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2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 73k - Certification as Apprentice Dispensing Optician; Application; Fee; Certificate; Powers of Apprentice

Section 73K. Any person entering the employ of a physician, optometrist, licensed dispensing optician as an apprentice for the purpose of obtaining the experience and training referred to in section seventy-three E, may make written application for certification as an apprentice with the board. Such application shall be made upon a form prescribed by the board and shall be accompanied by a certificate of the employer, verifying the statements made by the applicant. The applicant shall pay a filing fee to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven with such application. The board shall, upon approval of such application, issue to the applicant an apprentice's certificate, and thereupon the computation of any period of training and experience referred to in section seventy-three E shall begin. Any person who may have served part of his apprenticeship in any state or country not requiring such certification shall be obliged to give proof of such service satisfactory to the board. Time spent as an apprentice in the employ of a dispensing optician or a registered physician or optometrist prior to January first, nineteen hundred and fifty-six, shall be credited to the apprentice at such time of certification upon satisfactory proof of such service furnished to the board. A certified apprentice may perform any of the acts set forth in section seventy-three C under the personal supervision of a licensed dispensing optician, optometrist or physician.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 73l - Revocation of Order of Suspension; Granting of New Licenses; Hearing

Section 73L. The board may, upon application and after hearing, revoke an order of suspension or grant a new license to any person whose license has been revoked or suspended under the provisions of section seventy-three H, if the board is satisfied that this can be done consistently with the public interest.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 73m - Sellers of Ready-to-Wear Magnifying Spectacles or Eyeglasses; Applicability of Law

Section 73M. The provisions of sections sixty-six to seventy-three L, inclusive, and any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto shall not apply to the retail sale of simple ready-to-wear magnifying spectacles or eyeglasses; provided, however, that a seller of said ready-to-wear magnifying spectacles or eyeglasses shall have the following notice permanently affixed in plain view to the top of any point of sale display or, if there is no such display, in the area of sale, ''These magnifiers are not intended to be a substitute for corrective lenses; only a professional eye examination can determine your eye health status and vision needs.''
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 74c - Advisory Council on Continuing Education; Membership; Appointment

Section 74C. The governor shall appoint an advisory council on continuing education, consisting of seventeen members, three representatives of the public, five licensed practical nurses, three registered nurses with a baccalaureate degree or higher, three registered nurses with an associate degree, and three registered nurses with a diploma in nursing. Of the original appointments to the council, six members shall be appointed for a term of one year, six members shall be appointed for a term of two years, and five members shall be appointed for a term of three years. As the term of office of a member expires, his successor shall be appointed for a term of two years. Said council shall assist the board in evaluating the effects of procedures and requirements for continuing education and periodically recommend revisions to the board. No member shall be appointed for more than two successive terms.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 74d - Contracts or Agreements; Restrictive Covenants on Nurses or Practical Nurses Void

Section 74D. Any contract or agreement which creates or establishes the terms of a partnership, employment, or any other form of professional relationship with a nurse registered to practice as a registered nurse pursuant to section seventy-four, or a practical nurse registered to practice as a licensed practical nurse pursuant to section seventy-four A, which includes any restriction of the right of such nurse to practice as a nurse in any geographical area for any period of time after the termination of such partnership, employment or professional relationship shall be void and unenforceable with respect to said restriction. Nothing in this section shall render void or unenforceable any other provision of any such contract or agreement.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 75 - Examinations

Section 75. Examinations shall be wholly or in part in writing, in the English language, shall include the principles and practice of nursing but shall be limited to such subjects as are included in the curriculum established by the board, shall be in content both reasonable and appropriate for nurses or for practical nurses, as the case may be, and shall be sufficiently thorough to test the applicant's fitness to practice.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 76 - Reciprocity Registration as Nurse or Practical Nurse; Fee

Section 76. The board may register or license in like manner, without examination, any person who has been registered as a nurse or licensed as a practical nurse, as the case may be, in another state under laws which, in the opinion of the board, maintain standards substantially the same as those of this commonwealth for nurses or for practical nurses, as the case may be. The fee for registration or licensing without examination under this section shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 76a - Nurses Registered in Other Jurisdictions; Temporary Registration

