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MA Gen L ch 111 § 191 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 191 - Reports of Lead Poisoning; Notifications to Agencies; Records

Section 191. Any examining physician, hospital, public health nurse or other diagnosing person or agency shall report to the director the existence and circumstances of each case of lead poisoning known to them and not previously reported. Such reports shall be made on forms prescribed by the director, and shall be submitted not later than three days after said person or agency first diagnoses or is informed of such case. The director shall by regulation with the advice of the advisory committee and in accordance with sound medical practice define the terms ''lead poisoning'' and ''previously reported''.  When a case of lead paint poisoning is reported to the director, he shall inform such local boards of health, public health agencies and other persons and organizations as he deems necessary; provided, however, that the name of any individual contracting lead poisoning shall not be included unless the director determines that such inclusion is necessary to protect the health and well-being of the affected individual.  The director shall maintain comprehensive records of all reports submitted pursuant to this section. Such records shall be geographically indexed in order to determine the location of areas of relatively high incidence of lead poisoning. Such records shall be public records, subject to the provision of the preceding paragraph relating to the names of individuals.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 192 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 192 - Lead Poisoning Educational and Publicity Program

Section 192. The director shall institute an educational and publicity program, in order to inform the general public, and particularly parents of children residing in areas of significant exposure to sources of lead poisoning; teachers, social workers and other human service personnel; owners of residential property, particularly property constructed previous to the year nineteen hundred and forty-five; and health services personnel, and particularly interns, residents and other intake personnel at major hospitals, of the dangers, frequency, and sources of lead poisoning, and the methods of preventing such poisoning.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 192a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 192a - Field Testing and Approval of New Methods of Removing Paint and Other Materials Containing Lead

Section 192A. The director shall investigate, field test and approve new methods of removing or covering paint, plaster, or other materials containing dangerous levels of lead that facilitate compliance with section one hundred and ninety-seven with greater efficiency, safety or economy. The director shall consult with the department of labor standards prior to field testing or approval of new methods of removal or covering to ensure that these methods are consistent with regulations and laws concerning the occupational safety and health of workers engaged in deleading operations. The director shall establish a task force composed of appropriate representatives of the public and private sectors to review, evaluate and recommend such new methods. The director may contract with persons to support research and development of such new methods.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 192b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 192b - Preparation of Educational Materials

Section 192B. The department of public health's childhood lead poisoning and prevention program shall, subject to appropriation, promote the education of all persons, including parents and property owners, on lead poisoning and its prevention. The director of said program shall prepare educational materials, the content of which shall include, but not be limited to, a discussion of safety measures, which can be taken to reduce the incidence of lead poisoning in children; available community and health care resources in all geographic regions of the commonwealth useful in the matter of lead poisoning prevention and treatment; legal rights and remedies under section one hundred and ninety-seven, and any other information deemed important by the director and the advisory council with regard to said matter. The director of said program shall also work with the representatives of the banking industry, a designee from the Massachusetts Bankers Association and officials from various state quasi-public agencies involved in providing lead paint abatement financing to develop educational materials including a resource or financing guide on programs available for lead paint abatement. Such educational materials shall be made available to, but not be limited to, hospitals, physicians' offices, community health centers, educational institutions, child care centers, and programs providing public assistance or social services. The director may contract or associate with public and private agencies and organizations for the preparation of said educational materials on lead poisoning prevention, other pertinent resource information on the matter of lead poisoning and conducting educational programs.  Publication of educational materials shall not subject any agency or organization to liability under section one hundred and ninety-nine.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 195 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 195 - State Laboratory for Lead and Lead Poisoning Detection; Specimen Analysis; Fee; Report as Prima Facie Evidence

