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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 87z - Aesthetics, Barbering, Cosmetology, Electrolysis, Hairdressing and Manicuring; Reciprocity Licensing; Additional Education Requirement

Section 87Z. The board may license, with or without examination, any individual who has been licensed as an aesthetician, barber, cosmetologist, electrologist or manicurist under the laws of another state, which, in the opinion of the board, maintains a standard substantially equivalent to that of the commonwealth. The board may require additional education if it determines that the standards required for the licensing in another state are inconsistent with the standards in effect in the commonwealth.
The word ''state'', as used in this section, shall include the District of Columbia, any territory of the United States or foreign country, state or province.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 87zz - Real Estate Brokers and Salesmen; License Fee; Purposes; Advance Payments

Section 87ZZ. Fees, as determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven, shall be paid by individuals in advance for the following:—
(a) Examination for a broker's license or a salesman's license; provided however that a veteran holding an honorable discharge or a blind person shall not be required to pay any examination fee; and provided, further, in the event the examination is conducted by an independent testing service designated by the board under the authority of section eighty-seven SS, in addition to the above fee, each individual shall pay to the testing service a fee, approved by the board, covering the actual cost of giving the examination.
(b) Issuance and renewal of a broker's license; provided, however, that a blind person or a veteran suffering from paraplegia, as defined in section six B of chapter one hundred and fifteen, shall not be required to pay such fee.
(c) Issuance and renewal of a salesman's license; provided, however, that a blind person or a veteran suffering from paraplegia, as defined in section six B of chapter one hundred and fifteen, shall not be required to pay such fee.
(d) The applicable fee for the issuance of a license shall be adjusted by the board on the basis of each month during which the license originally issued would be valid unless revoked or suspended and, for this purpose, any part of a month shall be considered as a full month.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 88 - Issuance of Certified Statements and Duplicate Certificates of Registration by Boards of Registration or Examination

Section 88. Except as otherwise provided in section thirty-three of chapter ninety, every board of registration or examination established by the commonwealth shall establish rules and regulations stipulating what information is to be furnished in a certified statement of registration and shall collect fees to be determined by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven for the following:—
(1) Certified statement of registration and any additional information.
(2) Duplicate certificates of registration, upon satisfactory evidence that the original certificate has been lost or destroyed.
(3) Duplicate certificates of registration issued under sections eighty-seven T to eighty-seven JJ; provided, however, that if the original certificate of registration issued under said sections has been lost or destroyed by fire, flood or hurricane, a duplicate certificate of registration may be issued for the unexpired term without fee.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 89 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 89 to 97

Section 89. For the purposes of this section and sections ninety to ninety-seven, inclusive, the following words shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings:—
''Board'', the board of registration of chiropractors established by section sixty-four of chapter thirteen.
''Chiropractic'', the science of locating, and removing interference with the transmission or expression of nerve force in the human body, by the correction of misalignments or subluxations of the bony articulation and adjacent structures, more especially those of the vertebra column and pelvis, for the purpose of restoring and maintaining health. It shall exclude operative surgery, prescription or use of drugs or medicines, the practice of obstetrics, the treatment of infectious diseases, and internal examinations whether or not diagnostic instruments are used except that the X–ray and analytical instruments may be used solely for the purposes of chiropractic examinations. Nothing in this definition shall exclude the use of supportive procedures and therapy, including braces, traction, heat, cold, sound, electricity, and dietary and nutritional advice, as treatment supplemental to a chiropractic adjustment.
''Chiropractic facility'', a place, office, clinic or establishment in which chiropractic treatment is provided or in which business and patient records related to chiropractic treatment are used or stored which has been registered by the board pursuant to section 94A.
''Chiropractor'', a person who lawfully practices chiropractic.
''License renewal certificate,'' a certificate issued annually by the board to a registered chiropractor upon payment of the license fee as provided in section ninety-six, and upon presentation of satisfactory evidence to the board that said chiropractor has completed the prescribed educational requirements for renewal.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 90 - Chiropractors; Rules and Regulations; Records; Reports

