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MA Gen L ch 112 § 84b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 84b - Itemized List of Funeral Costs

Section 84B. Every licensed funeral director, his agent or servant, shall give, or cause to be given to the person making funeral arrangements, or arranging for shipment, transportation or other disposition of a deceased person, at the time such arrangements are completed or prior to the time of rendering the service, a written itemized statement showing to the extent then known the price of merchandise and service that such person making such arrangements has selected; the price of supplemental items of service and merchandise if any; the estimated amount of each item for which the funeral service firm will advance monies as an accommodation to the person making such funeral arrangements. No such funeral director, his agent or servant, shall bill or cause to be billed, any item that is referred to as a ''cash advanced'' item unless the net amount paid for such item by the funeral director, is the same amount as is billed to such funeral director. Each copy of such itemized statement shall be signed by the funeral director and the person making said arrangements. Any funeral director who fails to deliver such itemized statement to the person making such funeral arrangements shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment of not more than six months, or both.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 84c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 84c - Requirement That Funeral Directors Make Organ Donation Information Available

Section 84C. Every licensed funeral director, his agent or servant, when discussing preplanning conferences with potential clients, shall make available to those clients information and education regarding organ donation.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 85 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 85 - Rules and Regulations of Board of Registration in Embalming and Funeral Directing; Enforcement; Records; Inspection; Annual Reports; Investigations; Lists

Section 85. The board is authorized to adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations for the transaction of its business and the betterment and promotion of the standards of service and practice to be followed in the profession of embalming and funeral directing, as it may deem expedient and consistent with the laws of the commonwealth; to employ inspectors who shall investigate and report to the board the results of their investigations; to employ such other employees as the work of the board may require; to keep a record in which shall be registered the name and business address of every person and establishment to whom certificates have been granted under section eighty-three, the number and date of such certificate, and the date of each renewal thereof; to inspect the premises in which funeral directing is conducted or where embalming is practiced or where an applicant proposes to practice; to adopt such rules, regulations and classifications as may be reasonable and proper; to define what shall be deemed the proper construction, drainage and ventilation, and what instruments are necessary and suitable in a preparation room and in a funeral establishment. Said board shall be responsible for the enforcement of the provisions of sections eighty-three to eighty-seven, inclusive. The board shall hold examinations for applicants for registration at such times and places and in such manner as it shall determine. The board shall keep a record of all moneys received and disbursed by it, and a duplicate thereof shall always be open to public inspection in the office of the state secretary. It shall make an annual report showing the condition of embalming and of funeral directing in the commonwealth. It shall investigate all complaints of violations of the provisions of sections eighty-three to eighty-seven, inclusive, and, if necessary, bring such violations to the notice of the proper prosecuting officers. A certified list of all funeral directors registered by the board shall be sent by the board, annually before May 1, to the board of health of the several cities and towns of the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 85a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 85a - Reciprocal Agreements With Other States

Section 85A. The board may, upon the affirmative vote of a majority of its members, enter into and rescind at any time an agreement with the corresponding licensing authority of any other state competent to enter into such an agreement, which agreement shall be in substantially the following form:  We the undersigned representatives of ( <\//centw>),insert names of signatory states  by and through their respective licensing authorities, hereby jointly agree that a person duly registered and licensed as a funeral director, or embalmer in either one of the above named states may go into said other state for the purpose of handling, embalming, transporting and burying dead human bodies and directing funerals as though he were registered under the laws of that state, except that he shall not maintain an establishment, advertise, have any agent or agency or otherwise hold himself out as a funeral director or embalmer other than in the state in which he is licensed.  It is further agreed that the licensing authority of the state in which the funeral director or embalmer is licensed will assume the responsibility for instituting disciplinary action against any licensed funeral director or embalmer who may be guilty of unprofessional conduct in the practice of his business in the other state, when such is called to its attention by the licensing authority of that state.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 86 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 86 - Display of Certificate of Registration in Embalming, Funeral Directing or Establishment Certificate

