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MA Gen L ch 111 § 6a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 6a - Hemophilia; Program for Care and Treatment; Definition

Section 6A. The department shall establish a program for the care and treatment of persons suffering from hemophilia. For the purposes of this and sections six B and six C, hemophilia shall mean a bleeding tendency resulting from a genetically determined deficiency of a clotting factor in the blood. This program shall assist persons who require continuing treatment with blood and blood derivatives to avoid crippling, extensive hospitalization and other effects associated with this condition, but who are unable to pay for the entire cost of such services on a continuing basis.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 6b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 6b - Hemophilia Advisory Committee

Section 6B. The commissioner shall appoint a Hemophilia Advisory Committee, hereafter referred to as the committee, to consult with the department in the administration of this act. The committee shall be composed of five persons representing hospitals, the Massachusetts Blood Bank Association, voluntary agencies interested in hemophilia, medical specialists in hemophilia patient care and the general public.  The commissioner shall appoint one member as chairman. Each member shall hold office for a term of four years and until his successor is appointed and qualified. The committee shall meet as frequently as the chairman deems necessary, but not less than once each year.  The committee members shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in carrying out their official duties.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 6c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 6c - Hemophilia Program; Powers and Duties of Department

Section 6C. The department shall:—  (a) With the advice of the committee, develop standards for determining eligibility for and the nature of treatment under this program;  (b) Extend financial assistance to persons suffering from hemophilia in obtaining blood, blood derivatives and concentrates, and other efficacious agents for treatment of hemophilia in hospital, medical and dental facilities, and at home;  (c) Assist in the development and expansion of programs for the care and treatment of persons suffering from hemophilia, including self-administration, prevention, and home care and other medical and dental procedures and techniques designed to provide maximum control over bleeding episodes typical of this condition;  (d) Institute and carry on educational programs among physicians, dentists, hospitals, public health departments, and the public concerning hemophilia, including dissemination of information and the conducting of educational programs concerning the methods of care and treatment of persons suffering from this condition; and  (e) Promulgate all rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this section and sections six A and six B.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 6d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 6d - Advisory Committee for Genetically Handicapped Persons; Investigation and Study; Rules and Regulations

Section 6D. There is hereby established within the department an advisory committee for genetically handicapped persons, hereinafter referred to as the committee. The committee shall be composed of six members to be appointed by the commissioner, one of whom shall be a geneticist, two of whom shall be medical specialists, at least one of whom shall be a neurologist involved in the medical treatment of individuals afflicted with inherited neurological degenerative diseases in persons of Portuguese ancestry, and three of whom shall be members of the general public. Each member shall hold office for a term of four years and until his successor is appointed and qualified. The members of the committee shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in carrying out their official duties.  The department shall, with the advice and recommendations of the committee, make an investigation and study into heredo-familial neuronal degenerative diseases including, but not limited to, autosomal dominant motor system diseases in persons of Portuguese ancestry variously known as Machado's Disease, Joseph's Disease, Azorean Disease, Machado–Joseph's Disease or spino-nigro-dentatal degeneration, Huntington's Chorea, Friedreich's Ataxia and similar disorders. Said investigation and study shall be conducted for the purposes of establishing and administering a program for the medical care, treatment and counseling of genetically handicapped persons afflicted with the said medical problems.  The department shall adopt rules and regulations for the establishment of a medical program for those afflicted with Machado's Disease, Joseph's Disease, Azorean Disease, Machado's–Joseph's Disease, spino-nigro-dentatal degeneration, Huntington's Chorea and Friedreich's Ataxia and all other heredo-familial neuronal degenerations for the purpose of providing access to educational, social, and medical support services, including, but not limited to, transportation, emergency financial assistance, home nursing care, family and genetic counseling to those at risk or to those afflicted, financial assistance to those attending clinics and related medical expenses including prescription drugs, wheelchairs and communication devices which serve to aid those so afflicted.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 6e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 6e - Collection and Report of Data on Law Enforcement-Related Injuries and Deaths

[Text of section added by 2020, 253, Sec. 86 effective July 1, 2021. See 2020, 253, Sec. 122.]  Section 6E. The department shall collect and report data on law enforcement-related injuries and deaths. The commissioner shall promulgate regulations necessary to implement this section, including, but not limited to, protocols and procedures for the reporting of law enforcement-related injuries and deaths to the department by physicians and other licensed health care professionals.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 7 - Investigation of Contagious or Infectious Diseases; Notice