Section 76A. The board may, at its discretion, certify as authorized to practice professional nursing any person who furnishes proof, satisfactory to the board, that he was graduated from an approved school of nursing and that he was registered to practice professional nursing in another jurisdiction. Such certification (1) shall be valid for one year only from the date of the issuance of a certificate thereof, but may be renewed for not more than one additional consecutive year, (2) shall be subject to such rules and regulations as the board may prescribe, including the requirement that such certificate holders shall practice under the supervision of a registered nurse and (3) shall, notwithstanding the provisions of section eighty, entitle such certificate holder to engage in the practice of nursing, subject to such limitations upon the capacity in which he may practice as the board may prescribe, while such certification or renewal is in effect, but only in hospitals or other health care institutions licensed by the commonwealth, in hospitals maintained by the federal government, the commonwealth or any of its political subdivisions, or in conjunction with other public health agencies. The fee for certification and renewal under this section shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 77 - Investigation of Complaints; National Data Reporting Systems

Section 77. The board shall investigate all complaints of violation of sections seventy-four to eighty-one C, inclusive, and report same to the proper prosecuting officers. The board shall participate in national data reporting systems which provide information on individual nurses.
Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, no person shall be subject to discipline by the board, including the revocation, suspension or cancellation of the certificate of registration or reprimand, censure or monetary fine, for providing or assisting in the provision of reproductive health care services or gender-affirming health care services, as those terms are defined in section 11I1/2 of chapter 12, or for any judgment, discipline or other sanction arising from such health care services if the services as provided would have been lawful and consistent with the standard of conduct for nurses if they occurred entirely in the commonwealth.
The board shall not make available for public dissemination on an advanced practice registered nurse's individual profile the record of any criminal conviction or charge for a felony or serious misdemeanor, final disciplinary action by a licensing board in another state or a malpractice court judgment, arbitration award or settlement that resulted from providing or assisting in the provision of reproductive health care services or gender-affirming health care services or for any judgment, discipline or other sanction arising from such health care services if the services as provided would have been lawful and consistent with the scope and standards of advanced practice registered nursing practice if they occurred entirely in the commonwealth.
The board shall not take adverse action on an application for registration of a qualified nurse based on a criminal or civil action or disciplinary action by a licensing board of another state or a medical malpractice claim in another state arising from such health care services that, as provided, would have been lawful and consistent with the standard of conduct for nurses if they occurred entirely in the commonwealth.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to regulate the practice of nursing in any other state.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 78 - Records of Board of Registration in Nursing; Inspection; Annual Report

Section 78. The board shall keep records of the names of all persons registered and licensed by it and of all money received and disbursed by it and duplicates thereof shall be open to public inspection in the office of the state secretary. It shall make an annual report of the condition of nursing in the commonwealth.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 80 - Violations of Provisions Relating to Professional Nursing

Section 80. Whoever, not being lawfully authorized to practice as a registered nurse within the commonwealth, practices or attempts to practice professional nursing or uses the abbreviation R.N., or any other words, letters or figures to indicate that the person using the same is such a registered nurse, shall, except as provided in section sixty-five, be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars; provided, however, that a nonresident, licensed to practice professional nursing in another jurisdiction, may attend upon a nonresident of the commonwealth temporarily abiding here. Whoever becomes or attempts to become registered as a registered nurse or practices or attempts to practice professional nursing under a false or assumed name shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisonment for one year, or both.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 80a - Violations of Provisions Relating to Practical Nursing

Section 80A. Whoever, not being lawfully authorized to practice as a licensed practical nurse within the commonwealth, practices or attempts to practice practical nursing or uses the abbreviation L.P.N., or any other words, letters or figures to indicate that the person using the same is such a licensed practical nurse shall, except as provided in section sixty-five, be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars; provided, however, that a nonresident, licensed to practice practical nursing in another jurisdiction, may so practice in the commonwealth for a period or periods which, in the aggregate, exclusive of any period of time during which such person is in attendance upon a nonresident of the commonwealth temporarily abiding here, does not exceed six months. Whoever becomes or attempts to become licensed as a licensed practical nurse, or practices or attempts to practice practical nursing under a false or assumed name shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisonment for one year, or both.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 80d - Nurse-Midwifery Advisory Committee

