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MA Gen L ch 111d § 11 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111d - Clinical Laboratories|Section 11 - Revocation of or Administrative Sanctions Upon License

Section 11. The department may revoke the license issued under section five or impose other appropriate administrative sanction upon a license, or both, for conduct by or chargeable to him as follows:  (1) failure to observe any term of such license;  (2) failure to meet any requirement for such license established under section five;  (3) failure to observe any order made under authority of this chapter or under other statutory authority vested in the department;  (4) engaging in, or aiding, abetting, causing, or permitting, any action prohibited under section eight; or  (5) other proper cause set forth in regulations made under this chapter.  Before sanctioning a licensee, the department shall give such licensee notice of the charges against him, the provisions of law relied upon, and the proposed sanction, and shall afford him the opportunity for a hearing under the provisions of chapter thirty A. Where, after hearing, the department finds that cause exists for imposition of a sanction, it need not impose the sanction proposed but may instead impose a lesser sanction if, in its judgment, a lesser sanction is appropriate in the circumstances. In the event revocation is imposed, the licensee shall be permitted a reasonable period in which to cease operation, but in no case less than thirty days after notice of the decision of the department.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the commissioner may, at any time upon notice to the licensee, whether a hearing has been first commenced or not, suspend his licensee or issue such other preliminary order as the commissioner considers appropriate for the protection of the health or safety of the public if he should find that either is in jeopardy; provided, that a hearing shall be commenced within five days after such notice in any case of suspension without a prior hearing unless the licensee shall request a postponement. The finding of the commissioner shall be included in such notice.
MA Gen L ch 111d § 12 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111d - Clinical Laboratories|Section 12 - Complaints by Department; Jurisdiction

Section 12. The department, in its own name, may bring a complaint in the superior court or supreme judicial court to enforce compliance with this chapter or any rule, regulation, or order made under this chapter, whenever it shall appear that any person has engaged in, is engaging in, or is about to engage in an act or practice in violation of this chapter or of any rule, regulation, or order made under this chapter, or whenever it shall appear that any person has aided, abetted, caused or permitted, is aiding, abetting, causing or permitting, or is about to aid, abet, cause or permit such an act or practice.
MA Gen L ch 111d § 13 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111d - Clinical Laboratories|Section 13 - Violations; Penalties

Section 13. (a) No individual shall: (i) maintain a clinical laboratory in the commonwealth without a license in violation of section 4; (ii) maintain a clinical laboratory in violation of the terms of a license issued under section 5; (iii) engage in, aid, abet, cause or permit any act prohibited under section 8; or (iv) refer, request, order or send any specimen derived from the human body in violation of section 8A. A violation of this subsection, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than 5 years in state prison, or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than 2.5 years, or by a fine of not more than $10,000 or by both such fine and imprisonment. The commissioner shall transmit to the attorney general evidence of an offense, which is in the department's possession.  (b) If a person or company violates clause (17) of section 8 or section 8A, the attorney general may bring a civil action, either in lieu of or in addition to a criminal prosecution, and may recover a civil penalty of not less than $5,000 and not more than $10,000 per violation, plus 3 times the amount of damages sustained, including consequential damages. A person violating clause (17) of section 8 or section 8A shall be liable to the commonwealth for the expenses of the civil action brought to recover any such penalty or damages, including, but not limited to, reasonable attorney's fees, reasonable expert's fees and the costs of investigation. No action shall be brought under this section more than 6 years after it accrues. The commissioner shall transmit to the attorney general such evidence of an offense as the department may have in its possession.  (c) A person or company that solicits, offers or enters into a referral arrangement or scheme with a clinical laboratory which the person or company knows or should know has a principal purpose of assuring referrals by the person or company to a particular clinical laboratory which, if the person or company directly made referrals to such clinical laboratory, would be in violation of clause (17) of section 8 or section 8A, shall be liable to the commonwealth for a civil penalty of not more than $100,000 for each referral arrangement or scheme plus 3 times the amount of damages sustained, including consequential damages. No action shall be brought under this section more than 6 years after it accrues. The commissioner shall transmit to the attorney general such evidence of an offense as the department may have in its possession.
MA Gen L ch 111d § 14 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111d - Clinical Laboratories|Section 14 - Disclosure of Ownership Interests; Penalty for Violation