Section 86. Every holder of a certificate of registration in embalming, every holder of a certificate of registration in funeral directing, and every holder of an establishment certificate shall conspicuously display it in his place of business.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 87 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 87 - Unlawful Embalming; Engaging in Business of Funeral Directing Without Registration; Penalty

Section 87. Whoever, not being registered as an embalmer under section eighty-three or corresponding provisions of earlier laws, shall engage in the profession of embalming dead human bodies, or whoever not being registered as a funeral director under section eighty-three and licensed as a funeral director under section forty-nine of chapter one hundred and fourteen shall engage in the business or profession of funeral directing, or shall hold himself out as such, shall, except as otherwise provided by law, be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two months, or both; but this shall not be deemed to prohibit the employment of apprentice embalmers serving under the personal supervision of a registered embalmer, or the employment of assistants in funeral directing under the personal supervision of a registered and licensed funeral director, nor shall it be deemed to prohibit a corporation or partnership, if not engaged in any other business, from engaging in the business of funeral directing, if a duly registered and licensed funeral director is in charge of the business of said corporation or partnership and his name is presented to public view and in all advertising. If such corporation or partnership engages in general advertising for the purpose of advertising funeral services, then all the individuals whose names shall appear on such advertisement shall also be duly registered and licensed funeral directors, and all active members of said corporation or partnership, together with those individuals whose names shall appear, or be used in connection with the name of the corporation or partnership in the regular course of its business in the conduct of funerals and for the purpose of advertising funeral services, shall also be duly registered and licensed funeral directors. No person engaged in embalming or funeral directing or serving as an apprentice shall act or be employed as a caretaker or supervisor at any cemetery.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 87a3/4 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 87a3/4 - Individuals or Firms Practicing Public Accountancy; Liability for Damages in Civil Actions Involving Claim or Defense of Fraud

Section 87A3/4. When an individual or firm licensed to practice public accountancy under section 87B or 87B1/2 is held liable for damages in a civil action arising from or related to its provision of services involving the practice of public accountancy, in which action a claim or defense of fraud is raised against the plaintiff or another party, individual or entity, and that plaintiff or other party, individual, or entity has been found to have acted fraudulently in the pending action or in another action or proceeding involving similar parties, individuals, entities and claims, and the fraud was related to the performance of the duties of the individual or firm licensed to practice public accountancy, the trier of fact shall determine: (a) the total amount of the plaintiff's damages, (b) the percentage of fault attributable to the fraudulent conduct of the plaintiff or other party, individual or entity contributing to the plaintiff's damages, and (c) the percentage of fault of the individual or firm in the practice of public accountancy in contributing to the plaintiff's damages. Under the circumstances set forth in this section, individuals or firms in the practice of public accountancy shall not be required to pay damages in an amount greater than the percentage of fault attributable only to their services as so determined. This section shall not apply where a finding is made that the acts of the individual or firm in the practice of public accountancy were willful and knowing. In such an action involving the practice of public accountancy in which a claim or defense of fraud is raised, if there is pending a separate action or proceeding in which the alleged fraudulent conduct of the same party, individuals or entity against whom the claim or defense is raised is to be adjudicated or determined, the court may stay, on its own or by motion, the action involving the practice of public accountancy until the other action or proceeding is concluded or the issue of fraudulent conduct is determined in that other action.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 87d1/2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 87d1/2 - Public Accountancy; Injunctions or Restraining Orders to Prohibit Unauthorized Practices; Criminal Proceedings

Section 87D1/2. Whenever, as a result of an investigation or otherwise, the board believes that any person or firm has engaged, or is about to engage, in any acts or practices which constitute or will constitute a violation of section eighty-seven D, the board may make application to the appropriate court for an order enjoining such acts or practices, and upon a showing by the board that such person or firm has engaged, or is about to engage, in any such acts or practices, an injunction, restraining order or other order as may be appropriate shall be granted by such court.  Whenever, by reason of an investigation, the board has reason to believe that any person or firm has knowingly engaged in acts or practices which constitute a violation of section eighty-seven D, the board may bring its information to the attention of the attorney general, or other appropriate law enforcement officer, who may, in his discretion, cause appropriate criminal proceedings to be brought thereon.  In any action brought pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, evidence of the commission of a single act prohibited by said provisions shall be sufficient to justify a penalty, injunction, restraining order or conviction, respectively, without evidence of a general course of conduct.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 87e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 87e - Public Accountancy; Records Incidental to Rendering Services; Confidential Information