Section 80D. An advisory committee composed of five practicing nurse-midwives appointed by the board of registration in nursing for a two-year term shall be consulted on matters relating to the practice of nurse-midwifery and shall annually prepare a report informing the board of current functions, standards of practice and qualifications in the practice of nurse-midwifery.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 80e - Nurse Practitioners or Psychiatric Nurse Mental Health Clinical Specialists; Power to Order Therapeutics and Tests; Issuance of Written Prescriptions

Section 80E. (a) A nurse practitioner or psychiatric nurse mental health clinical specialist may issue written prescriptions and medication orders and order tests and therapeutics pursuant to guidelines mutually developed and agreed upon by the nurse and a supervising nurse practitioner who has independent practice authority, a supervising psychiatric nurse mental health clinical specialist who has independent practice authority or a supervising physician, in accordance with regulations promulgated by the board. A prescription issued by a nurse practitioner or psychiatric nurse mental health clinical specialist under this subsection shall include the name of the supervising nurse practitioner who has independent practice authority, the supervising psychiatric nurse mental health clinical specialist who has independent practice authority or the supervising physician with whom the nurse practitioner or psychiatric nurse mental health clinical specialist developed and signed mutually agreed upon guidelines.
A nurse practitioner or psychiatric nurse mental health clinical specialist shall have independent practice authority to issue written prescriptions and medication orders and order tests and therapeutics without the supervision described in this subsection if the nurse practitioner or psychiatric nurse mental health clinical specialist has completed not less than 2 years of supervised practice following certification from a board-recognized certifying body; provided, however, that supervision of clinical practice shall be conducted by a health care professional who meets minimum qualification criteria promulgated by the board, which shall include a minimum number of years of independent practice authority.
The board may allow a nurse practitioner or psychiatric nurse mental health clinical specialist to exercise such independent practice authority upon satisfactory demonstration of not less than 2 years of alternative professional experience; provided, however, that the board determines that the nurse practitioner or psychiatric nurse mental health clinical specialist has a demonstrated record of safe prescribing and good conduct consistent with professional licensure obligations required by each jurisdiction in which the nurse practitioner or psychiatric nurse mental health clinical specialist has been licensed.
(b) The board shall promulgate regulations to implement this section.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 80g - Nurse-Midwives; Authority to Order and Interpret Tests and Prescribe Medications; Clinical Relationship With Obstetrician-Gynecologist; Standards of Care

Section 80G. A nurse authorized to practice as a certified nurse-midwife, under section 80C, may order and interpret tests, therapeutics and prescribe medications in accordance with regulations promulgated by the board and the commissioner of public health under subsection (g) of section 7 of chapter 94C. Nurse-midwives shall practice within a health care system and have clinical relationships with obstetrician-gynecologists that provide for consultation, collaborative management or referral, as indicated by the health status of the patient. Nurse-midwifery care shall be consistent with the standards of care established by the American College of Nurse–Midwives.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 80h - Nurse Anesthetist; Power to Issue Prescriptions and Order Tests and Therapeutics

Section 80H. (a) A nurse anesthetist may issue written prescriptions and medication orders and order tests and therapeutics pursuant to guidelines mutually developed and agreed upon by the nurse anesthetist and a supervising nurse anesthetist with independent practice authority or a supervising physician, in accordance with regulations promulgated by the board; provided, that supervision under this section by a supervising nurse anesthetist with independent practice authority or by a physician shall be limited to written prescriptions and medication orders and the ordering of tests and therapeutics. A prescription issued by a nurse anesthetist under this subsection shall include the name of the supervising nurse anesthetist with independent practice authority or the supervising physician with whom the nurse anesthetist mutually developed and agreed upon guidelines. Nothing in this section shall require a nurse anesthetist to obtain prescriptive authority to deliver anesthesia care, including the proper administration of the drugs or medicine necessary for the delivery of anesthesia care.
A nurse anesthetist shall have independent practice authority to issue written prescriptions and medication orders and order tests and therapeutics without the supervision described in this subsection if the nurse anesthetist has completed not less than 2 years of supervised practice following certification from a board-recognized certifying body; provided, that supervision of practice shall be conducted by a health care professional who meets minimum qualification criteria promulgated by the board, which shall include a minimum number of years of independent practice experience.
The board may allow a nurse anesthetist to exercise such independent practice authority upon satisfactory demonstration of alternative professional experience if the board determines that the nurse anesthetist has a demonstrated record of safe prescribing and good conduct consistent with professional licensure obligations required by each jurisdiction in which the nurse anesthetist has been licensed.
(b) The board shall promulgate regulations to implement this section.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 80i - Required Signature, Certification, Etc. by Physician Relating to Physical or Mental Health; Fulfillment by Nurse Practitioner or Psychiatric Nurse Mental Health Clinical Specialist

