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MA Gen L ch 111 § 50 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 50 - Establishment and Maintenance of Dental, Medical and Health Clinics; Appropriations

Section 50. Towns may establish and maintain dental, medical and health clinics, and in connection therewith may conduct campaigns of general education relative to matters of public health. Acting through their respective boards of health, they may unite and co-operate for the foregoing purposes and may provide for the maintenance of clinics as aforesaid in one or more of the towns so uniting.  All appropriations made for the purposes of this section shall be expended under the direction of the local board of health, and clinics established hereunder shall be conducted subject to such rules and regulations as said board may establish.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 51a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 51a - Out-of-Hospital Dialysis Units; Licensing

Section 51A. The department shall establish rules and regulations for the licensing of out-of-hospital dialysis units not operated as a part of a hospital licensed under this chapter. The department shall issue for a term of two years and renew for a like term, a license to maintain an out-of-hospital dialysis unit to any person whom it deems responsible and suitable to establish and maintain such a unit; provided, that said person presents evidence satisfactory to the department that said person has and maintains a written agreement with a hospital licensed under this section which maintains a chronic dialysis unit for supportive services deemed necessary by the department through regulation. Any license so granted shall be deemed an original license. Said licenses shall be subject to suspension, revocation, or refusal to renew for cause, subject to the provisions of this section. The fee for issue or renewal of said license shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 51b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 51b - Pregnancy Clinics

Section 51B. Local boards of health, hospitals, dispensaries or other agencies may establish and maintain clinics or other services for pregnant girls and women for the purpose of carrying pregnancies to full term and delivery. For the purpose of this section, such other services may include medical treatment for such pregnant persons and, their unborn or newborn children, and reasonable transportation costs to and from the place where such treatment is given, subject to the rules and regulations which the department may from time to time establish.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 51c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 51c - Applications for Staff Membership or Clinical Privileges; Discrimination

Section 51C. Each hospital, or other institution, licensed under section fifty-one shall not discriminate against an individual qualified within the scope of his or her license when considering or acting on an application for staff membership or clinical privileges to practice podiatry.  Each application shall be considered solely on the basis of the individual training, current competence, experience, ability, personal character and judgment of the applicant.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 51f (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 51f - Applications by Licensed Independent Clinical Social Workers for Staff Membership or Clinical Privileges; Discrimination

Section 51F. No hospital, or other institution, licensed under section fifty-one shall discriminate against an individual qualified within the scope of his license when considering or acting on an application of a licensed independent clinical social worker for staff membership or clinical privileges. Each application shall be considered solely on the basis of individual education, training, current competence and experience. Each hospital shall establish, in consultation with the director of social service or, if none, a consulting licensed independent clinical social worker, the specific standards, criteria and procedures to admit applicants for staff membership and clinical privileges.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 51i (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 51i - Checklists of Care

Section 51I. (a) As used in this section the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:  ''Adverse event'', injury to a patient resulting from a medical intervention and not from the underlying condition of the patient.  ''Checklist of care'', pre-determined steps to be followed by a team of healthcare providers before, during and after a given procedure to decrease the possibility of adverse effects and other patient harm by articulating standards of care.  ''Facility,'' a hospital, an institution maintaining an Intensive Care Unit, an institution providing surgical services or clinic providing ambulatory surgery.  (b) The department shall encourage the development and implementation of checklists of care that prevent adverse events and reduce healthcare-associated infection rates. The department shall develop model checklists of care, which may be implemented by facilities,-provided, however, that facilities may develop and implement checklists independently.  (c) Facilities shall report data and information relative to the use or non-use of checklists to the department and the Betsy Lehman center for patient safety and medical error reduction. The department may consider facilities that use similar programs to be in compliance. Reports shall be made in the manner and form established by the department. The department shall publicly report on individual hospitals' compliance rates.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 51j (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 51j - Limited Services Clinics

Section 51J. The department shall promulgate regulations regarding limited services clinics. The regulations shall promote the availability of limited services clinics as a point of access for health care services within the full scope of practice of a nurse practitioner.  Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to allow a limited service clinic to serve as a patient's primary care provider. Further, nothing in this section shall be interpreted to allow a limited service clinic to refer patients to a non-primary care provider, unless the limited service clinic is a satellite of, or is otherwise affiliated with, a health care facility licensed under section 51 or other licensed practitioners and the non-primary care provider practice in the facility or is a licensed practitioner.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 51k (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 51k - Home Health Agency Licensure