Section 14. The department shall require all clinical laboratories to disclose any ownership interests in writing to the department every 2 years. The disclosure shall contain the name and ownership interest of the disclosing person or company, as well as the names and all ownership interests of all other parties with an ownership interest in the clinical laboratory. A copy of the disclosure shall be provided by the clinical laboratory to the attorney general. Any person who fails to provide such disclosure shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $5,000 by the department.
MA Gen L ch 111e § 2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111e - Drug Rehabilitation|Section 2 - Division of Drug Rehabilitation; Director; Duties; Appointments; Employees

Section 2. There shall be in the department a division of drug rehabilitation. The division shall take cognizance of all matters affecting drug dependency in the commonwealth. The director shall be the chief administrative and executive officer of the division. He shall administer the rules and regulations of the division and shall prepare proposed rules and regulations for the consideration of the commissioner. He shall submit annually to the commissioner a report containing recommendations for legislation relating to drug dependency.  The approval of the commissioner shall be required for any budgetary request of the division, the planning and construction of facilities by the division, any exercise of the power of eminent domain by the division, all contracts and agreements entered into by the division relating to the use and occupation of real property, and any application by the division for a grant or loan from the federal government.  The director shall, subject to the approval of the commissioner, appoint the administrator of each facility operated by the division pursuant to this chapter. Each such administrator shall be a person qualified by training and experience to operate a facility for the treatment of drug dependent persons or persons in need of immediate assistance due to the use of a dependency related drug.  The director may, subject to the approval of the commissioner, appoint such hearings officers as may be necessary. Hearings of the division shall be conducted by the director or a hearings officer. The director may also, subject to the approval of the commissioner, establish such other positions and employ such additional personnel and consultants as he may consider appropriate to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The provisions of chapter thirty-one shall not apply to the director, physicians, psychiatrists, and psychologists who have full medical, psychiatric or psychological responsibility, whichever is applicable, as opposed to administrative responsibility, or to nurses; provided, however, that all persons so employed and all positions established which, as a condition of receiving federal grants for programs and activities to which federal standards for a merit system of personnel administration relate, make necessary the application of the provisions of the civil service law shall be subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one if such federal standards are uniform in all states.
MA Gen L ch 111e § 4 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111e - Drug Rehabilitation|Section 4 - Comprehensive Plan for the Treatment of Drug Dependent Persons

Section 4. The director shall, subject to the approval of the commissioner, prepare and submit to the governor, and from time to time amend, a comprehensive plan for the treatment in public, private, and federal facilities of drug dependent persons and persons in need of immediate assistance due to the use of a dependency related drug. The director, in developing such plan, shall consult with officials of appropriate departments or agencies of the federal government and the commonwealth and its political subdivisions, and private organizations and individuals with a view toward providing coordinated and integrated services on the community level. The plan shall include a detailed estimate of the cost of its implementation and of the extent to which funds, property or services may be available from the commonwealth or any of its political subdivisions, the federal government or any private source.
MA Gen L ch 111e § 5 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111e - Drug Rehabilitation|Section 5 - Comprehensive Program for Treatment of Drug Dependent Persons; Treatment Facilities; Annual Report; List of Facilities