Section 80I. When a law or rule requires a signature, certification, stamp, verification, affidavit or endorsement by a physician, when relating to physical or mental health, that requirement may be fulfilled by a nurse practitioner or psychiatric nurse mental health clinical specialist practicing under section 80B.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 80j - Authority of Psychiatric Nurse Mental Health Clinical Specialist to Order Tests, Therapeutics and Prescribe Medications

Section 80J. A nurse authorized to practice as a psychiatric nurse mental health clinical specialist pursuant to section 80B may order tests, therapeutics and prescribe medications in accordance with regulations promulgated by the board and subject to subsection (g) of section 7 of chapter 94C.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 80k - Promulgation of Regulations by the Board Regarding Advanced Practice Nursing

Section 80K. The board shall promulgate regulations, subject to approval by the commissioner, to ensure that nurse practitioners, nurse anesthetists and psychiatric nurse mental health clinical specialists under the board of registration in nursing are subject to requirements commensurate to those that physicians are subject to under the board of registration in medicine pursuant to the sixth and seventh paragraphs of section 5 and sections 5A to 5M, inclusive, as they apply to the creation and public dissemination of individual profiles and licensure restrictions, disciplinary actions and reports, claims or reports of malpractice, communication with professional organizations, physical and mental examinations, investigation of complaints and other aspects of professional conduct and discipline.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 81 - Application of Secs. 80 to 80a; Government Employees

Section 81. Neither section eighty nor eighty A, as the case may be, shall apply to any person duly licensed to practice nursing within any other jurisdiction, while discharging official duties as an employee of the federal government.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 81a - Inspection and Approval of Schools for Nurses

Section 81A. The board shall upon the request of any school for nurses or for practical nurses in the commonwealth inspect said school and notify its trustees or other governing body if said school is approved for the purposes of section seventy-four or seventy-four A, as the case may be, and, if not, what steps said school should take in order to gain the approval of the board. It shall from time to time inspect any school already approved and may withdraw its approval thereof. Said board shall notify the trustees or other governing body of each school if it merits continuance of approval, and, if not, may specify what steps the school should take to receive continuance of approval. Said board may make inspections by any of its members or by an agent or agents designated by it for the purpose, and no approval shall be withdrawn unless an inspection has been made. Any such trustees or other governing body aggrieved by an adverse decision of the board shall, on petition, be given a hearing before said board.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 81b - Approval of Schools for Nurses in Other States

Section 81B. The board may approve, for the purposes of sections seventy-four, seventy-four A or seventy-six A, any school for nurses or for practical nurses, as the case may be, in another state or country which maintains standards substantially the same as those required for an approved school in this commonwealth, and which, in the case of a school in another state, is approved by the board for nurses or for practical nurses, or corresponding body, of the state in which the school is situated.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 81c - Rules and Regulations Relative to Nursing Schools

Section 81C. The board may make such rules and regulations consistent with law relative to procedure under sections eighty-one A and eighty-one B as it deems expedient, and shall make reasonable rules and regulations concerning the general conduct of approved schools, including the qualifications of the principals and the teachers therein, requirements for admission of students, the curriculum to be taught therein, the teaching equipment, the care of the health of the students and their housing. The board may make such rules and regulations consistent with section eighty B as it deems expedient except that the board registration and discipline in medicine shall jointly approve additional acts, as referred to in said section eighty B.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 81e - Registration as Professional Engineers and as Professional Land Surveyors; Examination; Rules and Regulations of Board; Seal