Section 195. The commissioner shall establish, within the Bureau of Institute of Laboratories, a state laboratory for lead and lead poisoning detection. Said laboratory shall analyze specimens received from children for the presence of lead poisoning, and samples of paint and other materials for dangerous levels of lead.  Said laboratory shall analyze tests and samples submitted by persons and agencies not within the department as its facilities permit, and may charge for such services a fee not greater than the cost to it of such services. When certified as a true copy by the custodian of such records, a copy of any report of said laboratory or any division thereof, or of any local board of health, code enforcement agency, or housing inspection agency duly trained and authorized by the director to implement the provisions of this chapter and to conduct inspections for the presence of dangerous levels of lead or lead determinations shall be admissible in any judicial proceeding without further authentication by either the laboratory or by the agency for which said report was made and shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 197c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 197c - Child Exhibiting Dangerous Blood Lead Level After Issuance of Letters of Compliance or Interim Control; Liability

Section 197C. (a) If, after the issuance of a letter of full compliance pursuant to subsection (c) of section one hundred and ninety-seven, a child under the age of six exhibits a blood lead level in excess of the level considered dangerous to the child's immediate health as determined by the department, the director shall immediately review the appropriateness of the issuance and take such corrective measures as may be necessary. If after such a review, the director determines the issuance to be appropriate, the department shall conduct an environmental investigation to determine, to the extent possible, the cause of said excess blood lead level. In no event shall an owner of premises which have been issued a letter of full compliance be held strictly liable for injury or damage caused by exposure to dangerous levels of lead during such time that said letter of full compliance was in effect. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, the owner shall remain subject to a standard of reasonable care relative to compliance within the provisions of sections one hundred and eighty-nine A to one hundred and ninety-nine B, inclusive.  (b) If, after issuance of a letter of interim control and during compliance with provisions of an emergency lead management plan, pursuant to subsection (b) of section one hundred and ninety-seven, a child under the age of six exhibits a blood lead level in excess of the level considered dangerous to the child's immediate health as determined by the department, the department shall immediately review said interim controls and may alter any emergency lead management plan and letter of interim control previously issued so as to require the immediate abatement or containment of dangerous levels of lead in the premises wherein said child resides. In no event shall an owner in possession of a letter of interim control be held strictly liable for injury or damage caused by exposure to dangerous levels of lead during such time the letter of interim control is in effect.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 197e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 197e - Lead Abatement Loan Program

Section 197E. There shall be a loan program in the department of housing and community development for lead abatement throughout the commonwealth. Said program shall assist residential property owners in financing the abatement and containment of lead paint hazards. The director of housing and community development, in consultation with the commissioner and the lead poisoning control director, shall administer said program and may distribute funds through community action agencies, redevelopment agencies, local nonprofit community and housing agencies and other appropriate municipal and non-profit agencies and organizations. Loans under the program must be used for lead-paint abatement and containment activities.  Agencies and organizations eligible for loans under this program shall be selected by the director of housing and community development in consultation with the commissioner and the lead poisoning control director. Not less than one-half of funds allocated for this program shall be distributed to agencies and organizations serving high-risk areas and communities. Such high-risk areas and communities shall be chosen by the commissioner based upon the following criteria: the incidence of childhood lead poisoning reported in the previous five years; the proportion of residential housing stock containing lead paint hazards; the proportion of residents of low and moderate income; and the prior efforts of appropriate agencies and organizations to promote and carry out preventive measures designed to alleviate lead hazards. All agencies and organizations wishing to receive funding from this program shall submit to said secretary and the commissioner a report detailing a proposed plan to reduce lead paint hazards.  The director of housing and community development and the commissioner, subject to the consultation provisions of section one hundred and ninety of this chapter, shall promulgate regulations necessary to administer this program. Said director of housing and community development and the commissioner shall report to the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate not later than October first of each year concerning the distribution of loan funds under this program. Said director of housing and community development shall promulgate regulations which establish reasonable terms and conditions of such loans, including interest rates and maturity dates designed to encourage compliance with this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 199a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 199a - Unlawful Practices in Selling, Renting, or Leasing Premises Containing Lead in Paint, Plaster or Materials