Section 51K. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise:  ''Home health agency'', an entity or organization that provides home health services; provided, however, that ''home health agency'' shall not include an entity operated by either the federal government or the commonwealth providing home health services.  ''Home health services'', skilled nursing services or other therapeutic services provided in a patient's home with supervision by a physician or registered nurse.  (b) Unless otherwise expressly authorized by the department, no person shall establish, maintain, operate or hold oneself out as a home health agency without a home health agency license issued by the department and no organization or entity shall provide home health services, use the words ''home health'' to describe its services or establish, maintain, operate or hold itself out as a home health agency without a home health agency license issued by the department.  (c) The department shall issue for a term of 3 years, and renew for a like term, a license to maintain a home health agency to an entity or organization that demonstrates to the department that it is responsible and suitable to maintain such an agency. A home health agency license shall be subject to suspension, revocation or refusal to renew for cause. Initial application and renewal fees for the license shall be established pursuant to section 3B of chapter 7.  The department may impose a fine of up to $10,000 on a person or entity that advertises, announces, establishes, maintains or is concerned in establishing or maintaining a home health agency without a license granted by the department. The department may impose a fine of not more than $10,000 on a licensed home health agency that violates this section or any rule or regulation promulgated hereunder. Each day during which a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense. The department may conduct surveys and investigations to enforce compliance with this section.  (d) A home health agency certified for participation in either Medicare or Medicaid shall be deemed to meet the requirements of the initial licensure application and the department may approve such an application upon a finding of responsibility and suitability and that the agency meets all other licensure requirements as determined by the department. Nothing in this subsection shall limit the authority of the department to require a fee, impose a fine, conduct surveys and investigations or to suspend, revoke or refuse to renew a license pursuant to subsection (c).  (e) The department shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement this section.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 53 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 53 - Classification of Hospitals; Rules and Regulations; Dialysis Units; Inspections

[See Order of the Commissioner of Public Health, dated April 28, 2020, (2019 MA EO H20-29) related to the COVID-19 State of Emergency, for potential impact on the terms of this section.]  Section 53. The department shall classify all hospitals. The department shall, after a public hearing, promulgate rules and regulations for the conduct of hospitals and clinics. Such rules and regulations shall include requirements for diagnostic and therapeutic facilities for the study, diagnosis, treatment and care of patients, and the keeping of proper medical records. The department shall, after a public hearing, promulgate rules and regulations for the conduct of institutions for unwed mothers. Such rules and regulations shall include requirements for the care and supervision of unwed mothers, and the keeping of proper medical records. The department shall promulgate rules and regulations for the conduct of out-of-hospital dialysis units, which rules and regulations shall include requirements for the care and treatment of patients, the keeping of proper medical records, provisions for the referral of patients to the unit, provisions for the referral of patients to other modes of treatment, including kidney transplant and home dialysis and provisions of in-hospital and other supportive services as deemed necessary by the department through regulation. A dialysis unit shall have on duty sufficient direct care nursing personnel to ensure that all patients undergoing dialysis have nursing care available at all times provided by registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and other staff trained in chronic dialysis at a ratio of at least one direct patient care staff member to every three patients. The department or its agents may visit and inspect at any time any institution, entity, or unit subject to licensure under section fifty-one.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 53a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 53a - Hospitals and In-Patient Clinics to Offer and Perform ''pap Tests''

Section 53A. Every hospital and in-patient clinic licensed by the department or financially supported in whole or in part by the commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof shall offer to administer to any female, eighteen years of age and older, admitted as a patient to said hospital or clinic a Papanicolaou's Stain or Pap test, so-called, provided said female shall pay the cost of such test.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 53b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 53b - Physician Staff Privileges; Report of Denial, Restriction, Revocation or Failure to Renew; Liability of Informant; Annual Disciplinary Summary; Penalty

Section 53B. Any person licensed under section fifty-one shall report to the board of registration in medicine when the licensee denies, restricts, revokes, or fails to renew staff privileges, or accepts the resignation of, any physician registered with the board as qualified to practice medicine in the commonwealth for any reason related to the registrant's competence to practice medicine or for any reason related to a complaint or allegation regarding any violation of law or regulation, or hospital, health care facility or professional medical association by-laws, whether or not the complaint or allegation specifically cites violation of a specific law, regulation or by-law. The report shall be filed within thirty days of the occurrence of the reportable action and include a statement detailing the nature and circumstances of the action, its date, and the reasons for it. Except as provided in section five of chapter one hundred and twelve, all information contained in a report filed under this section shall be confidential, and the board may disclose it only if doing so is necessary to enable the board to use the information in a disciplinary proceeding against the registrant. Any person reporting information to the board under this section shall not be civilly liable for reporting such information if made and filed in good faith and without malice.  Any licensee subject to the reporting requirements set forth above shall file an annual disciplinary summary with the board of registration in medicine. The annual disciplinary summary shall be filed no later than January thirty-first for each previous calendar year. The annual disciplinary summary shall summarize the reports submitted for the previous calendar year. The annual disciplinary summary shall be sent by certified or registered mail, and it shall be under oath. If the licensee submitted no reports for the previous calendar year, then the annual disciplinary summary shall state that no reports were required. The board of registration in medicine shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary to carry out the intent of this section.  Upon a finding of violation of this section, the board of registration in medicine may assess a fine not in excess of ten thousand dollars.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 53c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 53c - Non-Reusable Syringes; Regulation Advisory Committee