Section 81E. The board shall examine applicants for registration as professional engineers and as professional land surveyors and applicants desiring to take written or oral examinations to evidence qualification for registration as professional engineers or professional land surveyors. It shall make such rules and regulations as are necessary or proper for the conduct of its duties. The board may adopt and shall use an official seal.
If any person, firm, co-partnership, corporation or joint stock association refuses to obey any decision, rule or order, or any part thereof, issued by the board pursuant to its powers, the attorney general of the commonwealth shall, upon request of the board, file a petition in equity for the enforcement of such decision, rule or order in the superior court for Suffolk county or for the county in which such person, firm, co-partnership, corporation or joint stock association resides or has a place of business. After due hearing, with such notice as the court may direct, the court shall order the enforcement of such decision, rule or order, or any part thereof, to the extent that such decision, rule or order, or any part thereof, has been legally and properly made by the board.
The board, for the purposes of registration of professional engineers, shall recognize all the fundamental branches of engineering which shall include, without limiting the generality thereof by specific enumeration, the following fields:— aeronautical, chemical, civil, electrical, heating and ventilating, and air conditioning, industrial, mechanical, metallurgical, mining, safety, fire protection, sanitary and structural.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 81f - Moneys Received by Secretary of Board; Bond

Section 81F. The secretary of the board shall receive and account for all moneys received under said sections and shall pay the same to the state treasurer. Said secretary shall give to the state treasurer a bond, in such sum and with such sureties as may from time to time be required by the board under authority of law, for the faithful performance of his duties.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 81h - Record of Proceedings of Board of Registration of Professional Engineers and of Land Surveyors; Register of Applications for Registration; Prima Facie Evidence; Annual Report to Governor

Section 81H. The board shall keep a full record of its proceedings and a register of applications for registration, which register shall show (a) the name, age and residence of each applicant; (b) the date of the application; (c) the place of business of such applicant; (d) his educational and other qualifications; (e) whether or not an examination was required; (f) whether the applicant was rejected; (g) whether a certificate of registration was granted; (h) the date of the action of the board; and (i) such other information as may be deemed necessary by the board. Such register shall be open to public inspection.
The records of the board shall be prima facie evidence of the proceedings of the board set forth therein, and a transcript thereof, duly certified by the secretary of the board under the seal of the board, shall be admissible in evidence with the same force and effect as if the original were produced.
The board shall make an annual report to the governor, which shall include an itemized statement of all receipts and expenses of the board for the year.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 81i - Roster of Registered Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors

Section 81I. A roster showing the names and places of business of all registered professional engineers and all registered land surveyors shall be prepared by the secretary of the board during the month of July of each year, commencing in nineteen hundred and forty-two. Such roster shall be posted on a publicly available website.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 81k - Form and Content of Application for Registration; Fees

Section 81K. Applications for registration shall be on forms prescribed and furnished by the board, shall contain statements made under oath, showing the applicant's education and detailed summary of this technical work, and shall contain not less than five references. For engineering applicants, three or more shall be professional engineers having personal knowledge of the applicant's engineering experience, and for surveying applicants, three or more shall be registered professional land surveyors having personal knowledge of the applicant's surveying experience.
Registration and examination fees for professional engineers and professional land surveyors, which shall accompany each particular application, shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven.
If in the opinion of the board any applicant is ineligible to receive a certificate of registration no part of the fee accompanying his application shall be refunded to him.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 81l - Time and Place of Examination; Scope; Methods of Procedure; Re-Examinations

Section 81L. When oral or written examinations are required they shall be held at such time and place as the board shall determine. If examinations are required on fundamental engineering subjects, such as are ordinarily given in college curricula, the applicant shall be permitted to take this part of the professional examination prior to his completion of the requisite years of experience in engineering work.
The scope of the examinations and the methods of procedure shall be prescribed by the board with special reference to the applicant's ability to design and supervise engineering works so as to insure the safety of life, health and property. Examinations for the purpose of determining the qualifications of applicants for registration in professional engineering and in land surveying shall be given separately. A candidate failing on his first examination, upon application therefor not less than six months thereafter, shall be entitled to be reexamined upon payment of the appropriate registration fee required by section eighty-one K. Upon request by any applicant who is rejected the board shall furnish him with the reasons for his rejection.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 81m - Certificate of Registration; Prima Facie Evidence; Seal of Registrant