Section 199A. (a) It shall be an unlawful practice for purposes of chapter one hundred and fifty-one B for the owner, lessee, sublessee, real estate broker, assignee, or managing agent of any premises to refuse to sell, rent, lease or otherwise deny to or withhold from any person or to discriminate against any person in the terms, conditions or privileges of the sale, rental or lease of such premises, because such premises do or may contain paint, plaster or accessible structural materials containing dangerous levels of lead, or because the sale, rental or lease would trigger duties under sections one hundred and eighty-nine A to one hundred and ninety-nine B, inclusive, or regulations promulgated thereunder, or because a person chooses to exercise any right under said sections one hundred and eighty-nine A to one hundred and ninety-nine B, inclusive, or regulations promulgated thereunder. Any person claiming to be aggrieved by an alleged unlawful practice as herein defined may file a complaint pursuant to section five of chapter one hundred and fifty-one B and all provisions of said chapter shall be applicable to such complaints.  (b) Refusing to rent to families with children in violation of paragraph eleven of section four of chapter one hundred and fifty-one B shall not constitute compliance with the lead law and regulations.  (c) Refusing to renew the lease of or evicting families with children shall not constitute compliance with the lead law and regulations. Such evictions shall also constitute a violation of section two of chapter ninety-three A and section eighteen of chapter one hundred and eighty-six.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 199b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 199b - Exemptions From Secs. 189a to 199a

Section 199B. The provisions of sections one hundred and eighty-nine A to one hundred and ninety-nine A, inclusive, shall not apply to any dwelling unit having fewer than two hundred and fifty square feet of floor space calculated on the basis of total habitable room area or which is used as a rooming house; provided, that no person occupying said dwelling unit may be less than six years of age.  For the purpose of this section, ''rooming house'' shall mean every dwelling or part thereof which contains one or more rooming units in which space is let or sublet for compensation by the owner or operator to four or more persons not within the second degree of kindred to the person compensated. Boarding houses, hotels, inns, lodging houses, dormitories and other similar dwelling places shall be included, and ''rooming units'' shall mean the room or group of rooms let to an individual or household for use as living and sleeping quarters.  Sections one hundred and eighty-nine A to one hundred and ninety-nine A, inclusive and this chapter shall not apply to any unit for which a lease, rental, occupancy or tenancy is of thirty-one days or less in duration, which lease, rental or occupancy is for vacation or recreational purposes; provided, however, that said dwelling unit has no peeling or chipping paint, and the tenant has received the appropriate lead paint disclosure notification pursuant to regulations promulgated by the department of public health.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 201 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 201 - First Aid Training of Emergency Personnel, Including Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Standards; Refresher Course; Coordination by Department; Personnel Excepted

Section 201. Members of police and fire departments, members of the state police participating in highway patrol, persons appointed permanent or temporary lifeguards by the commonwealth or any of its political subdivisions, and members of emergency reserve units of a volunteer fire department or fire protection district shall be trained to administer first aid, including, but not limited to, cardiopulmonary resuscitation by July first, nineteen hundred and seventy-eight, including those appointed on or after January first, nineteen hundred and seventy-six and may be trained in automatic or semi-automatic cardiac defibrillation. The training shall meet the standards for first aid training prescribed by the department and shall not be less than the standards established by the Committee on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiac Care of the American Heart Association, and shall be satisfactorily completed by them as soon as practical, but in no event more than one year after the date of their employment. Satisfactory completion of a refresher course approved by the department in cardiopulmonary resuscitation each year and in other first aid every three years shall also be required. The training and equipment for automatic or semi-automatic cardiac defibrillation shall meet standards prescribed by the department.  The department shall coordinate the provision, by county, of training required by this section. Such training shall be provided at no cost to the trainee.  This section shall not apply to police officers, fire fighters and persons engaged in police and fire work whose duties are primarily clerical or administrative.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 206 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 206 - Program to Reduce Incidence of Mortality and Morbidity From Accidents and Diseases; Risk Factors; Wellness Programs