Section 5. The division shall establish a comprehensive program for the treatment of drug dependent persons and persons in need of immediate assistance due to the use of a dependency related drug. The director, subject to the approval of the commissioner, shall divide the commonwealth into not less than four nor more than ten regions for the conduct of said program and shall establish standards for the development of the program on the regional level. In establishing such regions, consideration shall be given to city, town and county lines, population concentrations, the areas established by the department of mental health pursuant to section twelve of chapter nineteen, and any relevant uniform rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner of administration and finance.  The program of the division shall include provision for at least the following:  (a) Facilities wherein treatment is available to persons in need of immediate assistance due to the use of a dependency related drug;  (b) Facilities wherein inpatient treatment is available which shall, to the extent appropriate and possible, be affiliated with and constitute an integral part of the medical service of a general hospital;  (c) Facilities wherein outpatient treatment is available;  (d) Facilities wherein residential aftercare is available, such as in halfway houses;  (e) Penal facilities.  The department shall provide sufficient treatment facilities, public or private, for the treatment of drug dependent persons committed or admitted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.  The division shall maintain, supervise and control all facilities operated by it pursuant to this chapter and all such facilities shall be staffed with an adequate number of qualified and trained personnel. The administrator of each such facility shall make an annual report of its activities to the director in such form and manner as the director deems appropriate.  All appropriate resources, particularly community mental health centers, shall be coordinated with and utilized in the program whenever possible.  The director shall prepare and publish annually a list of all facilities, including federal facilities, operating in accordance with this chapter and shall make it available to all district and superior court judges within the commonwealth on an annual basis and to members of the public upon request. Such list shall include, but not be limited to the following:  (a) eligibility for treatment  (b) scope of treatment offered  (c) applicability facility fees  (d) last known patient capacity  (e) facilities for emergency treatment  Notices shall be sent quarterly by the director to all district and superior court judges within the commonwealth containing updated information on such list. Said notices shall also state the last known waiting period for admission to each facility.
MA Gen L ch 111e § 9 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111e - Drug Rehabilitation|Section 9 - Emergency Treatment

Section 9. Any facility may afford emergency treatment to a drug dependent person or a person in need of immediate assistance due to the use of a dependency related drug if the person requests such treatment. The term of emergency treatment shall not exceed forty-eight hours without compliance with the provisions of section eight relating to procedures for admission to a facility; provided, however, that if prior to the termination of the emergency treatment period the person applies for admission pursuant to section eight, he may, in the discretion of the administrator, continue to receive treatment at the facility while his application is under consideration.
MA Gen L ch 111e § 9a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111e - Drug Rehabilitation|Section 9a - Incapacitated Persons Placed Into Protective Custody Without Consent for Transport to Appropriate Emergency Medical Treatment

Section 9A. For purposes of this section, ''incapacitated'' shall mean the condition of a person who, by reason of the consumption of a controlled substance or toxic vapor or other substance other than alcohol is: (i) unconscious; (ii) in need of medical attention; (iii) likely to suffer or cause physical harm or damage property; or (iv) disorderly.  Any person who is incapacitated may be placed into protective custody by a police officer without the person's consent for the purpose of immediately transporting the person to an acute care hospital or satellite emergency facility as defined in section 51.5 of chapter 111 or otherwise immediately obtaining appropriate emergency medical treatment. For the purposes of this section, to determine whether or not a person is incapacitated, a police officer may request the person to submit to reasonable tests of coordination, coherency of speech and breath. A police officer may place the person into protective custody when such tests or other information or observations indicate that the person is incapacitated. Whenever a police officer places into protective custody a person under the age of 18 in accordance with this section, the police officer shall notify the parent or guardian of that person forthwith.  A person may not be held in protective custody against the person's will beyond the time required to complete the person's immediate transport to an acute care hospital or satellite emergency facility as defined in section 51.5 of chapter 111, or to otherwise immediately obtain appropriate emergency medical treatment.  A police officer acting in accordance with this section may use such force as is reasonably necessary to carry out the officer's authorized responsibilities. If the police officer reasonably believes that there may be a risk to the safety of the incapacitated person, the safety of the officer or the safety of other persons present, the police officer may search the person and the immediate surroundings of the person placed into protective custody but only to the extent necessary to discover and seize any items or weapons which may pose a danger. Any item taken shall be inventoried and, unless the item is contraband or otherwise unlawfully possessed, shall be returned to the person when the person is no longer incapacitated.  A person placed under protective custody in accordance with this section shall not be considered to have been arrested or to have been charged with any crime. An entry of custody shall be made indicating the date, time, place of custody, the name of the assisting officer and the name of the officer in charge. No such entry shall be treated as an arrest or criminal record for any purpose.
MA Gen L ch 111e § 12 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111e - Drug Rehabilitation|Section 12 - Probation of Drug Dependent Persons; Treatment; Urinalysis Program; Reports