Section 81M. The board shall issue a certificate of registration upon payment of the registration fee to any applicant who, in the opinion of the board, has satisfactorily met all the requirements of said sections. In the case of a registered professional engineer, the certificate shall authorize the practice of engineering. In the case of a registered professional land surveyor, the certificate shall authorize the practice of land surveying. Certificates of registration shall show the full name of the registrant, shall have a serial number and be under seal of the board.
The issuance of a certificate of registration by the board shall be prima facie evidence that the person named therein is entitled to all the rights and privileges of a registered professional engineer or of a registered professional land surveyor, as the case may be, while such certificate remains unrevoked or unexpired.
Each registrant hereunder shall, upon registration, obtain a seal of the design authorized by the board, bearing the registrant's name and the legend ''Registered Professional Engineer'' or ''Registered Professional Land Surveyor''. Plans, specifications, plats and reports prepared by a registrant shall be stamped with the said seal when filed with public authorities, while the registrant's certificate is in force, but it shall be unlawful for anyone to stamp or seal any documents with said seal after the certificate of the registrant named thereon has expired or has been revoked, unless said certificate shall have been renewed or reissued.
Plans, specifications, plats and reports whenever stamped with the seal of a registered professional engineer or professional land surveyor shall be signed by the registrant named thereon. The use of a facsimile signature stamp shall not be deemed to comply with this section.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 81n - Expiration of Certificates; Notice; Renewal; Fee; Reinstatement

Section 81N. Certificates of registration shall expire June thirtieth in every even-numbered year, and may be renewed as hereinafter provided. The secretary of the board shall, at least one month in advance of the expiration date of such certificate, notify the registrant of such expiration date and of the fee required for the renewal of the certificate for the succeeding two-year period, and any such certificate may be renewed on or prior to the expiration date or at any time prior to August first following such expiration date upon the payment of a fee to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven. If a registrant fails to renew his certificate prior to said August first, such certificate may thereafter be renewed within two years of its expiration date upon the payment of a fee as determined under the aforementioned provision. If a registrant fails to renew his certificate within two years of the expiration date, he shall be temporarily dropped from the roster of registered professional engineers or of registered professional land surveyors, subject to reinstatement as hereinafter provided. Written notice shall be given to the registrant by the secretary of the board one month in advance of such dropping from said roster. A registrant, who has been temporarily dropped from said roster, may be reinstated upon the payment of a fee as determined under the aforementioned provision and upon the filing of an application for reinstatement together with evidence satisfactory to the board that nothing has occurred during the time he was dropped from said roster which would justify the revocation of his certificate under the provisions of section eighty-one P. A registrant so reinstated shall, without the payment of an additional fee, be issued a certificate of registration.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 81q - Reissuance of Certificate After Revocation; Duplicate Certificates; Fee

Section 81Q. The board, for any reason which it may deem sufficient, may reissue a certificate of registration to any person whose certificate has been revoked. A new certificate of registration, to replace any certificate revoked, lost, destroyed or mutilated, may be issued, subject to the rules of the board, and a charge to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven shall be made for such issuance.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 81s - Appeal From Action of Board of Registration of Professional Engineers and of Land Surveyors

Section 81S. Any person aggrieved by any action of the board refusing to grant, or suspending or revoking, a certificate of registration or a permit for any cause, may, within fifteen days following notification by the board of such action, appeal to the superior court of the county wherein he resides, and, after hearing, said court shall make such decree, sustaining or reversing in whole or in part the decree of the board, as it deems proper, and its decision shall be final.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 81t - Unauthorized Practice of Engineering or Land Surveying; Penalties; Duties of Attorney General

Section 81T. Whoever practices or offers to practice engineering or land surveying in the commonwealth without being registered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, or presents or attempts to use as his own the certificate of registration or the seal of another, or gives any false or forged evidence of any kind to the board or to any member thereof in obtaining a certificate of registration, or falsely impersonates any registrant, or attempts to use an expired or revoked certificate of registration, or violates any of the provisions of sections eighty-one D to eighty-one S, inclusive, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for a period not exceeding three months, or both.
It shall be the duty of the attorney general or the district attorney for the district in which the alleged violation was committed to enforce the provisions of this section and sections eighty-one D to eighty-one S, inclusive, and to prosecute any person violating the same. The attorney general or his assistant shall act as legal advisor of the board and render such legal assistance as may be necessary in carrying out the provisions of said sections.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 82 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 82 to 87