Section 206. The department shall establish a program to reduce the incidence among the general public of mortality and morbidity from accidents and diseases for which risk factors can be identified. Such risk factors shall include, but not be limited to emotional stress, lack of exercise, poor nutrition and diet, abuse of alcohol and other drugs, smoking, and exposure to toxic substances. Such diseases shall include, but not be limited to, heart disease, lung disease, cancer and stroke. The program shall educate and screen the general public and particular groups of the general public at risk with respect to particular diseases or accidents. The department shall encourage the development of programs for fitness and behavior changes, including dietary change and smoking cessation. The department, with the cooperation of the personnel administrator and the commissioner of public employee retirement, shall develop, implement, coordinate and monitor fitness and behavior change programs, to be known as wellness programs, for public employees. Such programs shall make use of existing resources, facilities and programs whenever possible; and shall provide for access to any such programs, resources and facilities at no cost to such employees.  The department shall promulgate minimum requirements for wellness programs. Such minimum requirements may vary according to the classification of the employees whom a program is to serve. Wellness programs may be phased in over a period of years, but shall be implemented first for police officers and firefighters to whom section sixty-one A of chapter thirty-one applies and next for employees to whom paragraph (e) of subdivision (3) of section five of chapter thirty-two applies. Minimum requirements for wellness programs for employees to whom said section sixty-one A and said paragraph (e) apply shall be designed to enable such employees to meet the respective health and physical fitness standards of said section sixty-one A and said paragraph (e).
MA Gen L ch 111 § 206a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 206a - Seal of Approval for Wellness Programs Implemented by Businesses

Section 206A. (a) The department, in consultation with the division of insurance, shall provide a seal of approval to wellness programs implemented by businesses. In developing criteria for a wellness seal of approval, the department shall consider: (i) actuarial equivalency to programs under section 206; (ii) whether the program provides new or innovative services; (iii) the participation rate by employees; (iv) the quality of the health education being provided; (v) whether the program promotes health screenings and other preventive health care measures; and (vi) whether the program promotes a healthy workplace environment. For the purposes of this section, ''businesses'' shall include professions, sole proprietorships, trades, businesses or partnerships  (b) The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of the department of revenue, shall create a form that indicates a business is using an approved wellness program.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 207 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 207 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 208 to 214

Section 207. For the purposes of sections two hundred and eight to two hundred and fourteen, inclusive, the following words shall, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, have the following meanings:  ''Board of health'' or ''board'', the board of health, including the board or officer having like powers and duties in towns where there is no board of health, with jurisdiction in the community in which a tanning facility is located.  ''Operator'', a person employed and trained by a tanning facility to control, maintain or operate a tanning device under sections 207 to 213, inclusive, and to assist or instruct customers of the tanning facility in the correct use or operation of a tanning device.  ''Phototherapy device'', equipment that emits ultraviolet radiation and is used by health care professionals in the treatment of disease.  ''Tanning device'', any equipment used for tanning the skin that emits electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths in the air between two hundred and four hundred nanometers, including, but not limited to, a tanning booth, tanning bed or sunlamp which includes high pressure tanning lamps. Tanning device shall also include any accompanying equipment, including, but not limited to, protective eyewear, timers and handrails.  ''Tanning facility'', any location, place, area, structure or business which provides access to a tanning device.
MA Gen L ch 111 § 208 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111 - Public Health|Section 208 - Tanning Facilities; Licenses; Necessity; Expiration; Fees; Inspection of Tanning Facilities; Violations; Revocation; Appeals

Section 208. No access shall be provided to any tanning device by a tanning facility until said facility has been granted a license therefor by the board of health. Each license granted hereunder shall expire one year from the date of its issue. The fee for each such license and annual renewal thereof shall be determined by the board. The board shall inspect each tanning facility within thirty days of licensure and every six months thereafter. A tanning facility which violates the provisions of this section, sections two hundred and nine to two hundred and fourteen, inclusive, or any other applicable law, rule or regulation shall have seven days after written notice of such failure in which to comply with such provisions. The board may revoke the license of a tanning facility which fails to comply after said seven days. Any person aggrieved by a determination of the board pursuant to sections two hundred and seven to two hundred and thirteen, inclusive, may appeal to the department within twenty days of said determination. Any person, including, but not limited to, the board, aggrieved by a determination of the department may appeal said decision pursuant to the provisions of section fourteen of chapter thirty A.