Section 90. The board may make and publish necessary rules and regulations for the proper conduct of its duties, and shall keep a full record of its proceedings and keep a record of the names of all persons examined or registered by it, which shall be open to public inspection. The board shall make an annual report containing a full and complete account of all of its official acts during the preceding year and setting forth the condition of chiropractic 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 91 - Chiropractors; Application for Certificate; Filing; Fees; Qualifications of Applicant

Section 91. Every person, before engaging in the practice of chiropractic in this commonwealth, shall make application to the board, on a form prescribed and furnished by it, for a certificate to practice chiropractic. Said application shall be filed with the secretary of the board at least thirty days before the date of examination, and shall be accompanied by an examination fee as determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven or, in the case of reexamination, each applicant shall pay a fee as determined under the aforementioned provision for each subject upon which he is reexamined. Each applicant must be at least eighteen years of age and of good moral character, and shall furnish the board with satisfactory proof that he has completed two years in a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in liberal arts or science and that he is a graduate of a chiropractic school or college approved by the board, and which is (1) authorized by its charter to confer the degree of doctor of chiropractic; (2) gives a course of four academic years, comprising a total of four thousand hours, to matriculants possessing the educational qualifications required for graduation from an accredited public high school; and (3) confers such degree only after personal attendance of the applicant therefor at such course, and upon completion thereof.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 92 - Chiropractors; Licensees of Other States; Registration

Section 92. Any person licensed by a chiropractic board of any other state having at the time when said person obtained his license a standard equal to that of this commonwealth and which extends similar privileges to persons licensed by the commonwealth, or any person certified by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners of the United States, may be registered at the discretion of the board upon the payment of a fee as determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven and the production to the board of his diploma, the license obtained in such other state by examination or the proof of his certification by said National Board of Chiropractic Examiners of the United States, and evidence satisfactory to the board that he is of good moral character. The board may accept any or all facts of the examination of said National Board of Chiropractic Examiners of the United States in lieu of equivalent subjects in the examination required under section ninety-four. Any person making application under this section under a license granted by another state shall produce evidence that he has practiced chiropractic under such license for at least three years.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 93 - Chiropractors; Refusal to Grant Certificate; Revocation

Section 93. The board may refuse to grant a certificate to any person who has been convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude, who has been guilty of unprofessional conduct, or who is addicted to any vice to such a degree as to render him, in the opinion of the board, unfit to practice chiropractic, and may, for any of said causes, after due notice and hearing, revoke a certificate already issued.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 94 - Chiropractors; Examinations; Registration; Certificate; Display

Section 94. The board shall examine each applicant as to his qualifications for the practice of chiropractic. Such examination shall be in writing, and except as otherwise provided by section ninety-two, shall include the subjects of anatomy, physiology, chemistry, pathology, diagnosis, hygiene, public health, the use and effects of X–ray and chiropractic principles and practice as taught in chiropractic schools and colleges, and its examination shall also include practical demonstrations of chiropractic technique. Except for the examinations in chiropractic principles and practice, the use and effects of X–ray, and the practical demonstrations of chiropractic techniques, the examinations required by this section may be proposed by the board of higher education, and shall be under the direction and supervision of the board of registration of chiropractors. Every applicant whom the board finds qualified to practice chiropractic shall be registered as a chiropractor by the board, and a certificate of such registration signed by the chairman and secretary of the board shall be issued to such applicant. Said certificate shall entitle the person to whom it is issued to practice chiropractic in this commonwealth, shall designate him as a chiropractor and shall be publicly displayed at his principal office so long as he shall continue to practice chiropractic. The board shall furnish each person registered as a chiropractor a copy of section eighty-nine, which copy shall be the same size as the certificate of registration and shall be similarly displayed.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 94a - Chiropractic Facilities; Licensing; Exception