Section 12. Any court may, in placing on probation a defendant who is a drug dependent person who would benefit by treatment, impose as a condition of probation that the defendant receive treatment in a facility as an inpatient or outpatient; provided, however, that the court shall not impose such a condition of probation unless, after consulting with the facility, it determines that adequate and appropriate treatment is available. The defendant shall receive treatment at the facility for so long as the administrator of the facility deems that the defendant will benefit by treatment, but in no event shall he receive treatment at the facility for a period longer than the period of probation ordered by the court. A periodic program of urinalysis may be employed as a condition of probation to determine the drug free status of the probationer. The cost of the administration of such program shall be borne by the commonwealth. If the court requires as a condition of probation that the defendant shall reside in alcohol and drug free housing, the judge issuing the order shall require the probation officer to refer the defendant only to alcohol and drug free housing certified pursuant to section 18A of chapter 17 and the probation officer shall require the defendant to reside in housing so certified in order to satisfy such condition if such certified housing is available. If at any time during the period of treatment the defendant does not cooperate with the administrator or the probation officer, or does not conduct himself in accordance with the order or conditions of his probation, the administrator or the probation officer may make a report thereon to the court which placed him on probation, which may consider such conduct as a breach of probation.  Throughout the period of probation at a facility pursuant to this section, the administrator of said facility shall provide quarterly written reports on the progress being made in treatment by the defendant to the defendant's probation officer.
MA Gen L ch 111e § 14 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111e - Drug Rehabilitation|Section 14 - Findings; Recording

Section 14. Each finding, determination and order required to be made by any court pursuant to this chapter, and the reasons therefor, shall be in writing and entered in the record of the proceeding.
MA Gen L ch 111e § 15 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111e - Drug Rehabilitation|Section 15 - Requiring Admission to Facilities; Rules and Regulations

Section 15. The director may require the administrator of a public facility or a private facility with which the division contracts on a fee-for-services basis pursuant to clause (4) of section six, other than a halfway house, to admit as an inpatient or an outpatient any person for whom, in the determination of the director, adequate and appropriate treatment is available at the facility. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations governing the extent to which the director may require the administrator of a private facility with which the division does not contract on a fee-for-services basis pursuant to said clause (4), other than a halfway house, to admit as an inpatient or outpatient any person for whom, in the determination of the director, adequate and appropriate treatment is available at the facility.
MA Gen L ch 111e § 16 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111e - Drug Rehabilitation|Section 16 - Supervision of Patients

Section 16. Each person who receives treatment at a facility shall be subject to the supervisory powers of the administrator exercised in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the division.
MA Gen L ch 111e § 17 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVI - Public Health|Chapter 111e - Drug Rehabilitation|Section 17 - Liability for Cost of Treatment; Rules and Regulations

Section 17. Any patient in a public facility, or the estate, spouse or adult child of such patient, or, if the patient is a minor, the parent of such patient if of sufficient financial ability, shall be liable to such facility for the cost of maintenance and treatment of the patient therein in accordance with rates established pursuant to chapter six A. If a person is a patient in a private facility pursuant to an agreement between the facility and the division, and neither the patient nor the estate, spouse or adult child of such patient, or, if the patient is a minor, the parent of such patient is of sufficient financial ability to pay the cost of maintenance and treatment of the patient therein, and the patient is not entitled to the payment of such cost from any other source, the division shall pay the cost of such maintenance and treatment in accordance with rates established pursuant to chapter six A.  The division shall promulgate rules and regulations governing financial ability which shall take into consideration the income, savings and other personal and real property of the person required to pay, as well as any support actually being furnished by him to any person whom he may be required by law to support.