Section 87E. All statements, records, schedules, working papers, and memoranda made by a licensee or a partner, member, shareholder, officer, director, or employee of a licensee, incident to, or in the course of, rendering services to a client in the practice of public accountancy, except the reports submitted by the licensee to the client and except for records which are part of the client's records, shall be and remain the property of the licensee in the absence of an express agreement between the licensee and the client to the contrary. No such statement, record, schedule, working paper, or memorandum shall be sold, transferred, or bequeathed, without the consent of the client or his personal representative or assignee, to anyone other than one or more surviving partners, member or stockholders or new partners, member or stockholders of the licensee, or any combined or merged firm or successor in interest to the licensee.  A licensee shall furnish to his client or former client, upon request and reasonable notice:  (1) a copy of the licensee's working papers, to the extent that such working papers include records that would ordinarily constitute part of the client's records and are not otherwise available to the client; and  (2) any accounting or other records belonging to, or obtained from or on behalf of, the client which the licensee removed from the client's premises or received for the client's account. The licensee may make and retain copies of such documents of the client when they form the basis for work done by him.  Except by permission of the client engaging a licensee or the heirs, successors or personal representatives of such client, a licensee or any partner, member, officer, shareholder or employee of a licensee shall not voluntarily disclose information communicated to him by the client relating to and in connection with services rendered to the client by the licensee in the practice of public accountancy. Such information shall be deemed confidential; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting the disclosure of information required to be disclosed by the standards of the public accounting profession in reporting on the examination of financial statements, or as prohibiting disclosures in court proceedings, in investigations or proceedings conducted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, in ethical investigations conducted by private professional organizations, or in the course of quality reviews.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 87e1/2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 87e1/2 - Public Accountancy; Reviewer Disclosure of Materials Relating to Quality Reviews; Liability

Section 87E1/2. A reviewer shall not be permitted or required to testify or otherwise provide evidence or discovery in any civil action, arbitration, judicial or administrative proceeding relating to a quality review in which the reviewer was involved, and any proceeding, record, report, finding, recommendation, opinion and work paper prepared by or on behalf of a reviewer in connection with a quality review shall not be subject to subpoena, discovery or other means of legal process in any such proceeding and shall not be admissible evidence in any such proceeding, except that: (i) quality review reports voluntarily submitted to the board by the reviewed accountant or accounting firm may be reviewed and relied upon by the board; and (ii) quality reviews required by the board pursuant to section eighty-seven C1/2, and any documentary record, report, finding, recommendation, opinion and work paper prepared by or on behalf of a reviewer in connection therewith, and the testimony of the reviewer, shall be made available to the board upon its request and may be relied upon by the board. Disclosure to the board under the provisions of clause (i) or (ii) shall not render such materials or testimony publicly available or otherwise discoverable or subject to legal process or admission in a civil proceeding; provided, however, that if otherwise admissible, such materials or testimony may be admitted under seal in a proceeding brought by the reviewed accountant challenging an action of the board taken in reliance, in whole or in part, on said review.  No person or firm shall be liable as a result of providing information or documents to a reviewer as part of a quality review.  No reviewer acting in good faith shall be liable as a result of any act or omission in connection with a quality review.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 87u (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 87u - Aesthetics, Barbering, Cosmetology, Electrolysis, Hairdressing and Manicuring; Registration of Students; Practice Upon Paying Customers