Section 94A. (a) A person shall not engage in the practice of chiropractic except in a licensed chiropractic facility and provided the person is licensed by the board pursuant to section 91 or 92.
(b) The board may authorize 1 or more licensed chiropractors, or any person employing a licensed chiropractor, to operate a licensed chiropractic facility if the facility satisfies the requirements established by the board by regulations, and upon payment to the board of an annual fee. The board shall promulgate regulations necessary to ensure the safe and lawful practice of chiropractic.
(c) A chiropractic facility shall not be licensed or operated unless the board has in its records the name and license number of the licensed chiropractor who is the chiropractor of record for that chiropractic facility. The chiropractor of record for the licensed chiropractic facility shall be responsible for operating the chiropractic facility in compliance with the laws of the commonwealth and the rules and regulations of the board.
(d) Each licensed chiropractic facility may be inspected by the board or its agents to determine its compliance with the laws of the commonwealth and the rules and regulations of the board. The chiropractor of record shall be responsible for cooperating with the inspection and any investigations conducted by the board or its agents. Upon request, the chiropractor of record shall provide the board or its agents with access to and, if requested, copies of any records, charts, reports, treatment notes, billing records, x-rays, test results, reviews, assessments, papers, correspondence and any other data or material. Any party required to provide documents in compliance with this section shall not be liable in any civil or criminal action for providing documents to the board.
(e) A license issued by the board for a chiropractic facility shall be valid only for the location named therein, and shall not be transferable. A license or renewal issued to a chiropractic facility shall expire on the date the commissioner of the department of public health determines. Fees for licenses and renewals thereof shall be determined by the secretary of administration pursuant to section 3B of chapter 7 and shall be deposited in the Quality in Health Professions Trust Fund established in Section 35X of chapter 10.
(f) This section shall not apply to a chiropractor who owns and operates the practice, does not employ a chiropractor and is not in partnership with any other chiropractor.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 95 - Chiropractors; Penalty for Illegal Representation or Practice

Section 95. Whoever, not being lawfully authorized to practice chiropractic in this commonwealth, practices or attempts to practice chiropractic, or holds himself out as a practitioner of, or as being able to practice, chiropractic, or uses the science or system of chiropractic, or uses any of the titles, words or letters, ''chiropractic'', ''chiropractor'', ''chiropractic physician'', ''doctor of chiropractic'', ''D.C.'', or any other titles or letters, either alone or with qualifying words or phrases, in such manner or under such circumstances as to indicate that he is engaged in the practice of chiropractic, or whoever practices chiropractic under a false or assumed name or under a name other than that by which he is registered, or whoever personates another practitioner of chiropractic, or whoever buys, sells or fraudulently obtains any diploma, license, license renewal certificate, or record or registration to practice chiropractic, or aids or abets in such selling or fraudulent obtaining, or whoever practices chiropractic under cover of any diploma, license, license renewal certificate, record or registration to practice chiropractic illegally obtained or signed or issued unlawfully or under fraudulent representations or whoever being licensed to practice chiropractic in this commonwealth uses any title, words or letters which do not indicate that he is engaged in the practice of chiropractic, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not less than thirty days nor more than one year, or both.
A chiropractor whose license, certificate, registration, or authority relating to the practice is suspended for more than 1 year for professional misconduct with regard to insurance claims shall not own, operate, practice in, or be employed by any chiropractic or physical therapy office, clinic, or other place designated to the practice of chiropractic medicine or physical therapy until the license is reinstated by the board.
A chiropractor whose license, certificate, registration, or authority relating to the practice is suspended for a second offense with regard to insurance claims shall have the license permanently revoked.
A chiropractor whose license, certificate, registration, or authority relating to the practice is revoked with regard to insurance claims shall not own, operate, practice in, or be employed by any chiropractic or physical therapy office, clinic, or other place designated to the practice of chiropractic or physical therapy.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 96 - Address of Chiropractor; Notification to Board of Registration of Chiropractors; License Fee; License Renewal Certificate; Suspension of Authority

Section 96. Every registered chiropractor, upon commencing to practice, shall forthwith notify the board of his office address or addresses. Every registered chiropractor practicing as aforesaid shall annually, before April first, pay to the board a license fee to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven. The board shall thereupon issue to said registered chiropractor a license renewal certificate; provided, however, that said chiropractor shall furnish to the board satisfactory evidence that he has attended, in the twelve months preceding each renewal date, twelve hours of instruction in chiropractic related subjects as conducted by the Massachusetts Chiropractic Society or received instruction equivalent thereof as approved by the board. Satisfactory evidence of completion of post-graduate study of a type and character, at an educational session or institution, both as approved by the board, shall be considered said equivalent. The board may waive such educational requirements if it is satisfied that an applicant was prevented from meeting said educational requirements by reason of an unusual emergency, or that the applicant has undergone an extreme hardship, or for other good and sufficient reason deemed adequate by the board. Each registered chiropractor shall promptly notify the board of any change in his address or addresses, and from time to time shall furnish such other information to the board as it may require. The board may suspend the authority of any registered chiropractor to practice chiropractic for failure to comply with any of the above requirements. The board shall publish annually complete lists of the names and office addresses of all chiropractors registered and practicing in the commonwealth arranged alphabetically by name and also by the towns where their various offices are situated.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 97 - Chiropractors; Rendition of Services; Advertisement

