildings for Hospitals

Section 75. Whoever occupies or uses a building for a hospital in a part of a town prohibited by the aldermen or selectmen shall forfeit not more than fifty dollars for every month of such occupancy or use and in like proportion for a shorter time. The supreme judicial or superior court may restrain such occupancy or use.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 77 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 77 - Department; Duty to Provide Care and Treatment of Tuberculosis Patients

Section 77. The department shall have responsibility for providing hospital care and treatment for all persons resident in the commonwealth suffering from tuberculosis and who need such hospital care. Such care and treatment may be made available in hospitals within the department or under a contract basis in other public or private hospitals or sanatoria licensed for such care under section seventy-one. Contracts for such care may be made by the department under such arrangements as are determined reasonable and adequate by the department except in the case of county hospitals where contracts shall be made in accord with section seventy-eight.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 78 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 78 - Utilization of County Institutions; Contracts; Notice of Discontinuance; Payments; Regulations

Section 78. Where county institutions are utilized for providing such care and treatment, the department is authorized to enter into a contract with the county commissioners of the respective counties upon terms satisfactory to the contracting parties under which the county institutions will admit tuberculous patients and give them care and treatment in compliance with the terms of the contract and the regulations of the department in regard thereto. Such contracts shall be made for periods of not longer than two years and may be renewed upon such terms as are satisfactory to the parties. Should the department determine that a particular county institution will no longer be utilized for such tuberculosis care and treatment, it must give written notice of such intention to the county commissioners at least one year in advance of such discontinuance. If such notice is given and would take effect after the expiration of an existing contract, the terms of the existing contract shall remain in effect until the end of the notice period unless a new contract is entered into by the parties. Under the terms of contracts entered into under this section the department shall pay the institutions so utilized for all general health supplies, care, services and accommodations furnished each patient under the contract, the rates established by the executive office of health and human services or a governmental unit designated by the executive office.  The department is hereby authorized to adopt regulations concerning the care and treatment of tuberculous patients in hospitals under such contract arrangements. If a hospital or sanatorium is not in compliance with these regulations the department may refuse to utilize it for such contract care.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 78a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 78a - Hospital Care of Persons Suffering From Chronic Diseases; Admission; Cost

Section 78A. The trustees of a county tuberculosis hospital may admit as patients in said hospital persons who are suffering from chronic disease; provided, that sufficient beds are at all times available for persons with tuberculosis who are eligible for admission to said hospital; and provided, further, that before the trustees admit any such chronic disease patients, said hospital is inspected by the department, is duly licensed under section seventy-one, and otherwise complies with sections seventy-two and seventy-three. Such trustees shall promulgate rules and regulations concerning the admission of such chronic disease patients as well as the method of reimbursement and the charges for their care and treatment, notwithstanding any contrary provision of this chapter. The charges to the general public for all general health supplies, care, services and accommodations shall be the rate or rates established by the executive office of health and human services or a governmental unit designated by the executive office. Such rules and regulations shall be approved by the department before taking effect.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 79 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 79 - Admissions, Transfers and Discharges of Tuberculous Patients; Supervision; Rates of Charges

Section 79. The department shall have supervision and control of all admissions, transfers, and discharges of tuberculous patients in hospitals within the department or in other hospitals under contract with the department under sections seventy-seven and seventy-eight. The department may adopt regulations concerning such admissions, transfers, and discharges as it deems necessary. The rate or rates for general health supplies, care, services and accommodations to be paid hospitals caring for tuberculosis patients under contract with the department shall be those established by the executive office of health and human services or a governmental unit designated by the executive office. No such payment shall be made with respect to any patient not approved for admission by the department. In the case of hospitals under such contracts patients may be admitted who are reasonably suspected of having tuberculosis, but a final diagnosis must be made within sixty days of admission or such longer period as specifically authorized in writing by the department.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 81 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 81 - Programs of Control and Eradication of Tuberculosis; Responsibility

Section 81. The department shall have responsibility for conducting programs aimed at controlling and eradicating tuberculosis in the commonwealth. It may establish, foster, and give such aid and assistance as it deems necessary for the establishment and maintenance of out-patient and diagnostic facilities for tuberculosis within tuberculosis hospitals, in other institutions, or in collaboration with local boards of health. It shall provide co-ordination and consultation to local boards of health in gathering and disseminating information on a state-wide basis regarding the prevalence of tuberculosis in the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 81a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 81a - Use of Intradermal Tuberculin Tests to Show Freedom From Tuberculosis

Section 81A. No ordinance, by-law, rule or regulation of a board of health or the requirements of any public or private institution, school or college shall be enacted, promulgated, or continued in effect which would require a chest x-ray examination to show freedom from tuberculosis in a communicable form, unless the recipient of such x-ray is known to be tuberculin positive. Any report required by such ordinance, by-law, rule or regulation showing freedom from tuberculosis in a communicable form shall be based upon a negative intradermal tuberculin test that is administered and interpreted in a manner approved by the commissioner. In the case of a person whose tuberculin test is positive, a statement by a physician, based upon the results of a standard chest x-ray film shall be required, and such other laboratory and clinical examinations as may be necessary for the exclusion of tuberculosis in a communicable form.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 82 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 82 - Operation of Hospitals by County Commissioners or Trustees

Section 82. The county commissioners may operate and maintain a hospital for purposes as indicated in this section. Where the county commissioners or trustees of such hospital determine that they will provide care and treatment for tuberculous patients and they enter into a contract with the department for such care under section seventy-eight they may so operate such a hospital or portion of a hospital under the terms of such contract and the provisions of this chapter. Where a county has maintained a tuberculosis hospital or sanatorium and such institution is not to be included in the contractual arrangements for care of tuberculosis patients under section seventy-eight, or where, after the passage of time, contractual arrangements under section seventy-eight are not continued, the commissioners or trustees may after being licensed under section seventy-one convert such hospital into a chronic disease hospital, or a convalescent or nursing home, or a rest home, or the institution may be discontinued and the property liquidated in accordance with law. The county commissioners or trustees may with the approval of the department adopt such rules and regulations concerning the operation of their institutions as chronic disease hospitals, convalescent or nursing homes, or rest homes as they deem necessary. The county commissioners or trustees shall determine the admission policy of such institutions. The rates to be charged for all general health supplies, care, services and accommodations shall be established by the executive office of health and human services or a governmental unit designated by the executive office; provided, however, that such policy shall be approved by said executive office. The county commissioners or trustees may, however, continue to operate out-patient facilities for tuberculosis as long as such services are deemed by them to be necessary or advisable.