Section 7. If smallpox or any other contagious or infectious disease declared by the department to be dangerous to the public health exists or is likely to exist in any place within the commonwealth, the department shall make an investigation thereof and of the means of preventing the spread of the disease, and shall consult thereon with the local authorities. It shall have co-ordinate powers as a board of health, in every town, with the board of health thereof. It may require the officers in charge of any city or state institution, charitable institution, public or private hospital, dispensary or maternity hospital, or any board of health, or the physicians in any town to give notice of cases of any disease declared by the said department to be dangerous to the public health. Such notice shall be given in such manner as the department may deem advisable. If any such officer, board or physician refuses or neglects to give such notice, he or they shall forfeit not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 8 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 8 - Use of Common Drinking Cup or Towel; Rules and Regulations

Section 8. In order to prevent the spread of communicable diseases, the department may prohibit in hotels and in such public places, vehicles or buildings as it may designate the providing of a common drinking cup or a common towel, and may establish rules and regulations for this purpose. Whoever violates any such rule or regulation shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 8a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 8a - Poisonous or Corrosive Substances; Disposal or Closures of Containers

Section 8A. The department shall make such rules and regulations concerning the disposal or discard of containers of poisonous substances and concerning the closures of containers of corrosive substances intended for household use as it shall deem necessary for the protection of the lives and safety of the public, which rules and regulations may provide penalties for the violation thereof not exceeding five hundred dollars for any one offence.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 9 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 9 - Inspectors, Analysts and Chemists; Appointment; Removal; Power and Authority; Interference With

Section 9. In the performance of the duties relative to the sale of drugs and food the commissioner may appoint and remove inspectors, analysts and chemists. Such inspectors shall, in addition to the powers given by sections one hundred and twenty-one to one hundred and twenty-three, inclusive, of chapter ninety-four, have the same power and authority relative to drugs, fish, food and milk as is given inspectors of milk by sections thirty-five and sixty of said chapter. Such inspectors shall, in the enforcement of laws relative to controlled substances as defined in section one of chapter ninety-four C, have all the powers and authority of police officers and constables except the power to serve civil process. Inspectors assigned to investigate violations of laws relative to controlled substances as defined in section one of chapter ninety-four C may at the request of the commissioner carry revolvers, billies, clubs, handcuffs and any other paraphernalia necessary for their protection and the enforcement of such laws. Whoever hinders, obstructs or in any way interferes with any such inspector, analyst or chemist in the performance of his official duty shall for the first offence be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars, and for a subsequent offence by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 14a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 14a - Rheumatic Fever; Treatment of Patients

Section 14A. The department shall purchase and distribute to the boards of health in cities and towns penicillin and such other prophylactic drugs as the commissioner may approve for the treatment of persons recovering from rheumatic fever, and said local board of health may furnish such drugs free of cost to any such person when they are prescribed for him by his physician, provided that such person, or the person bound by law to support him, is unable to pay for such drugs.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 15 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 15 - Services for Division of Animal Health

Section 15. The department may perform for the division of animal health, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon, such services in its laboratory as may be necessary in the examination of materials from animals suspected of being infected with glanders, tuberculosis, rabies or other diseases of domestic animals.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 16 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 16 - Unsanitary Condition of Barns, Stables or Enclosures in Which Cattle Are Kept; Report

Section 16. The department shall report to the director of animal health all cases brought to its attention where barns, stables or other enclosures, in which neat cattle, other ruminants or swine are kept, are in an unsanitary condition.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 17 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 17 - Disposal of Sewage; Consultation, Advice or Experiments; Hearing; Improvements; Definition

Section 17. The department of environmental protection, in this section called the department, shall consult with and advise the officers of towns and persons having or about to have systems of water supply, drainage or sewerage as to the most appropriate source of water supply and the best method of assuring its purity, or as to the best method of disposing of their drainage or sewage with reference to the existing and future needs of other towns or persons which may be affected thereby. It shall also consult with and advise persons engaged or intending to engage in any manufacturing or other business whose drainage or sewage may tend to pollute any inland water as to the best method of preventing such pollution, and it may conduct experiments to determine the best methods of the purification or disposal of drainage or sewage. Towns, districts and persons shall submit to said department for its advice and approval their proposed system of water supply or of the disposal of drainage or sewage, and no such system shall be established without such approval. All petitions to the general court for authority to introduce a system of water supply, drainage or sewerage shall be accompanied by a copy of the recommendation, advice and approval of said department thereon. The department may after a public hearing require a town, person, district or water company to make such improvements relative to any existing treatment, works or system of water supply as in its judgment may be necessary for the protection of public health. In this section the term ''drainage'' means rainfall, surface and subsoil water only, and ''sewage'' means domestic and manufacturing filth and refuse.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 18 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 18 - Powers and Duties of District Health Officer

Section 18. Every district health officer shall inform himself respecting the sanitary condition of his district and concerning all influences dangerous to the public health or threatening to affect the same; he shall gather all information possible concerning the prevalence of tuberculosis and other diseases dangerous to the public health within his district, shall disseminate knowledge as to the best methods of preventing the spread of such diseases, and shall take such steps as, after consultation with the department and the local authorities, shall be deemed advisable for their eradication.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 19 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 19 - Annual Report of District Health Officer