Section 97. Registered chiropractors may render services under the terms and provisions of the workers' compensation and rehabilitation laws.
No registered chiropractor or person practicing chiropractic shall include, or permit or cause to be included, in any advertising in any newspaper, or by radio, television, display sign, personal solicitation or other manner of advertising, any written or spoken words or statements of character tending to deceive or mislead the public.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 98 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 98 to 107

Section 98. The following words as used in this section and sections ninety-nine to one hundred and seven, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings:—
''Landscape architect'', a person who holds a certificate entitling him to be called by the title ''landscape architect'' in the commonwealth under the authority of section ninety-nine.
''Landscape architecture'', the performance of professional services, such as consultations, investigation, reconnaissance, research, planning, design, or responsible supervision, in connection with the development of land and incidental water areas where and to the extent that the dominant purpose of such services is the preservation, enhancement or determination of proper land uses, natural land features, naturalistic and esthetic values, the settings and approaches to buildings, structures, facilities or other improvements, and natural drainage and the consideration, determination and solution of inherent problems of the land relating to erosion, wear and tear, blight or other hazards. The practice of landscape architecture shall include the location and arrangement of such tangible objects and features as are incidental and necessary to the purposes outlined herein, but shall not include the practice of architecture, the practice of engineering or the practice of land surveying, as defined in this chapter, or the making of final land plots for official recording or approval. A registered landscape architect may, however, do such architectural, engineering and surveying work as is incidental to his work.
''Board'', the board of registration of landscape architects established by section sixty-seven of chapter thirteen.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 99 - Landscape Architects; Certificate of Registration; Necessity; Display

Section 99. No person shall represent himself to be a landscape architect or use the title landscape architect in the commonwealth on any sign, title, card or other device to indicate that such person is a landscape architect, unless such person shall have secured from the board a certificate of registration as a landscape architect. Every holder of a certificate of such registration shall display it in a conspicuous place in his principal office or place of employment within 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 100 - Landscape Architects; Seal of Design

Section 100. Every registered landscape architect shall have a seal of a design authorized by the board. All plans and specifications and reports prepared by a registered landscape architect, or under his supervision, shall be stamped with the impression of such seal. A registered landscape architect shall impress his seal on any plans, specifications or reports only if his certificate of registration is in full force and if he was the author of such plans, specifications and reports or in responsible supervision of their preparation.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 101 - Landscape Architects; Qualifications of Applicants; Practice by Associations

Section 101. Before being examined for registration as a landscape architect, each applicant shall submit evidence to the board that:
(a) he is at least twenty-three years of age and of good moral character;
(b) he is a citizen of the United States or has legally declared his intention of so becoming;
(c) he has completed the course of study and been graduated from a college or school of landscape architecture approved by the board and that he has had two years of practical experience in landscape architectural work of a grade and character satisfactory to the board. In lieu of graduation from an approved college or school of landscape architecture, and the practical experience in addition thereto, an applicant may take the examination upon presenting evidence of at least six years of practical experience in landscape architectural work of a grade and character satisfactory to the board. Credit may be given for approved college education at the discretion of the board.
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, any individual who has been employed by the commonwealth in the title of landscape architect, for a period of two years who is a graduate of a college or school of landscape architecture approved by the board shall meet the requirements of clause (c).
Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent a firm, partnership or corporation from using the title ''landscape architect'' or ''landscape architects'', or similar title provided that the practice of landscape architecture by such firm, partnership or corporation shall be under the professional and supervisory control of a person registered as a landscape architect.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 102 - Landscape Architects; Examinations for Registration; Rules and Regulations