Section 53C. Every hospital, clinic or home health care provider licensed by the department or receiving funds from the commonwealth shall comply with regulations issued by the department requiring the use of non-reusable syringes for all human injections which are intended to be for a single use. Such regulations shall be issued by the department no later than January first, nineteen hundred and ninety-four, and may contain such reasonable exceptions and enforcement provisions as the commissioner may determine.  In promulgating such regulations, the commissioner shall consider the recommendations of the non-reusable syringe regulation advisory committee. Said committee shall be appointed by the commissioner, and shall consist of one representative of an organization concerned with AIDS, one representative of a hospital organization, one representative of a nursing organization, one representative of health care professions, one representative of licensed clinics, one representative of a manufacturer of medical devices, including non-reusable syringes, one representative of a health insurer, one representative of a drug addiction and treatment program, and one representative of an organization concerned with public health.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 53e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 53e - Patient and Family Advisory Councils; Establishment

Section 53E. The department shall promulgate regulations for the establishment of a patient and family advisory council at each hospital in the commonwealth. The council shall advise the hospital on matters including, but not limited to, patient and provider relationships, institutional review boards, quality improvement initiatives and patient education on safety and quality matters. Members of a council may act as reviewers of publicly reported quality information, members of task forces, members of awards committees for patient safety activities, members of advisory boards, participants on search committees and in the hiring of new staff, and may act as co-trainers for clinical and nonclinical staff, in-service programs, and health professional trainees or as participants in reward and recognition programs.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 53f (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 53f - Requests for Additional Assistance for Deteriorating Patients

Section 53F. The department shall require acute care hospitals to have a suitable method for health care staff members, patients and families to request additional assistance directly from a specially-trained individual if the patient's condition appears to be deteriorating. The acute care hospital shall have an early recognition and response method most suitable for the hospital's needs and resources, such as a rapid response team. The method shall be available 24 hours per day.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 53g (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 53g - Entity Certified as Ambulatory Surgical Center for Participation in Medicaid Program Deemed a Clinic for Purposes of Licensure Under Sec. 51.

Section 53G. Any entity that is certified or seeking certification as an ambulatory surgical center by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for participation in the Medicare program shall be a clinic for the purpose of licensure under section 51, and shall be deemed to be in compliance with the conditions for licensure as a clinic under said section 51 if it is accredited to provide ambulatory surgery services by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, Inc., the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities or any other national accrediting body that the department determines provides reasonable assurances that such conditions are met. No original license shall be issued pursuant to said section 51 to establish any such ambulatory surgical clinic unless there is a determination by the department that there is a need for such a facility. For purposes of this section, ''clinic'' shall not include a clinic conducted by a hospital licensed under said section 51 or by the federal government or the commonwealth. The department shall promulgate regulations to implement this section.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 53h (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 53h - Contracts With Physicians Affecting Ability to Testify in Administrative or Judicial Hearings

Section 53H. No hospital shall enter into a contract or agreement which creates or establishes a partnership, employment or any other professional relationship with a licensed physician that would prohibit or limit the ability of that physician to provide testimony in an administrative or judicial hearing, including cases of medical malpractice.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 54 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 54 - Audit of Medical Records

Section 54. The department shall, when deemed necessary, but not more than once in each year, order an audit of the medical records required to be kept by a hospital, institution for unwed mothers out-of-hospital dialysis units or a clinic under the provisions of section fifty-three. Such audit shall be made by persons designated by the department, shall be conducted under the direction of the department and be made entirely at the expense of such hospital, institution for unwed mothers out-of-hospital dialysis units or clinic, as the case may be.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 55 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 55 - Advisory Council on the Licensing of Hospitals, Hospital Surveys and Construction Planning

Section 55. There shall be an advisory council on the licensing of hospitals, hospital surveys and construction planning, consisting of the commissioners of public health, mental health and public welfare, ex officiis, and twelve persons, who shall include representatives of nongovernmental organizations or groups, of agencies of the commonwealth concerned with the operation, construction or utilization of hospitals, and of consumers of hospital services selected from persons familiar with the need of such services in urban or rural areas, to be appointed by the governor. As the term of office of an appointive member expires, his successor shall be appointed by the governor, in like manner, for a term of four years. No member shall be reappointed for more than two years. The commissioner of public health shall be the chairman of the council. Members of said council shall serve without compensation but each member shall be paid by the commonwealth the traveling expenses necessarily incurred by him in connection with the performance of his official duties.  Said advisory council shall in order to carry out the Hospital and Medical Facilities Amendments of 1964 (P.L. 88–443), and any other applicable federal law, consult with and advise the department in any matter relative to surveying the need for hospitals and to developing a program for constructing the same.