Section 19. Every such officer shall keep a record of his proceedings and observations, shall annually on or before December first make a report thereof to the department, shall from time to time furnish the department with such information as it may require of circumstances affecting the public health in his district, and shall in every instance where a written suggestion is made by him to the local authorities send a copy of such suggestion to said department.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 20 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 20 - Inspection of Correctional Institutions and Lockups; Findings and Recommendations; Report

Section 20. The department shall, semiannually, inspect each correctional institution, as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and twenty-five, and shall, annually, inspect each lockup established pursuant to the provisions of section thirty-four of chapter forty or under the jurisdiction of the state police, and shall file a report of its findings and recommendations, with respect to the compliance of each such facility with the rules and regulations promulgated under the authority of section twenty-one, with the department of correction, the secretary of health and human services, the superintendent or administrator of each such facility and the general court.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 21 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 21 - Rules for Living Conditions of Detainees; Enforcement

Section 21. The department shall make rules and regulations for police station houses, lockups, houses of detention, jails, houses of correction, prisons and reformatories, regarding the care and use of drinking cups and of dishes used for food, the care and use of bedding, appropriate clothing for detainees, the ventilation of the buildings, the minimum plumbing facilities for human habitation, and the general health and safety of the detainee. A copy of such rules as are applicable to station houses, houses of detention or lockups shall be sent by the said department to the mayor of every city and to the selectmen of every town to which the rules apply; and a copy of such rules as are applicable to jails, houses of correction, prisons or reformatories shall be sent by the department to the proper authorities. Said officials shall enforce said rules.  The commissioner shall, following a public hearing, cause any facility failing to comply with the rules and regulations promulgated under the authority of this section to close until said facility is found to be in compliance and receives written notification from the department to that effect.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 22 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 22 - Approval of Plans for Police Station Houses, Houses of Detention or Lockups; Enforcement

Section 22. No station house, house of detention or lockup shall be built until the department has approved, in writing, the plans for the provisions for lighting, heating, ventilation and plumbing, the dimensions and form of construction and the location of the cells. The commissioner may cause any facility failing to comply with the provisions of this section to close until such time as the department has approved the plans of such facility and has inspected the facility in accordance with the provisions of section twenty.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 23 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 23 - Annual Report of Commissioner of Environmental Protection; Recommendations

Section 23. The commissioner of environmental protection shall make an annual report, including the results of the examination of main outlets of sewers and drainage of towns and the effect of sewage disposal, with such recommendations for the preservation of the interest of persons and property and for the prevention of offensive odors and objectionable conditions as he considers expedient, together with recommendations for the prevention of the pollution of waters used for ice or water supply and for the removal of polluting substances, in order to protect and develop the rights and property of the commonwealth therein and protect public health; and he may recommend any legislation or plans for systems of main sewers necessary for the preservation of the public health and for the purification and prevention of pollution of ponds, streams and inland waters of the commonwealth. The commissioner of environmental protection shall include in his annual report the number of prosecutions by the department of environmental protection and an itemized account of the money expended by it in enforcement actions.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 24 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 24 - Publication of Parts of Annual Report; Manual of Laws

Section 24. The department may publish for general distribution such parts of its annual report to the general court and such other matter as it may deem adapted to promote the interests of the public health in the commonwealth. The department shall publish every five years for distribution among boards of health and other health agencies a manual of the laws relating to boards of health in the commonwealth, containing such information upon the same subject as it may deem expedient. The cost of any publications referred to in this section shall be paid out of the appropriation for the general expenses of the department.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 24a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 24a - Reduction of Morbidity and Mortality; Establishment of Program; Information and Reports

Section 24A. The commissioner may authorize or cause to be made scientific studies and research which have for their purpose the reduction of morbidity and mortality within the commonwealth.  All information, records of interviews, written reports, statements, notes, memoranda, or other data procured in connection with such scientific studies and research conducted by the department, or by other persons, agencies or organizations so authorized by the commissioner shall be confidential and shall be used solely for the purposes of medical or scientific research.  The furnishing of such information to the department or to the authorized representative of such an authorized study or research project, shall not subject any person, hospital, sanitarium, rest home, nursing home or other person or agency furnishing such information, to any action for damages or other relief.  Such information, records, reports, statements, notes, memoranda, or other data shall not be admissible as evidence in any action of any kind in any court or before any other tribunal, board, agency or person. Such information, records, reports, statements, notes, memoranda, or other data shall not be exhibited nor their contents disclosed in any way, in whole or in part, by any officer or representative of the department, nor by any other person, except as may be necessary for the purpose of furthering the study or research project to which they relate. No person participating in such an authorized study or research project shall disclose, in any manner, the information so obtained except in strict conformity with such research project. Any person who discloses such information in violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of fifty dollars.