Section 102. Examinations for registration as a landscape architect shall be held by the board at least one each year, provided that applications shall have been receiving during the time announced. The board shall adopt rules and regulations covering the subjects and scope of the examinations, shall publish appropriate announcements and shall conduct the examinations at the times designated. Except as hereinafter provided, every applicant for registration as a landscape architect shall be required, in addition to all other requirements, to establish, by written examination, his competency to plan, design, specify and supervise the installation of landscape projects. Each written examination may be supplemented by such oral examinations as the board shall determine.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 103 - Landscape Architects; Fees

Section 103. Fees for landscape architects shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven and shall be paid to the board for the following:—
(a) Annual registration fee on or before the thirty-first day of January of each year, if not so paid, a penalty shall be added to the amount thereof.
(b) Failure to renew certificate of registration within sixty days after notification by the board that his certificate has expired, shall, before again using the title of landscape architect within the commonwealth, be required to reregister, and may be required by the board to be reexamined.
(c) Application fee for examination.
(d) An original certificate.
(e) A duplicate certificate.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 104 - Foreign Landscape Architects; Certification; Reciprocity

Section 104. The board may certify for registration without examination an applicant who is legally registered as a landscape architect in any other state or country whose requirements for registration are at least substantially equivalent to the requirements of this commonwealth, provided such other state or country extends the same privilege to landscape architects registered in this commonwealth.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 106 - Landscape Architects; Suspension or Revocation of Certificate; Reissuance

Section 106. The board, after due notice and hearing, may suspend or revoke the certificate of registration of a landscape architect upon proof satisfactory to the board:
(a) that the holder of such certificate of registration is in violation of any provision of sections ninety-eight to one hundred and seven, inclusive, or of any rule or regulation promulgated by the board;
(b) that such certificate of registration was obtained by fraud or misrepresentation;
(c) that any money or thing of value, except fees prescribed or authorized by said sections, was paid or received to secure the issuance of such certificate of registration;
(d) that the holder of such certificate of registration has been guilty of a felony;
(e) that the holder of such certificate of registration has been guilty of fraud or deceit, or of gross negligence, incompetence or misconduct, in the use of the title of landscape architect; or
(f) that the holder of such certificate of registration has permitted or suffered his official seal to be affixed to any plans, specifications, drawings or reports, if such portions thereof as involve the practice of landscape architecture were not prepared by him or under his personal supervision by his regularly employed subordinates.
The board may reissue a certificate of registration to any person whose certificate of registration has been revoked. Application for the reissuance of a certificate of registration shall be made in such manner as the board may direct.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 107 - Landscape Architects; Penalty for Illegal Representation or Practice

Section 107. It shall be unlawful for any person to:
(a) hold himself as a landscape architect unless he is registered under the provisions of sections ninety-eight to one hundred and six, inclusive;
(b) present as his own the certificate of registration of another;
(c) give false or forged evidence to the board of registration or any member thereof in obtaining a certificate;
(d) falsely impersonate any other registrant of like or different name;
(e) use or attempt to use a certificate of registration that has been revoked; or
(f) otherwise violate any of the provisions of said sections.
Each such violation shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than 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 108 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 108 to 117

Section 108. The following words as used in this section and in sections one hundred and nine to one hundred and seventeen, inclusive, shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings:—
''Board'', the board of registration of nursing home administrators established under section seventy of chapter thirteen.
''Nursing home administrator'', a person who administers, manages, supervises or is in general administrative charge of a nursing home whether such individual has an ownership interest in such home and whether his functions and duties are shared with one or more individuals. Nothing in this chapter or the rules and regulations thereunder shall be construed to require an applicant for a license as a nursing home administrator who is employed by an institution operated by and for persons who rely exclusively upon treatment by spiritual means through prayer for healing, in accordance with the creed or tenets of a church or religious denomination, to demonstrate proficiency in any medical techniques or to meet any medical educational qualifications or medical standards not in accord with the remedial care and treatment provided in such institutions.
''Nursing home'', any institution or facility providing nursing care which is licensed under section seventy-one of chapter one hundred eleven or any other law of the commonwealth, including but not limited to convalescent homes, charitable homes for the aged, and infirmaries maintained in towns, or any other appropriate facility as determined by the Secretary of the United States' Department of Health, Education and Welfare.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 109 - Supervision of Nursing Homes; Necessity of Licensed Administrator; Evidence of Eligibility for Examination