Section 82. The following words, as used in this section and in sections eighty-three to eighty-seven, inclusive, shall have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires:—
''Board'', the board of registration in embalming and funeral directing established by section twenty-nine of chapter thirteen.
''Person'', an individual, but not a partnership, corporation or association of any kind.
''Embalming'', the business, practice, science or profession, as commonly practiced, of preserving, disinfecting and preparing in any manner dead human bodies for burial, cremation or transportation.
''Funeral directing'', the business, practice or profession, as commonly practiced, of (a) directing or supervising funerals or providing funeral service; (b) handling or encasing, or providing services for handling or encasing, dead human bodies, and preparation of dead human bodies, otherwise than by embalming, for burial or disposal; (c) providing embalming services; (d) providing transportation, interment and disinterment of dead human bodies; and (e) maintaining an establishment so located, constructed and equipped as to permit the decent and sanitary handling of dead human bodies with suitable equipment in such establishment for such handling.
''Embalmer'', any person engaged, or holding himself out as engaged, in the business, practice, science or profession of embalming, whether on his own behalf or in the employ of a registered and licensed funeral director.
''Funeral Director'', any person engaged, or holding himself out as engaged, in the business, practice or profession of funeral directing.
''Apprentice embalmer'', any person engaged in the learning of the practice of embalming under the instruction and personal supervision of a duly registered embalmer; provided, that no person shall serve as such apprentice embalmer until he has been certified as such by the board.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 84a - Violations; Investigation by Board of Registration in Embalming and Funeral Directing; Hearing; Notice; Review of Decision

Section 84A. Whenever the board shall have reason to believe that any person or establishment to whom a certificate has been issued to practice or operate under section eighty-three, as the case may be, has violated any of the provisions of sections eighty-three to eighty-seven, inclusive, or any rule or regulation prescribed, or whenever written complaint, charging any registered person with the violation of any provision of the said sections is filed with the board, it shall conduct an investigation, and if from such investigation it shall appear that there is reasonable ground for belief that the accused may have been guilty of the violations charged, the board shall set a time and place for a public hearing to determine whether or not the certificate shall be revoked or suspended. Any member of the board shall have the right to administer oaths to witnesses.
No action to suspend, revoke or cancel any certificate shall be taken by the board until the accused or his counsel has been furnished with a statement of the charges against him, or it, and a notice of the time and place of hearing thereof; the furnishing of the charges and such notice to be given said accused at least fifteen days prior to the date of hearing. The accused may be represented at such hearing by counsel. If upon such hearing the board finds the charges to be true, it may revoke or suspend the certificate of the accused.
Any person or establishment aggrieved by the decision of the board to revoke or suspend his or its certificate may, within ten days after such action, bring a petition in the district court within the judicial district of which he resides, hereinafter called the court addressed to the justice of the court, praying that the action of the board may be reviewed by the court. The bringing of such a petition within such period shall operate to continue the registration in full force and effect pending the decision of the court. After such notice to the board as the court deems necessary, it shall review such action, hear the witnesses, and shall affirm the decision of the board unless it shall appear that it was made without proper cause or in bad faith, in which case the decision of the board shall be reversed. The court shall hear such petition within thirty days after the bringing thereof. The appeal from the decision of the board provided by this section is in the alternative to that provided by section sixty-four, and a decision of the court upon a petition brought under this section shall be final and conclusive.
2023 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.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 84d - Funeral and Burial Benefits for Veterans

Section 84D. Every licensed funeral director, or their agent or servant, before an agreement as to the price of the merchandise and service is made, shall: (i) make available to all potential clients information regarding funeral and burial benefits for veterans pursuant to sections 7 and 8 of chapter 115; and (ii) give or cause to be given to a client, a written statement verifying that the funeral director, or their agent or servant, made such information available to the potential client. The written statement pursuant to clause (ii) shall be signed by the funeral director, or their agent or servant, and the potential client before an agreement as to the price of the merchandise and service is made.