Section 87U. The board may require schools to register or report the progress of enrolled students. No fee shall be required for such registration. No student shall practice aesthetics, barbering, electrolysis, hairdressing or manicuring upon any paying customer and no school shall directly or indirectly make any charge for services in connection with such practice of aesthetics, barbering, cosmetology, electrolysis, hairdressing or manicuring. A school shall not pay a student for any services rendered by the student.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 87v (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 87v - Aesthetics, Barbering, Cosmetology, Electrolysis, Hairdressing and Manicuring; Rules and Regulations; Examinations; Specialty Limited Licenses

Section 87V. The board shall make such uniform rules and regulations as the board deems proper for the performance of its duties, the practice of aesthetics, barbering, cosmetology, electrolysis, hairdressing, manicuring, mobile services, the operation of shops and mobile businesses and rules governing the education, experience or examination requirements for applicants for an aesthetician, barber, cosmetologist, electrologist or manicurist licenses. The board shall hold frequent examinations in the greater Boston area and at such other convenient locations as it deems necessary. The board may issue specialty limited licenses within the practice of aesthetics, barbering, cosmetology, electrolysis, hairdressing and manicuring to the extent necessary for the protection of the public's health, safety and welfare. Natural hair braiding shall be exempt from the rules and regulations issued by the board.  Except as may be necessary for the protection of the public health, safety or morals, the board shall not make any rule or regulation restraining the normal and incidental business of a person licensed or authorized by the board by restricting the retail sale of beauty preparations, lotions, salves, toilet articles, jewelry, gift novelties, personal attire and accessories or other articles.  The practice of aesthetics, barbering, cosmetology, electrolysis, hairdressing and manicuring shall be engaged only in a licensed shop or other location authorized by the board and shall be provided with such instruments, implements and equipment and subject to such sanitary regulations and inspection as said board may prescribe. The board shall promulgate rules and regulations permitting the dual use of a room for massage therapy and cosmetology within the establishment provided the establishment is also licensed as a massage therapy establishment.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 87w (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 87w - Licensing of Demonstrators; Licensing of Hairdresser, Barber, Cosmetologist, Aesthetician, Operator or Instructor as Demonstrator; Fees; Place of Demonstrations

Section 87W. Any demonstrator who has had at least 3 months of practical experience as such and who, after application, accompanied by a notarized affidavit from each manufacturer or distributor for whom the demonstrator is or was employed during such 3–month period and the fee as provided in section 87CC, together with 2 pictures of the applicant, may be licensed by the board as a demonstrator and thereafter may practice as a demonstrator. Any person who is licensed as a hairdresser, barber, cosmetologist, aesthetician, operator or instructor may, upon payment of said fee, be licensed also as a demonstrator and may thereafter practice as such. Such demonstrations shall be given by a demonstrator only in a licensed shop, in the business quarters of distributors or supply houses in the commonwealth, at professional trade shows or meetings in the presence of licensed shop owners and their employees or in schools or post-secondary institutions with a licensed instructor in attendance or in another location authorized by the board.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 87x (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 87x - Aesthetics, Barbering, Cosmetology, Electrolysis, Hairdressing and Manicuring; Misrepresentation or False, Fraudulent or Misleading Statements by Licensee Prohibited

Section 87X. No licensee shall include in any advertising or publish, issue or make any misrepresentation or false, fraudulent or misleading statements through the press, circulation of advertising matter, radio, television, display signs or otherwise.
MA Gen L ch 112 § 87z (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations|Section 87z - Aesthetics, Barbering, Cosmetology, Electrolysis, Hairdressing and Manicuring; Reciprocity Licensing; Additional Education Requirement

Section 87Z. The board may license, with or without examination, any individual who has been licensed as an aesthetician, barber, cosmetologist, electrologist or manicurist under the laws of another state, which, in the opinion of the board, maintains a standard substantially equivalent to that of the commonwealth. The board may require additional education if it determines that the standards required for the licensing in another state are inconsistent with the standards in effect in the commonwealth.  The word ''state'', as used in this section, shall include the District of Columbia, any territory of the United States or foreign country, state or province.