Section 109. (a) No nursing home which is licensed by the department of public health to provide nursing care may operate except under the supervision of a nursing home administrator duly licensed by the board.
(b) No person shall be admitted to or permitted to take an examination for license as a nursing home administrator unless he shall have first submitted evidence satisfactory to the board, (1) that he is over eighteen years of age, (2) that he is a citizen of the United States, (3) that he is of good moral character, (4) that he is suitable and fit to be licensed and to practice as a nursing home administrator.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 110 - Nursing Home Administrators; Internship; Evidence of Training

Section 110. Each applicant for an original license as a nursing home administrator shall also serve for a period of not less than three months as a nursing home administrator in training. At least two weeks before entering upon such administrator training internship the applicant shall submit evidence to the board that such training (1) will be under the supervision of a licensed nursing home administrator, (2) will be at a grade and character satisfactory to the board, and (3) will be in a duly authorized nursing home having an authorized bed capacity of not less then fifty beds.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 111 - Nursing Home Administrators; Application; Qualifications and Examination; Certificate of Licensure; Renewal; Fees

Section 111. A person who desires to be registered as a qualified nursing home administrator shall file with the board an application upon a form to be prescribed and furnished by the board. He shall include in such application under oath his qualifications as a nursing home administrator. Said application shall be accompanied by a registration fee to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven.
If the board deems the training and experience qualifications of the applicant are satisfactory and if he passes an examination satisfactory to the board, the board shall register him as a qualified nursing home administrator and shall issue him a certificate of licensure in testimony thereof. Said certification shall expire on July first after date of issue and may be renewed annually on that date thereafter. Such renewals shall be granted as a matter of course unless the board finds, after due notice and hearing, that the applicant has acted or failed to act in such a manner or under such circumstances as would constitute grounds for suspension or revocation of a license. The fee for renewal of such certification 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 112 - Nursing Home Administrators; Transferability and Validity of License; Review of Denial of Issuance or Renewal; Supervision or Revocation of License

Section 112. A nursing home administrator's license shall not be transferable and shall be valid until surrendered for cancellation or suspended or revoked for violation of any laws or regulations relating to the proper management and administration of a nursing home. Any denial of issuance or renewal, suspension or revocation of a license shall be subject to review upon the timely request of the licensee and pursuant to chapter thirty A.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 113 - Nursing Home Administrators; Issuance of License Without Examination to Licensees of Other Jurisdictions

Section 113. The board may issue a nursing home administrator's license without examination, to any person who holds a valid license as a nursing home administrator from another jurisdiction; provided, that the board finds that the standards for licensure in such other jurisdiction are at least the substantial equivalent of those prevailing in this commonwealth, and that the applicant is otherwise qualified.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 114 - Record of Proceedings by Board of Registration of Nursing Home Administrators; Register of Applicants; Status as Evidence

Section 114. The board shall keep a record of its proceedings and an official register of all applicants for examination for a license to practice nursing home administration in this commonwealth, 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 licensure was granted; (h) the date of the action of the board; and (i) such other information as may be deemed necessary by the board. 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 seal, shall be admissible in evidence with the same force and effect as if the original were produced.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 115 - Duties and Responsibilities of Board of Registration of Nursing Home Administrators

Section 115. The board shall have the duty and responsibility to: (a) Develop and administer standards which shall be met by individuals in order to receive a license as a nursing home administrator, which standards shall be designed to insure that nursing home administrators will be individuals who are of good character and are otherwise suitable, and who by training or experience in the field of institutional administration are qualified to serve as nursing home administrators.
(b) Develop and apply appropriate techniques, including examinations and investigations for determining whether an individual meets such standards.
(c) Establish and carry out procedures designed to insure that individuals licensed as nursing home administrators, will, during any period that they serve as such, comply with the requirements of such standards.
(d) Receive and investigate any charge or complaint filed with the board that any licensed nursing home administrator has failed to comply with the requirements of such standards, and to take appropriate action with respect thereto, including the revocation of a license if necessary after due notice and hearing and for cause.
(e) To make available one or more courses of instructional training sufficient to meet the requirements for licensure, and to make provision for such courses and their accessibility to residents of the commonwealth unless it finds that there are a sufficient number of approved courses which are conducted by others within this commonwealth. In lieu thereof, the board may approve courses conducted within and without the commonwealth as sufficient to meet the education and training which it may require.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 116 - Nursing Home Administrators; Penalty for Illegal Representation or Practice

Section 116. Whoever acts as a nursing home administrator or represents himself to be a licensed nursing home administrator without having been duly licensed and registered by the board of registration of nursing home administrators shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for 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 117 - Effect of Sec. 116 on Employees and Subordinates of Nursing Home Administrator

Section 117. Section one hundred and sixteen shall not be construed so as to prevent or to affect the work of an employee or subordinate of a licensed nursing home administrator, provided such work is done under the direct responsibility and supervision of a licensed nursing home administrator.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 119 - Psychologists; Application for License; Contents and Requirements

Section 119. Each person desiring to obtain a license as a psychologist shall make application to the board upon such form and in such manner as the board shall prescribe and shall furnish evidence satisfactory to the board that such person:
(a) is of good moral character;
(b) has received a doctoral degree in psychology from a recognized educational institution;
(c) has engaged for the equivalent of at least two years full time, at least one year of which was before his receiving the doctoral degree, in psychological employment, teaching, research or professional practice under the supervision of or in collaboration with a licensed psychologist, or one clearly eligible for licensure in the opinion of the board;
(d) conducts his professional activities in accordance with accepted standards such as the Ethical Standards of Psychologists of the American Psychological Association; and
(e) has applied to participate in the medical assistance program administered by the secretary of health and human services in accordance with chapter 118E and Title XIX of the Social Security Act and any federal demonstration or waiver relating to such medical assistance program for the limited purpose of ordering and referring services covered under the program if regulations governing such limited participation are promulgated under chapter 118E; provided, however, that a psychologist who chooses to participate in a medical assistance program as a provider of services shall be deemed to have fulfilled this requirement.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 120 - Psychologists; Examination of Applicants; Health Service Provider Certification

Section 120. Upon satisfaction of requirements specified in section one hundred and nineteen, the applicant shall pass an examination administered by the board. Examinations shall be conducted at least once a year at a time and place to be designated by the board. Examinations shall be written, oral or both as the board deems advisable. An applicant shall be held to have passed an examination upon the affirmative vote of at least five members of the board. Any person who shall have failed an examination conducted by the board may not be admitted to a subsequent examination for a period of at least six months.
Any licensed psychologist who independently provides or offers to provide to the public, health services, shall be certified as a health service provider by the board. The board shall certify as a health service provider applicants who shall demonstrate that they have at least two years full time of supervised health service experience, of which at least one year is before receiving the doctoral degree and at least one year of which is in a health service training program.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 121 - Psychologists; Issuance of License Without Examination

Section 121. Notwithstanding the provisions of section one hundred and twenty, the board may issue a license without examination to an applicant who presents evidence that he has been licensed or certified as a psychologist by a similar board of another jurisdiction whose standards, in the opinion of the board, are not lower than those required in the commonwealth; or that he holds a diploma from a nationally recognized board or agency approved 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 122 - Psychologists; Penalty for Illegal Representation or Practice

Section 122. Any person not licensed to practice psychology who holds himself out to be a psychologist or who uses the title ''psychologist'' or engages in the practice of psychology shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment of not more than three months, or both such fine and imprisonment.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 123 - Psychologists; Exemptions to Penalties in Sec. 122

Section 123. The penalties in section one hundred and twenty-two shall not apply to:
(a) persons eligible for licensure under section 119 who provide consultative services for a fee no more than one day a month; or
(b) students of psychology, psychological interns or persons preparing for the practice of psychology under qualified supervision in a recognized training institution or facility; provided, however, that they are designated by such titles as ''psychological intern'', ''psychological trainee'' or other title clearly indicating such training status.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XVI - Public Health › Chapter 112 - Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations › Section 124 - Psychologists; Temporary Licenses

Section 124. The board may grant a temporary license for a period not to exceed one year to a psychologist with legal residence outside the commonwealth to practice within the commonwealth provided he registers with the board and practices in consultation with, or under the supervision of, a licensed psychologist or possesses qualifications acceptable to the board.